Shadow Slave

Chapter 313

On the last day they would spend in the Dark City, Nephis led a small group of her most powerful warriors on one last hunt.

The members of her cohort were all following behind her. Sunny, who stubbornly refused to accept his status as one of them, walked apart from the group, idly looking around and observing the ruins.

Gemma and Seishan were also with them, as well as ten or so of the most experienced hunters — some of them formerly from the Host, some formerly from the outer settlement. There was no difference between the two anymore.

All of them were simply Changing Star's people now.

As they were walking, Gemma approached Sunny and glanced at him with curiosity.

After Tessai had fallen to Neph's blade, the tall man seemed to have found some measure of peace. Somewhere deep in his eyes, however, there always was a hint of sorrow.

Sunny stared at him and raised an eyebrow.

"What?"

The hunter smiled slightly and asked in a friendly tone:

"You're Sunless, right?"

Sunny shrugged.

"Yeah, that's me."

Gemma silently measured him and then asked with interest:

"I've heard that you lived for months alone in the city. Is that true?"

'Ah, makes sense.'

The tall man was perhaps the most experienced hunter on the Forgotten Shore. He had survived countless battles on the streets of the cursed city. It was natural for him to be curious about this matter…

Sunny gave him a nod.

"Sure. A little over three months, I guess."

Gemma rubbed his chin, then asked bluntly:

"How did you survive?"

Sunny grinned.

How had he managed that, indeed?

lots of killing. A modicum

him for

about right,

at Changing Star and asked in a curious

know what we are going to hunt

looked at

"She didn't tell you?"

man hesitated, then shook his

not sure

smiled and

had lost her mind. What can I say… get used to

few moments of

can

'Poor guy…'

glanced at him, lingered for a bit,

is correct, you know more about it than I

like that,

imposing monolith of the great wall. Standing on top of it, they saw the colossal crater and the headless statue that stood not too far away, its one remaining hand

a

were going to hunt the

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broken off and fell, crashing through the dome of

and the rest had used that breach to escape from the catacombs. Now, they were going to use it

catacombs waited for them below. Sunny wasn't really surprised that Nephis had chosen to return to this

was really curious about how exactly she

around the hole in the mud,

your shadow take a look at the burial

the mud and entered the dark hole, then hid in the palm of the giant stone hand and cautiously looked

bones was still there, in the middle of

it looked very different from how it had

from the mass of bones, some of them comparatively thin, others as thick as a human body. They weren't growing just between the ancient remains: the vines were bursting through the bones, too.

brittle. As though it was sick, sapped of its strength and infected by

commanded his shadow to look closer, and finally noticed the thing

empty. The exact same box Nephis had mysteriously entrusted to

had appeared on his pillow with a small note. That note had been written by Changing Star's spy

the leader of the Artisans. Her Aspect Ability allowed

it turned out, was her last creation and final

hesitated for a moment and then spoke, his

tyrant is heavily infected by Kido's vine. It seems

Star nodded and remained silent for a few moments. Then, she

reduced, and with the help of the Dawn Shard, we should be able to survive the onslaught. We should also be able to wound,

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