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?

A modicum of madness, and

for a

right,

forward at Changing

know what we are going to hunt

looked at him with

"She didn't tell you?"

tall man hesitated, then shook

just not sure that I believe

and

had lost her mind.

moments of silence,

can we kill

'Poor guy…'

him, lingered for a bit, and then

know more

like that, their

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 thrust toward

prey was hiding in a

hunt the Lord of

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the mud. Thousands of years ago, it had broken off and fell, crashing through

that breach to escape from the catacombs. Now, they

had chosen to return to this place. After all, the mountainous abomination was most likely guarding

was really curious about how exactly she was planning to

around the hole in the mud, Changing Star glanced at him

your shadow take a look at the burial

a shrug, he sent the shadow into the breach. It slid on the mud and entered the dark hole,

mountain of human bones was still there, in the

very different from how it had been

others as thick as a human body. They weren't growing just between the ancient remains:

weaker. More brittle. As though it was sick, sapped of its

closer, and finally noticed the thing that

on the floor of the underground chamber, open and empty. The exact same box Nephis had mysteriously entrusted to Caster as soon as they were back in the

appeared on his pillow with a small note. That note had been written by

of the Artisans. Her Aspect

out, was her last creation and final

Sunny hesitated for a moment and then spoke, his words causing

Kido's vine. It seems to be considerably

and remained silent for a few

attack us. Now that its power is reduced, and with the help of the Dawn Shard, we should be able to survive the onslaught. We should also be

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