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

at him for a

about right, I

at Changing

know what we

at him with

"She didn't tell you?"

tall man hesitated, then

I'm just not sure that

smiled and

me guess. Your first thought was that she had lost her mind. What can I say…

few moments of silence, Gemma

can we

'Poor guy…'

at him, lingered for

know more about it

just like that, their

eastern edges of the city and climbed the imposing monolith of the great wall. Standing on top of it, they saw the colossal crater

prey was hiding in a vast

they were going to hunt the Lord

***

the base of the statue, the second arm of the Priestess lay in the mud. Thousands of years ago, it had broken off and fell, crashing through the dome of the underground chamber. Now, there was a chasm in the ground that led into the lair of the

from the catacombs. Now, they

to return to this place. After all, the mountainous abomination was

about how exactly she was

the mud, Changing Star glanced

a look at the burial

the breach. It slid on the mud and entered the dark hole, then hid in the palm of the giant stone

mountain of human bones was still there,

different from how it had

mass of bones, some of them comparatively thin, others as thick as a human body. They weren't

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

commanded his shadow to look closer, and finally noticed the thing that he had expected to

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 Dark

had been written by Changing Star's spy — Seishan. And the contents of the box had been created

been the leader of the Artisans. Her Aspect Ability allowed her to control and alter

it turned out, was her last

hesitated for a moment and then spoke, his words causing

tyrant is heavily infected by Kido's

for a few

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

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