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?

of killing. A modicum of madness,

at him for a bit, then

right,

forward at Changing Star and asked in a

we are going to hunt

at him with

"She didn't tell you?"

hesitated, then

I'm just not sure that I believe

and looked

Your first thought was that she had lost her

few moments

can we

'Poor guy…'

lingered for a bit, and then

correct, you know

just like that,

top of it, they saw the colossal crater and the headless statue that stood not too

hiding in a vast

to hunt

***

ago, it had broken off and fell, crashing through the dome of the underground chamber. Now, there was a chasm in

to escape from the catacombs. Now,

ghastly master of the catacombs waited for them below. Sunny wasn't really surprised that Nephis had chosen to return to this place. After all, the mountainous abomination was most likely guarding the last of the seven

about how exactly

around the hole in the mud, Changing Star

can your shadow take a look at the

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

there, in the middle of the

from how

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. Almost as if

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

his shadow to look closer, and finally noticed the thing

of the underground chamber, open and empty. The exact same box Nephis had mysteriously

box had appeared on his pillow with a small note. That note had been written by Changing Star's spy — Seishan. And the contents of the box had been

of the Artisans. Her Aspect Ability allowed her to

vine, as it turned out,

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

infected by Kido's

Star nodded and remained silent for

reduced, and with the help of the Dawn Shard, we should be able

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