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,

stared at him for a bit,

right,

he glanced forward at Changing Star and asked in a curious

what we are going to

at him

"She didn't tell you?"

man hesitated, then shook

did. I'm just not sure that I believe

smiled and looked

she had lost her mind. What can I say… get

a few moments of silence, Gemma

how can

'Poor guy…'

for a bit,

is correct, you know

like that, their conversation

wall. Standing on top

a vast

hunt the Lord 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 rest had used that breach to escape from the catacombs. Now,

really surprised that Nephis had chosen to return to this place.

about how exactly she

the mud, Changing Star glanced

shadow take a look

a shrug, he sent the shadow into the breach. It slid on the mud and entered the dark hole, then hid in the palm of the giant stone hand and cautiously

there, in

it looked very different from how

some of them comparatively thin, others as thick as a human body.

Dead seemed… weaker. More brittle. As though it was sick, sapped

closer, and finally noticed

empty. The exact same box Nephis had mysteriously

written by Changing Star's spy — Seishan. And the contents of the box had been created for her by Kido, who was

had been the leader of the Artisans. Her

bone-eating vine, as it turned out, was her last creation and

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

Kido's vine. It seems to

for a few moments. Then, she

attack us. Now that its power is reduced, and with the help of the Dawn

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