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?

killing. A modicum of madness,

him for a bit, then

about right,

Changing Star and asked in a curious

know what we are going to

at him with

"She didn't tell you?"

man hesitated, then shook his

not

and

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

a few moments of silence,

how can

'Poor guy…'

lingered for a

is correct, you know more

that,

reached the eastern edges of the city and climbed the 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 vast underground

going to hunt the Lord of

***

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

to escape from the catacombs. Now, they were going to use it to descend into that

below. Sunny wasn't really surprised that Nephis had chosen to return

how exactly she

everyone gathered around the hole in the

can your shadow take a look at

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

there, in the middle of the

from how it

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 feeding

As though it was sick, sapped of its strength

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

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

with a small note. That note had been written by Changing Star's spy — Seishan. And the contents of the box had been created for her by Kido, who

the Artisans. Her Aspect Ability

it turned out, was her last creation

Sunny hesitated for a moment and then spoke,

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

and remained silent for a few moments. Then,

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

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