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?

hiding, lots of killing. A modicum of

for a

about right, I

Changing Star and asked in a

what we are going to

looked at him

"She didn't tell you?"

man hesitated, then

not sure that I believe

smiled and

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

few moments

how can we

'Poor guy…'

for a bit, and then

correct, you know more

just like that, their

the city and climbed the imposing monolith of the great wall. Standing on top

was hiding in a vast underground chamber beneath

going to hunt the Lord of

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

escape from the catacombs. Now, they were going

Sunny wasn't really surprised that Nephis had chosen to return to this place. After all, the mountainous abomination was most

he was really curious about how exactly she

everyone gathered around the hole in the mud, Changing Star glanced at him and

can your shadow take a look at the burial

It slid on the mud and entered the dark hole, then hid in the

human bones was still there, in the middle

from how it had

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.

of the Dead seemed… weaker. More brittle. As though it was sick, sapped of its strength and infected by a

and finally noticed the thing that he

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

with a small note. That note had been written by Changing Star's spy

of the Artisans. Her Aspect Ability allowed her

vine, as it turned out, was her last creation and final

then spoke, his words causing

infected by Kido's

remained silent for a few moments. Then,

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. We should also be able to wound, and

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