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

him for a bit,

right, I

a while, he glanced forward at Changing

you know what we are going to

at

"She didn't tell you?"

tall man hesitated,

not sure

and

me guess. Your first thought was that she had lost

a few moments of silence,

how can we

'Poor guy…'

for

my guess is correct, you know more

just like that,

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

prey was hiding in a vast underground

going to hunt the Lord

***

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

rest had used that breach to escape from the catacombs.

had chosen to return to this place. After all, the mountainous abomination was most likely guarding the last of the seven

he was really curious about how exactly she was

gathered around the hole in the mud,

a look at the

the mud and entered the dark hole,

mountain of human bones was still there,

very different from how

body. They weren't growing just between the ancient remains: the vines were bursting through the bones, too. Almost as if feeding

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

commanded his shadow to look closer, and finally noticed the thing

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

had been the leader of the Artisans. Her Aspect Ability allowed her to

it turned out, was her last creation and

hesitated for a moment and then spoke, his

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

for a

the 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. We should also

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