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 hiding, lots of killing. A modicum of madness, and a little bit of

at him for a bit, then

right,

glanced forward at Changing Star

know what we are going

at him

"She didn't tell you?"

man hesitated, then shook his

I'm just not sure that I

and looked

she had lost

few moments of silence,

can

'Poor guy…'

him, lingered for a bit,

is correct, you know more about

just like that, their conversation

great wall. Standing on top of it, they saw

in a vast underground chamber

going to hunt the

***

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 ground that led into the lair of the Lord of

ago, Sunny and the rest had used that breach to escape from the catacombs. Now, they were going to use it to descend into that

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

about how exactly she was

the hole in the

take a look at

into the breach. It slid on the mud and entered the dark hole, then hid in the palm

there, in the middle of the

from how

were growing 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

it was sick,

to look closer, 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

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

of the Artisans. Her Aspect Ability

it turned out, was her last creation

a moment and then spoke, his words causing

Kido's vine.

nodded and remained silent 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

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