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, and a little

him for

about right, I

at Changing Star and asked in a curious

you know what we are going to

looked at him

"She didn't tell you?"

hesitated, then shook

not sure

smiled and

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

a few moments

how can

'Poor guy…'

glanced at him, lingered for a bit, and then

you know

that, their conversation

the middle of the day, they 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

a vast

hunt the Lord of

***

Thousands of years ago, it had broken off and fell, crashing through the dome of the underground chamber. Now,

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

the catacombs waited for them below. Sunny wasn't really surprised that Nephis had chosen to return to this place. After all, the mountainous abomination was most likely guarding the last of

he was really curious about how exactly she

everyone gathered around the hole in the mud,

shadow take a look at the

the breach. It slid on the mud and entered the dark hole,

bones was still there, in

very different from how it had been

bones, some of them comparatively thin, others as thick as a human body. They weren't growing just between the ancient remains:

More brittle. As though it was sick, sapped of its strength and infected by a

and finally noticed the

and empty. The exact same box Nephis had mysteriously entrusted to Caster as soon as they were back in

been written by Changing Star's

of the Artisans. Her Aspect Ability allowed her to control and alter

it turned out, was her last creation and

to Nephis, Sunny hesitated for a moment and then spoke, his

by Kido's vine. It seems to

for a few moments.

that its power is reduced, and with the help of the Dawn Shard, we should be able

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