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?

A modicum of madness, and a

stared at him for a bit, then

right, I

at Changing Star

what we

looked at

"She didn't tell you?"

tall man hesitated, then

just not sure that I

smiled and

let me guess. Your first thought was that she had lost her mind.

a few moments of silence, Gemma

can we kill

'Poor guy…'

glanced at him, lingered for a bit, and then

you know more about

like that, their

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

prey was hiding in a vast underground

they were 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

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

that Nephis had chosen to return to this place. After all, the mountainous abomination was most

how exactly she was planning to kill

gathered around the hole in the mud, Changing Star glanced

shadow take a look at

entered the dark hole, then hid

was still there, in the middle of the vast

from how

thick as a human body. They weren't growing just between the ancient remains: the vines were bursting through

Dead seemed… weaker. More brittle. As though it was sick, sapped

commanded his shadow to look closer, and finally noticed the

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

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 been created for

leader of the Artisans. Her

it turned out, was her last creation

for a moment and then

Kido's

nodded and remained silent for a few moments.

chamber, the Lord of 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

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