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

at him for a

about right,

glanced forward at Changing Star and asked in

we are going to hunt

looked at him

"She didn't tell you?"

man hesitated, then shook

not sure that I

smiled and

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

a few moments of

how can we

'Poor guy…'

at him, lingered for a bit,

you know more

that, their

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 stood not too far away, its one remaining hand

hiding in a vast underground

were going to hunt the

***

arm of 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

ago, Sunny and the rest had used that breach to escape from the catacombs. Now, they were

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

curious about how exactly she was planning to

everyone gathered around the hole in the mud, Changing Star

a

the mud and entered the dark hole, then hid in the palm of the giant

was still there, in the middle of the vast

from how it

body. They

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

look closer, and finally noticed the thing that

of the underground chamber, open and empty. The exact same box

hunter, that box had 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 been created for her by Kido,

Her Aspect Ability allowed her

out, was

hesitated for a moment and then spoke, his words causing

infected by Kido's vine. It

and remained silent for a few

attack us. Now that its power is reduced, and with the help of the Dawn Shard, we should be able to survive

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