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?

modicum of madness, and

stared at him for a bit, then

about right,

forward at Changing Star and asked in

we are going

looked at

"She didn't tell you?"

hesitated, then shook his

just not sure that I

smiled and looked

that she had lost her mind.

moments of

how can we kill

'Poor guy…'

for

my guess is correct, you know more about it

just like that,

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

prey was hiding in a vast underground chamber

they were going to hunt

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

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

below. Sunny wasn't really surprised that Nephis had chosen to return

was really curious about how exactly she was planning to

around the hole in the mud, Changing Star glanced at him and

shadow take a look at the burial

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

was still there, in the middle of the vast

it looked very different from

thin, others as thick as a human body. They weren't growing just between the ancient remains: the vines were

though it was sick, sapped of

finally noticed the thing that

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

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

been the leader of the Artisans. Her Aspect

turned out, was her last creation and

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

is heavily infected by Kido's

for a few

we enter the 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 onslaught. We should also be able

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