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?

hiding, lots of killing. A modicum of

at him for

about right, I

glanced forward at Changing Star and asked

you know what we are going to hunt

looked at

"She didn't tell you?"

man hesitated,

I'm just not sure that I

and looked

thought was that she had lost her mind. What can I

a few moments

how can we kill

'Poor guy…'

him, lingered for

you know

that, their

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

was hiding in a

going to hunt the

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fell, crashing through the dome of the underground chamber. Now, there was a chasm in the ground that led into the lair

to escape from the catacombs. Now, they were going to use it to descend into that darkness,

to return to this place. After all,

was really curious about how

in the mud, Changing Star glanced at him

take a look

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

was still there, in the middle of

different from how

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

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

look closer, and finally noticed the thing that he had expected to

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

been written by Changing Star's spy — Seishan. And the contents of

leader of the Artisans. Her Aspect Ability allowed her to

out, was her last creation

a moment and then spoke, his words causing

infected by Kido's vine. It seems to

for a few moments.

and with the help of the Dawn Shard,

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