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 little

him for a

right,

while, he glanced forward at Changing Star and

what we

looked at him

"She didn't tell you?"

hesitated, then shook

I'm just not sure that I

smiled and

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

moments of

can we kill

'Poor guy…'

at him, lingered for a bit, and then

know more about

like that, their conversation

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 thrust toward

hiding in a vast underground chamber

hunt

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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.

below. Sunny wasn't really surprised that Nephis had chosen to return to this place. After all, the

was really curious about how exactly she was planning to

hole in the mud, Changing Star glanced at

can your shadow take a look at the

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

bones was still there,

looked very different from how it had been

body. They weren't growing just between the ancient remains: the vines were bursting through the bones, too. Almost

weaker. More brittle. As though it was sick,

shadow to look closer, and finally noticed

of the underground chamber, open and empty. The exact same box Nephis had mysteriously entrusted to Caster as soon as they were back in the Dark

with a small note. That note had been written

the Artisans. Her Aspect Ability allowed her

vine, as it turned out, was her last creation and

hesitated for a moment and then

Kido's vine.

nodded and remained silent for a few moments. Then,

its power is reduced, and with the help of the Dawn Shard, we should be able to survive the onslaught. We should also be

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