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 killing. A modicum of madness, and a little bit of

at him for

right,

Changing Star and

we are going to hunt

looked at

"She didn't tell you?"

man hesitated, then shook his

not sure

smiled and looked

was that she had lost her

moments of

how can we kill

'Poor guy…'

lingered for a bit, and

correct, you know more about it than I

just like that, their conversation

the great wall. Standing on top of it, they saw the colossal crater and the headless statue that stood not too far away, its

prey was hiding in a vast underground chamber beneath

they were going to hunt the

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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

the catacombs.

master of the catacombs waited for them below. Sunny wasn't really surprised that Nephis had chosen to return to this place. After all, the

really curious about how exactly

around the hole in the mud,

your shadow take a look at the burial

It slid on the mud and entered the dark

of human bones was still there, in the middle

very different from

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 vines were bursting through

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

finally noticed

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

outer settlement 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 Artisans. Her Aspect Ability allowed her to control

out, was her last creation and

and then

infected by Kido's vine. It

silent for a few moments. Then, she

Dead will attack us. Now that its power is reduced, and with the help

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