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?

killing. A modicum of madness, and a little bit

stared at him for a

right, I

Changing Star

you know what we are going to

at him with

"She didn't tell you?"

hesitated, then

did. I'm just not sure that I believe

smiled and looked

that she had lost her

moments of silence, Gemma

can we kill

'Poor guy…'

for a bit, and then

know more

just like that, their

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

in a vast

hunt

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had broken off and fell, crashing through the dome of the underground chamber. Now, there was a chasm in the ground that

months ago, Sunny and the rest had used that breach to escape from the catacombs. Now, they were going to use it to descend into that darkness,

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

about how exactly she was planning

in the mud, Changing Star glanced at

a look at the burial

mud and entered the dark hole,

was still there, in the middle of

different from how it had been

of them comparatively thin, others as thick as a human body. They weren't growing just

of the Dead seemed… weaker. More brittle. As though it was sick, sapped of its

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

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

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

had been the leader of the Artisans. Her Aspect Ability

as it turned out, was

Nephis, Sunny hesitated for a moment and then spoke,

Kido's vine.

silent for a few

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

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