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 madness,

for a

about right, I

a while, he glanced forward at Changing Star and

know what we are going to

looked at him

"She didn't tell you?"

hesitated, then shook his

did. I'm just not sure that I

and

she had lost her mind. What can I say… get used to that

moments of silence,

how can we

'Poor guy…'

glanced at him, lingered for a bit,

my guess is correct, you know more

like that, their conversation

of the great wall. Standing on top of it, they saw the colossal crater and

in a vast underground chamber beneath

to hunt the

***

of the statue, the second arm of the Priestess lay in the mud. Thousands of years ago, it had broken off and fell, crashing through the dome of the underground chamber. Now, there was a

breach to escape from the catacombs. Now, they were going to

wasn't really surprised that Nephis had chosen to return to this place. After all, the mountainous abomination was most likely guarding the last of the seven Shard

how exactly she was planning

everyone gathered around the hole in the mud, Changing Star

your shadow take a look at

on the mud and entered

was still there, in the middle of

it looked very different from how it had been

growing 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 vines were bursting

brittle. As though it was sick, sapped of its strength and

closer, and finally noticed the thing

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

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

leader of the Artisans. Her Aspect Ability allowed her to

vine, as it turned out, was her last

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

is heavily infected by Kido's vine. It seems

and remained silent for a few moments.

with the help of the Dawn Shard, we should be able to survive the onslaught. We should also be able to

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