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 bit

stared at him for a bit,

right, I

a while, he glanced forward at Changing Star

what we are going to hunt

looked at him

"She didn't tell you?"

hesitated,

just not sure

smiled and

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

few moments of

how can

'Poor guy…'

him, lingered for a

is correct, you know more about it than

that, their conversation

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

hiding in a vast

going to hunt

***

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 chasm in the ground

the rest had used that breach to escape from the catacombs. Now,

that Nephis had chosen to return to this place. After all, the mountainous

how exactly she was planning to kill

around the hole in the mud, Changing

can your shadow take a

a shrug, he sent the shadow into the breach. It slid on the mud and entered the dark hole, then hid in the palm of the

bones was still there, in the middle

very different from

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

weaker. More brittle. As though it was sick, sapped of its

commanded his shadow to look closer, and finally noticed the thing that he

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

his pillow with a small note. That note had been written by Changing Star's spy — Seishan. And the contents of the box had been created

Her Aspect Ability allowed her to control

vine, as it turned out, was

for a moment and then spoke, his words causing

Kido's vine. It seems to be

remained silent for

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

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