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

him for a bit, then

right, I

at Changing

we are

looked at him

"She didn't tell you?"

tall man hesitated,

did. I'm just not sure

smiled and looked

Your first thought was that she had lost

few moments of

how can we kill

'Poor guy…'

him, lingered for a bit, and then

my guess is correct, you know more about

like that, their

on top of it,

in a vast underground chamber beneath that

they were going to hunt the

***

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

to escape from the catacombs. Now,

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

he was really curious about how exactly

everyone gathered around the hole in the mud, Changing Star glanced at him

shadow take a look at the burial

on the mud and entered the dark

there, in the middle

it looked very different from how it had been

as thick as a human body. They weren't growing just between the ancient remains: the vines were bursting through

brittle. As though it was sick, sapped of its strength and infected by a terrible

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

The exact same box Nephis had mysteriously entrusted to Caster as soon as they were back in

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 box had been created for her by Kido,

had been the leader of the Artisans. Her Aspect Ability

it turned out, was her last creation

moment and then

infected by Kido's vine. It seems

silent for a few moments.

Dead will attack us. Now that its power is reduced, and with the help of the Dawn Shard, we should be able to survive the onslaught. We should also be able to wound, and eventually

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