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, and a little bit of

at him for a bit,

right, I

a while, he glanced forward at Changing Star and

we are going to hunt

at

"She didn't tell you?"

man hesitated, then shook

did. I'm just not

smiled and looked

she had lost her

moments of

how can

'Poor guy…'

at him, lingered for a bit, and then

is correct, you know more about it than I

that,

the middle of 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 the colossal crater and the headless statue that stood not too far away, its one remaining

in a vast underground chamber

were going to hunt the

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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,

Sunny and the rest had used that breach to escape from the catacombs. Now, they were going to use

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

he was really curious about how exactly she was

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

a

slid on the mud and entered the dark hole, then hid in the palm of the giant

bones was still there, in the middle of

looked very different from how it

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 the bones, too. Almost

though it was sick, sapped

look closer, and finally noticed the

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

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

been the leader of the Artisans. Her Aspect Ability

bone-eating vine, as it turned out, was

a moment and then spoke, his words causing a subtle reaction

Kido's

and remained silent for a few moments.

attack us. Now that its power is reduced, and with the help of the Dawn Shard, we should

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