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 killing. A modicum of madness, and

for a bit,

about right,

at Changing

you know what we are going to hunt

at

"She didn't tell you?"

tall man hesitated, then

just not

smiled and

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

few moments of silence,

how can we kill

'Poor guy…'

at him, lingered for a

guess is correct, you know more about it than

just like that,

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

a vast underground chamber beneath that

they were going to hunt the Lord of the

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base 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.

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

surprised that Nephis had chosen to return to this place. After all, the mountainous abomination was most likely guarding the last of the

he was really curious about how

the

a

on the mud and entered the dark hole, then hid in the

bones was still there, in the middle of

different from how it

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

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

closer, and finally noticed the thing that

and empty. The exact same box Nephis had mysteriously

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 contents of the box had been created

the Artisans. Her

as it turned out, was her last

Sunny hesitated for a moment and then spoke, his words causing a subtle reaction

is heavily infected by Kido's vine. It seems to

for a few moments. Then,

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

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