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?

modicum

stared at him for a

about right, I

forward at Changing Star and asked

you know what we

looked at

"She didn't tell you?"

tall man hesitated, then

not

smiled and looked

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

a few moments

can we kill

'Poor guy…'

at him, lingered for a bit, and then

know

like that, their

the eastern edges of the city and climbed the imposing monolith of the great wall. Standing on top of it, they saw the

in a vast underground chamber beneath

they were going to hunt 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

escape from the catacombs. Now, they were going to use it

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

how exactly she was planning to

the mud, Changing Star glanced

your shadow take a look at the

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

still there, in the middle of the vast

very different from

of them comparatively thin, others as thick as a human body.

though it was sick, sapped of its strength

closer, and finally noticed the thing that he had

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

the words the outer settlement hunter, that box had appeared on his pillow with a small note. That note had been written by Changing Star's spy —

Artisans. Her Aspect Ability allowed her

it turned out, was her

hesitated for a moment and then spoke, his words causing

is heavily infected by Kido's vine. It

and remained silent for a

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

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