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?

lots of killing. A modicum of madness, and a little bit of

for a bit,

about right, I

a while, he glanced forward at Changing Star and asked

what we are going to

at him

"She didn't tell you?"

tall man hesitated, then

did. I'm just not sure that I believe

and

first thought was that she had lost her mind. What

moments of

how can we kill

'Poor guy…'

lingered for a bit,

know more about it

that, their

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

was hiding in a vast underground chamber beneath

they were going to hunt the Lord of the

***

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. Now, there was a chasm in the ground that led into the lair of the

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

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

was really curious about how exactly

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

take a look

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

there, in the middle of

different from how it had

as thick as a human body. They weren't growing just

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

look closer, and finally noticed the thing that he

empty. The exact same box Nephis had mysteriously entrusted

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 — Seishan. And the contents of the box had been created for her by Kido, who

had been the leader of the Artisans. Her Aspect Ability allowed her to control and

as it turned out, was her last creation and final

and then spoke, his words causing a

by Kido's vine. It seems to

Star nodded and remained silent for a few moments.

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,

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