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

for a

about right, I

glanced forward at Changing Star and asked in a

know what we are going to hunt

at him

"She didn't tell you?"

man hesitated, then shook his

did. I'm just not sure that I

smiled and

was that she had lost

moments of silence,

can we kill

'Poor guy…'

for a bit, and

correct, you know more about it

just like that,

top of it, they

prey was hiding in a vast underground

to hunt

***

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 catacombs. Now, they were going

master of the catacombs waited for them 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

was really curious about how exactly she was planning

in the mud, Changing Star glanced

your shadow take a look at

the shadow into the breach. It slid on the mud and entered the dark hole, then hid in the palm of the

still there, in the middle of the vast

different from how it had been

growing from 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 were bursting

Lord of the Dead seemed… weaker. More brittle. As though it was sick, sapped of its strength

look closer, and finally

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 — Seishan. And the contents of the box had been

the leader of the Artisans. Her Aspect Ability allowed her to

vine, as it turned out, was her last

and then spoke, his words causing a

Kido's vine. It seems

remained silent for a few moments.

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

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