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 of madness,

stared at him for a bit, then

right, I

a while, he glanced forward at Changing Star and asked in a

you know what we are going

looked at him with

"She didn't tell you?"

hesitated, then shook his

I'm just not sure that

and

Your first thought was that she had lost her mind. What can

few moments of

can

'Poor guy…'

lingered for a bit,

you know more about it

like that,

wall. Standing on top of it, they saw the colossal crater and the headless statue that stood not too far away,

was hiding in a

to hunt the Lord of

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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

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

Sunny wasn't really surprised that Nephis had chosen to return to this

he was really curious about how exactly she was planning to kill

in the mud, Changing Star glanced at him and

can your shadow take a look at the burial

a shrug, he sent the shadow into the breach. It slid on the mud and entered the dark hole, then hid in the palm of the giant stone hand and cautiously looked

of human bones was still there, in the middle

very different from

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 as if feeding

More brittle. As though it was sick,

look closer, and finally noticed the thing that he had

small wooden box lay on the floor of the underground chamber, open and empty. The exact same box Nephis had mysteriously entrusted

on his pillow with a small note. That note had been written by Changing Star's

Her Aspect Ability allowed her to control

as it turned out, was her last creation and final

a moment and then spoke, his words causing a subtle

heavily infected by Kido's vine. It seems to be considerably

for a few moments. Then,

and with the help of the Dawn Shard, we should be able to survive the onslaught. We should also be able to wound, and eventually kill

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