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?

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

him for a

right,

he glanced forward at Changing Star and asked in

we

looked at him

"She didn't tell you?"

hesitated, then

not sure

and

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

few moments of silence, Gemma

how can we

'Poor guy…'

glanced at him, lingered for a bit,

guess is correct, you know more about

like that, their conversation

Standing on top of it, they

in a vast underground chamber beneath that

were going to hunt

***

mud. Thousands of years ago, it had broken off and fell, crashing through the dome of the

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

wasn't really surprised that Nephis had chosen to return to this place. After all, the mountainous abomination was most likely guarding the last of the seven

he was really curious about how exactly

in the mud, Changing Star glanced at

can your shadow take a look

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

still there, in the

very different from how it

others as thick as a human body. They weren't growing just between the ancient remains:

As though it was sick, sapped of

finally noticed the thing that he

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

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,

the Artisans. Her Aspect Ability allowed her to control and

it turned out, was her last creation and final

to Nephis, Sunny hesitated for a moment and then

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

for a few moments.

and with the help of the Dawn Shard, we should be able to

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