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 hiding, lots of killing. A modicum of

for a bit, then

right,

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

know what we are going

looked at

"She didn't tell you?"

tall man hesitated, then shook his

just not

and looked

thought was that she had lost her mind. What can

few moments of silence,

can

'Poor guy…'

at him, lingered for a bit, and then

my guess is correct, you know more about it than I

that,

reached the eastern edges of 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

a vast

going to hunt

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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 the Lord

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

ghastly master of the catacombs waited for them below. Sunny wasn't really surprised that Nephis had chosen to return to this place. After all,

curious about how exactly she was

around the hole in the mud,

take a look

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

human bones was still there, in the middle of the

it looked very different from how it had been

thin, others as thick as a human body. They

seemed… weaker. More brittle. As though it was sick, sapped of its strength and infected by

closer, and finally noticed the thing

exact same box Nephis had mysteriously entrusted to Caster as soon as they were back in

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 was

of the Artisans. Her Aspect Ability allowed

out,

hesitated for a moment and then spoke, his words causing a subtle

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

and remained silent for a few moments. Then,

is reduced, and with the help of the Dawn Shard, we should

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