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?

killing. A modicum

for a bit,

about right, I

forward at Changing

what we are going to

at him with

"She didn't tell you?"

tall man hesitated, then shook

just not

and

that she had lost her mind. What can I say… get used to

moments of silence,

can we

'Poor guy…'

for a bit, and then

correct, you know more

just like that, their

of the great wall. Standing on top of it, they saw the colossal crater

hiding in a

to hunt the

***

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

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

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 last of

he was really curious about how

everyone gathered around the hole in the

take a

a shrug, he sent the shadow into the breach. It slid on the mud and entered

bones was still there, in the middle of the vast

very different from how

mass of bones, some of them comparatively thin, others as thick as a human body. They weren't growing just between the ancient remains:

though it was sick,

his shadow to look closer, and finally noticed the thing that he had expected to

floor of the underground chamber, open and empty. The exact same box Nephis had mysteriously entrusted to Caster as

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 created for her by Kido, who was now

the Artisans. Her Aspect Ability

turned out, was her

then spoke,

by Kido's

Star nodded and remained silent for a few moments. Then,

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

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