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?

lots of killing. A modicum of madness, and a

for a bit,

right, I

forward at Changing Star

what we are going to hunt

looked at him

"She didn't tell you?"

hesitated, then shook his

not sure that I

smiled and

let me guess. Your first thought was that she had lost her mind. What can I say… get

few moments of silence,

can we kill

'Poor guy…'

lingered for a bit, and

my guess is correct, you know

just like that, their

wall. Standing on top of it, they saw the colossal crater and the headless statue that stood not too far away, its one remaining hand thrust toward

was hiding in a vast underground chamber

were going to hunt the Lord of

***

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

had used that breach to escape from the catacombs. Now, they were going to

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 last of the

curious about how exactly she was planning to

gathered around the hole in the mud, Changing Star glanced at him

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 of the vast circular

from how

as thick as a human body. They weren't growing just between

brittle. As though it was sick, sapped of its strength and infected by a terrible

and finally

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

appeared on his pillow with a small note. That note had been written by Changing Star's spy — Seishan. And the contents of

Her Aspect Ability allowed her to control and

vine, as it turned out, was

and then spoke, his words causing a subtle reaction in

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

remained silent for a few moments.

attack us. Now that its power is reduced, 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

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