Shadow Slave

Chapter 322

Things were turning from dire to desperate for the Dreamer Army. The first line was almost gone, and the second was now completely engulfed by the horde of Nightmare Creatures. Seishan was still standing her ground, but just barely.

The archers under Kai's command were doing their best to eviscerate as many monsters as they could, but with their attention split between those on the ground and those diving at the iron net from above, the results weren't as devastating as they had been during the initial stage of the battle.

They were running out of arrows and ammunition, too. The siege engines were slowly disintegrating under the pressure of so many consecutive shots. The people were tired.

…And the iron net itself looked as though it was going to break soon. It was covered with a carpet of dead Nightmare Creatures, submerging the battlefield into dim twilight. With every minute, that twilight was turning darker and darker.

The human formation seemed to be balancing on the very edge of collapse.

It was at that moment that Nephis, who had been calmly meditating through all of that, suddenly opened her eyes.

In them, two blinding white flames were burning. Her pale face became illuminated by this radiance, like that of a merciless celestial creature.

Turning to Sunny, she remained silent for a moment, and then said:

"It's time."

He sighed.

Indeed, it was time for the two of them to enter the fray and play their roles.

As Neph stood up and summoned her sword, he flexed his shoulders and stretched his neck. The Midnight Shard, however, remained hidden in the depths of the Shadow Core.

Sunny glanced at Cassie, hesitated for a few seconds, and then smiled.

"Hey, Cas. I'll… see you on the other side, I guess."

for a bit, then

'...Don't die.'

He sighed.

my cue, I

and Nephis walked over to the edge of the coral mound and jumped down, leaving the blind girl standing alone on

the ground, Sunny waved to

first. Good

turned in the direction of the battlefield and inhaled

him, the desperately fighting Dreamer Army was intertwined with the nightmare horde in the darkness cast by the groaning net of

turned into a realm of blood, death… and shadow. The more corpses piled on

was Sunny's

invisible. The shadows embraced him as one of their own, hiding his figure and movements.

where a group of people was supposed to be desperately trying to save those lucky

under the net and was now wreaking havoc inside of it, its black body pierced by several arrows, but still full of deadly

it without

through the deepest, darkest shadows, he ran past the line of siege engines and noticed the small figure of Aiko helping an exhausted Artisan load one last spear into position. The steel lance was clearly too heavy for the

was between the rows of archers. These people were continuing to fire, desperately trying to find clear spots between the numerous corpses piled on top of the trembling iron net.

to stop and reassure his friend, but

he left the third line

remaining unseen

the warriors under Effie's command still taking the brunt of the horde and withstanding its pressure, Seishan had managed to prevent

…At least for now.

monsters, Sunny entered the crucible of battle. He wasn't here to fight, however. His goal was still

evaded several vicious skirmishes. Somewhere along the way, he

by her slender hand. The amount of power delivered by these

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