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."

a bit, then nodded slowly and turned

'...Don't die.'

He sighed.

cue, I

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

waved to Neph and said in an even

go first. Good

direction

fighting Dreamer Army was intertwined with the

realm of blood, death… and shadow. The more corpses piled on the net, the deeper

was Sunny's

one of their own, hiding his figure and movements. Veiled in their

Sunny ran past the tent of the makeshift hospital where a group of people was supposed to be desperately trying to save those lucky few

to squeeze under the net and was now wreaking havoc inside of

past it

the small figure of Aiko helping an exhausted Artisan load one last spear into position. The steel lance was clearly too heavy

people were continuing to fire, desperately trying to find clear spots between the numerous corpses piled on top of the trembling iron net. He saw Kai looking around

to stop and

these people without being noticed, he left the third line and dashed toward the

task of remaining unseen became

Effie's command still taking the brunt

…At least for now.

and the attacking monsters, Sunny entered the crucible of battle. He wasn't here to

Somewhere along the way, he noticed

fell, guided by her slender hand. The amount of power delivered by these strikes, however, was

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