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

'...Don't die.'

He sighed.

my cue, I

the edge of the coral mound and jumped down,

waved to Neph and said in an

first.

he turned in the direction of the battlefield and

the nightmare horde

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

Sunny's

him as one of their own, hiding his

Sunny ran past the tent of the makeshift hospital where a group of people was supposed to

of the flying Nightmare Creatures had somehow managed to squeeze under the

moved past it

small figure of Aiko helping an exhausted Artisan load one last spear into position. The steel lance was clearly too heavy for the delicate girl, but she was pushing

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

to stop and reassure his friend, but

being noticed, he left

of remaining

With the warriors under Effie's command still taking

…At least for now.

humans and the attacking monsters, Sunny entered the crucible of battle.

Somewhere along the way,

fell, guided by her slender hand. The amount of power delivered

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