Shadow Slave

Sunny had never expected to become a leader of anyone, let alone of a hundred desperate people. But now, that was exactly the situation he found himself in.

To add insult to injury, he was really the best person for the job.

Not because of any kind of leadership qualities, but simply for the fact that he could see in the dark. Now that the rays of soul-destroying light were led away by Nephis, he could also let his shadow free and send it forward to explore and search for the Gateway.

So if anyone could guide the remains of the Dreamer Army to it, it was him.

'How the hell…'

Hiding his unease deep inside, Sunny projected nothing but absolute confidence and shouted for everyone to follow him. Surprisingly, the Sleepers did just that without voicing any objections.

'Confidence is easily confused for competence, I guess.'

Of course, the fact that he was affiliated with Changing Star in some capacity helped a lot, even if most people were not completely sure how and to what extent.

Taking Cassie's hand, Sunny dove out of his cover and dashed toward a wide, spiraling coral root that reached high into the darkness above. He could hear the sound of footsteps following him from behind.

The Dreamer Army was on the move once again.

Jumping on the root, Sunny send the shadow forward and glanced at the approaching sea of coral golems. There was still time.

He ran forward, using the coral growth as stairs. A second later, he yelled:

at the back! Ready

did so while the first rows of Sleepers followed Sunny up. Almost everyone had time to

by a flash of a sword. It crumbled instantly, offering

moment later, several more appeared, and then more, and

and then jumped onto the root, then dashed away, soon catching up with the rest of the

the wide coral growth they were ascending was soon going to twist upward at an almost vertical angle

it just a few

the other root, then turned around and moved in the opposite direction to

Sleepers repeated his jump. And down below, the wave of golems was already climbing on the twisting

it. I guess

then suddenly froze and looked up. There, a few dozen meters away, a wide gallery circled around the empty expanse of

Army. Countless twisted figures were appearing from the chaotic mess of crimson coral and rushing forward,

on the root he was standing

looked back and noticed a familiar tall figure close by. Effie

"What is it now?"

on the ground and

care of her

him

a moment, then turned around and summoned the

he reached the first golem and slashed it with his sword. The golem's body offered some resistance, but no more than a mundane creature

'Not too bad…'

congratulate him on the kill. Just as Sunny had suspected, these things were not really

to make things