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 your

had time to climb onto

by a

several more

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

he knew that the wide coral growth they were ascending was soon going to twist upward at an

it just a few

jumped, landing on the other root, then turned around and moved in the opposite direction to the one they had been

wave of golems was already climbing on the twisting roots to

it. I guess they can

and looked up. There, a few dozen meters away, a wide gallery circled around the

of golems was surging in the direction of the Dreamer Army. Countless twisted figures were appearing from the chaotic mess of crimson coral and rushing forward, searching for a

some fell right on the root he

looked back and noticed a familiar tall figure close

"What is it now?"

Cassie on the ground and gently pushed her toward the

care of her

a hand, letting him know that she got

of them for a moment, then turned around and summoned the

later, 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 would. It

'Not too bad…'

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

going to make things a