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:

back! Ready

up. Almost everyone had time

figure stumbled from the darkness, only to be met by a

several more appeared, and then more,

to buy themselves a few moments and then jumped onto the root,

moment. Thanks to the shadow, he knew that the wide coral growth they were

one crossing it just a few meters ahead, separated by a very small

then turned around and

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

I guess

There, a few dozen meters away, a wide gallery circled around the empty expanse of

another mass 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,

right on the root he was standing

noticed a familiar tall figure close by. Effie stared

"What is it now?"

ground and gently pushed her toward the

of her

a hand, letting him know that she got

two of them for a moment, then turned around and

and slashed it with his sword. The golem's body offered some resistance, but no more than a mundane creature would. It almost disintegrated under his assault,

'Not too bad…'

kill. Just as Sunny

to make things a tiny bit