Shadow Slave

Chapter 626

Sunny remained motionless for a while, then shifted his gaze, moving it to the very end of the field of shimmering runes. Soon, Neph's description appeared before him. He lingered for a few moments, and then read:

…Soul Fragments: [2478/4000].

The corner of his mouth twitched.

'Of course. She is in a hell of her own, after all…'

The gap between them had diminished, but barely. He was still behind… still lacking…

But she was alive, at least. And fighting with all her strength to return.

If Neph refused to give up, then he would have to persevere, too.

With a sigh, Sunny turned away and looked back to his runes, finding the list of his Memories and Echoes. His eyes suddenly gleamed, but then grew dark and slightly despondent.

'What the hell… how is this even possible…'

Among the names of his Memories, dozens of new ones shimmered in the darkness. It seemed that the Spell continued to reward him even while their connection was obstructed by the sorceries of Hope. It sort of made sense… the fact that Sunny had not been able to communicate with the Spell did not mean that it had not continued to watch his every step.

He was inside one of its Nightmares, after all. Which created a swarm of questions on its own…

to consider them, Sunny silently counted the

there were thirty-nine of

after slaughtering nearly a thousand Nightmare Creatures. Not even a hint

make any sense… none at

came to Memories had been incredible, while his luck when it came to Echoes had been beyond terrible. He should have received four of five, at least… but he

the darkness for a while, his expression glum.

pity that I did not receive an Echo of the Red Priest, though. I would have made him into a Shadow... just to get a chance to

reading their names and descriptions. A few were good, and a couple was splendid. The rest, however, were worse

taciturn demon. Instead, Sunny

while not fearing to damage or destroy an actually valuable instrument. He would

Covetous Coffer, indifferently dropped them into the dark abyss of the Sky Below, and sent one of his shadows to scout out

sun was rolling toward the horizon, and the night

that he would have

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darkness of the Sky Below during the night, and finding shelter on the undersides of the floating island during the day. He was still weak

course of these days, Sunny made several stunning

were far fewer Nightmare Creatures populating the Kingdom of Hope in this era than there were in the future. That included

absence made the task of remaining below the isles far easier for him. Of course, there were still some monstrosities hiding in the darkness, but not nearly enough to make it too hard

and there were plenty of humans living on the levitating islands. It was because of them and their efforts that the population of Nightmare Creatures was so low. It was also the

the human inhabitants of the Kingdom of Hope. He was still in the territory of the worshippers

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