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…

caring to consider them, Sunny silently counted the

were thirty-nine

not a single Echo he had received after

any sense… none at all. What is this, a

his luck when it came to Memories had been incredible, while his luck when it came to Echoes had been beyond terrible. He should have received four of

for a while, his expression glum. Then, he

the Red Priest, though. I

were good, and a couple was splendid. The rest, however, were worse than what he already had in his arsenal. Their

away as sustenance for the taciturn demon. Instead, Sunny hesitated for a long time, and then dismissed the runes. He had other plans for these

be able to study and experiment with while not fearing to damage or destroy an actually valuable instrument. He would be able to use

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

toward the horizon, and

meant that he would have

***

staying in the darkness of the Sky Below during the night, and finding shelter on the undersides of the floating island during the day.

these days,

the Kingdom of Hope in this era than there were in the future. That included the harrowing abominations that dwelled on

were still some monstrosities hiding in the darkness, but not nearly

yet, 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 still in the territory of the worshippers of War, which

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