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…

consider them, Sunny silently counted

were

he had received after slaughtering

at all. What is

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 five, at

into the darkness for a

of the Red Priest, though. I would have made him into a Shadow... just to get a chance to

his new Memories, slowly reading their names and descriptions. A few were good, and a couple was splendid. The rest, however, were worse than what he

Instead, Sunny hesitated for a

that he would be able to study and experiment with while not fearing to damage or destroy an actually valuable instrument. He would be able to use Weaver's needle now, too,

the last of synthpaste tubes he had taken out of the Covetous Coffer, indifferently dropped

toward the horizon, and the night was

meant that he would have to

***

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

course of these days, Sunny made several

to him. As it turned out, there were far fewer Nightmare Creatures populating the Kingdom of Hope in this

him. Of course, there were still some monstrosities hiding in the darkness, but not nearly enough to make it

sense. These lands were not completely devastated yet, and there were plenty of humans living on the levitating islands. It was because of them and their efforts that the population

the Kingdom of Hope. He was still in the territory of

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