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…

them, Sunny

there were thirty-nine of

after slaughtering nearly a thousand

make any sense… none at all.

it came to Memories had been incredible, while his luck when it came to Echoes had been beyond terrible. He

stared into the darkness for a while, his

a 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 kill

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

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

damage or destroy an actually valuable instrument. He would

he had taken out of the Covetous Coffer, indifferently dropped them into the dark abyss of the Sky Below,

sun was rolling toward the horizon, and the

meant that he would have

***

and finding shelter on the undersides of the floating

course of these days, Sunny

first one was rather pleasant and beneficial to him. As it turned out, there were far fewer Nightmare Creatures populating the Kingdom of Hope

absence made the task of remaining below the isles far easier for him. Of course, there were still

them and their efforts that the population of Nightmare Creatures was so low. It was also the reason why it took Solvane and her zealots a full decade or more to gather enough

of the worshippers of War, which made it all but impossible to

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