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

there were thirty-nine of

not a single Echo he had received after slaughtering nearly a thousand Nightmare

none at all.

came to Echoes had been beyond terrible. He should

darkness for a while, his expression

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 that bastard

names and descriptions. A few were good, and a couple was splendid.

them 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

while not fearing to damage or destroy an actually valuable instrument. He would be able to use Weaver's needle now, too, instead of cutting his

the Covetous Coffer, indifferently dropped

the horizon, and the night was swiftly

meant that he would have to move

***

of the floating island during the day. He was still weak because of his injuries and had to make frequent

days, Sunny made

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

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

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 reason why

the human inhabitants of the Kingdom of Hope. He was still in the territory of the worshippers of War, which made it all but

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