Shadow Slave

Chapter 858

They did not spend too much time trying to come up with a detailed plan. Firstly, because the Nightmare Creatures could have discovered the Irregulars at any moment. Secondly, because no plan they could come up with would have been reliable.

There was just too little information at their disposal. Without knowing what the Tyrant, the few Devils serving it, and the lesser soldiers of the stone hive were capable of, what was the point of creating rigid strategies?

The battle ahead was going to be decided by raw power, resolve, and ability to swiftly adapt to changing circumstances.

Luckily, the Irregulars had more than enough power at their disposal. With three elite Masters and an actual Saint leading them, there was hardly a more fearsome human force in the Antarctic Center.

Would that power be enough, though?

They were going to find out soon...

'How did I end up here?

Creeping up the slope of the mountain with a morose expression, Sunny bitterly remembered his dreams of becoming a rich, decadent, cowardly shop owner. What was he doing on a continent drowning in Nightmare Gates, preparing to battle a Corrupted Tyrant and its army?

He could have been relaxing in the hot springs of a luxurious spa with a a bunch of beauties right now... that was what rich people did, right?

Instead, Sunny hid behind a tall boulder, shivered in the cold, and glanced at the handful of people pressing against rocks around him. Sure, there were plenty of beauties among them, as well.. ah, but it wasn't the same...

It couldn't be more different, really.

'...Damn!'

it surely tasted different. None of the

into a long javelin. At the same time, Winter summoned a strange silver bow and two

insects wandered to the edge of a protruding rock outcropping and froze, its long antennae twitching

Sunny frowned.

think... I think we're

step, raised her

caused the snow around Saint Tyris to be cleared away by the gale of crushing wind. The

rolled across the mountains as the javelin accelerated toward the peak with terrifying speed.

milky-white chitin did not

The javelin shattered instead.

an arrow almost straight up. It flew into

it, the Nightmare Creatures

tight spheres. Hundreds

felt his heart growing

stone hive soldiers were to actual rock,

And that wasn't all.

forward and opened its maw, disgorging a cloud of darkness from it. The cloud flowed down like an avalanche of volcanic ash, swallowing the figures

"Bad!"

intuition was screaming that inhaling, or even being touched by the black ash was

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