Shadow Slave

Chapter 867: Tooth and Nail

The tide of the battle had turned.

The terrifying confrontation between the Tyrant of the Stone Hive and Sky Tide of the White Feather clan went on, but now, the eerily beautiful jade beetle was clearly losing.

On the battlefield itself, the force of abominations trying to attack the Irregulars from the rear had been decimated under the cover of unnatural darkness. The Corrupted lieutenants leading the main assault had been dealt with by Soul Reaper, Although human soldiers had been feeling hints of despair just a few minutes ago, now, a new strength filled their bodies.

"Fight! We can do this!"

"Crush the bugs!"

The Irregulars knew that the moments when hope finally shined from the distance were often the most dangerous, so they did not allow themselves to relax and fought with fierce determination.

Then, something strange happened. The veil of darkness enveloping the lower part of the slope suddenly flowed forward and drowned a large swath of Nightmare Creatures assaulting their defensive line from the flank.

Immediately, frenzied shrieks of the abominations resounded from it, only to stop abruptly in the cracking noise of splitting chitin.

At the same time, Soul Reaper Jet broke through the ranks of the hive and joined the crescent battle formation.

Suddenly reassured, the humans fought with doubled ferocity.

The effect was even more pronounced for the members of one of the cohorts, who could actually see through the unnatural darkness thanks to Kim's unique Aspect.

Luster, who had lost count of the number of repulsive bugs he had killed or wounded with his halberd, threw a quick glance to the flank of the defensive line and almost stumbled.

"W-what?"

Out there in the darkness, their captain was dancing between the abominations, slaying one after another with graceful strikes of a long and somber blade. His swordsmanship was elegant and exquisite. However, what stunned the young man was not the battle skill of their commanding officer, but the armor Captain Sunless was wearing, as well as the shape and color of his odachi.

'That's that's Monorel's armor and sword!'

Luster's eyes widened.

'Don't tell me...'

lot of things

fire ignited in

need to

not long after the

these abominable bugs! If I kill enough... I might get a hug from Master Winter! Oh,

of the cohort experienced the bolstering effect of the Dying Wish, as well. All of them fought like devils, earning themselves a fearsome reputation

had

currently cursing his

***

Curse it

aggrieved. Things were not going great for him... he was extremely

was the Shadow Lantern. A Divine Memory was as gluttonous as one would think. On top of that, there were

would

to a lot of strangers. The members of his own cohort had already seen enough, most likely, but he somewhat trusted them to keep his secret. Due to the fact

to dismiss

and, to a lesser degree, to all Irregulars he simply

little he could do. Without sufficient essence to feed the [Living Stone], many cracks appeared on the

without the effects of

attacks from now on. Even if he made a mistake or two, a couple wounds were not going to kill him. Thankfully, there were not as many enemies left around

evidence was gone, Sunny had no reason to keep the Shadow Lantern active, so he dismissed it as

small amount of essence he received back by dismissing

killed a few more enemies, barely avoided a stream of acid that one of the monstrous insects spat, and retaliated by

this going to end, damn

seconds later, his odachi turned hazy, and then dissipated

stop... let it stop... let it stop... argh, damnation, this is such crap! What the hell?! What kind of damned situation is

of one of the abominations and used it as a

the veil of shadows created by the Shadow Lantern finally dissipated. The

into the carapace of a Fallen abomination. The white chitin split, and the creature let out a painful shriek. With indescribable fury and resentment burning in his eyes,