Shadow Slave
Chapter 906
Sunny had never seen a few words crush a man's spirit so thoroughly.
...Except for maybe himself, when Nephis had spoken his True Name and commanded him to leave her for dead on the Forgotten Shore.
The soldier managed to remain standing, but he looked like a marionette with its strings cut. All light was extinguished from his eyes. He remained motionless for a while, and then turned slightly, throwing a forlorn glance at the small, battered fleet behind him.
Sunny could imagine how he felt. After surviving the cataclysmic destruction of the siege capital, these people weathered untold horrors to make it this far alive. What had kept them going was probably the hope that salvation was drawing closer and closer. And now, when they almost reached the destination, that hope was cruelly crushed.
He sighed.
"It just happened a few days ago. The news would not have reached you. My people and I are the only ones who survived."
The soldier looked down, silent.
Eventually, he asked:
"If I may ask. What are your plans now, sir?"
Sunny looked at him with a deadpan expression.
"My orders are to proceed to the Erebus Field siege capital to rendezvous with another cohort of the First Irregular Company."
Suddenly, a tentative spark appeared in the soldier's eyes.
"Master Sunless, sir. Will you consider..."
Sunny knew what he was going to say. It was not that hard to guess.
...He wanted to laugh.
a lot of self-control to remain outwardly calm. A bitter, familiar, unhinged laugh got stuck somewhere
wouldn't he? They had persevered for the last week without any Awakened to protect the handful of transports from the rampaging Nightmare Creatures. And even though their hope of sailing to safety aboard the Ariadne was gone, there was an actual
the First Army, accompanied by a cohort of absolute elites. The Irregulars were the cream of
they wouldn't leave
Surely...
an easy one. Heavily armored and exceedingly maneuverable Rhino could potentially make the thousand-kilometer journey to Mount Erebus. The flimsy and damaged civilian transports, however... their ability to traverse the mountains was doubtful. At the very least, they would slow
its crew in
the convoy, Sunny would not only make his task several times harder, but also drastically increase the
was why he wanted
told him that it was impossible to get hundreds of civilians through the mountains alive. Back then, Sunny had
either leave these people to
words, and put his money where his mouth
this is a good one. This one is great! I
words died on his lips as he
what was he
hundreds of refugees, at the expense of his soldiers and Professor Obel? Or follow cold logic and do what had to be done,
was the
strange smile appeared on
of conviction do? Ah, a man of
Sunny had not had any success in that regard yet. He still stood for nothing and was as unmoored as he had been at the start of it. Some people might have had an unwavering moral compass, but he was not one of them. Sunny mostly acted on
have a straightforward answer to what was the right thing to do in this
However...
- if there even was such a thing - but he knew what he despised very well. Just a few days ago, he had sat on the roof of the Rhino, full of contempt for the bastards
that logic... wouldn't he be doing the same by leaving the refugees to die in order to
and perverted way of thinking about
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