Shadow Slave

Eventually, Sunny climbed out of the sleeping niche and went about the business of managing the caravan. They had made it far into the mountains and were already moving north, toward their true goal.

The blizzard was still raging, reducing visibility to almost zero. The landscape was as grim and foreboding as ever.

Surrounding areas needed to be scouted, maps needed to be updated, reports needed to be received, and a hundred other things demanded his attention.

Before getting down to it, Sunny spared a few moments to stare at the grey fabric and lusterless black leather of the Puppeteer's Shroud.

Who could have thought that he would be reduced to seriously using it again, after all that time?

'It sure is much more comfortable than walking around in a full plate of steel armor. Ah, the old me had it good...'

Actually, not really.

Sunny was ready to climb to the roof of the Rhino when he noticed Beth staring at him with a strange expression. He lingered for a moment.

"What?"

She blinked a couple of times, then pulled her gaze away.

"No, no... nothing..."

Sunny frowned.

"Just say it, will you?"

Beth remained silent for a second, then asked hesitantly:

"Are you... uh... are you wearing makeup?"

it was his turn to

would

gave him a dubious look and shook her

just look a

Sunny grinned.

complexion of a marble statue, no makeup involved. Didn't you

turned away with a sigh and mumbled under her

how

chuckle, Sunny dissipated into the shadows and appeared on top of the Rhino, sighing as the bone-chilling

though... he was not that cold. His passive resistance to the elements was already making

stability, summoned the Memory of Ice, and wrapped the shadow he kept

couple of seconds later, he felt even more comfortable. Sunny still sensed a slight chill, but it was in no way bothersome. Additionally, the winds were powerless against him. It was as

Huh.

Morgan's Warbow, he sat down on the roof and closed his

can get

hard and

was stationed at

an especially dire threat demanded both of them to fight side by

'Ah. Finally, a professional...'

bone harpoon and a net woven out of unnaturally durable threads to

fighting on land, and his Aspect powers seemed to be under severe restriction, though, so the scion of

was more than

difference between the two of them. It was understandable... after all, the Nightwalker had a family to

bit new to Sunny, and made him think about things that he had never considered

groups of Erebus Field survivors joining it. By then, Sunny was secretly starting to thank the gods that Naeve's ship had suffered catastrophic damage. Without the additional supplies looted from its holds, he would have to deal

he had enough to feed everyone and

end, the only other person other than Beth who showed any reaction was Kim. At some point, she