Shadow Slave

1014 The Fall of Falcon Scott (32)

Sunny had seen Bloodwave in his bestial form once from afar, but up close, the Saint of Night was much more terrifying.

The creature he had transformed into looked somewhat like a killer whale, its hide black and white, the lines of its body smooth and predatory. However, it was much, much larger than any mundane beast had any right to be.

There was a patchwork of ugly scars covering its hide, and steel armor encasing its long fins, edges sharp like blades. Its enormous eyes glowed in the darkness of the ocean with blue light, full of willpower and intelligence.

Even knowing that the giant killer whale was actually a human, Sunny couldn't help but feel tense in front of the great predator.

Since the beginning of the siege of Falcon Scott, Bloodwave had rarely shown himself — he mostly remained underwater, protecting the anchored ships and fighting those Nightmare Creatures that would try to attack the city from the depths.

Army Command did not dare leave the port fortress and the vulnerable vessels without a defender...

And yet, today, that was exactly what had to happen.

While Sunny stared at the mighty Saint, Naeve glided forward and then hovered in front of the killer whale's snout, keeping himself in place with barely noticeable movements of his arms and legs. The tall Master looked tiny beside the giant creature.

'Huh...'

to communicate with others underwater. He couldn't really speak, or even open his mouth — unless he wanted to lose the Essence Pearl and suffocate. There was probably

The world was silent.

muffled, reverberating through his bones as if he was hearing them with his entire body. The noise of the battle above was like a low, all-encompassing, distant roar. Sunny knew that sound was supposed to propagate

Naeve approached Bloodwave, the killer whale shifted slightly, staring into the depths of the ocean.

but the water itself seemed suddenly tinted dark crimson around them. Sunny felt extremely uncomfortable, as

as it had appeared, and the

closer. Struggling against the instinctual fear of large predators, Sunny swam toward the monstrous killer whale. Once he got close,

uncle agrees. We have to kill

silently. Naeve tilted his head

to us by Tyris of White Feather. We can

his thumb... he doubted that any Master had better mental defenses

The Nightwalker nodded.

The three of us will have to hunt alone. Once we discover the Terror, Bloodwave will lead the charge, while our task will be to support him... maybe we'll even survive, who knows.

shrugged, which was an awkward thing to do

"Then follow me."

the dorsal fin that stood tall like the mast of a

ride a damned Saint into the depths of a

sort of hitchhiker fish. He

once

handle. I don't know how deep the Terror hides, and how deep you can