Shadow Slave

The contingent of Valor soldiers camped for a few hours of rest, while several vehicles containing the Fire Keepers secretly continued forward. They advanced at moderate speed for a few hours, then hid the vehicles between the rusty ruins of massive machines left behind by the Dark Times and continued toward the place of the ambush on foot.

Sunny walked with them, scouting the path ahead with his shadows. As he did, he heard the Fire Keepers talk.

One of them - a tall young man who possessed the Ability to summon two more arms and fought by wielding two greatswords - was speaking in a contemplative tone:

"...It's been a while since I killed a human. Honestly, I sort of assumed that I would never have to do it again after leaving the Forgotten Shore. Should have known better, really."

He sighed, then glanced at the leader of his cohort:

"What about you, Shim?"

Shim, the healer who usually fought where the battle was direst, wielding a shield and a spear, shrugged.

"I don't think I've ever killed a human."

The others looked at him with surprise.

"What are you talking about, you maniac? I personally saw you gut at least half a dozen Guards in the throne room of the Bright Castle. And that was just day one of that mess."

The healer glanced at them evenly.

"Those weren't humans. They didn't qualify."

Even Sunny was given pause by that cold logic.

Some

any case, the Fire Keepers did not seem too opposed to the idea of fighting against one of the great clans. Perhaps the fact that Clan Song was currently laying a trap to

anticipation of the battle, mentally preparing

not want to

and closer to the ravine where three cohorts of

nearby, separated from the ravine by a few hundred meters of dirt and a weathered

low to the ground to remain unnoticed, Nephis stopped

the plan, Lady

for a few moments, then

"Slaughter them all."

that resembled a torch made of polished black wood, with the cage at the top of it forged out of silvery metal. Turning around to shield it from view with her body, she activated the enchantment of the torch, causing a cold blue flame to ignite in

drawing the stream of blue fire into

I'll leave the Ascended

Quiet Dancer. The slender rapier slipped out of her hand, hovered in the air for a moment, and then flew toward the calm lake. It stayed close

much fire she drew from the silver torch, it

heat was growing

wisps of white flame rose from her skin and mixed into it. Slowly, the color of the blue flames began to lighten,

to

contained within it, and Neph's face grew pale. Then, she suddenly made a fist, compressing the sphere even

not to notice the pale radiance emanating

movement in the ravine,

a step forward

the ravine a second later, and then, the

three cohorts of Awakened

looked a