Shadow Slave

Chapter 1158

"It stinks."

Effie once again looked like she was going to be sick, this time from all the smoke that drifted from inside the Shipwreck Island, where the charred remains of the Blood-Nourished Root were smoldering after being slain... by her.

Sunny scoffed.

"Look who's complaining."

He was playing with a Transcendent soul shard, but the huntress was the one who ended up with the real prize - there was a strange spear in her hand. Its shaft was made of grey wood, but the spearhead glinted with a deep crimson color, as if it had been cast in blood.

Effie made a face.

"Well, yeah. It's a good spear. The creature absorbed Solvane's blood, right? So it's like an inheritance from the greatest warrior of the sect. But, Sunny... what was the one question I asked you at the start of our trip?"

He frowned, trying to remember.

"Uh... whether the creature I needed to kill was edible?"

She pierced him with a bleak look.

"Exactly! And is it? No! What, am I supposed to gnaw on burned wood?"

Sunny laughed.

"Gods. Don't worry, we'll find something to feed you."

She simply waved her hand.

"Ah, don't bother. The smoke stench made me lose my appetite, anyway."

Sun Prince. A familiar golden rope was tied to a large piece of stone that must have been a part of a towering docking mast once, and the four of them - Sunny, Effie, Nephis, and Cassie - were standing near the edge of the

anchored to one of the masts, and Kai had already flown down to connect the other end of the rope to the remains of the heavenly chain. lіghtnоvеlcave.c|о|m. The island itself was

"I'm going, then."

the rope and started

found themselves standing on the sole of one of the steel giant's feet. It was wide like a platform, and almost horizontal, making for a perfect landing

was one of Solvane's soldiers, fighting in a harrowing battle against the forces of the Ivory City. In that dream, he - and all of his comrades - had been mercilessly crushed beneath this sole.

is weird like that,

others looked at him

are you going to tell us why

composed voice was

Sunny smiled.

that. Yes... wait a

creature suddenly rose from his shadow. The little fiend opened his eyes wide and stared at the members of the cohort. His mouth hung open, revealing two rows of

and Kai... they indeed made for an unforgettable sight. The former two

so bad

on the Ravenous

"Sunny... what is that?"

that he tried to poke her, as if wanting to make sure that

Sunny coughed.

thing is a new Shadow of mine. I

suddenly exploded in

good! So the little gremlin has a mini version of

Sunny glared at her.

mini version of you! It's always hungry, has no manners, and eats like a

of them - Imp and Effie - looked at

He simply smiled.

unlike Effie, this little guy actually profits from eating more than humanly possible. So... come one, trashling, chop-chop. You see this giant steel colossus? I want you

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