Shadow Slave

Chapter 1292

Nephis nodded, indicating that she had read the description of the Crown of Twilight. The two of them could have communicated through the [Blessing of Dusk] to discuss how they would approach the conversation with Ananke... but really, there was no need.

The old woman showed no indication of being someone they needed to be wary of. So, they could simply ask.

There was one question that had to be answered above all else, though.

Sunny shifted slightly, then called:

"Grandmother..."

Ananke stirred, as if waking up from a dream, and looked at them with her cloudy eye.

"Yes, my Lord?"

Still uncomfortable with this form of address, Sunny thought for a moment and asked:

"Have you ever heard about... that which was defiled?"

The old woman suddenly froze. Her hand, which was resting on the steering oar, trembled. For a while, nothing but the sound of water splashing against the hull of the ketch could be heard.

It seemed that she wasn't happy to hear that question. However, Sunny and Nephis had no choice but to ask it - they needed to learn everything they could about the assumed goal of this Nightmare.

Eventually, Ananke sighed.

"That which was defiled... I guess you are talking about the Defilement, my Lord."

Sunny's eyes glinted.

"The... Defilement?"

Creatures he had slain that bore a similar name - the Defiled Witness, the Defiled Herald, and the Defiled Seeker

who led the pack of eyeless beasts. The second was the Corrupted Devil who led the group of desiccated corpses, their mouths sewn shut - Sunny

Titan he had killed by chance during the joint battle against the enormous horde of abominations in East Antarctica,

all of them come from the Tomb of

The old woman nodded.

and Lady. I should have known

at each other, wondering what she

for a

will first need to learn a little about the history of the Great River. I will try to explain as well

Nephis frowned slightly.

am not sure I understand what history a river that flows through time

old woman smiled

convoluted. Sometimes, it flows slowly, while sometimes it flows swiftly. Sometimes, time rises in great storms, or grows stale, or circles forever as a whirlpool. Currents merge and separate, or disappear without a trace. But, nevertheless... for most of us, unless we enter turbulent waters, time always moves. Just like in the outside world. It is just that our own time is different

their faces, Ananke

does indeed flow from the future into the past, but that is only in relation to the outside world. Here, this kind of time is

tilted her

distant future - meaning much higher upstream. But one can also say that we entered a

The old woman nodded.

You are

corner of Sunny's mouth

she calls Nephis wise... zero

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