Shadow Slave

Chapter 1414

1414 Bone Garden

Nephis and Cassie were talking about the Guiding Light. With no one noticing his hollow eyes, Sunny lingered for a while, then walked over to Nightmare. He reached to adjust the stirrups and froze.

After a moment of hesitation, Sunny climbed into the saddle instead.

His companions looked at him in confusion.

"Sunny?"

He stared into the mist.

"Stay here for a while. Please. I'll… I'll be back soon."

With that, Nightmare leaped off the deck of the Chain Breaker and carried him into the fog.

'Damn it, damn it, damn it…'

The ghastly leopard had already been bad enough, and yet… Sunny felt that the cohort would have been able to slay the dreadful creature, if at a steep cost.

But that bloodied hand…

They had not even caught a glimpse of the nebulous being that wandered the mist, snapping the towering pine trees like matchsticks. It had torn a Great Beast apart and obliterated them so casually… how was Sunny supposed to contend with something that oppressive and ineffable?

It felt as though something was pressing down heavily on his heart.

Was it… fear?

'Damn it!'

guided

spent some time searching for Jet, found her, and brought her back

about the time loop. There were some deviations from the previous conversations, but mostly, it went

Nephis suggested going after Effie once

silence, remembering the brief, but gruesome moment of all of them

I said… it

subtle frown twisting the

better this time. What's

She shook her head.

away until nightfall. Before then, you won't have enough essence to empower the Chain Breaker and carry us across

feet.

same thing. Our combined strength is not enough to brave the mist, at least not when we don't know anything about

then winced when her wounded back touched the bulkhead

what do you

Sunny shrugged.

group of us was intercepted and killed, but a single swift scout can make it through. Basically, I'll go retrieve Effie

read her expression, but she seemed reluctant to let Sunny take all the

"I don't like it."

He shrugged.

to do with anything? Like it or not, that seems to be the best

discussed the situation some more, but in the end, Sunny managed to convince the other members of

a lot of physical prowess — despite her insidious Aspect, she was at her weakest in battles against overwhelmingly

lacking physicality, an enemy who was fast, strong, and inevitable enough would leave no opportunity for the blind girl to exploit. Sensing a few seconds into the future was useless if those seconds did not

"I'm going."

those words, Sunny once again rode Nightmare and dove

do it… I can… can

hand. The softly shining crystal at the tip of

However…

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