Shadow Slave

1482 Third Way

Illuminated by the gentle light of the sacred tree, the Chain Breaker was flying through the darkness. It moved in a wide spiral, descending lower and lower into the abyssal darkness with each spin. Around it, the moving walls of the dark tunnel were twisting and turning as the water comprising them revolved at a dreadful speed.

Now that Cassie had repaired the enchantment circuit of the ancient vessel, the immediate crisis was resolved. The members of the cohort finally received a chance to catch their breaths. The events of the past day had simply been too overwhelming… the destruction of the island had followed immediately after the battle with Undying Slaughter, and so, everyone was exhausted.

They simply dropped to the deck, praying that nothing terrible happened in the next few hours — minutes, even — at least. Sunny temporarily took the steering oars, allowing Nephis to heal Cassie's mangled hands. After that, everyone remained near the runic circle, looking into the darkness.

"Where do you think the vortex leads?"

Effie's voice sounded a bit stifled.

He lingered for a moment, then sighed.

"I don't really know. All I know is that someone passed through it and survived, in the past. Granted, that person was of the Supreme Rank."

Sunny paused for a moment and added, his voice somber:

"It might be the inner wall of the pyramid. In any case… we shall see."

After that, he glanced at Cassie. Now that they had been granted a moment to compose themselves, his curiosity was tingling.

need that piece of rock to

too. The blind girl hesitated for a bit,

the other side of the door. The simplest is to use a key — provided you have one. In this case, the key would

pointed to the runic circle, which glimmered faintly in the

structure of the door's lock — or any lock, really — on a deep level.

briefly touched her hands. Under the influence of Neph's flame, her soft skin had regrown. There was

the stone walls of the pyramid. Which means that it was a part of an Unholy Titan once.

at her incredulously for a few moments, then

anything simple

knowledgeable about runic sorcery, not to mention the enchantments of the Chain Breaker. However, he was a modestly accomplished sorcerer himself. As such, he knew that a valuable material could indeed substitute

create an enchantment that could allow mundane steel to pierce the hide of a Great Beast — if such a thing was even possible. But if that mundane steel was replaced by the

their own, and that power would be enough to kill the Great Beast. At least in the hands of someone as strong as Effie, and while

should remember this

was mostly only worried about acquiring enough powerful soul shards and learning the patterns of varied weaves. Perhaps it was

He smiled faintly.

job repairing the Chain Breaker. It was

of silence, and then

job, Cassie! But, uh… can someone please explain to me how the hell is Chain Breaker

blinked a couple

this mystery, as

and Nephis glanced at each other. A moment later, he