Shadow Slave

1501 Two Choices

Sunny should have expected what question Nephis would ask. The Dread Lord was in Twilight… Soul Stealer was there, as well. The city itself was frozen in time. Finally, the truth of how it had been lost was revealed.

But what mattered most was that there was also an army of human warriors there — all the people from the Twilight Sea, except for those who had perished during the siege of Verge and the subsequent retaliation of the Defiled horde.

Could they really be saved by deactivating the defensive array?

Sunny had just the Memory to do it.

However... the things Mordret had shared with them changed the entire game.

Sure, the question Nephis had asked was reasonable. The primary goal of coming to Twilight was to rescue Kai, but they had harbored a tentative hope of finding more allies here, as well. Now, even if there was a caveat, it seemed that their hope could come true.

But… why was it that they needed allies, to begin with? It was to have enough forces in order to attack Verge, which was supposed to be guarded by the legion of Defiled abominations and the Six Plagues.

Now, three of the Plagues were gone. Of the remaining three, two were trapped here in Twilight. Numerous Defiled had either perished or become frozen in time here, as well.

Then, didn't it mean… that Verge was far more vulnerable than they had ever expected? Vulnerable enough so that the cohort had a chance of destroying the First Seeker without the aid of powerful allies, perhaps.

It was as though the only ally they needed was the Mad Prince.

A subtle frown appeared on Sunny's face.

'Aren't I putting too much trust into a Nightmare Creature?'

Sure, the vile madman's motives seemed to align with his. But to what degree? And could an ending envisioned by a demented abomination truly fit what Sunny wanted to achieve?

have never massacred Weave and treated Ananke so cruelly — but for the Mad Prince, it was a perfectly acceptable course of action. Who was to say that the bastard had

have been willing to sacrifice in order to achieve

was full

with an amused smile. He studied Nephis for a few moments,

it appears so. Yes, there seems to be an army of Awakened warriors in Twilight, all waiting to resume the battle

He paused briefly.

of it? The point is moot... unless

looked at each of them in turn, and then asked with

"Have you?"

her eyebrow

strangely certain that

of Nothing

Twilight. The Spell is always fair, after all… in its own perverse way. Granted, I find its treatment very distasteful this time around. I have been left with no

He smiled.

must have a way of helping me free myself. Otherwise,

Sunny scoffed.

are in this mess because of you. If it wasn't for you and your schemes, the Battle

studied him with a friendly smile,

way to live a life. Just look at me! You spoke so convincingly about not wanting to serve the Great Clans, then went and joined the army

looked at them with reproach, waited for a few

that does not convince you, there is still your friend Nightingale. You might not feel very motivated to help me, but what about him? You aren't

Prince of Nothing for a bit, then grimaced

way to control the

at Nephis and said, his

try to kill the Dread Lord and Soul Stealer with the help of Daeron's army. If we survive, the seven of us will lead

His expression darkened.