Shadow Slave

Chapter 1607

A vast white plain was shining under blinding sunlight. It seemed deceptively endless, devoid of any features. No living thing was moving across its surface, and none would dare to.

Changing Star of the Immortal Flame Clan, the Sword of Valor, was kneeling on that plain. She had been kneeling there for three days without moving a muscle, and even her right hand was frozen in the air, holding the hilt of a silvery sword. lts blade was like a radiant mirror reflecting a boundless white void.

I-Ier impassive face was showing signs of fatigue, but her beautiful grey eyes were cold and sharp, full of indomitable resolve that bordered on obsession.

Her silver hair was moving slightly in the wind.

"Lady N—ephis... the wind..."

Staying still like a statue, she spoke. without looking back:

"I know. Stay strong."

There were a few moments of silence, and then another voice spoke:

"I... don‘t know how much longer I can endure."

Nephis answered evenly, white sparks igniting in the depths of her calm eyes:

"Stop talking unless you want to die."

She wasn't threatening the man, simply stating a fact. In response to her words there was silence.

There were a few gasps from behind Nephis, and yet, no member of her

ominous grey clouds. It swirled and flowed, slowly obscuring the merciless sky... not that Nephis could see it, frozen as she was. All she could see was the

lost its blinding radiance, becoming easy to look at. As Nephis watched the radiance dim, her face remained motionless... her heart, however, started beating

extinguished, reflecting nothing but a

out a

tore apart the silence. Nephis remained motionless for a few moments, then lowered her sword

'This one was long.‘

on the ground, panting as they tried to recover from three days of torturous stillness. Shim, Kaor, Shakti, Sid, Gorn, Gantry, and Erlas... they were the Fire Keepers that had followed her into the Death Zone on this

Far away.

from Ravenheart by an immeasurable distance. Ravenheart was situated far north-west,

Awakened had conquered a lot of territory in the last few decades. Led by the Great Clans, humans had greatly expanded their area of influence in the Dream Realm. The two enclaves had swallowed

the Sword Domain and the Song Domain bordered the Stormsea, which was ruled by the House of Night. In the north, the Hollow Mountains stood like an impregnable

Mountains all the way to the Stormsea. This deadly territory widened in the south, but was comparatively narrow in the north. Which meant that if the two enclaves were

been sent... to the Death Zone far in the north. This place, which had taken the lives of many powerful Awakened, had no official name. However,

for it was

laying on the misty slopes of the Hollow Mountains, staring back at her with one colossal, empty eye socket. Deep darkness

and the entire left side of the titanic skull, had been entirely shattered by some unimaginable blow. The bone splinters, which had rained down thousands of years ago, created

which stretched south from the Hollow Mountains. In fact, it was connected to an entire skeleton of inconceivable proportions. From

Death Zone. It was called Godgrave because Awakened, shocked and frightened by the terrifying size of the ancient

course, Nephis did not think the same

lay in the Song Domain, while the left hand lay in the Sword Domain. By climbing the

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