Shadow Slave

Chapter 1662

Sunny opened his eyes and summoned the helmet of the Onyx Mantle, hiding his face. Its visor was not as ferocious and eerle as Weaver's Mask, but it was also fearsome. Deep shadows dwelled in the crack of the visor, hiding his eyes, and the black plume of the onyx helmet moved slightly in the wind.

A moment later, the darkness of the courtyard was dispelled by soft light.

Sunny did not move, waiting for Nephis to approach. Of course, he was observing her through the shadows.

A dull pain suddenly pressed on his heart.

‘...She has changed.’

The source of light was Nephis herself, a ball of white flame dancing on her palm. He remembered that she had used a few Memories to produce fire and light in the past, after returning from her Second Nightmare... to spare herself the pain of calling upon her Aspect. But now, it seemed, that was not the case.

She reached him and remained silent for a few moments, looking at the frail tree with a slight frown, Soon enough, her gaze grew a little confused, and then cleared.

"Is that.,,, a mundane tree?"

Sunny nodded.

"Indeed. I'm... afraid it is not doing well here, in the Dream Realm. Away from warmth and light

He had tried many ways to substitute both through sorcery, of course, with little success.

Nephis remained silent for a moment.

"The Aspect of one of my people, Shakti, has to do with nurturing plants. I can ask her to take a look.”

He turned his head slightly, staring at her with his own pair of eyes.

"That would be appreciated."

looked at

imagined someone like you would feel sentimental about a tree,

Sunny tilted his head.

"Someone like me?"

Nephis nodded.

to live alone in the middle of a lifeless Death

for a few moments, then

lifeless Death Zone that has never tried to eat

he rose to his feet and

"You are ready, then?”

back to Bastion and report it to the elders of Clan Valor. However, Nephis and the Fire Keepers were not going to repeat the long and perilous journey across Godgrave - Instead, it was much more

to their tethered location in the waking world, another Saint would bring them to Bastion. And once they were done in Bastion, Nephis would bring them back to the waking world. From there, all of them could return to their anchors in

somewhat unwieldy,

them to anchor themselves in the Nameless Temple, of

But he had not.

didn't trust them yet. Nephis most likely suspected that he didn't want another Saint, and anyone sworn to a

to give Valor easy access to his temple. The harder it

he would play the role of the ferryman himself. He would deliver them to the waking world, and then meet them there at an agreed-upon

Sunny would be the only one who controlled access to his Citadel -

general points of their alliance with him. The better they knew what to expect, the more detailed the offer they would be able to bring back from

"Let's go."

temple from one of the side passages.

behind the visor of his

so dark and peaceful here

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