Shadow Slave

Chapter 1708

Rain had taken off her winter coat, her light armor, and even her military jacket, leaving only the henley and the wool vest on. No amount of armor was going to protect her from the Awakened Demon, so she wanted her movements to be as agile and unobstructed as possible. It seemed a little poetic, as if she was proclaiming that there would be no retreat, only victory… or death.

It was also a bit funny. Awakened warriors were often shown preparing mentally for battle while donning their armor, but she was doing the same while taking it off. Such was the pitiful life of a mundane hunter.

The preparations had long been complete, the traps were laid. All Rain had to do was venture into the depths of the forest and face the demon.

Taking a deep breath, she went through a series of stretching exercises. She had always been nimble, but after years of training under the sinister shadow, her flexible body was like that of a snake… no, a gymnast. A very graceful, limber gymnast! That was a much better mental image.

Still, she had to be careful when going all out. Her mundane flesh was lagging behind her skill and training, so it was easy to damage.

«What are you, a ballerina?»

Rain glared at her teacher silently.

«Didn't you once tell me that you're the best dancer in the world… two worlds, even? So who's the ballerina?»

He coughed.

«Well, uh… if your teacher said it, then it's true! There was this one time I danced with a princess at a ball, and immediately after, she dragged me into a private room. No, wait… or was it me who dragged her into a private room? In any case, the two of us ended up in a private room!»

Her teacher smiled wistfully.

«And let me tell you, what happened in that room… ah, it was nothing short of life-changing…»

Rain stared at him for a moment, then pretended to be sick.

«Old pervert…»

He was offended.

are you calling old?! No, wait, who are

did not deign to answer, shaking her head silently. At the same time, though… Rain noticed that her previous nervousness was almost entirely gone. She felt calm and ready, as if her teacher's

took a deep breath and checked her weapons one

of arrows — she had made the arrows herself, tashioning the

her sword. She drew the tachi from

that moment, her teacher suddenly

this hunt…

and then bent down, reaching for

reach into the ground and pull the shadow off it. Suddenly, her tachi didn't have a shadow anymore… however, there was an identical

suddenly feeling a cold

blade made of pure killing intent.

was tossed at her carelessly a moment

«Ah!»

hilt, It was strange… despite the overwhelming feeling of cold and dark power the black sword emanated, it felt exactly like her own in

looked at her

she didn't even know how powerful

a Saint out of nowhere? No matter how shocking, that was exactly the kind of thing her teacher would

sure that it didn't slice the scabbard

to be wielded by a mundane human. You didn't forget that I can't control my

Her teacher shrugged.

It's

leave behind and placed them in a nook between the roots of the

looked into the depth of the forest, and

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