Shadow Slave

Chapter 1718

The world quaked, and then, Rain was suddenly enveloped by absolute darkness.

It was as if an Impenetrable wall rose to surround her from all sides. The deafening cacophony of terrible sounds coming from the outside was muffled and dampened by that wall, and nothing but slight tremors reached her.

For the moment, at least, she was safe.

But those sounds…

Feeling a cold dread grasp her heart, she took a shaky breath and tried to comprehend them.

There was the sound of trees snapping. There were the screams of the air being torn. There was the roar of the ground being upturned.

These were the sounds that she could recognize.

But there were other sounds, as well.

Inhuman howls. Chilling groans that sounded like… like the world itself was weeping. Eerie and revoltingly organic rustling, as if a mountain of flesh was ripping as it expanded while consuming itself.

And many more that Rain simply could not describe, and was afraid to fathom.

The ground was shaking violently, and she was struggling to stay standing.

Her fingers turned white on the hilt of her sword.

«Teacher… be safe. Please…!»

But how could anyone stay safe when facing the Skinwalker? Countless people had fallen to its menace and were consumed, becoming vessels of the abomination's corruption. Mundane humans, Awakened, Masters… even Saints.

Not even the Sovereigns could eradicate this living curse.

Shrouded by darkness, Rain realized how painfully weak and helpless she was.

Just a few moments ago, she had been full of pride, praising herself for slaying an Awakened Demon.

But now, she remembered that in the world of the Nightmare Spell, she was nothing but an ant.

An ant who couldn't even do anything when her teacher was fighting to protect her.

«Strong… I want to be strong.»

She had not changed at all. She was still the same girl who had been powerless to protect herself, let alone anyone else, when the tide of Nightmare Creatures descended on her school.

…The world continued to scream and quake for several minutes.

Then, an eerie silence suddenly enveloped it. The tremors stopped, and the terrible sounds ceased.

Rain remained motionless, keeping her eyes closed.

She didn't dare to think about how the battle had ended. The thought of imagining her teacher… her teacher not being there anymore was too appalling. More appalling than what would happen to her if he was truly gone.

Suddenly, the wall surrounding her disappeared. She knew that it had because light suddenly shone through her eyelids, and cold wind scraped against her face.

was permeated by the smell of wet

«Please…»

later, a familiar

open your eyes

felt at that moment was

her eyes and looked around, then froze

«N-no way…»

frozen forest…

everywhere she looked, nothing but a barren expanse of flattened and upturned land could be seen. The trees had been reduced to mere splinters, and the ground

unfortunate Nightmare Creatures who had populated the forest lay, their macabre sight mercifully hidden by the

as far as the eye

drastically changed in a matter of minutes, redrawn by

dreadful destruction… was simply

a trembling breath and finally looked

few steps away, as nonchalant as

something dark on his

perceive him in the same

course… but this

the vessels of the

to compose

«The.., the Skinwalker?»

remained silent for a few moments, then silently took

three human corpses were piled on top of each other, each missing the head and with a deep wound where their

a Great Nightmare Creature!…

had just killed three

imagine it, or were there tiny shards of a

«W-what… how…»

So, Rain would rather think about its consequences… her teacher had revealed himself, and although they were far away from Ravenheart,

get out

an option now. Rain would have to keep the fact that she was anywhere near this

could slay three vessels of the Skinwalker lived in her shadow, She would have to return

Her teacher sighed.

about. But,

her

Why? Because you defeated the

for a moment, then shook his head and pointed to the three

sure. But actually, we have a bigger problem. This guy, Master Sean… I recognize him. He was an Ascended

failed to understand what he was trying

«…So?»

rubbed

members of the House of Night should not be anywhere near the territory of Queen Song right now. And they must have been fairly close to Ravenheart, moving in secret, when the Skinwalker got them. So… I am afraid that you and I have seen something

that her father had mentioned about the House of Night and its relationship with the Song

having a problem with the Sword Domain,

it was

the same time, Rain understood the

that I won't tell anyone is not going to work, I

was

any witness. But a mundane girl with no backing? They won't hesitate to silence

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