Shadow Slave

The three Saints faced the Great Devil, standing like a wall between him and the distant troops. For a moment, none of them moved the abomination was studying the new enemies with its hollow eyes, while Jet and her comrades were observing his gaunt form wearily.

«How is the situation?»

Her voice sounded a little stifled because of the pain.

Kai answered after a short pause:

«The Western Quadrant army should be reaching the Wolves, by now.»

Jet nodded slowly.

«Good. Then… Effie, get down. You're too big of a target.»

In the next moment, the ruins were torn apart by an explosion of harrowing violence.

The Great Devil did not wait anymore. It took a step forward, and at the same time, a hurricane of sand and screaming souls rose, making countless buildings shatter and dissolve into dust. That dust was caught by the wind, joining the obliterating whirlwind.

The words of the ancient language resounded once again in the howling of the wind, rustling like a myriad of whispers:

«…All… succumb… satiate… serve…»

Jet did not listen, throwing herself into the tide of souls.

Now that Kai and Effie had joined the fight, the ancient fiend was not using only soul attacks. Instead, a flood of sand flowed from his gaunt figure, turning into a vague figure of a regal man around it. His giant hands shot toward both of them, and his mouth opened, as if trying to utter a curse.

of sounds rang across the burning ruins, assaulting

the Great Devil could utter a

head. The abomination was not harmed, but

voice of the great

«Slower!»

not immediately, But, fusing with the debilitating effects of

had gone through countless battles together, and using the soul-numbing blade of the black khopesh in conjunction

the air, dodging one of the giant hands made

reflected light… and disappeared. Instead,

one of the enchantments of

How the

now that all souls bound to it had been consumed, there was

«Good question.»

another soul

abomination from the Forgotten Shore, the Lord of the Dead… do you remember how you killed

withstand a terrible blow, putting her shoulder behind it. Despite the harrowing strength of the Great Devil, she managed to stand her

bones?!

torrent of screaming blades and turned back into

let's

Shore extensively, so she knew a lot about the strange Nightmare Creatures of that unexplored region of the Dream Realm. The Lord of the Dead, as the survivors of the Dark City called it, had been an abomination that lived in the catacombs, its body

shell of the Fallen Tyrant. Its

the outer shell significantly, which allowed Effie to toss her shield through the heart

to do the same to the