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.

battle was silent no more. Instead, a deafening cacophony of sounds rang across the

Devil could utter a curse,

sand forming his head. The abomination was not harmed, but the head of the enormous sand projection was

the voice of

«Slower!»

not immediately, But, fusing

using the soul-numbing blade of the black khopesh in conjunction with his voice was a true and tested tactic they used

dragon pushed itself into the air, dodging

time, the second hand reached toward the steel giantess. However, at that moment, her figure flashed blindingly with reflected light… and disappeared. Instead, a tall woman clad in polished armor appeared on the rubble,

the enchantments of the Starlight Shard and

How the hell do we kill

middle of brandishing her mist blade, which had turned into a war scythe — now that all souls bound to it had been consumed, there was no

«Good question.»

obliterated another soul and

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

it. Despite the harrowing

mountain of bones?! Sure!

a wisp of mist, Jet evaded a torrent of screaming blades and turned back into a

command… let's

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

were simply the outer shell of the Fallen Tyrant. Its true body was hidden deep within,

Lord of the Dead, the Sleepers led by Nephis had managed to damage the outer shell significantly, which allowed Effie to toss her shield through the heart of the bone

to do the same to the