Shadow Slave

Chapter 1819

Chapter 1819: Pursued Chapter 1819: Pursued

Rain froze, afraid to move.

There, below her, far away, something was moving In the darkness. Sunlight did not reach that deep Into the canyon, but she was still able to discern a vague and frightening shape.

The creature was immense and hunched, with countless arms protruding like a sinewy forest from its massive hump. She thought she saw a clawed hand reaching up to grab the weathered rocks, and in the next moment, an echoing sound of rolling stones rose from the canyon.

Rain's whole body grew tense.

The Awakened Tyrant they had fought before falling into the river seemed to be alive. Worse than that, it was here now, either by coincidence or because it had followed their scent.

For a moment, her heart was drowned with fear.

She had battled and slain many Nightmare Creatures. Most of the were dormant, while some were Awakened. The strongest of them had been the Huntsman... and barely survived that fight.

There was no chance that she would be able to survive a battle against an Awakened Tyrant. That creature was not something a mundane person could ever kill. Not even an Awakened would face it alone - even a full cohort was not always enough to deal with a Tyrant.

To rain, the hideous abomination was like a herald of death.

...Still, she forced herself to calm down. Fear was not going to help her

What would, though? Nothing came to mind.

‘Run. We must run.'

That was the only logical conclusion.

Forgetting to breathe, Rain slowly backed away from the edge, trembled as she turned her back to it, and silently rose to her feet. Then, She took several cautious steps forward, and broke into a sprint.

damn it,

much for hiding from danger in the ruins. So much for waiting for ten days. Not only had danger found them, but it was also of a kind that

glanced at her shadow and hesitated, not knowing if she should say something. Her teacher had been strangely silent since the morning, as if

the end, she

with a bleak expression on her face. The younger girl was in terrible shape, so Rain

that was not in the

expression, Tamar rose on an elbow

"What's the matter?"

into her jacket, knowing that hunger and physical strain did not go well together. In the wilderness, food was life,

"Get on the stretcher."

for a moment, and

followed us. It

Tamar's eyes widened.

for a moment, then gritted her teeth and silently crawled

jacket to her, then

'Ah...'

still, that weight wasn't distributed evenly between her shoulders and waist, like that of a backpack would. Dragging her

without killing

'Curse it all!'

possible. There was still a possibility that the creature had been carried to this corner of the Moonriver Plain by the same current as them -

If not...

"Let's go."

of the ruin and hesitated for a few

they

Tyrant, were. So, Rain felt inclined to rush in the opposite direction from the

Tamar's opinion first. As if guessing her thoughts, the Legacy girl spoke quietly from

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