Shadow Slave

Chapter 1860

Chapter 1860 Turn of Fortune There were plumes of smoke rising above NQSC.

Leaning against a dirty wall in the depths of the outskirts, Sunny looked at the towering black pillars silently. A police PTV sped by, flooding the deep darkness of the night with bright lights of the blaring siren. He hid himself deeper in the shadows and crossed his arms.

'Several locations, most of them close to the city center.'

Fires were not a rarity in NQSC, but not on that scale, and not in the affluent districts at the heart of the city.

What had happened? Was the agreement to leave the war out of the waking world broken, already?

[How far are you?]

There was a moment of silence.

[Less than a minute.]

Soon, a luxurious PTV screeched to a halt in front of him. The passenger door opened, and Cassie stepped out of the vehicle, looking a little disheveled. She remained motionless for a few moments, then turned in his direction, winced, and hurriedly smoothed her hair.

Sunny emerged from the shadows and walked over.

"What the hell is happening?"

For now, he was wearing the mask he had fashioned himself. So, it was the only opportunity to have an honest conversation with Cassie — once they reached Godgrave, he would have to don Weaver's Mask in order to keep his secrets.

"Was the compound of Clan Valor attacked? The Dream Gate relay? Storage facilities?"

She hesitated briefly, then shook her head.

"It's all the House of Night. Their strongholds across the city have gone up in flames. It's total chaos."

Sunny was surprised.

"...They were attacked?"

A deep frown creased Cassie's delicate brow.

"For now, it seems like infighting."

'What?'

moment to process the information. The members of the House of Night were fighting among each

leaders of the great clan? Unlike Song and Valor, which were monoliths held together by shared blood and familial bonds, the House of Night had been born from an alliance of a dozen Legacy clans — a decision dictated by the meteoric rise of the two great families,

strife resulting

did not

ideas about who could have been behind the whole mess,

then faced him. Her expression was

"There are… defectors."

an eyebrow behind the

are they defecting

seer

Valor's stronghold here, in NQSC. Bloodied and with their family members in tow. They are… asking for

was

troubled,

"Where are they now?"

him her

situation — personally.

sighed, then took her hand and dismissed

Mask, he looked at Cassie somberly and

all the noise is

standing on the emerald grass of the Ivory

much more lively than it should

to carve a path south, with countless Awakened soldiers, Masters, and Saints leaving the safety

was slow, but methodical

clouds herself. Blinding sunlight would flood the bone plain and turn the crimson growth — as well

after the Cloudveil repaired itself, the

depths, pushing toward the fissures in the bone that served as the source of the

the area, its remnants would be burned, and a fortress would be constructed around

now, there was a disorderly chain of a dozen of these fortresses and numerous smaller forts extending west, almost all the way to the point where

most of the Saints leading the expedition force

confident that the fortune of the Sword Army was about to

have been acting too

his head, he followed Cassie toward the Valor Keep — which was the name given

heavy roof and were immediately guided to a spacious chamber where many Saints had already gathered, all

Cassia, have you received any news? What

dashing Rivalen of Aegis Rose and shook her head

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