Shadow Slave

Chapter 1864 Sibling Rivarly After Morgan was dismissed, taking Naeve with her, the king had a few words to say to the rest of them.

The theater of war had changed dramatically, so there were a lot of adjustments that had to be made. The King of Swords himself would remain in Godgrave, and so would all the Saints of the Sword Army — with the exception of his daughter.

It did not seem like having one less Transcendent would change a lot of things, but Morgan's loss could not be measured in terms of raw power. She was the principal strategist of the army and the field commander of its expedition force — the vacuum her departure left had to be filled by someone.

Anvil took over the strategy matters himself, and gave Nephis free rein of the expedition force. Her task was simple, but imperative — to invade the Breastbone Reach and conquer the Citadel hidden in the Hollow below it.

Sunny's raiding party was dissolved before even leaving the Nameless Temple. Instead, he was to join the main body of the army and help Nephis take the Citadel.

After receiving these orders, they were dismissed. Only Jest of Dagonet stayed behind to counsel his old comrade's son on something none of them were privy to. Anvil would summon the rest of the Saints and inform them of the situation after that.

Cassie told Rivalen of Aegis Rose to wait for the king's summons on the way out.

Leaving the Valor Keep, all three of them — Sunny, Nephis, and Cassie — felt rattled. The shift caused by Mordret's devastation of the House of Night was too tectonic to be fathomed swiftly.

Sunny glanced at his two companions, and then said quietly:

"I won't see you soon."

With that, he turned around and walked away. There was a residence assigned to him in the camp, so that was where he went.

Not long after that, he met Nephis and Cassie on the edge of the Ivory Island as Master Sunless.

Nephis smiled at him faintly and gestured to the great pagoda.

"Let's talk inside."

the expedition force in a few hours. Sunny would follow her,

ascended the stairs, Sunny couldn't help but think about Naeve and

and champions of the now-fallen Great Clan. Only three of its Saints remained — the rest were either taken as vessels by the Prince

numbers, but more than two-thirds of them

mundane dependents — family members and loyal servants of the clan — were also in the waking world, temporarily sheltered in the complex built around the Dream Gate. Mordret had not targeted

have to make sure that none of them was a hidden vessel of the banished prince. However, that would

the House of Night,

now, every Citadel in the Stormsea was under Mordret's control. Saints and Masters were relatively safe, because there was no timer for when they would have to return to

they would either become Mordret's hostages

avoid that end. The first way was to be brought to a new Citadel by a Saint and anchor themselves at its Gateway. The

being allowed in Valor territory, so that another hidden vessel of the Prince of Nothing did not infiltrate Godgrave. The process

attempts to stay awake after returning from the Forgotten Shore, Sunny

— and while the Awakened warriors would have to come to Godgrave, she would without a doubt try to bring at least the strongest of the remnants

had no choice but to obey her. More than that… Sunny was not sure that they had a reason to refuse. Each of the remaining members of the House of Night was, without a doubt, full of desire to avenge their fallen kin. Morgan would offer them a chance to fight against Mordret, and probably sweeten the deal by promising

say no? They did not

chains were often those people put

…Sunny would know.

highest level of the tower. Cassie summoned several Memories to prevent anyone from

and his strongest servants, they had to be extremely cautious about sharing vital information. Therefore, they always assumed that

Nephis, and Cassie played their roles and spoke about

had to relay what Sunny and Nephis said, but they had grown used to communicating

he only sending

was still confused

her

to protect a soul from his Aspect, but no method is absolute. That Master you told me about,