Shadow Slave

Chapter 1891 Negative Power Earlier…

On the highest floor of the ancient Citadel, Nephis was standing in the middle of a blooming garden. All around her, heavy branches leaned under the weight of scarlet flowers, and a sweet fragrance permeated the air.

Three women surrounded her — one of them was Moonveil, the Princess of Song. The other two were most likely Reflections created by Mordret, the estranged son of the King of Swords.

Drops of blood were falling from the cut on her cheek.

Nephis looked at her fingers, which were smeared in blood, with a frown.

'They prepared well.'

The current situation was troubling enough, but what dismayed her more was how thoroughly the daughters of Ki Song seemed to be informed about Godgrave and the movements of the Sword Army.

Venturing into the Hollows should not have been an easy task — otherwise, she would not have needed an army of Awakened soldiers to carve a path through the scarlet jungle. She could have simply led a team of Saints on a clandestine excursion.

But she had not. That was because while Saints could brave the perils of the Hollows, they could not do it for long. Sooner or later, they would meet something that they could not defeat or escape from — and even if they didn't, their essence would run out, leaving them stranded in the heart of the ancient jungle. Then, they would die.

Even with a guide like the Lord of Shadows, her own forces had only dared to descend into the Hollows after reaching the vicinity of the Second Rib — and that was already a much more dangerous plan than the initial one.

Knowing where exactly the Citadels were located was supposed to be an advantage of the Sword Domain.

However, Lightslayer and her sisters had reached this Citadel first, and without an army. Gods only knew how they had managed that, but they had… was it because of the Beast lineage? Or something else entirely?

Worse than that, they seem to know too much about the champions of the Sword Army. Song definitely had spies among the warriors of Valor, but were they that capable? Or was it all due to Death Singer, the blood oracle? After all, although the future could not be glimpsed anymore, the same could not be said about the present.

Or was it all the fault of the Prince of Nothing? Had he done more than just fight his way to the Nameless Temple when visiting the Lord of Shadows before the war?

she did know that the Sword Army

being slaughtered down below. The Lord of Shadows was fighting Dark Dancer

she herself was cornered by Moonveil, somehow robbed of

only had Song managed to take control of the Citadel, but they could very well deal a fatal

Sunny…

bleeding on Revel's sword flashed in

did not really bleed,

her mouth curved downward, and her gaze

at Moonveil and

to negate the Aspects

Song just

'What a potent Ability…'

from summoning her flames, but it was all for naught. It was as if her Aspect did not exist

be weakened. Perhaps that was why the moonlight arrow had pierced

divine lineage. Her soul was that of a Titan. But the power of two Reflections seemed to have been added to

directly countered that of the Lord of Shadows. The Saint of Sorrow could prevent Sir Jest from playing with the minds of

was countered by Moonveil — or rather, Moonveil was a natural counter to

dreadful foe

Otherwise, she would not have transported Nephis away from the rest of the Saints — she would have

at her

'The arrow.'

cut her cheek, and some of its radiance seemed to linger in the

remained motionless for a moment, then

name Black Moon

Princess of