Shadow Slave

Chapter 1902 Gruesome Affair Revel's darkness was chased away and diminished, but it still swirled around her like a cloud. Shrouded by it, she looked at Nephis.

Nephis was looking at her, as well.

Suddenly, a melodious voice resounded in the ruined hall, containing both the ferocity of the scorching surface of the sun and the tranquillity of sunshine reflecting from clear water:

"...You are the Lightslayer?"

Revel remained silent for a heartbeat.

Her battered, bleeding body looked like a dirty mess in front of the pristine, radiant spirit of light.

"That's what they call me, yes."

Nephis remained silent for a few moments, then spoke in her usual even tone: "I'm not impressed."

Her tone might have been emotionless, but that only made the remark sound more derisive.

It was as if she was saying... is that all? I am supposed to be slain by you? Hearing that, Revel smiled darkly.

"I‘m sorry for the disappointment, Lady Nephis."

With that, the ruined hall once again exploded with motion... the moment of peace was short—lived.

The scorching flames fell upon the princess of Song, as if possessing a life of their own. The radiance spirit seemed to turn into a streak of light, rushing at her with impossible speed.

Sunny was not far behind, either, knowing that this was their best chance to kill Revel.

Revel herself, meanwhile...

Took a step back and turned into a torrent of darkness.

The darkness did not attack, however. It did not try to defend itself, either — 7 instead, it flowed down and seeped into the cracked floorboards, disappearing from view.

The flames only licked the ancient wood, scorching it. Neph's strike missed. Sunny emerged from the shadows a split second too late.

Revel had fled.

with Nephis, feeling her heat despite the incredible level of elemental resistance granted to him

was silent for

"...Are you okay?"

her graceful figure drowning in the

"What about you?"

behind the

alive, if that

time for conversations anymore. Because they both knew what Revel's retreat meant — she had fled downward, in the direction where the rest of their comrades were most

corpse of the

at Saint, commanding her to stay safe, and

in the chaos of the vast hall where the Saints of the Sword Army had

the smile from his face, replacing it with a somber

'So many have died...‘

of the conquest team still drawing breath — Roan, l-lelie, Jest, and the unfortunate Saint who had been wounded by Silent Stalker at the

nowhere to be seen, and the rest of the Saints were now corpses — some of them damaged too terribly to be of use for the Raven Queen, some still

Howl and her one remaining Reflection were engaged in a fierce brawl with Fiend, protecting her fragile

did not know why Nephis had asked him to make getting rid of it a priority, but

the flowing darkness, standing at the opposite end of the hall from him. She had dismissed her Transcendent Form and looked like

he caught sight of her, she

"Back!"

away. The Reflection lingered for a moment before retreating to stall Fiend, while Lonesome Howl herself gently grabbed Silent Stalker in her teeth and dragged her toward Revel

"Fiend! Come here!"

and then stepped

now behind them, looking

even Sir Jest, who had escaped with relatively fewer wounds, was covered in

covered in blood was Sunny himself. That was because it was rather hard to make him bleed — however, to those who did not know about that peculiar trait of his, it looked as

them question if there really was a

amicable old man gone? Instead, a sinister abomination had taken his place, pure malice burning in its inhuman eyes. It had the body of

a satyr, or a literal friend from the depths of

suddenly felt a chill run down his

The air seemed to crackle with tension, and none of the sides was in a hurry to make a

explosion shook the hall, and Nephis arrived from

time... it felt as if Sunny's vision was blurred for a moment. Suddenly, a delicate beauty with white hair and shimmering

Nephis. The creature looked like her, and had the same presence as