Shadow Slave

Chapter 1921 Stuff of Legends There, in front of them, the jungle parted and revealed a vast expanse of white bone. It was almost completely flooded, but the water was so shallow that it would barely reach a human's shins. Most stunningly of all, the flooded clearing was completely devoid of the scarlet infestation — there were no trees, no Vines, no grass, no moss...

It was as if the ancient jungle was afraid of getting any closer to the dark hill that towered in the heart of the empty expanse and reeled back in fear.

The hill itself was tall and strangely shaped, its slopes dark and barren. From time to time, strange ripples spread from it across the shallow water, reaching all the way to the edge of the jungle. As if something enormous was breathing somewhere out there, behind the hill, the measured weight of its breaths reverberating in the ancient bones.

Rain and her cohort were not far away from the fallen tree on which Lady Seishan stood, so she caught a good look at her.

At that moment, the regal Saintess turned around, looking down at her sister from the considerable height of the ancient trunk.

Standing above the battered masses of the Seventh Legion, she was like a sinister deity. Her otherworldly beauty was both breathtaking and chilling — Princess Seishan looked subtly inhuman because of her silken grey skin, and the lower half of her exquisite face was smeared by crimson blood, as if she had been tearing the Great Nightmare Creatures apart with her teeth.

She looked like a malevolent spirit summoned into the world by a great blood sacrifice.

...Despite that, Rain found herself calming down at the sight of the graceful princess. Her heart was overcome by a soothing sense of tranquillity, and she felt her fears dissipating.

The feeling of peace and safety was like a breath of fresh air in the sweltering heat of this dark, dreadful hell.

However, Rain felt strangely disturbed.

Because, to her... it did not feel like the healing kind of tranquil calmness. Instead, it was like the kind of false relaxation that deadly predators instilled in their Drev before sinking their fangs into the victim's flesh.

'Still, this predator is on our side. That's good... right?‘

Lady Seishan, meanwhile, spoke to her sister in a pleasant, velvety voice:

"What do you sense, Hel?"

head down, flinched and looked

a terrible grimace. Her beautiful eyes were

is coming! Our blood will flow like a river, our flesh will fester and rot, our eyes will be eaten by hungry ravens, our viscera will become a feast for maggots! There will be no hope, no escape, no relief, no

Even Tamar seemed to

that since we were in the orphanage. I'm sure we will die one day, you and I... but what about now? What do you sense

stared at her sister for a few moments, her face a mask of terror. Then, she suddenly sighed

"Oh, that. Well..."

petite princess frowned and scratched the back of her head clumsily.

a Great Demon, I

been nonchalant, but every soldier that heard her

Rain did, as well.

'Crazy... this is crazy!‘

existed, but were never supposed to encounter. They were the stuff of legends — the kind of legends that were too terrifying to retell in the darkness. Great abominations were synonymous with death from

regions of the Dream Realm where they dwelled were called Death Zones for a

were swiftly changing. Supreme humans were out there in the world, and people like Rain suddenly found

and had caught glimpses of several

least those terrible beings were mere

Demon... a Demon was a different

demons were intelligent, and possessed

of everyone, only Lady Seishan remained

distant hill once more, remained silent for

warriors of the Song Army, hear

this position and hold fast. Hel, Siord, Ceres — with me! We will claim this Citadel... in the name of the