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?"

her head down, flinched and looked up.

was contorted by a

a river, our flesh will fester and rot, our eyes will be eaten by hungry ravens, our viscera will become a

prophecy, Rain shuddered. Even Tamar seemed to pale, gripping

saying that since we were in the orphanage. I'm sure we will die one day, you and I... but

at her sister for a few moments, her face a mask of

"Oh, that. Well..."

head clumsily. After a while,

Great Demon, I

have been nonchalant, but every soldier

Rain did, as well.

'Crazy... this is crazy!‘

Demons? Great Nightmare Creatures were something that humans theoretically knew existed, but were never supposed to encounter. They were the stuff of legends — the kind of legends that were too

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

were swiftly changing. Supreme humans were out there in the world, and people like Rain suddenly found themselves brushing sides with Great Nightmare

already seen several dead ones in the jungle, and had caught

beings were mere Beasts

Demon was

demons were intelligent, and possessed

of everyone, only Lady Seishan

at the distant hill once more, remained

is. Well, then... warriors of

voice: "Fortify this position and hold fast. Hel, Siord, Ceres — with me! We will claim this