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201 | Chapter 201 Lord of the Dead
The giant underground chamber was circular in shape and as immense as the grand hall of the Bright Castle. Its walls were built out of the same grey stone slabs as the mighty walls of the Dark City, but unlike them, the walls of the chamber were covered with whispering streams of cold, neb... |
202 | Chapter 202 Risk and Reward
Nephis and Kai dove away, and the ma.s.sive pillar of bone shot past them. Before the thunderous sound of it crashing against the wall of the chamber even reached Sunny's ears, the pillar was already moving, whipping sideways with tremendous force.
Luckily, he and Ca.s.sie were behind it… ... |
203 | Chapter 203 Corpse Eater
Glistening in the dim twilight of the underground chamber, an enormous leech was attached to his forearm. The creature was about a meter long, its slimy skin slightly translucent and red as dried blood.
It was indescribably repulsive.
…What's worse, though, was that its sucker had effortless... |
204 | Chapter 204 Mysterious Key
A while later, they were resting in the shadow of the giant statue. Every member of the cohort looked nothing short of terrible, however, beneath the bloodied сlothes and broken armor, their bodies were whole and sound.
Changing Star had healed them all, and now, she was the only one who wa... |
205 | Chapter 205 Journey to the South
Sadly, the cohort did not get a lot of time to rest. Despite the fact that it wasn't even noon yet, they had a lot of ground to cover before sunset.
The plan they had made at the start of the day was to leave the Dark City from the south by climbing the wall near the grandiose Main Ga... |
206 | Chapter 206 Triumph
The spiders were about the size of a human, incredibly fast, and had plates of something that resembled iron covering parts of their repulsive bodies. They looked like armored battle machines created for the sole purpose of slaughtering living things.
They also looked strangely familiar. With a li... |
207 | Chapter 207 Beach Episode
The night pa.s.sed with no incidents. In the morning, Sunny was woken up by the sound of the surging waves and opened his eyes to see the sun slowly rising from beyond the horizon.
Rubbing his face, he sat up and looked around, noticing that most of the cohort was still asleep. Only Kai, who... |
208 | Chapter 208 Something Productive
Walking over to Kai, Sunny cleared his throat and forced himself to not cover his eyes. The d.a.m.n archer was just too dazzling. Him being shirtless in crowded places should have honestly been categorized as a public hazard back in the real world.
If not, there was a gross oversight.... |
209 | Chapter 209 Fireside Banter
In the end, Kai agreed to his deal. In exchange for the Blood Arrow, he gave Sunny three Memories: the two weaker arrows he had and a small charm capable of producing fire.
Sunny fed all three to the Stone Saint, bringing her amount of shadow fragments to thirty-one. That was four more tha... |
210 | Chapter 210 Shadow of the Past
'Technically dead? What does she mean?'
Sunny glanced at the others and saw that they, too, were confused. Everyone except for Caster, that is, who seemed like he knew something.
A few moments pa.s.sed in tense silence, which was broken by Changing Star's sigh. Looking at them, she sai... |
211 | Chapter 211 Game of Lies
With a bit of disappointment, Sunny realized that all types of physical activities were out of the question. Not only because Effie was going to win every d.a.m.n game, but also because Ca.s.sie couldn't partic.i.p.ate in most.
If that was the case, they would have to settle for a battle of w... |
212 | Chapter 212 Knights and Knaves
"Uh… sure."
One day Kai would inevitably learn that Sunny was not as honest of a person as he considered him to be, but until then, having the naive archer believe in this ridiculous notion was rather... beneficial.
Turning away with a bit of awkwardness, Sunny glanced at Caster and ca... |
213 | Chapter 213 Sword Saints
Back when Nephis was teaching Sunny how to use the sword, he had never been good enough to be her sparring partner. Once he learned enough to be of any use in a training fight, their fragile alliance had already broken and shattered to pieces.
So, apart from that short altercation on the somb... |
214 | 214 Transient Shadow
Did Nephis distrust Caster for some reason?
Sunny surely did, and to be entirely honest, he didn't even need any reason to do so. His intuition and general paranoia were enough.
But Changing Star was different. He had learned a bitter lesson and now knew that everything she ever did had a firm l... |
215 | Chapter 215 Shapeless
Observing the motions of two shadows that followed Nephis, Sunny was finally able to understand the foundation of the elusive shadow style.
Before, he only sensed a hint of its essence. He knew that just like the shadow, the hidden battle art was insidious, shapeless, and everchanging. But this ... |
216 | Chapter 216 Tacit Understanding
Sunny stared at Nephis with a complicated expression. After a while, he asked:
"Why did you entrust me with something so precious?"
She glanced at him, lingered for a few moments, then shrugged.
"We had a deal, remember? My knowledge in exchange for your share of the spoils we earn."... |
217 | Chapter 217 Origin
When Sunny realized that he was dreaming, the first thing that came to his mind was that there was another soul tree growing somewhere near the white arch. However, after a few moments of panic, he quickly dismissed this idea.
After all, he had never actually dreamt while under the mind hex of the ... |
218 | Chapter 218 Shadow Dance
Sunny opened his eyes.
The grand arch of white marble was exactly the same as when he had last seen it. The sun was already climbing the grey dome of the sky, chasing the remnants of the dark sea away. The rest of the cohort had woken up some time ago and were now preparing for the journey ah... |
219 | Chapter 219 Relics of the Past
Right there in the glimmering field of familiar runes, in the cl.u.s.ter describing his Aspect, a new string of them appeared.
Aspect: [Shadow Slave].
Aspect Rank: Divine.
Aspect Abilities: [Shadow Control].
Aspect Legacy: [Shadow Dance].
As soon as Sunny concentrated on the Aspect ... |
220 | Chapter 220 So You're a Spider,So What?
As they ventured deeper into the southern reaches of the crimson Labyrinth, the situation slowly turned worse and worse.
The iron spiders that had been not too threatening to the cohort of powerful, experienced Dark City hunters at the start of it all were growing more and more... |
221 | Chapter 221 Zenith
In front of them, the ground was shattered, creating a t.i.tanic fracture. The canyon was so deep and vast that Sunny had to strain his eyes to see the other side of it. Crimson coral clung to its walls, spilling over the edge like a torrent of blood.
A long time ago, a graceful bridge of white sto... |
222 | Chapter 222 Clearing the Nest
A clear and melodic sound of a ringing bell reverberated through the air above the Labyrinth, alerting the monstrous spiders hiding in the enormous coc.o.o.n of grey webs that a new prey came knocking on their door.
Moments later, swift bodies clad in heavy plates of iron armor shot from... |
223 | Chapter 223 Natural Selection
The danger was gone, so Sunny allowed himself to tiredly kneel on the ground, his breathing heavy and laborious. The strenuous battle against the host of spiders had not lasted long, but he was utterly exhausted. The intensity of these perilous minutes was enough to bring anyone down to t... |
224 | Chapter 224 Pyre
Inside the giant nest of spiderwebs, a desiccated corpse of the colossal Matriarch lay shriveled on the floor, its iron carapace shattered by some devastating blow. The creature was long dead, but the sight of it was still terrifying.
The vast abdomen of the brood mother, however, appeared to have be... |
225 | Chapter 225 On the Shoulders of Giants
Once they climbed all the way to the broad shoulders of the statue and found a suitable place to make camp, everyone looked down without having to say anything.
Far below them, the giant nest was still aflame. The cables that const.i.tuted it were melting and turning into rivers... |
226 | Chapter 226 The Fool
On the evening of the first of the two days that they had at their disposal, Sunny climbed all the way to the highest point of the statue and sat there alone, looking at the setting sun.
He felt as though he had to find a sense of balance that he had lost at some point along the way. Not because ... |
227 | Chapter 227 Comparatively Safe
The embrace of impenetrable darkness was broken by the furious white light of Changing Star's incandescent sword. Illuminated by it, six people were standing on the sh.o.r.e of a raging river. Their faces were pale and grim.
The canyon had disappeared, consumed by the rising surge of th... |
228 | Chapter 228 Crossing the Canyon
The stone colossus wandered the Forgotten Sh.o.r.e aimlessly for thousands of years. Ca.s.sie did not know what power had brought him to life, nor what he was searching for in the depths of the dark sea.
She had seen a vision of the headless giant pa.s.sing the ruins of the ancient bri... |
229 | Chapter 229 The Pa.s.senger
The colossus rose from beneath the turbulent waves, rivers of black water streaming down his stone body. Now that the walking statue had climbed out of the canyon, the cursed sea was barely up to its abdomen… for the moment.
Once the dark waters reached higher, the giant would be submerged... |
230 | Chapter 230 Precarious Battle
The eel tried to catch him, but was a second too late.
"c.r.a.p!"
Falling toward the dark waves, Sunny threw the kunai in the direction of the stone giant's hand.
Instead of a weapon, the colossus was holding a tool that resembled a mason's hammer. The kunai curved in the air and wrapp... |
231 | Chapter 231 Stone Giant
Sunny remained on the swinging hammer of the colossus for a while, resting and trying to catch his breath. However, very soon, the dark sea rose high enough to make his position perilous.
With a deep sigh, he stood up and dislodged the Prowling Thorn from the stones. Waiting for the colossus t... |
232 | Chapter 232 Before The Storm
In the next few hours, Sunny did nothing but leisurely gaze at the vistas of the Labyrinth. While monotonous, they were still picturesque and breathtaking.
? ?? ??-?? ???. ??? The Forgotten Sh.o.r.e was a harrowing, but beautiful place. The somber grey sky and the black earth created a pe... |
233 | Chapter 233 Swarm
As the members of the cohort killed several giant locusts, their repulsive black bodies fell to the ground, raining blood on the walking colossus and the crimson coral of the Labyrinth.
As soon as their corpses. .h.i.t the ground, it suddenly moved. Dark figures appeared from beneath the mud, rushin... |
234 | Chapter 234 Horde
Briefly giving Caster a few instructions, Nephis walked over to the edge of the platform and looked down. When she saw the numerous creatures climbing the stone giant, a grim expression appeared on her face.
Sunny weighed the Prowling Thorn in his hand and asked:
"So, what's the plan?"
Changing St... |
235 | Chapter 235 Flower Boy
As the red pollen settled in his lungs, Sunny suddenly sensed something subtly moving inside them. Then, a wave of excruciating pain pierced his chest. With a loud scream, he fell to his knees and grabbed at the Puppeteer's Shroud. A stream of blood escaped from his mouth and splashed on the anc... |
236 | Chapter 236 Ex Machina
With his back to the stone surface of the ancient statue, Sunny stared as the two tribes of Nightmare Creatures clashed in a cacophony of eerie roars and rustling noises.
Discovering a new target, swarming locusts swiftly fell from the skies and cut into the horde of the Blood Flower hosts, dev... |
237 | Chapter 237 Wall of Darkness
Kai landed on the stone platform, gently placing Ca.s.sie down. The blind girl was deathly pale and visibly hurt, but her life didn't seem to be in danger. The archer smiled rea.s.suringly and gripped her shoulder.
Then, just like the rest of them, he turned his head and silently looked s... |
238 | Chapter 238 lnto the Storm
A stray drop of rain fell on Sunny's cheek. The howling of the wind grew louder. A moment later, the whole world suddenly darkened, and he was a.s.saulted by a furious gale. The water pelted him in the face, drowning the curse Sunny was about to yell.
'D—d.a.m.n!'
The storm descended on th... |
239 | Chapter 239 Clash of t.i.tans
The surface of the cursed sea seethed and boiled, then exploded into the skies. Following the disappearance of the gargantuan tentacle, six others appeared from beneath the black waves. They rose and loomed above the marching colossus like twisted mountains, blocking the clamor of the sto... |
240 | Chapter 240 Shadow Slave
Held in the ancient statue's hand was a gargantuan skull that looked almost like that of a human, but simultaneously vastly different.
Apart from the size, the shape of it was all wrong. If Sunny had to describe what exactly was different about it, he would have trouble putting it into words,... |
241 | Chapter 241 Halfway
As it turned out, the cohort had endured the fury of the heavens for almost an entire day. Before the storm had appeared, the night had still been far away, and now, it was already a new morning.
The colossus was steadily marching south, completely unshaken by his terrifying battle with the abyssa... |
242 | Chapter 242 New Toys
Sunny decided to take a look at the Dark Wing first.
'Let's see what my Shadow brought me.'
He looked at the glimmering runes.
Memory: [Dark Wing].
Memory Rank: Awakened.
Memory Tier: I.
Memory Type: Garment.
Memory Description: [This cloak is as light as a dragonfly's wing… and as durable.... |
243 | Chapter 243 Fangs Of A Dragon
By the middle of their second day of traveling through the Labyrinth atop the ancient colossus, an ominous dark line appeared on the horizon. With every minute, it slowly grew closer. Pretty soon, Sunny was able to tell that they were headed toward a vast mountain chain.
The mountains se... |
244 | Chapter 244 Death Zone
This high into the foothills of the mountains, they didn't have to look long for a suitable shelter. In fact, they could have simply camped in the open.
The dark sea couldn't get to them anymore.
As the night descended and enveloped the world in the familiar veil of absolute darkness, Sunny vo... |
245 | Chapter 245 Theatre of Giants
Armed with the understanding of just how dangerous the beautiful mountains towering above them were, the cohort set out deeper into the foothills. Because they didn't know much about the area and what type of creatures populated it, they decided to stay together.
While it would have been... |
246 | Chapter 246 lrrefutable Proof
Ready for the worst, the cohort summoned their weapons and slowly moved down the wide road that lead to the bottom of the quarry. From reaching the foothills of the Hollow Mountains till now, they had not met a single Nightmare Creature... but that was not a reason to lower their guard.
... |
247 | Chapter 247 The Mist
Standing around the cairn, the members of the cohort looked at it with somber expressions — except for Ca.s.sie, who turned away and faced the mountainside, as though trying to hide her emotions.
Now that they knew what they were looking at, their mood suddenly became forlorn and solemn. People s... |
248 | Chapter 248 Those Who Survived
Leaving the mouth of the tunnel and the swirling white mist behind, the cohort cautiously went further into the darkness. As they walked, they summoned the Memories that produced light to illuminate the way.
The tunnel leading into the mine was wide and s.p.a.cious. Despite the ruthless... |
249 | Chapter 249 Curse of Darkness
Depicted on the ancient engravings, a beautiful land was bathed in sunlight. Lush forests, glistening rivers, and fields of flowers surrounded human cities built of stone. From what Sunny could tell, this was the Forgotten Sh.o.r.e before the mysterious and terrifying curse had turned it ... |
250 | Chapter 250 Defiant Oath
Sunny stared at the last engraving for a few moments, and then continued walking.
The revelations he had uncovered on the walls of the ancient mine gave him a lot to think about. The truth that he had been piecing together for a very long time was finally more complete than fragmented.
So, s... |
251 | Chapter 251 Boundary of the Underworld
Standing on the edge of the bottomless well, Sunny sighed and summoned the Prowling Thorn. Then, he commanded the Dark Wing to come to life and took a step into the emptiness.
The dragonfly wings of his enchanted cloak were too fragile to rely on them alone in a situation that p... |
252 | Chapter 252 Unseen
This was the last secret about the fate of the lost expedition that Ca.s.sie had gleaned from her visions. But even then, the knowledge she had received was fragmented and incomplete.
All she could tell the members of the cohort was that, once they crossed the dark river and until reaching the next... |
253 | Chapter 253 without a Master
The human shadow stood lonesomely in the mist, strangely aloof and motionless. As Sunny pulled on the golden rope to command his companions to stop, it shifted slightly and turned away, then became still once again.
Sunny sensed a cold, dreadful feeling settle in his heart.
The possibili... |
254 | Chapter 254 The First Lord
For a moment, Sunny was afraid that they had been walking in circles all this time and now returned exactly to where they had started. But then, he calmed himself down and noted that this river, while as eerie as the one they had crossed on a wooden boat, was rather different.
He couldn't e... |
255 | Chapter 255 Dawn Shard
As the last spark of light disappeared, Nephis tilted her head to the side and remained silent for a few moments. Then, she lowered her gaze and said, addressing the First Lord:
"Thank you."
She hesitated, as though wishing to say more, but eventually just took a step back.
Kai, however, wasn... |
256 | Chapter 256 True Reason
Sunny was silent for a while.
An Echo… that weird golden armor was actually a copy of some strange Corrupted Nightmare Creature?
What kind of creature took the shape of an armor?
But then again, the fact that it looked like an armor didn't mean that it was all it could look like. The main tr... |
257 | Chapter 257 Nightmare Champion
'Ah. So that is how it works.'
Initially, Sunny had suspected that the mysterious Shard Memories were just rewarded to those who managed to slay certain powerful Nightmare Creatures who dwelled close to the headless statues.
The truth, however, turned out to be more complicated. The cr... |
258 | Chapter 258 Herald of the Crimson Terror
Sunny had already faced off against a Spire Messenger once.
Back then, the vile creature had killed several experienced hunters in a span of just a few seconds, and the rest had only been spared this fate because of Effie's strength…
That and the fact that the Messenger had n... |
259 | Chapter 259 b.l.o.o.d.y Mayhem
Sunny ran to the statue with every bit of speed he could manage. Which was quite a considerable amount, by human standards... no, even by those of other Sleepers.
As the wind whistles in his ears, the shadow flew off the blade of the Midnight Shard and turned around, observing the wound... |
260 | Chapter 260 How to be a Hero
Indeed, with so much blood streaming down the Messenger's pale body, the savage augmentation of the Blood Blossom had grown vastly more powerful.
If before Sunny had felt as though he was cutting stone, now the Midnight Shard sliced through the tough flesh of the abomination with just a m... |
261 | Chapter 261 Moon Shard
Some time later, Sunny found the time to dove into the Soul Sea and take a look at the new Memory he had gotten.
It was a heavy round shield forged from dull, l.u.s.terless, dark steel. Inside of it, visible only to him, a complex weave of ethereal strings shone with stark radiance.
Memory: [D... |
262 | Chapter 262 Path to d.a.m.nation
'Another Shard Memory?'
Sunny raised an eyebrow, glanced at Nephis, and turned back to the runes. His eyes glistened.
Memory: [Moon Shard].
Memory Rank: Ascended.
Memory Tier: I.
Memory Type: Weapon.
Memory Description: [When the stars were extinguished and fell, a lonely moon re... |
263 | Chapter 263 The Beginning of the End
Three months later, a group of six battered humans appeared from the sea of crimson coral and approached a magnificent white arch. Moving with the precision of experienced predators, they swiftly slaughtered a few transient creatures that hid in the deep shadow cast by the ancient ... |
264 | Chapter 264 First Things First
They truly were.
When leaving the Dark City behind, Sunny had known how powerful the members of the cohort were. However, he had not quite realized just how well-rounded and perfectly suited to face various challenges presented by the Labyrinth their group was.
With Nephis, Effie and C... |
265 | Chapter 265 Hateful Shadow
Turning away from the distant wall of the Dark City, Sunny closed his eyes, inhaled deeply, and let go of his anger.
He had to keep his head cool, for now. Killing a Fallen Devil was not going to be an easy task. It might even turn out to be his undoing.
...But he was determined to see it ... |
266 | Chapter 266 The Devil You Know
At the core of it, things were indeed rather simple. Sunny hated the Black Knight enough to do his due diligence and thus spent an incredible amount of time studying it. He was so motivated to kill the creature that had hurt him that he had even gone so far as to settle in the same old c... |
267 | Chapter 267 Let There Be Light
Two days later, they entered the Dark City once again.
Nephis was right — no one from the Castle was there to ambush them. Gunlaug seemed to be content letting them come to him instead, so his Hunters and the dreadful hunchback were nowhere to be seen.
Just as well.
The cohort scaled ... |
268 | Chapter 268 Clash
The Stone Saint walked toward the Black Knight with stalwart indifference. Her body shone with dark radiance, and there were wisps of ghostly grey fog dancing on her elegant armor. The ruby eyes of the taciturn monster burned with menacing crimson flames.
The darkness that served the devil had been ... |
269 | Chapter 269 Incarnation Of Death
The black blade fell down, missing Nephis only by a hair's breadth. She rolled back and performed an impossible handspring, launching herself into the air from the ground. Landing on the marble floor with an effortless grace of a trained acrobat, Changing Star slid back a few meters an... |
270 | Chapter 270 Runaway
As the silver sword was extinguished, Changing Star lingered for a moment. White flames ignited in her eyes, and suddenly, the pristine white breastplate of the Starlight Legion Armor was enveloped in blinding white light.
The darkness that had begun to seep back into the grand hall of the ancient... |
271 | Chapter 271 Insurmountable
The ma.s.sive pillar plummeted down and fell right on the Black Knight. The devil turned slightly at the last moment, lowering his sword to the ground. His crimson eyes flashed with una.s.sailable menace.
As a thunderous crash resounded in the dark hall of the ruined cathedral, pieces of st... |
272 | Chapter 272 Shadow And Darkness
Augmented by the shadow and with the help of nine hundred fragments that Sunny had collected, the Saint had become incredibly strong. The graceful stone body of the taciturn monster hid incredible power to begin with, and now, it was vastly enhanced.
Holding her shield with both hands,... |
273 | Chapter 273 Chrysalis
Grasped in the Shadow's fist was a strange, beautiful, and ominous gem. It was utterly black, as though suffused with impenetrable darkness. The glossy black surface seemed to devour light, turning the vast hall of the ruined cathedral even darker than it had been before.
Deep within that black ... |
274 | Chapter 274 Salvation
Evolving… the Stone Saint was evolving.
Leaving the mindscape of the Soul Sea, Sunny furrowed his brow. His eyes, however, were full of excitement.
What exactly about her was going to change, though?
There weren't that many possibilities. It could be either her rank, her cla.s.s, or her attrib... |
275 | Chapter 275 Secrets of the Ruined Temple
As soon as the dawn came, bringing with it the mournful sound of retreating waves, Nephis and her cohort left the ruined cathedral.
Sunny remained alone, standing on the edge between the darkness of the old temple and the light of the new day.
Lingering in the ornate doorway,... |
276 | Chapter 276 Black Door
The hidden pa.s.sage led Sunny underground, twisting and turning through the ma.s.s of stone. Despite the fact that he had been cautiously walking forward for a few minutes now, Sunny felt that he was still beneath the cathedral. In fact, by his estimation, he was approaching its center.
And in... |
277 | Chapter 277 Demon of Fate
Sunny held his breath, affected by the disturbing scene in front of him.
The corpse was kneeling on the floor of the small cell, its hand chained to the floor. There was a circle carved into the stone around it, with countless symbols that Sunny could not understand surrounding it.
However,... |
278 | Chapter 278 Weaver's Mask
Sunny looked at the black mask and the darkness hiding in its eyes. Its features were not as much contorted as fearsome by nature. It was simultaneously fearsome and somber, b.e.s.t.i.a.l and regal. As though existing at the border of all things.
But most of all, the striking mask radiated a... |
279 | Chapter 279 Guilty Conscience
Sunny remained silent for a long time, staring at the black mask. The tranquil sea of his soul was still and silent... not at all like the storm that was currently raging in his heart.
After a while, he thought:
'That Weaver was one sly guy… girl… person… being? Well, the fact that I do... |
280 | Chapter 280 One Last Job
Some time later, Sunny emerged from the ruins of the cathedral with a rucksack on his shoulder, took one last look back, and left.
Whatever his future was going to be, he doubted that he would come back here any time soon.
It was a bittersweet goodbye.
Cautiously walking through the familia... |
281 | Chapter 281 Seven Heroes
In the depths of the night, Sunny was finally done with the arduous task of clearing the floor of the ruined library. Tiredly standing in the center of the circular hall, he found himself in the middle of a vast mural.
The mosaic had endured the pa.s.sage of time in an almost pristine conditi... |
282 | Chapter 282 Sacrifice
As Sunny walked in circles, drawing near to the center of the mosaic, he saw the depiction of various deeds that the Starlight Legion had achieved.
The warriors led by the seven heroes were truly a fearsome force. Forged and tempered by the relentless malice of their dark world and the una.s.sai... |
283 | Chapter 283 Final Piece of the Puzzle
'So this is how it is.'
Sunny stared at the last image of the mosaic, a dark and resentful expression frozen on his face.
Depicted in the center of the mural, a sun fueled by blood shone on the mountains formed by dead bodies. Tens of thousands of people had been slaughtered to ... |
284 | Chapter 284 Nothing Serious
In the cold light of dawn, Sunny approached the spot where the other members of the cohort and he agreed to meet. The shadow had already located their camp in the ruin of an ancient building and was currently watching them, hidden in the darkness.
The five youths were busy preparing for th... |
285 | Chapter 285 Kill Order
Sunny remained silent for a few moments. Finally, it became clear that Nephis wasn't going to continue. Feeling a slight sense of exasperation, he asked:
"Why would Caster want to kill you?"
Despite the calm appearance, there was a tempest raging in his mind. The revelation of Caster's true in... |
286 | Chapter 286 Blessings of the Fire
Some time later, the six of the left the secluded ruin and made their way toward the Bright Castle. The Dark City was silent and bleak, its streets devoid of life and movement. Even the Nightmare Creatures seemed to remain hidden in the lairs today, as though the feeling the tension t... |
287 | Chapter 287 Lonely Star
The outer settlement had changed from the time Sunny saw it last.
At the point where the white road widened into the vast platform that the settlement stood upon, a tall stone barricade was built, with watchful sentries observing the approach to the crest of the hill. Each of them was wielding... |
288 | Chapter 288 Progress Report
Some time later, they entered the stone lodge and found themselves in the middle of another, smaller crowd. Around thirty or forty people gathered in the main hall of Changing Star's dwelling, making it look even smaller than it had before.
However, these were not just any Sleepers from th... |
289 | Chapter 289 Start of the Play
Back in the Labyrinth, Sunny wasn't the only one who had killed countless Nightmare Creatures. In fact, due to his primary role as a scout, the three main fighters of the cohort had killed many more.
He knew for a fact that at least two of them — Effie and Caster — had fully saturated th... |
290 | Chapter 290 Judgement Day
Changing Star's words brought the room to dead silence. On both sides of it, people were slowly preparing themselves, dark resentment burning in their eyes. It felt as though the tension reached critical ma.s.s and was about to explode into a storm of violence.
Only three people remained cal... |
291 | Chapter 291 Eye of the Storm
The crowd poured into the castle, their faces contorted with anger and resentment. However, as soon as the slum dwellers pa.s.sed beneath the swaying skulls that hung above the gates, their fury turned cold.
In the echoing stone halls of the Bright Castle, it was hard to forget that Gunla... |
292 | Chapter 292 Just Cause
Gunlaug looked just like the last time Sunny had seen him.
…Like a golden demon born of some harrowing h.e.l.l.
The Bright Lord was tall and had broad, powerful shoulders. His body was clad in a strange armor that seemed to be made out of molten gold. It was both solid and liquid, flowing over... |
293 | Chapter 293 The Challenge
An echoing silence fell on the great hall of the ancient castle. The fateful words had been spoken, and now there was no turning back.
For better or for worse.
Gunlaug tilted his head and stayed quiet for a few moments. Then, the sound of his laughter rolled over the crowd.
"The right of c... |
294 | Chapter 294 Song of Steel
The great hall of the Bright Castle grew silent and still. However, that stillness was not tranquil, but like a predator that fell low to the ground, ready to explode into a violent lunge to tear its prey apart.
The Sleepers pressed themselves against the walls, giving Changing Star and the ... |
295 | Chapter 295 The Duel
The breastplate of Neph's armor cracked from the force of Gunlaug's blow and there was blood streaming from beneath her helmet, but that didn't slow Changing Star one bit.
Jumping forward to meet the Bright Lord's a.s.sault, she dodged the blade of the battle axe, twisted, and tried to deliver a ... |
296 | Chapter 296 Creature of Light
Sunny stared at the shining figure in front of him, a myriad of thoughts appearing in his mind.
With her skin emanating blinding white radiance, Nephis looked beautiful and pure, as though untouched by the imperfections of the mundane world. Wreathed in light, she was like a heavenly ang... |
297 | Chapter 297 Red Flower
The red cloud enveloped Gunlaug, seeping through the crack in his helmet. A second too late to react, the Bright Lord reeled away… but not before inhaling the pollen of the nightmarish flower.
Sunny didn't know when and how Nephis had gotten it, but he knew that he wasn't mistaken — this was th... |
298 | Chapter 298 Fire and Blood
The first Guard to follow Tessai's order lunged forward, summoning his weapon… and fell to the ground, a heavy kunai suddenly appearing in his eye.
Due to the everyone's attention being drawn to the bloodied figure on the throne, no one noticed as Sunny moved his hand slightly, letting the ... |
299 | Chapter 299 Twisted Reflection
Out in the great hall of the ancient castle, the air was full of screams and clangor of steel, with rivers of blood being spilled on the white marble floor. But in the wide corridor Sunny and Harus had found themselves in, the havoc that reigned above seemed m.u.f.fled and distant. It wa... |
300 | Chapter 300 Bright Lord's Slave
By a twist of fate, today, Harus was facing possibly the worst opponent he could have faced on the Forgotten Sh.o.r.e… among the Sleepers, at least.
However, Sunny wasn't surprised.
He had always felt that he and the murderous hunchback were destined to end up fighting each other to t... |
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