Shadow Slave novel Chapter 1013

Chapter 1013: The Fall of Falcon Scott (31)

As Naeve and Sunny made their way across the wall of the port fortress, the battle grew louder behind them. Sounds of screams rose into the night sky, and the battlements beneath them shuddered. Ignoring all of it, they rushed forward.

As they ran, Naeve yelled:

"Have you ever fought in the water?!"

Sunny spared him a tense look, remembering the harrowing journey across the dark sea of the Forgotten Shore. The boat Nephis had built of demon bones did not survive till the end...

"Once!"

The Nightwalker let out a nervous laugh.

"How did it go?!"

Sunny gritted his teeth.

"I’m alive, aren’t I?!"

There was not much choice, anyway. Naeve was probably the only Ascended of the House of Night inside the fortress — the rest were protecting the battleships sailing across the strait. Bloodwave was going to need all the help he could get, so Sunny had to join the hunt for the dreadful Terror.

Plus, he wanted to. The abominable creature deserved to die, and especially so by his hand.

’Won’t be easy, though...’

Sunny had a couple Memories that would help him perform well underwater, but he lacked the experience of fighting in the depths of the ocean. Worse than that, Shadow Step and Shadow Manifestation would be nearly useless there — a shadow needed a solid surface to exist, and those were hard to find where he was going.

Actually... Sunny was not sure how his Aspect would function underwater. Much more distressing was the fact that he did not know a lot about the Terror of LO49, and what the abomination was truly capable of. The fact that it relied on mind attacks and manipulation suggested a lack of physical might, but even then, such things were highly relative when it came to Corrupted creatures.

Really, he was not even sure that the Terror was of the Corrupted Rank.

’...What the hell am I doing here?’

The Sin of Solace laughed, forcing him to grimace.

It did not matter. Even disregarding the fact that he had a personal score to settle, the creature had to be destroyed to protect the city.

"But what are you doing risking your life to protect that city? It’s not like you, Lost from Light..."

Sunny did not really know how to answer, but he refused to let the voice of the sword distract him from the task at hand.

They were already on the pier, moving swiftly to its end. Some distance away, two gargantuan battleships rested on the black waves. He looked around, not noticing the distinct figure of the enigmatic Saint anywhere.

"Where is Bloodwave? Is he aboard one of the ships?"

Naeve gave him a confused look as he took his midnight blue coat off. Beneath it was a black wetsuit, an armor Memory already weaving itself from sparks of light.

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