Shadow Slave novel Chapter 2280

Chapter 2280: Hidden Dagger

Now that his original body was no more, Sunny’s existence was split between seven incarnations. He could maintain all seven avatars indefinitely or release control of some, returning control to his shadows.

One incarnation remained in Bastion, accompanying Nephis and keeping an eye on Rain. It also served as a point of contact between Sunny and the Ivory Tower, allowing the public and the clandestine forces of the Human Domain to coordinate their actions better.

’Human Domain...’

As far as Sunny was concerned, it was a name that lacked necessary gravitas — and he was a known authority on giving things great names. No one had listened to him on this issue, though, for some reason.

In the beginning, people used to call Neph’s Domain all kinds of things — the Star Domain, the Light Domain, the Immortal Flame Domain... however, Nephis had consciously chosen to renounce these names in favor of a more general title, separating the identity of the new human empire from her own.

Names held power, after all.

More importantly, she was looking toward the future. In the future, more human Sovereigns would emerge, while Nephis herself could ascend to a higher Rank... or perish while trying to. The human unity she and Sunny had won in Godgrave had to be able to withstand their absence.

In any case, while one of Sunny’s incarnations was hiding in the very heart of the Human Domain, the rest of them were far away, on the Forgotten Shore.

His main avatar was playing the role of the Dark Lord, residing in the gloomy throne room of the Marvellous Mimic. He controlled the shades working on the restoration of the city and dealt with issues having to do with the Shadow Clan.

The Shadow Clan... was a force made up of exceptional elites, each possessing an array of rare talents.

For example, there was Corsair, their newest recruit. He had a service record that would make most people faint — a good reminder that while Sunny and the members of his cohort had been having their harrowing adventures, countless outstanding people all over the world had been living their own storied lives in the dreadful reality of the Nightmare Spell as well.

Despite how exceptional Corsair was, however, he was not an outlier among the members of the Shadow Clan. Most of them had a dossier as thick and as unbelievable as his.

Sunny had chosen each and every one of them himself, after all.

Despite that, the overall power of the Shadow Clan was not that great — not in comparison to the renowned Awakened forces like the Fire Keepers, the Wolf Army, the Nightsingers, and so on at least. Most of its members were merely Awakened, for one, with a handful of Masters leading them.

There were several reasons for that. The most important of them was that it was easier to maintain secrecy while recruiting Awakened — there were far more Masters in the world these days, but they still were in the public eye. So, Sunny wanted to build a solid foundation out of talented Awakened, prepare them to the best of his ability, and then help those who were ready to climb the Path of Ascension.

If all went well, in a few years, he would have dozens of Masters at his disposal, all trained and raised by the Shadow Clan. And eventually, who knew? Maybe he would even have his own Saints. In fact, maybe he would be able to recruit a couple of Transcendent acquaintances even before that.

For now, though, the power of Shadow Clan was sufficient. His warriors were not supposed to involve themselves in prolonged battles, anyway — they were supposed to strike from the shadows, eliminate the enemy in one fell swoop, and disappear without leaving a trace.

The Mark of Shadows gave them additional advantages, and he could even personally augment them in case they were in danger.

Combat power was not what made the members of Shadow Clan valuable, though. In truth, Sunny needed them for another purpose — just like his shade warriors, people bearing the Mark of Shadows were conduits of his Supreme shadow sense. Wherever they went, Sunny’s perception followed.

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