Shadow Slave novel Chapter 2324

Chapter 2324: Enemy Move

Sunny wanted to see how Kai would fare in a battle against Great abominations. The crystalline insects seemed like good practice... of course, there was a possibility that the entire hive consisted of Cursed Ones, instead.

But if that was true, the three of them were already dead. There was nothing much to do.

Kai stared at Sunny with a stunned expression.

"You’re... really not going to do anything?"

Sunny smiled pleasantly.

"How can you say that, buddy? I’ll do plenty, of course... enjoy the view, relax, appreciate the weather. Oh, I’ll craft new arrows while you waste the ones I already made, too. So make every shot count."

Kai kept looking at him for a few more moments, then turned to look at Slayer.

He did not say anything, but his expression was quite telling.

It was as if Kai wanted to ask...

"That’s what you’re dealing with on a daily basis?"

Slayer spared him a short glance and shrugged. Sunny, meanwhile, leaned back and closed his eyes.

"Let me tell you, Saint Nightingale... my previous disciple set quite a high bar. Ah, she was such a joy to train. What other teacher can boast that their student earned a True Name before even becoming an Aspirant? So, no pressure... but please don’t disappoint me. I have high standards because of her!"

Kai sighed and nocked an arrow on the string of his bow.

"She is my student, as well."

Sunny blinked a couple of times.

"Huh?"

Kai smiled faintly.

"A girl who earned a True Name before becoming an Aspirant... you mean Rain, right? The only person in the world who Awakened without the Nightmare Spell. I was her archery tutor for a short while back in NQSC, many years ago. I think Effie introduced us. Small world, huh?"

Sunny cleared his throat.

’Right...’

"Oh... I see. I think she mentioned knowing you."

’I was the one who convinced you to give her lessons, fool!’

Of course, Kai did not remember that.

He took a deep breath, raised his bow, and slowly drew it.

Then, he spoke evenly:

"Strike true."

His clear voice was not loud, but it somehow managed to drown out the howling wind. The stalwart authority contained within it moved the world, making the world listen. Sunny sensed a faint flow of essence, and the arrow he had crafted suddenly seemed much more than it had been before.

’Hmm...’

As Kai allowed the string to escape his relaxed fingers and sent the arrow flying, Sunny remembered his battle against the Dread Lord.

’Actually, I might have been wrong.’

Kai seemed to be plagued by doubt, which did not lend itself well to being a Sovereign. But, on the other hand, the very nature of his Aspect forced him to constantly practice exerting his authority... in a way.

A Supreme like Sunny could bend the world to his will. But Kai did not have to... the world simply listened to him, following his commands voluntarily. Was that preparing him for Supremacy, or was it a detriment instead?

Sunny was not sure, and he had no time to ponder this issue at the moment, either.

What he was sure of, though, was that a giant tentacle would not rise from below the clouds to destroy Kai’s arrow — not this time. His certainty was based on the fact that when the tendrils of snow turned into crystal bridges, he was suddenly able to extend his shadow sense forward, to the lonesome peak that was now hiding in the embrace of a snowstorm.

Sunny could sense the entire ice hive, now.

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