Shadow Slave novel Chapter 2382

Chapter 2382: Wrath of Mortals

Just before the sun touched the horizon, Kai joined Sunny on the roof of the Shrine of Truth. He looked ready for battle, the arrows bristling with the black feathers of their fletching in his quiver. Summoning the outer layers of his armor, the archer inhaled deeply and looked east.

"Lady Slayer has received the third boon of the Ash Domain. We seem to be ready."

Sunny nodded slowly, a distant expression on his face.

"...Has she now?"

Kai nodded.

"Yes. Why? Your voice... it sounded a little strange."

Sunny remained silent for a while, then sighed.

"She is set to play a decisive role in this battle. I’ve just been wondering... about how capable she truly is."

Kai studied him a bit.

"What is on your mind?"

Sunny smiled faintly and looked at the towering mountain to the east, its peak covered in snow.

Eventually, he said:

"Well, the Cursed Beast we’ll be fighting tonight is a swarm of rats. They are infected by Corruption now, but that means that they weren’t at some point. Which means that there was a swarm of Sacred rats once upon a time. Isn’t it strange?"

Kai blinked a few times, prompting Sunny to chuckle quietly.

"I mean, it’s one weird deity, don’t you think? Who would want to worship a swarm of rats?"

His friend tilted his head a little.

"Actually, you are right. I have not considered it from that point of view."

Sunny shook his head.

"But then again, who said that Sacred beings have to be worthy of worship? Conflating divine power and benevolence is a very modern way of thinking about things. Actually, for most of history, people had not worshiped gods out of love or gratitude. Rather, they did so to placate and mollify the deities, hoping to avoid drawing their ire."

He smiled.

"After all, mortals can’t survive the wrath of gods. Not the other way around."

At that moment, Slayer emerged from the Shrine, still shrouded in ghostly smoke and cradling her mangled arm. Sunny studied her with a dark expression.

"...Or at least it’s not supposed to be."

This Shadow of his... ah, she was definitely an overachiever.

Sunny had a lot to think about and a lot to say, but he did not have any time for that at the moment. Instead, he looked at Kai and said:

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