Shadow Slave novel Chapter 2805

Having crossed the remaining distance, Sunny entered the city.

The humans and Nightmare Creatures both moved aside to make way, ushering him to the strange, towering shape of the glass Citadel. He studied them as he walked, feeling a bit odd to see lumbering Nightmare Creatures coexisting peacefully with humans.

The streets of Red Hill were busy, but tranquil. The odd scene was both eerie and idyllic, like a twisted illustration of an old myth about a world where predators and prey were supposed to live in perfect, harmonious peace with each other.

At the same time, Sunny could not help but feel how alien it all was.

Even Asterion and the plague he had unleashed did not feel as peculiar and alien as the city where Mordret ruled — where the endless variety of life was reduced to a single point of view. A single mind, a single soul, and single will. Where there was no us and them... only boundless I.

In and of itself, it was odd and a little unsettling.

It became truly disturbing when one reminded himself that all the vessels of the King of Nothing had been someone once. They had been living beings whose souls he destroyed to take their bodies.

Sunny had thought that he was truly disturbed by the sights around him, at least, until he saw a ghastly scene on one of the Red Hill squares. Then, he realized that he had not seen anything yet.

There on the square, a long line of humans had assembled in front of several enormous, hideous Nightmare Creatures. The abominations opened their maws, and humans calmly walked inside, only to be torn apart by sharp fangs and devoured moments later.

More and more blood pooled on the glistening glass, shining in the glow of the sunset.

Sunny stopped and stared at the vile spectacle, aghast.

“Are you... devouring yourself?"

Reflected in the blood, his own face looked at him in amusement.

"Some of my vessels need sustenance, Sunless. Some are more useful than others, as well... I was a little starved there, in the Hollow Mountains, so sacrifices had to be made. Things are going to get better now that I have access to the Hive, though. Ah, what a wonderful feeling! My new home has a bottomless pantry."

Sunny looked at his own reflection in disgust.

“Those are people, you bastard. You are feeding people to Nightmare Creatures." His reflection smiled politely.

"Those were people. Now, they are me. The same goes for the abominations. I must say, though — I did not expect you, of all people, to have such prejudices, Sunless. Your powers are much creepier than mine, after all... in fact, a less enlightened person would find them terrifying.”

Scowling, Sunny looked away from the ghastly scene with an expression of disgust and continued on his way.

Reaching the Citadel, he made his way to the very peak of the Red Hill. There, an imposing man with dark skin and flawlessly sculpted muscles met him with the same pleasant smile.

Saint Dar of the Maharana clan... or rather, what was left of him.

The Maharana clan had been wiped out, and its Saint was an avatar of Mordret now. Mordret smiled with a stolen face.

"I suppose we can have a proper conversation now.’

Sunny stared at him somberly, then spoke through gritted teeth:

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