Shadow Slave novel Chapter 2809

"Get... dy... ate... ing!”

Death Singer's shout was drowned in the deafening roar of the Weeping Goddess. The great waterfall stretched into the distance like a gargantuan white wall, and far below, the Lake of Tears glistened under the sun. The city on its shores was mostly empty now, the people who had populated it just days ago gone. Some escaped northwest toward Ravenheart, some were carried by enormous barges southward, embarking on a long journey down the River of Tears.

But many were still waiting for their turn to be evacuated, and so, the forces of the Human Domain could not surrender the Great Waterfall just yet.

Death Singer moved nimbly across the cliffside, using her serpentine body to cling to the rocks. Her Transcendent form was that of a half-human, half-serpent, with the lower part of her body resembling a snake's tail.

Rushing across weathered stone and water with incredible speed, she reached Seishan and yelled again:

"Get ready! The Gate is opening!"

She straightened her enchanted cape and added just as loudly:

“We're all going to die!"

Seishan winced.

The Citadel clinging to the cliffs above the Lake of Sorrow belonged to her now, so she was naturally one of the Saints meant to hold the enemy back until the evacuation was over. However, she was not the only one here.

Soul Reaper Jet and the Night Garden were currently on the Chained Isles, helping the White Feather clan hide their people in the Sky Below. Here on the edges of the Moonriver Plain, however, it was the Song sisters and Nightingale who had to hold the line.

Seishan, Beastmaster, Moonveil, Lonesome Howl, Silent Stalker, and Death Singer — today, they were going to fight side by side for the first time since Godgrave. Only Revel was missing, but since the radiant sun was shining high in the sky, she would not have been able to join this battle, anyway. Instead, a few more Saints from Ravenheart and the basin of the River of Tears — those who could be pulled to the Weeping Goddess in time — were going to fight in her place. Bliss, Hellie, Ceres, Siord... and, of course, there was Saint Kai, the Steward of the West himself.

Looking down upon the lake, he sighed and said in a solemn tone:

“It used to be that we only feared Gates opening in the waking world, unleashing Nightmare Creatures upon humans. But now, here we are in the Dream Realm, full of dread because of an imminent descent of a Gate... which will unleash a human."

He meant a Dream Gate, of course, not a Nightmare Gate. Still, the irony was not lost on Seishan.

Suddenly, it struck her how odd the situation was. She had known Kai for a long time — the first time they met, she was the custodian of the Bright Castle, while he was a Sleeper paying the tribute to find safety behind the castle's walls.

Both of them had come a long way.

Seishan gave him a brief look.

"I wouldn't call that man a human."

Mordret did not make them wait. long. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

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