Shadow Slave novel Chapter 2879

Rain had been left to her own devices.

The King of Nothing — that was who the tall man with peculiar mirror-like eyes had turned out to be — escorted her to the lower floors of the Ebony Tower. The floor beneath the Archway Hall was apparently deadly for most humans, so she had to be guided down with a blindfold obscuring her vision.

Rain thought that it was just an excuse to hide something from her, but when she felt her skin crawl and an eerie sensation penetrate her heart as they walked down the stairs, she realized that the King of Nothing had told the truth on this particular occasion.

He seemed trustworthy, in general... charming, even. The man was nothing if not pleasant and treated her with graceful manners — even if his sense of humor was a bit off-putting at times. Needless to say, he did not resemble the bloodthirsty psychopath the rumors painted him to be one bit.

That only made Rain more wary of him.

‘I wasn't sure at first, but now my gut tells me that if anything, the rumors about him were too mild.'

That was because he seemed too normal. Rain loved her brother and was very fond of Lady Nephis, but even she had to admit that all Supremes seemed to have a screw loose. The fact that the King of Nothing was so adept at pretending to be sane only went to show that he was, without a doubt, the most deranged of them all.

Still, he had not shown any immediate hostility toward them. Cassie also seemed well-acquainted with the man... well, of course she was, Even if Rain wasn't privy to many secrets, she knew that they had conquered both the Second and the Third Nightmare together. So, there seemed to be some history between the two that she wasn't aware of.

It was just a shame that Cassie was still unconscious. Rain was reluctant to leave the blind woman alone with the King of Nothing, but there was nothing she could do about it. After all, it was not like she could do anything to stop a Supreme — even if she stayed on the uppermost floor, she would not be able to accomplish much.

So, Rain went about settling the Hollow remnant of Smile of Heaven in first. Luckily, the Ebony Tower seemed well-stocked and fitted for humans to live comfortably. After finding a spare room for the expressionless woman and making sure that she was comfortable, Rain returned to the main hall — which mirrored the Gateway Hall of the Ivory Tower — and finally found herself being able to take a deep breath and think.

Sinking into a chair, Rain stared at the tall ceiling in a daze.

“Damnation...”

She was struggling to digest everything that had happened. Waking up Ascended, escaping the Ivory Tower, and becoming a house guest of a Supreme serial killer... it was a lot to process,

Someone had a lot of explaining to do, but the only person who could explain everything to Rain was currently unconscious.

She remained in the chair for a while. Then, she summoned the Green Canteen and drank some water. That reminded her that she was covered in sweat, soot, and quite a fair bit of blood...

A shower would be nice, or better yet, a trip to the bathhouse.

Sadly, Rain was not comfortable doing any of those things yet. The King of Nothing seemed to have left her alone, but he was undoubtedly watching her every move. So, she preferred not to do anything compromising without discussing boundaries with the creepy Sovereign first, just in case.

Letting out a sigh, she summoned the Bag of Withholding, pulled out some snacks, and enjoyed them in silence.

Then, Rain stood up and walked around the ground floor of the Ebony Tower, exploring its interior.

She sat on the floor and meditated while guiding the flow of her essence. It was truly astonishing — the lever of control over it she could exert as an Ascended was ten times more refined and precise than what she had been capable of as an Awakened, even with the help of the Mark of Shadows.

She was going to have to relearn how to move her body from scratch.

‘That will be a lot of work.'

Rain jumped to her feet and performed a set of simple exercises. She sprinted a short distance, jumped, crouched, lifted a few lumbering pieces of furniture, held her breath, summoned her bow, drew its string a few times...

"..Wow."

Rain was shocked, Her physical prowess had increased by orders of magnitude, so much so that she was having trouble controlling her immense strength. She felt fiercely strong, disgustingly mighty, astoundingly powerful. Like she wasn't even a human anymore...

And that was without even learning how to properly enhance her Ascended body with essence, which was the main reason why Masters were so insurmountably stronger than Awakened.

“Wow."

Rain shook her head.

And then there was her Ascended Ability... which Rain still had no idea about. She could explore her Aspect slowly and learn what she had become capable of over time, or ask Cassie, who was like a surrogate version of the Nightmare Spell in that sense. But Cassie was unconscious, which meant that all Rain could do was continue dying of curiosity.

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