Shadow Slave novel Chapter 2990

A terrible pain pierced Cassie's empty eye socket as she aimed her gaze at the Hunger Domain.

The great army of humanity had already become caught in the web of her Aspect — the Awakened, the Masters, the Saints... even their Supreme ruler himself. All of them were marked by her power, with no hope of escape.

And so...

Cassie looked upon the world with a million eyes.

She felt the wind caress her myriad faces. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

She heard a myriad of noises and smelled a myriad of scents.

But, above it all...

She sensed a vast galaxy of memories. A whole universe was hidden here, on the Chained Isles, contained within the minds of mortal men and women who had come here to wage war.

These memories were her target.

Cassie reached into the memories of Asterion's thralls, beginning to erase those of them that contained him or the mention of his name from their contaminated minds — just like she had done to Yutra and other patients of the quarantine facility, only on a much grander scale.

The great army of the Hunger Domain represented the core of his power, and she could reach it due to how close the soldiers were to her. She shared the senses of a soldier, and then marked everyone whom the soldier perceived; then, she marked everyone whom those people perceived, as well.

Just like that, the entire army became entangled in the web of her Aspect at a terrifying speed. The strain on Cassie was tremendous, but well within what her Supreme mind could handle.

She concentrated on the memories of a few key individuals, while at the same time attacking the memories of everyone else. As long as the Mad Prince lasted long enough against Asterion, she was going to cleanse them of all of the insidious hex.

But that alone was not enough.

She needed to erase him from the minds of all people, everywhere — and reaching countless humans all across the vast expanse of the Dream Realm, as well as on the other side of the real boundary in the waking world, was not an easy task even for her.

It was partially possible because Cassie was sharing the senses of Asterion himself, and Asterion was connected to all his thralls — just like Sunny was connected to his shades. Cassie found that she could follow that connection to the enthralled people no matter where or how far they were, but it was a slow and inefficient process.

She had to contend against Asterion's fearsome mental defenses to access it, after all.

So, she needed something else... something more. She needed someone to serve as a conduit of her Will, helping it spread in places far removed from the Chained Isles. One of these people was Effie, who was currently fighting to retake Bastion — one of the major population centers of humanity, and one connected to most Citadel Cities in the East as well.

With Effie's help, Cassie's powers washed over Bastion like a ghostly tide. But she needed more...

She needed Jet and Kai.

‘Where are they?’

Cassie activated the marks she had left on them once, wanting to experience the world from their point of view.

..There was no dungeon full of prisoners in the Jade Palace, so Jet and Kai could not recruit a small army of driven subordinates to take over Ravenheart. However, if anything, their situation was far better than Effie's.

That was because they were together, and neither of them had been driven to the threshold of death by starvation. Kai was missing his tongue, but he still had both hands — Jet, meanwhile, was at the absolute peak of her strength.

They also had a powerful Supreme Devil keeping them company...

So, their journey to the Gateway of the Jade Palace had gone smoothly.

Until they reached the great hall where the Gateway was located, that was.

There, Jet slowed down, an uneasy expression appearing on her face. Fiend froze in the spot and grew tense, as well — Kai was the last to sense something, frowning with a somber glint in his tired eyes.

In front of them, the gate leading to the great hall was partially open, bright light pouring out of it.

A sense of chilling, oppressive cold permeated the air.

Fiend raised one of his steel hands and looked at it in discomfort. A thin layer of frost was forming on the surface of the black metal, sapping the warmth from it. The infernal flames burning in his eyes seemed to dim.

Jet and Kai glanced at each other, then carefully moved forward.

As they crept closer to the gate, a gust of frigid wind washed over them, making Kai shiver. A deep sound reached them a few moments later...

It was as if something enormous was breathing, there in the Gateway Hall.

Jet, who had just returned from the frozen wastelands west of Ravenheart, looked ahead with a hint of grim wariness in her icy blue eyes.

Eventually, they reached the gate and looked inside.

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