Shadow Slave

For a few minutes, Sunny simply lay on the ground, letting the rain hit his face. From time to time, a bolt of lightning arced through the skies, drowning everything in blinding light. Other than that, it was almost completely dark. If not for his Attribute, he would have had trouble discerning the shapes of Nephis and Cassie, who were resting nearby.

After some time, however, a feeling of uneasiness entered his mind. Something was off. Sunny scowled, trying to understand where that feeling was coming from. Finally, he realized that it was his shadow. It was trying to draw his attention to something.

‘Please, let me rest. I just want to rest.’

He was too tired to do anything. Both his body and mind were exhausted. However, the shadow was very persistent. It remained adamant.

In the end, Sunny moaned and rolled over on his stomach, then slowly stood up. Nephis turned her head and looked at him.

“What is it?”

He grimaced.

“I don’t know yet. Something feels wrong.”

Cassie shivered and got closer to Neph. Following his shadow’s warning, Sunny looked around, trying to find any sign of danger in their surroundings.

Even with his vision, he couldn’t see anything out of place. The upper part of the cliffs was well above the stormy sea, forming a small island. Its surface was rugged and uneven, with several protruding ridges breaking the line of sight. There was a large space between their group and the nearest ridge. That space was littered, seemingly at random, with piles of dirt and tall boulders.

Nephis got up and summoned her sword.

“Do you see anything?”

Sunny frowned.

“Not really…”

lightning flashed, briefly illuminating

massive and irregularly shaped. They were black in color and motionless… that’s why Sunny had not recognized them for what they were

them, scavengers were silently lying on

up on ends. One, two, three… he lost count because of panic and gritted his teeth. Seven… no, eight of

humans were not the only ones who thought of

were a

his

“Sunny?”

head to her and

Don’t move. Just…

instructions without asking for the reason. However, a silent question appeared

Cassie did the same.

breathed in, trying to calm his panicking mind down. There were no

they simply did not notice the humans. After

There was still hope.

looked at the small island again. But this time, his perspective was different. He saw the deep darkness, the clamor of the

chance. He just had to execute each step perfectly… crawl through the darkness, strike without alerting the enemy, kill each of them

he makes a mistake, there were other means to

that could work.

Changing Star and

care

could react, he seemed to dissolve

His steps were soft and measured, his breathing controlled. He quickly determined the optimal order of attack to minimize the chance of being discovered and proceeded to the first target — a hulking

the shadows, Sunny suddenly felt calm and focused. He felt