Shadow Slave novel Chapter 2341

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The floor of the cavern was littered with fragments of shattered crystal. Sunny had recalled the Obsidian Wasps back into the dark depths of his soul and dismissed his helmet, inhaling the frigid air deeply. Now that the sounds of the slaughter had ceased, the melodious tinkling of the crystal wind chimes permeated the silence once more. _{ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom}

He exhaled slowly, knowing that the soothing melody would be erased from existence before too long, as well. 'Not bad, for my first move.' He had taken one of the Snow figures off the board.

Taking a few steps forward, shards of crystal crunching under his feet, Sunny used the blade of his odachi to sweep some of them away. This was where he had killed the last of the Crystal Wasps, and so…'There.'

Crouching, he reached down and picked up a jade figurine from beneath the shards. It was the Snow Beast figure - one representing the Ice Hive. Sunny studied it for a few seconds, then hid it inside his armor.

Then, with no more time to waste, he stepped through the shadows and returned to the cave where water was flowing into a deep pool from a forest of crystal stalactites. Manifesting a large cauldron, he hastily filled it with clear water and pulled it into the shadows, appearing on the slopes of the snowy mountain a few seconds later.

Kai and Slayer were already waiting for him there, the last rays of the setting sun painting their silhouettes with fiery shades of scarlet. Sunny offered them a friendly smile and brought some water to his lips, drinking greedily. 'Ah,' 'I guess it's not poisoned.'

Then, he raised an eyebrow. 'What?' Kai had been staring at him with wide eyes.

The charming archer shook his head slowly. 'N - no, nothing. It's just… they were Great Beasts. All… all fifty of them…' His gaze could penetrate solid rock, so he must have seen exactly how Sunny had dealt with the Crystal Wasps.

Sunny grinned. 'Were they? An expected result, then. It would be a shame if I couldn't do this much as a Supreme, after all, I killed my first Great Devil as a Sleeper!'

Finally, he found a chance to work this one in! Kai's eyes shook. …And a moment later, the mountain shook, as well.

Sunny sighed, then glanced at his friend languidly. 'I suggest you brace yourself.'

Kai frowned. 'Brace myself? For wh…' Just then, the sun finally disappeared behind the horizon, and the peak of the mountain exploded with a deafening roar. A towering pillar of smoke and ash rose into the sky, expanding into a mushroom cloud.

Sunny remained nonchalant as a great fireball bloomed behind him, and a wave of scorching wind broke against his back. 'For that.'

The mountain shook and shook, as if convulsing. Its entire peak was obliterated by the explosion, stone shrapnel and jagged boulders raining from above. A billowing mass of ash was expelled into the sky and spread, obscuring it like a veil of billowing darkness. Great plates of snow were dislodged and slid down, turning into destructive avalanches…