Chapter 5 Broken Chains (1/2)

Chapter 5 Broken Chains

[You have slain a dor's Larva]

Sunny fell to his knees, breathless His whole body felt as though it just went through a e amounts of adrenalin could not wash away all the pain and exhaustion And yet, he was exhilarated The satisfaction of killing the larva was so vast that he even forgot to be disappointed about not receiving a Memory — the special item tied to a Dream Realm inhabitant's essence, which was sometimes awarded by the Spell to the triuic sword or a suit of arht about now damn, he would even settle for a warm coat

'Three seconds You can rest for three htmare was far from over

A few moments later, he forced hi to ascertain the situation

The larva was dead, which was great However, he was still tied to it by the damn chain — the shi+fty slave and the scholar, both pale as death, were busy untangling it to buy the three of them at least some freedom of movement

Further away, torn bodies and pieces of flesh were lying on the ground Many slaves were killed A few had so away

'Fools They're doo themselves'

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The chain, as it turns out, was at some point broken in two — that's why it suddenly slackened when Sunny was being dragged by theslaves If their shackles had a less sophisticated locking mechanism, he could have tried to free himself noever, each pair was fixed to a specific link: without unlocking the anywhere

The tyrant — Mountain King, presulow of the bonfire However, Sunny could feel its h the stones, as well as the desperate screary below or two could also be heard, indicating that soht the monstrosity off

What pulled his attention the h, was the fact that several of theto move

'More larvae?'

His eyes widened

One after another, four more corpses slowly rose to their feet Each beast looked as disgusting as the first one had, and not a bit less deadly The nearest was mere ht

And then, weakly: 'I want to wake up'

As strange clicking filled the air, one of the beasts turned its head toward the three slaves and gnashed its fangs shi+fty fell on his ass, whispering a prayer, while Scholar just froze in place Sunny's eyes darted to the ground, trying to find so he could use: full of vitriol, he sith of chain around the knuckles and raised his fists

'Come at me, you bastard!'

The larva dashed forith incredible speed in a flurry of claws, fangs, and terror Sunny had less than a second to react; however, before he could do anything, a niure moved past him, and a sharp sword flashed in the air The round

Sunny blinked

'What was that?'

Dumbfounded, he slowly turned his head and looked to his left Standing there with a valorous expression was the handso soldier who had once offered hirim There was not a speck of dirt or blood on his leather arht before catching himself

'Poser! I mean he's a poser!'

With a short nod, the soldierthree larvae But after taking a few steps, he suddenly turned around and gave Sunny a long look Then, with one swiftfrom his belt and threw it to Sunny

'Save yourself!'

With that, he was gone to fight the ht the iteaze and studied the thing clutched tightly in his hand

It was a short and narrow iron rod with a straight bend on its end

'A key It's a key'

His heart began to beat faster

'It's the key to the shackles!'

With one last glance at the fierce battle starting between the young soldier and the larvae, Sunny dropped on one knee and began to et his hand into a suitable position to insert the key It took him a few tries to understand how the unfa click, and he was suddenly free

The cold wind caressed his bloodied wrists Sunny rubbed theleam in his eyes