Chapter 14 Child Of Shadows (1/2)

Chapter 14 Child Of Shadows

Sunny had no choice but to resort to one last, desperate gaainst the enee Bloodbane poison was supposed to be his hidden card, but turned out to be nearly useless Being able to see in the dark did not help that much, too: sos even without any light

Whether he was using his sense of hearing or soical ability, Sunny did not know — not that itunder the e left The fact that he knew that the tyrant was blind, and Hero did not Acting on that knowledge, however, was easier said than done

But what else could he do?

That's why he tried to stay as quiet as possible and rang the silver bell If the description did not lie, its ringing could be heard fro to hear it, too

Now Sunny only had to stay silent, stall for time and hope that the monster would coer

"Tell ret it"

His voice was quite threatening, but still, the young slave did not answer He just shi+vered in the cold and tried not topain in his chest

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But Sunny did not dare to answer He held his breath and watched, horrified, as the fas were on fire, and his heart was beating like crazy It was beating so loud that he was even afraid that the blind tyrant would hear it

But, of course, it couldn't be louder than Hero's voice, as still talking, turning himself into the only source of noise on this mountain

At the last second, a hint of understanding appeared in the young soldier's eyes He began to turn around, his sword rising with lightning speed

But it was too late

A ht hiainst the ar little attention to the sword biting into its wrist Viscous saliva was strea from its opened maw

Petrified by fear, Sunny slowly turned his back to the path Then he darted away, running as fast as he could

Behind hiry roar followed It seeh his fate was already sealed

But Sunny didn't care He was running away, cliher

"I'ht "I did say that I atch you die… but, as you know, I ao and die on your own…"

A loneso winds

Jagged and proud, it dwarfed other peaks of the es A radiant ht

Under that light, a young man with pale skin and black hair reached the peak of the nificence of the scene: wounded and staggering, he looked pathetic and weak

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His coarse tunic and cloak were torn and smeared with blood His sunken eyes were cloudy and lifeless His body was bruised, beaten and cut There were specks of bloody foa the left side of his chest Each step caused hiritted teeth

Sunny was hurting all over But most of all, he was cold

So, so cold

He just wanted to lie down in the snow and fall asleep

But instead, he continued walking Because he believed that the Nightmare will be over once he reaches the peak

Step Step Another step

Finally, he had hest point of the mountain, a vast expanse of flat rock was covered with snow In the center of it, illunificent temple Its colossal columns and walls were cut froian pediment and broad frieze Beautiful and awesome, it looked like a palace of a dark God

At least it did once Now, the temple was in ruins: fractures and cracks marred the black stones, parts of the roof had collapsed, letting in ice and snow It's tall gates were broken, as if siant

Still, Sunny was satisfied

"Found you," he said in a hoarse voice

Gathering the last of his strength, the young slave slowly lihts were ht, forgetting for a second that Hero was already dead 'I'veand ruthless, and I eak and timid Yet now you are a corpse, and I aroaned, feeling the edges of his broken ribs cutting deeper into his lungs Blood was dripping froood with that single strike

'Actually, it's not What do any of you even know about being ruthless? Poor fools In the world where I come from, people had thousands of years to turn cruelty into an art And as so end of all that cruelty… don't you think I would knowvicious than you ever could?'

He was getting closer to the temple