Chapter 469 Fire Keepers (1/2)

Chapter 469 Fire Keepers

The Desecrated Grove was a large island, its surface overtaken almost entirely by a forest of twisted, charred, dead trees The ground was covered by a thick layer of ash, which was often thrown into the air by the strong winds Grey flakes rained down frohth most of them were only of the Awakened Rank, one had to be careful to not get ambushed, surrounded, or stumble upon an especially ferocious abouess why Cassie would choose such a place to establish a cans of hu the Desecrated Grove to other islands, but the one he himself had used was the most convenient Any sane leader would have chosen the sa was capable ofanyone's path unpredictable, the other three were just too much of a risk

That's why Sunny wasn't surprised to see hu wall of blackened dead trees, already ns of a battle, with severalclear signs of their soul shards being re by the fact that they were only partially devoured by the scavenging Nighth no , Sunny tied a piece of cloth around his ht, and started following the footprints

Soon, he entered the ashen veil of the twisted forest His ability to see through any shadow proved to be invaluable once again: if not for that gift, he would have been scared witless, expecting a sudden attack to co darkness at any ht, the Shadow Sense, and the ability to see all around himself with the help of one of the shadows, Sunny felt confident that nothing would be able to get close to him unnoticed… at least not on this co about the Dream Realm Even creatures that were supposed to be easy to deal with could kill you in a second if you weren't careful enough Tame or not, everywhere in this Godforsaken world was a potential death trap

As Sunny went deeper into the forest, he discovered h There were marks left behind by violent skirmishes, as well as several abandoned ca their ti their camp further and further into the depth of the Desecrated Grove after clearing a long stretch of it

'Why travel here all the way froetting away froet stuck on an unexceptional island I just don't get it'

Sunny was clearly ht frown, he turned into a shadow and glided through the darkness, covering much more distance with every minute than he had been on foot He still preferred to be cautious, though, sending one of the shadows ahead andunexpected happened

After an hour or so, he finally found them

Cassie and her cohort were ca that was around halfway to the heart of the island, dangerously far ree If the Desecrated Grove entered the ascent phase, the tiet back to the chain before the Crushi+ng became deadly would be extre, most of thewatch with torches in their hands Sunny observed them for a few seconds from the shadows, and then sent his own forward

He recognized both of the watch the struggle for the throne of the Bright Castle, as fellow members of Neph's faction

The Fire Keepers were cootten Shore — those who had decided against pledging their allegiance to the Legacy clans that wanted the recruit theovernment, and had not become fully independent like Effie and Sunny had

Although Cassie was their nominal leader, she didn't command the whole host herself Instead, Neph's folloere divided into several cohorts, each operating in different regions of the Dreaanization, but more of a loose alliance of people who shared si the hope that Changing Star was going to return alive one day

…Sunny's shadow entered the circle of light created by one of the torches, glared at the lookout, and then waved at hi man stared at it ide eyes

"What the hell?!"

The other swiftly turned, su her weapon

"What is it?"

The first one rehed

"Ah, crap…"