Chapter 622 Wooden Sword (1/2)

Chapter 622 Wooden Sword

The daas approaching, which meant that they didn't have a lot of time left Sunny and Elyas had to leave the cursed island of the Red Colosseuht ended and the crowds of War God worshi+ppers arrived to spectate the sacrificial slaughter on the bloodsoaked arena

Once they were elsewhere, pursuing theic of the Demon of Desire would reers would have to split their forces to search all the neighboring isles The further the two of the escaped, the wider net their pursuers would have to throw

By then, the zealots would have to deal with the Crushi+ng, as well

Sunny wasn't familiar with the western reaches of the Chained Isles, which belonged to the followers of War, since he had never traveled in this direction before They could try to escape northeast, toward the Hollow Mountains and the Night Teion was unfamiliar to hi distance away, lay the Ivory City where Elyas hailed from, and the prison of Hope However, the eastern direction would be where the pursuers weretoward the domain of their enemies, the Sun God's people, would have been the safest choice

After hesitating for a few seconds, Sunny pulled the young Awakened toward the southern edge of the Red Island If they journey southeast, they would eventually reach the ruined fortress… well, it ht not have been ruined yet… where he had once welcomed Effie and Kai There, the influence of the War faction was bound to be severely diminished

More importantly, that was the boundary to the part of Hope's shattered kingdom that Sunny knew and had explored before

Before the start of the Nightreed to travel to the Iron Hand island should they be separated Sunny would be able to easily find his way there from the southern Great Chain that anchored the Isles to the mainland beneath

Hidden in the darkness, Sunny and Elyas ran across the e of the island and one of the heavenly chains that rattled below from time to time, disturbed by the turbulent winds of the border between the two skies

'Coe, Sunny could su to carry them to the chain, or even hide them in the darkness of the Sky Below for a while

Their salvation was so close! It was already just a few rew cold

'No…'

In the end, it wasn't close enough

Just as they reached the edge, a quiet sigh resounded froround, his vision blurred and his whole body nus, and no matter how hard he tried to inhale, it was of no use His chest seeony later, the shock of the terrifying i Chain and sent hian to fade, and Sunny was able to finally draw in a hoarse, desperate breath

'C… curses…'

Hefor the hilt of the red priest's cleaver that lay near, buried in the soft grass

However, before his fingers closed around it, a delicate foot stepped on his wrist, and suddenly, it was as though the weight of a whole world descended upon hiritted his teeth and looked up at the harrowing creature that had attacked theraceful, breathtaking beauty wearing a si eyes shi+ning like two silver stars

Solvane looked down at him and smiled with sadness

"I aain, child of shadows!"

Sunny stared at the beautiful Saint with gri in his black, tenebrous eyes He re that his worst fear had just come true…

The Transcendent Immortal herself had arrived to hunt the to come up with some way to escape the Priestess of War… Soul Serpent and Saint were still hiding in his shadow, so he could command them to attack

But what could an Awakened and an Ascended De one that was chosen by the Gods and had lived for at least a thousand years, no less… no, sending the them to their deaths

In all of his travels, Sunny had neverthan Solvane Of that, he was sure Even the Corrupted leviathans of the Dark Sea had not instilled such caution in hi rot in the Ebony Tower had, but he hesitated to call it a living being