Shadow Slave | The Herald of Ruin

A Great horror - The Herald of Ruin

As time passed they just sat in silence enjoying the campfire in front of them.

Dawn was soon upon them.

Sunny also found a lot about the ways of the castle and what went on beneath it.

Well..a lot was stretching it but within just one night he was able to confirm almost everything that zero had told him.

He found out several aspects,flaws, grievances between people that could be used, the relation between all the groups and how it all connected to Gunlaug, the so called Host.

But that was all..until he heard what zero meant with trouble.

He could see several people rush in, in the middle of the night, with such a big commotion people of course started gathering, that included nephis and cassie.

Cassie was grabbing her best friends hand very tight as she looked concerned about what's happening.

Neph also had a troubled expression which kept fluctuating between indifference and worry.

As a group was bringing in several injured and some even lost limbs.

And a person with golden armor came to welcome them.

He didn't look pleased at all and sunny felt almost compelled to go on his knees and beg for mercy while revealing all his sins that he ever committed.

But he wasn't there and just his shadow so he couldn't talk which was a great boon right now.

Then he spoke.

"Pathfinder Andel, what is this great commotion at night and what is this miserable state?"

As he narrowed his eyes.

They all shivered under his gaze and talked.

"W-we got ambushed when we finished our hunt.

S-something attacked from the dark and before we knew it most were already down cowering their heads.

Some screamed while some couldn't let out a sound I looked it into t-the eyes!! I-it stared into my soul..."

As the bright lord was about to open his mouth.

The pathfinder rudely interrupted him as everyone else flinched from that sight.

"IT TALKED"

Now everyone looked at him as if he lost his mind.

How could a nightmare creature talk?

But gunlaug knew better than that and so did his wards.

They looked at the utterly terrified andel.

This man never showed such a pathetic sight of himself.

But whatever they encountered broke the man.

"What is it Andel? What did it say?"

There was a long silence until he talked again.

"It talked...it grabbed my neck and a-asked me."

"Are you a Dreamer?"

And all Whispers died down.

Cassie looked at neph And they tightened their grip.

Their worry happened.

Zero had actually come across a hunting party while going around and seemed to have gotten entangled with them.

They were worried about his condition but decided to listen to what's happening currently.

"It..asked me."