Shadow Slave novel Chapter 2672

Sunny and Jet looked at each other.

"The Dutchman used to pursue you?"

They knew that the House of Night had a history with the ghostly ship and its wraith armada, but were under the impression that it mostly consisted of distant sightings. Then again, Nightwalker had not mentioned his clan... he only mentioned himself, as if the Dutchman had it out for him personally. He chuckled.

"Oh, yes. It was quite troublesome early on, to be honest."

Nightwalker glanced around and smiled.

"Luckily, there is no vessel in the Stormsea that can outrun the Night Garden. So that bastard never managed to get his hands on me."

Sunny raised an eyebrow.

"But why would it be interested in you in particular? Wait..."

His expression changed subtly.

"Don't tell me that the Dutchman raced to the Eternal City because you were here?" Nightwalker laughed and shook his head. “No... you got it backward”

He flinched when an especially loud thunderclap resounded above the Night Garden, followed by a dreadfully inhuman howl. Then, grimacing, he added:

"The Dutchman was hunting me down because I had the map to the Eternal City. He always wanted to come here, and I was the only one who knew the way. That is why he pursued me relentlessly for the better half of three decades — not that I ever let him get close. That is also why he did not attack the House of Night after I left. There was simply no reason to, because I took the map with me'

Sunny stared at him in surprise.

"But why exactly did the Dutchman want to come to the Eternal City?"

Nightwalker shrugged.

"How should I know? Sadly, I am not in the habit of talking to sinister apparitions. So, I didn't ask."

He remained silent for a few moments, and then said in a concerned tone:

"First of all, you need to understand that the Dutchman... is not a Abomination. It is, in fact, two Nightmare Creatures who are bound to each other."

Sunny and Jet could not help but look at each other again. Eventually, it was Jet who spoke first:

"Two... bound Nightmare Creatures? Do you mean the ship and its captain?"

Nightwalker glanced at her with a smile. “Bingo! Those two are entirely separate beings, but at the same time, they can never escape each other. They are one and the same.’

Sunny frowned.

"I thought you did not talk to sinister apparitions. How do you know?"

Even Cassie had not been able to tell them much about the Dutchman. So how was it that Nightwalker seemed to know so much? “It is because the Stormsea is my home.’ Nightwalker shrugged.

"And the Dutchman had been haunting these waters for thousands of years. You did not think that Awakened of the waking world were the first ones to suffer his malice, did you? No... there are traces of him, and of stories about him, all over the ruins left behind by the Serpent King's people. To them, he was like a plague"

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