Shadow Slave

Sunny's heart skipped a bit.

Instantly, he forgot all about the Azure Blade. Yes, that sword held a certain sentimental value… but who the hell cares about sentimentality?! It came from a carapace scavenger, which wasn't bad at all for his current rank. Few Sleepers got to wield Awakened weapons.

But this new Memory came from an actual awakened demon! A demon!

That made it an Awakened Memory of the third tier, two whole tiers above the Azure Blade. There were seven tiers in total, corresponding to the seven classes of Nightmare Creatures, from beasts to titans. Strictly speaking, a higher tier did not always mean that a Memory will be more powerful, but generally, the more advanced a creature was, the more unique and formidable Memories it left behind.

That's why the Puppeteer's Shroud, which came from an awakened tyrant and was thus considered to be a Tier Five Awakened armor, was so precious.

'Please, be awesome!'

Sunny tried very hard to not let his excitement show on his face. Pretending to be nonchalant, he kept his voice even and said:

"Really? That's good."

Nephis took his hand, ruining all Sunny's attempts to appear calm, and closed her eyes. Hiding the startled expression on his face, Sunny felt a spark of energy travel from her body to his. It was just like that time he transferred the Starlight Legion Armor to her, only in reverse.

[You have received a Memory: Midnight Shard.]

'Huh. Cool name.'

He summoned the runes and impatiently searched for the description of his new weapon.

Memory: [Midnight Shard].

Memory Rank: Awakened.

Memory Type: Weapon.

It favors those who are willing to fight to the last drop of blood and

'Interesting.'

any time, Sunny summoned the Midnight Shard. Immediately, an elegant sword appeared in

bit like the Azure Blade, but only in the sense that it was single-edged and had a long hilt suitable for two hands. However, this was where the similarities ended. For starters, its blade was much longer, somewhere between seventy and eighty centimeters, and slightly curved. It was forged out of the same bright, lustrous metal as

It was incredibly sharp.

onyx branches of the great tree. The crossguard

a true weapon designed for battle and battle alone. It

blade was strong enough to withstand devastating blows without suffering any damage. With this sword in his hand, nothing would be able to leave Sunny unarmed

though there was a deep well of power hiding inside of him, just beyond reach. He couldn't quite understand how to access

to win its "favor" first. But how do I do it? Hmm. I'll have to experiment

new weapon, Sunny

know what type of sword this is. It's a… a

Midnight

and has

And most of the principles he had learned with the Azure Blade could be applied to a sword of this type

the loss of the Echo, but his mood did

deadly. Kind

was a significant

Glancing at Nephis, he cleared his

three, no less. Are you sure that you

Carapace Demon, after all. By right, the Memory belonged to her. But Sunny really, really hoped that she

Nephis shook her head.