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.

and unyielding. It favors those who are willing to fight

'Interesting.'

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

looked a 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

It was incredibly sharp.

onyx branches of the great tree. The crossguard was round in shape and more pronounced than that of the Azure Blade, offering

and austere, like a true weapon designed for battle and battle alone. It seemed to radiate

Sunny felt that this sword possessed an unbreakable will. Its blade was strong enough to withstand devastating blows without

When Sunny held the Midnight Shard, he could feel a subtle presence, as though there was a deep well

win its "favor" first. But how do

Sunny

of sword this is. It's a… a katana,

the Midnight

It's longer than a traditional katana and has a slightly different blade shape.

Azure Blade could be applied

the loss of the Echo, but his mood did improve significantly.

and deadly.

was a

in Sunny's mind. Glancing at Nephis, he cleared his throat and said

Tier three, no less. Are you

all. By right, the Memory belonged to

Nephis shook her head.