Shadow Slave

Sunny stared at the Shadow Saint, dumbfounded.

The storm of emotions that the destruction of the tower shield had produced was still tugging on his heartstrings, but now, an equally powerful feeling was slowly welling up in his chest. Not knowing how to process all of this, he simply blinked a couple of times and said in a flat tone:

"Huh?"

'So, let me get this straight…'

He gave the shield to his pet monster hoping that she would be able to use it. And she did, sort of. It's just that instead of wielding the Memory, she… ate it.

Sunny hesitated for a few moments, wondering if he had finally lost it. But no, the echo of the Spell's voice was still resounding above the dark waters, whispering the same phrase over and over again.

Stone Saint has grown stronger.

With a heavy sigh, Sunny summoned the runes and found the description of the Shadow. Down at the very bottom of it, the runes were slightly changed:

Shadow Fragments: [2/200].

A wild gleam appeared in his eyes. Two fragments… he had received the Memory of the tower shield after slaying a particularly hardy wraith, who, despite its frightening appearance, had turned out to be merely an awakened monster. For killing it, Sunny himself had received four shadow fragments.

But that was because his own Shadow Core was Dormant, and as such, he always got double the reward in battles against creatures of the higher rank — two for each Soul Core that an awakened creature possessed.

Saint was such a creature herself, so it was logical to assume that she would not receive the same treatment. The tower shield had come from a monster with two awakened cores, so she

Which meant that…

another Memory. A disgusting eye with a menacing vertical pupil appeared from the

basilisk-like creature that Sunny had killed a few weeks ago. To survive the battle, he had to fight it with his own eyes closed, relying solely on the Shadow Sense to move through

with a slash of his swift blade seconds before being ripped apart by its claws. It was a fine test

capable of producing a harmless beam of

eye, he held it out for the Stone

grasped the disgusting thing, brought it to her chest, and then crushed it in her armored fist. Once again, the Memory disintegrated into countless

has

then threw his head

how it was… the Shadows fed on Memories! They consumed them to receive power, just like he killed Nightmare Creatures

runes again and saw exactly what he

Shadow Fragments: [3/200].

Awakened Memory, one

suit of rusty plate armor appeared from the sphere of light and hovered in the air in front of him. This one

of shadow fragments by eviscerating the whole swarm of these tiny gluttonous

remains of the hive, scared away by the approach of several Fallen horrors that

finally, it could be

devoured the armor just like she had devoured the over two Memories. Once

Shadow Fragments: [6/200].