The mighty huntress stared at the Stone Saint, her hand hovering in the air, ready to grasp the shaft of the spear. Her beautiful hazel eyes were full of tension and dark anticipation.
The contrast between that fierce pose and the fact that she was still comfortably wrapped in a blanket was so funny that Sunny couldn't help but snicker.
"Gee, relax. Haven't you seen an Echo before?"
Effie blinked.
"That thing… is yours? Wait, you got an Echo?!"
He gave her a nod and gestured at the Stone Saint.
"Yes, I did. Meet Saint. Aint' she a beauty?"
The huntress stared at the taciturn creature, then scowled with outrage.
"You lucky bastard! You do know that I haven't even caught a sniff of an Echo after three years in this pit? How dare you get one before me, huh?"
Sunny laughed.
"Actually, this was my second Echo. The first one got killed in the Labyrinth."
Effie glared at him for a long time, then shook her head with an expression of utter dejection. Finally, she turned to the Shadow and studied her.
"Wait… is she what I think she is?"
Sunny nodded.
"Yeah."
stood up from the bed and, leaving the blanket behind, walked barefoot
did you manage to kill
all
It was an epic clash, to say the least. I just happened to be there in time to finish one
stared at the Shadow with
"What class is she?"
Sunny smiled.
monster. But I watched her kill two Fallen Beasts, so… I'd say she's an elite among her peers. Anyway, you can see how it's not impossible to hunt
crossed her arms, thought for a bit, then
paranoid you are, I'd expect you to
for a moment,
have planned, showing her to you is sort of a
then gave
all kinds of fun. But, Sunny… Nightmare Creatures is where
quite getting what she was talking about.
You… what kind of a degenerate are you?! Training! I wanted to use
unruly huntress blinked
there's nothing wrong with being a bit inexperienced, at your age. In fact, it's quite charming! You don't need to
are you calling inexperienced?! I'm plenty experienced! Wait… crap. What are we even talking
outrage and walked over to the makeshift kitchen while shaking her
to be pure self-defense,
to their usual cadence, Sunny stood
time
***
way back to the cathedral, Sunny had made a hard
with the power of the shadow during his practice with the Stone
he knew that this was going to bring him a lot of pain in the future, he was adamant about his choice. There were several reasons why he wanted to face his pet monster with his own physical ability and
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