Shadow Slave

Chapter 185

The Shadow attacked with the vicious strength of a true monster. Knowing perfectly well that his strength was not enough to block her sword, Sunny desperately moved the Midnight Shard to deflect the strike to the side.

The countless hours of practice and hundreds of thousands of times he had repeated his katas had not been in vain: his body moved with lightning speed, placing the blade in the path of the Stone Saint's weapon at just the right angle. Feeling the impact reverberate in his bones, Sunny gasped from the pain and stood his ground.

Guided by the Midnight Shard, the Shadow's sword glided to the side and missed his body by a wide margin. However, before Sunny had time to congratulate himself, the Saint simply continued moving forward and slammed into him.

Being hit by her shield felt like crashing into a stone wall at high speed.

Flying back, Sunny impacted against an actual wall and rolled to the floor. A small yelp escaped from his lips.

Getting distracted from her food for a moment, Effie glanced at him and called:

"Sunny? You're alive?"

He weakly raised a hand and brought his thumb and index finger together in the shape of a circle.

"...Yeah."

The huntress smiled.

"Good! Don't die yet, alright? It's going to be really inconvenient for me to get out of here without your help."

Sunny gritted his teeth.

'...Is that all you care about?'

"I'll try."

and had to lean on

returned to her spot and stood there indifferently, not paying any attention to his furious

to stand in front of her, raised the Midnight Shard, and

"Again."

***

days, Sunny often wondered if he had really

spending time with Effie, practicing with the Stone

maze of the Dark City was by far the least dreadful.

thinking about a cursed ancient ruin teeming with abominable creatures

knew that he was on

as they were, his training sessions with the menacing Shadow had turned out to be even more advantageous than he imagined. Every

was finally improving again. And it was doing

potential of the [Battle Master] Attribute. For someone

was a

the Shadow in the fight against

combining flawless defense with devastating offense. Each action was efficient and perfectly calculated, with blocks, dodges and deflections leading into deadly ripostes. It was solid,

and opponents. Back when

techniques were vastly different. It seemed as though she was able to switch between countless styles to

for a better

style — or rather, the kernel of one that had been given him by Nephis — was flowing and unpredictable. It focused on adaptability and making it impossible for the enemy to anticipate your next move. The more Sunny fought against the Stone

actually designed with the intention of being able to incorporate various elements from other sources. If so, it was a perfect

had come from, and

things he had already learned, and begin to incorporate elements of Stone Saint's stark

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