Shadow Slave

The expressions on the faces of Casper, Effie and Kai were simply priceless. Sunny had to stop himself from laughing out loud.

…His shadow, however, did not. Luckily, it had no vocal cords, so all it could do was hold its stomach and shudder silently.

'Hey, you! Behave yourself!'

Meanwhile, Nephis just looked at him. The corner of her mouth slightly curled upward.

After a while, Caster was finally able to answer:

"Just a fallen devil? Did you say j…"

However, Changing Star interrupted him. Glancing at the cathedral, she simply shrugged and said:

"This is acceptable."

Everyone became silent. They simply stared at Neph with bewildered expressions.

With some satisfaction, Sunny nodded and said:

"Don't be so quick to judge. We won't be going into that battle unprepared. I spent months studying the bastard. I know his every ability, every trick, and every weakness. More than that… if you can't even handle someone like him, how are you going to challenge Gunalug? Isn't that what this expedition is all about?"

Actually, he debated for a long time whether he should demand that they attack the Black Knight now or after the expedition was over. In the end, he decided that they were all too weak to face the devil… for now. But after months spent in the Labyrinth, things were bound to change.

There were more Nightmare Creatures out there, and most of them were not impossible to kill. By the end of the expedition, every member of the cohort was going to have much more soul essence in their cores than they had now. They would also have a wider arsenal of Memories at their disposal.

More importantly, they would have time to hone and perfect their teamwork. If they wanted to have a chance in a fight against the Black Knight, this was the most important part.

Nephis nodded.

"Sunny is right. It's not like it's impossible to kill a Fallen creature. In fact, both Gemma and Tessai had done so in the past, not to mention Gunlaug himself. It just takes a lot of preparation and a little bit of luck. By the end of this, we should be able to take on a single devil and win, provided that we learn its secrets in advance."

Sunny smiled.

Oh, right. Speaking

he took the rucksack off his shoulders and placed it on the ground. Then, he opened it, revealing the soft shine

Emporium! This here is around fifty soul shards, each of them of the Awakened rank. Since we will be venturing into the Labyrinth, I've decided to give you guys an opportunity to empower yourself a bit before facing the terrible dangers of that ghastly

chest before leaving the hidden chamber. Currently, all of his remaining shards were inside

course, he hadn't done so out of the kindness of his

to handle it. But one thing he did know was that rich folk never allowed their riches to sit

language of rich people, this was called an

cohort, Sunny was increasing his own chances of making it back alive. No matter how hard

wasn't going to just give the shards

emporium are rather simple. You give me Memories, I give you shards. I don't care about how powerful or useful the Memories are. In fact, the worse, the better! Any useless junk you have gathering dust in your Soul Sea will do. If you don't have any — no problem. You can just promise to give me a Memory in the future, once you receive one in

smiled at the members of

right? No need

at the shards, then raised

please forgive my bluntness, but why do you need all these

a good question. Sunny

there's a beauty I

that, he winked at the pretty archer. With a strange expression, Kai turned away and shook

after this performance, no one else

his shards for five Memories. Nephis distributed the shards between the five members of the cohort, with each of them getting

boon equal to slaying ten awakened beasts. After absorbing the shards, all five of them were going to receive

went, this was the best start

Neph, Cassie, Effie, Kai and Caster absorbed the

the Soul Sea and fed the

has grown

has grown

has grown

runes and glanced at

Shadow: Stone Saint.