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

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

Sunny's Brilliant 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

had emptied his treasure chest before leaving the hidden chamber.

out of

he did know was that rich folk never allowed their riches to sit idly. Even money had to work to create more money once it fell into

of rich people,

cohort, Sunny was increasing his own chances of making it back

he wasn't going to just give the shards

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

at the members of Neph's

No need to thank me,

at the shards, then raised

but why do you need

a good question.

you see… how should I put this? Let's just say that there's a beauty I know who just can't get enough

pretty archer. With a strange expression, Kai turned away and shook

performance, no

Nephis distributed the shards between the five members of the cohort, with each

slaying ten awakened beasts. After absorbing the shards,

far as deadly expeditions went, this was the best

any time, Neph, Cassie, Effie, Kai and Caster absorbed the soul essence from the

Soul Sea and fed

Saint has

has grown

has grown

he summoned the runes

Shadow: Stone Saint.