Shadow Slave

The eel tried to catch him, but was a second too late.

"Crap!"

Falling toward the dark waves, Sunny threw the kunai in the direction of the stone giant's hand.

Instead of a weapon, the colossus was holding a tool that resembled a mason's hammer. The kunai curved in the air and wrapped the invisible string around its shaft.

'This is going to hurt!'

Sunny plunged into the darkness. A moment later, the string drew taut, and he found himself swinging through the air at a terrible speed. Flying underneath the colossal stone fist, he almost touched the black water with his feet, but then the inertia pulled him up and away.

After a few seconds of weightlessness, Sunny landed on the hammer's head and let out a shaky breath. Without wasting any time, he dislodged the Prowling Thorn and pulled it into his hand, then wedged the dagger in a narrow crack on the surface of the giant hammer.

Landing on it was one thing. Staying here, though… that was something else entirely.

The colossus was swinging his arms as he walked, so Sunny basically found himself on top of a giant pendulum. Not only was the hammer swaying back and forth, but the angle of the surface he was standing on also constantly changed, making it hard not to fly off or slid into the raging sea.

Almost kneeling, Sunny held onto the kunai and tried to keep himself from falling. Then, his face pale and grim, he looked up and glanced at the eel.

"I'm right here, you slimy worm!"

The abomination lingered for a few moments, considering whether it should continue to climb up or follow the sound made by the prey. Finally, it twisted its long, repulsive body and slid over the shoulder of the giant, crawling down his arm.

Toward Sunny.

'Come on, come on!'

on the giant eel as it had on the Corpse Eater. Both

had not cut himself with the Prowling

on the eel whatsoever. The monster continued to

embued my blood with the odd quality of always being attracted back to the larger mass

Now, Sunny was stuck on the swinging hammer, with his only

"Damn it all!"

go of the kunai, Sunny summoned the Midnight Shard and slashed at the slender tentacle that approached him. Even enhanced by the shadow, the blade of the tachi failed to cut the

'Not good, not good…'

ones

long, and numerous. These were the ones that Sunny now had to dodge and fight

and deflecting them while

the Stone Saint and incorporated it into his own technique. Its steadiness and indomitability were translated through grounded footwork, which allowed him to plant himself on the stone surface of the hammer and refuse

think that Nephis was right. The best fighters weren't

served him well on the streets of the Dark City. But if he had continued to

this situation, for example… what kind of a person would imagine that, one day, they would have to fight a translucent eel the size of a train atop a walking

find himself in such a situation. Only

the most important trait an Awakened

the right steps, the seconds he had left to live were numbered. The onslaught of

'Twenty-eight.'

his body and rush toward the approaching eel. Instantly

tremendous

off the surface of the hammer. Catching himself at the last moment, he pushed away and rolled, barely avoiding being pierced through

nowhere to retreat

But it was fine.

'Twenty-nine.'

strained her muscles and hurled the thing