Shadow Slave

The surface of the cursed sea seethed and boiled, then exploded into the skies. Following the disappearance of the gargantuan tentacle, six others appeared from beneath the black waves. They rose and loomed above the marching colossus like twisted mountains, blocking the clamor of the storm for a fleeting moment.

Sunny gritted his teeth and stared at the terrible image, trying to comprehend the scale of the approaching battle.

How were tiny humans supposed to survive the fight between titans?

A second later, the tentacles collapsed from the skies to assail the stone giant. Because of their size, it seemed as if they were moving in slow motion. However, Sunny knew that it was just an illusion.

Four of the arms of the unseen leviathan submerged back under the water to coil around the legs and the torso of the colossus, while two remaining ones slithered toward his hand.

The ancient statue continued to walk south, seemingly unperturbed by the furious assault of the terrifying dweller of the depths. It batted one of the tentacles away, and allowed the other to wrap around its wrist.

"Hold fast!"

Sunny didn't register whose shout that was, but followed the advice and grabbed onto the Stone Saint even tighter.

'Curse it all!'

In the furious roar of thunder and blinding lightning, the stone giant suddenly staggered and slightly careened to the side. The tentacle that was coiled around his wrist had tensed, trying to pull the hand down.

the ancient stone. It almost looked as though the wrist of the colossus was going to snap and

turned his palm and grasped the tentacle, then squeezed it in an obliterating

For a few moments, it wasn't clear which

was torn to shreds and

sea, but he could vividly imagine two of them coiling around the legs of the ancient statue, two wrapping around its

as if it had to struggle against

'Not good…'

soles of his feet, Sunny could feel the vibrations running through the ancient stone. The giant was trembling, as if straining to move his colossal body with all his strength. The circular platform they were hiding on slowly began to slope to the side, allowing even more waves to

the cohort, pelting them with rain and seawater. The thunderclaps merged into one continuous, deafening roar, and the flashes of lightning were surrounding them like a net woven

as if… as if the colossus was bending his waist and leaning

instinctively understood what

wasn't the

Saint followed his command and fell to her knees to thrust a hand into a crack in

under! Hold your

'Here we go again!'

forward and dove under

once again in the cold embrace of the cursed sea. Only, unlike the previous day when they had to

past him, Sunny held on for his dear life and waited. If he was right about what the colossus was doing, they still had a chance to

grew heavier and the cold of the lightless void seeped into his bones, the circular platform suddenly stopped and swayed lightly.

'Gods, gods!'