Shadow Slave

'Fast… too fast…'

Caster was moving with astonishing speed, his figure turning into a blur. His Flaw was a cruel one, but the power of the Aspect Ability he possessed was also incredible.

In fact, Sunny had never met anyone with an Ability as powerful as this, with the exception of himself and Nephis. Even the greatest warriors on the Forgotten Shore would have had no chance against it. Gemma, Effie, Seishan… all of them would have been easily killed by the deadly scion of the Han Li clan.

Perhaps only Harus could have fought him to a draw.

But even then, Sunny wasn't sure. Not only did Caster possess a terrifying Ability, but he was also one of the most skilled swordsmen of their generation. He also had a whole arsenal of Memories hidden away inside his soul. Surely, he had a way to fight while blinded.

…That's why Sunny did not waste any time trying to destroy the Memory lantern illuminating their surroundings. Instead, he just trusted his sword, and met Caster's attack with his own.

Two swords collided in the air, and in the next moment, Caster flew past Sunny and slowed down, eventually coming to a stop. A drop of blood fell off the tip of his jian.

Sunny staggered.

'Curse you…'

The sleeve of the Puppeteer's Shroud was torn, and there was a shallow cut on his shoulder. He had managed to deflect the strike aimed at his heart, but wasn't fast enough to avoid being wounded after all.

On Caster's face, there was a dark expression. Looking at Sunny, who was still alive, he grimaced and spat:

"Not bad. This is going to be entertaining, at least."

Hidden behind the mask, Sunny grinned.

"Oh, yeah. I'm having a lot of fun myself, thanks."

Of course, that was a lie.

to defeat Nephis. Granted, all of them had been much weaker back then. Neph

of it, the gap in speed between the two of them was not completely lethal. And yet, he was incomparably slower. In

already knew the secret of how one had to fight against Caster. He had

had anticipated Caster's moves instead of reacting

an intricate understanding of the underlying laws of combat and

mind had entered into the state of flow, making his perception stark and all-encompassing, his thoughts

him a

Shard sideways,

'Up…'

begun to chain the next move even before the two blades collided. A split second later, the Legacy

'Thrust at the neck…'

biting Sunny in the shoulder. This time, the leather pauldron

instantly, Caster pulled the jian back and then immediately thrust it forward, aiming to cut the enemy's throat. The Midnight Shard awkwardly pushed the

'Damn it!'

to concentrate on nothing but defense. Dozens of strikes rained on him in a span of a couple of seconds, filling the echoing expanse of

up for his lack of speed completely. Months of training, hundreds of battles, countless hours spent gaining insight into the

Sunny was still alive. Not only was he alive, he wasn't even seriously injured…

blade of Caster's sword instead, then whipped his empty head forward, as

moment, however, a ghostly stiletto appeared in his

jian. Sunny barely

him a contemptuous glance, Caster

there when Changing Star gave you that

his teeth and lashed out with the austere tachi, buying himself

guess it slipped

that, he suddenly hurled the Moonlight Shard at the Legacy, then followed it with a fearsome thrust of his sword. Caster easily dodged the stiletto, deflected the tachi, and kicked him in the

a second, he was

into a blur as he lunged forward. The gleaming jian flashed through