Shadow Slave

Sunny stared at the emptiness for some time, thinking.

His new weapon was an Ascended one of the fourth rank, which already made it much more formidable than anything else in his arsenal. It was adamantine and sharp as a razor, which would allow him to cut through Fallen creatures as if they were made of butter… well, not exactly, but rather close. Added to that were the considerable reach of its spear form and the incredible swiftness of its sword form.

But there was more.

The Cruel Sight was capable of augmenting its attacks with elemental damage. That meant that each wound Sunny would deliver to his enemies would be more dire… not only that, but the nature of the augmentation could be changed, which meant that if given enough time to prepare, he would be able to exploit the weaknesses of his opponents with the element they were most vulnerable to.

He just had to get himself wounded by that same element.

'Ouch...'

Everything that was worth it had to hurt a little. Sunny had learned it many years ago.

Speaking of which.

He sighed, then summoned the Cruel Sight and held it in his hands for a bit. Then, he stood up and walked toward the exit from the cave.

As the sound of the waterfall grew louder and louder, he prepared himself.

…A second later, Sunny entered the field of soul erosion emanated from Saint's armor. Instantly, he felt weak and in pain, as though the very essence of his self was being dissolved by a terrible force.

'Argh… curses!'

No matter how many times he was subjected to the effect of the Broken Oath, it was a vile feeling every time. The only good thing about it was that souls, just like bodies, could heal with time. And as long as he did not spend too much time being damaged by the evil Memory, he would be able to recover in a day or two.

Sight and simultaneously send essence into its silver blade, activating the

of the elegant sword, nothing about it changed. However, the Cruel Sight suddenly seemed… different. As if an invisible, cold,

looked at the description of the [Dark

"Current Charge: Soul."

the radius of the Broken Oath. The sensation of his soul

however, did not

small amount of shadow essence to activate the augmenting enchantment, but its

appeared on

damage — the rarest and most insidious type of damage he knew of, one that very few beings out there

day,

turned around and walked back

the true harbinger

lingered for a bit,

it had nothing

***

the shadow of a collapsed stone tower that had long ago become overgrown with moss. Somewhere behind him,

avoid being devoured by that thing. No matter how many times he had pierced its flesh with his spear, the worm seemed to possess an almost endless amount of vitality.

Creature had succumbed to the damage being continuously dealt to its soul. And now,

worms were already emerging from the ground to feast on its flesh. Sunny did not care — he had already retrieved the soul shard from the creature's body, and he surely had no plans of

attention was currently concentrated

'What… the hell…'

phase, and loomed high above in the sky. As the result, Sunny was able to see its underbelly,

The inhabitants of the Dark Side were all powerful and unsightly, but the thing nesting under