Shadow Slave

Chapter 458

Sunny froze, then took a careful step back and stared at the walls of the great hall.

Mordret's timing, this time around, was impeccable.

It was not like Sunny had planned to get too close to the mass of darkness, but he might have underestimated the danger it presented. To be honest, he felt that he wasn't thinking entirely straight... it was not like he had lost control, but the strange pull he felt outside the tower was much stronger here, exerting a subtle effect on his mind.

Sunny tensed and glanced at the pulsating dark rift, then realized that the pull emanated from the shackles that were the source of it.

"...Why? What is that thing?"

The lost prince remained silent for a few moments, then sighed.

"I really can't make sense of you."

Sunny blinked.

That was not the answer he had expected!

"What? What is that supposed to mean?"

Mordret answered with a bit of doubt in his voice.

"Nothing, really. It's just that… some things about you suggest a certain background, but then there are as many contradictions. Don't you know what a Seed of Nightmare looks like?"

Sunny jumped back, then cautiously looked at the mass of shimmering darkness again.

So… that was a Seed of Nightmare. A vile manifestation of the Spell that grew in the Dream Realm and eventually blossomed, opening a Gate to the real world for the Nightmare Creatures to enter. The thing that Awakened were supposed to seek out and destroy by challenging the Nightmare contained within.

No wonder it exerted a pull on him.

He scowled, then said with annoyance:

"How am I supposed to know what a Seed of Nightmare looks like? I only became an Awakened a few months ago!"

Mordret spoke in his usual polite tone:

elders not taught

a shocked expression appearing on

I look

boil with outrage in silence. Eventually, he slowly exhaled

that that's

for a long time, then

for it for a long

words, Sunny

'...What?'

were trying to

frustration, trying to find a way to make

would you do that? There's no shortage of Seeds of Nightmare everywhere in the Dream Realm, ones that are not hidden behind endless voids and oceans of

on one every day, but also not so rare to go to this

prince answered after a short

not a

let out a

understand you for

a

of Nightmare… is a

is he going

and contained a Second Nightmare. If an Awakened challenged it and passed the trial, they would become a Master. If a Master challenged a Category Three Seed and survived the Third Nightmare, they would become

went for Sovereigns, although there only had been three Fourth Nightmares conquered in all of human history, as far as Sunny knew…

could a Seed

what he was thinking about, Mordret

a few dozen Saints, but not all Saints are equal. And similarly, there are numerous Nightmares… but not all

Sunny scowled.

so? Is it easier?

The lost prince sighed.

way. However, that doesn't mean that the outcome is always the same. What enemies you vanquish determine what Memories and Echoes you receive. What battles

he had thought, the greater the reward was. In that sense, challenging a… "unique" Nightmare would certainly pose more risk,

the

deep frown appeared

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