Shadow Slave

Chapter 521

Sitting on the floor of the cargo hold, with his back against the soft and spongy layer of rotting brown moss, Sunny bent down and spat a mouthful of blood. Breathing hoarsely, he stared at it for a moment, and then tiredly leaned back.

He did not feel too well.

[...Your shadow grows stronger.]

A bitter smile appeared on his face.

'What? Is that all?'

After all that had just happened, Sunny felt that he really deserved more.

This time, his hopes were not for naught.

The Spell remained silent for a bit, as though to torture him, and then added:

[You have received a Memory.]

'...Better.'

After that, he groaned and coughed some more blood.

All around Sunny, the brown moss was rotting, withering, and turning into dust. The same thing was happening to the vile mass of vines, albeit at a slower rate. Now that both the Corrupted Monster and its host were dead, the ancient wreck seemed to be cleansing itself.

He couldn't be bothered to pay attention to these changes, though, and was fully concentrated on his own miserable state.

Even though the whole battle took less than a minute, Sunny had sustained a lot of damage. His body was pierced and torn by the black thorns, and he had too much poison running through his veins. One of his ligaments seemed to be seriously torn, too, which brought him a lot of pain now that the adrenalin was starting to dissipate.

wonderful armor and accompanied him on his misadventures from almost the very start of it all, but Sunny had to reluctantly admit that with the caliber of enemies he was facing these days, its protective qualities left a lot to

condition, though, it was that the effects of the poison did not seem to be growing stronger. Blood Weave had the situation under control, and he was

any case, the battle was over. The plan worked, in the end, even if killing the Wormvine had turned out to be much more complicated than anyone would have thought. Still,

Fire Keepers… if they were still alive… were going to have to clean up the remaining Sailor Dolls should the beasts regain their courage after the Corrupted Monster's death, but he couldn't muster

quickly disintegrating corpse of the person who had once been called Solvane for a bit, then walked over and stood above

the runes to take a look at his new Memory. Slowly, his exhaustion diminished,

that happened, numerous questions

the cargo hold of the ancient ship

survived for thousands of years? Why was Solvane immune to divine flame and couldn't be harmed by the Cruel Sight, but succumbed to one strike of

place? And why was it so similar to the obsidian

Sunny considered all these questions and found no answers, one thought gradually encompassed

Saint… I

as a Transcendent human, which was what Saints were really called.

but not even in his wildest dreams had Sunny ever considered being able to kill a Saint… at least not at his current Rank. Saints were simply creatures of

was of the same Rank as a Saint, and even possessed one more soul core… but there was no comparison. Due to their Aspects and nature, Transcendent humans were much more of a force to be

Sunny had

a Corrupted Monster,

technically, it was Saint who had delivered the strike… but it didn't matter. The

is definitely something that no one is going

from pain, and finally

did was check his fragments. The number was just

Shadow Fragments: [1958/2000].

gave twelve more fragments

end of the list. He held his

Memory: [Undying Chain.]

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