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.

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

was one good thing about his condition, though, it was that the effects of the poison did not seem to be growing stronger. Blood Weave had the

the end, even if killing the Wormvine had turned out to be much

they were still alive… were going to have to clean up the remaining Sailor Dolls should the beasts

who had once been called Solvane for a bit, then

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

happened, numerous questions inevitably assaulted his

happened in the cargo hold of the

was Solvane, and how had they ended up as the host of the Wormvine? How had they survived for thousands of years? Why was Solvane

from, in the first place? And why was it so similar to the obsidian one

all these questions and found no answers,

Saint… I

Spell had described Solvane as a Transcendent human, which was what Saints were really called. Sunny knew it to be true, but still couldn't quite believe

to kill a Saint… at least not at his

no comparison. Due to their Aspects and nature, Transcendent humans were much more of a force

yet, Sunny

also killed a Corrupted Monster,

it was Saint who had delivered the strike…

that is definitely something that no one is going to believe,

grimaced from pain, and finally

he did was check his fragments. The

Shadow Fragments: [1958/2000].

the way to the Shipwreck Island, and killing a human and a monster two Ranks above him gave twelve more fragments — four from the Saint, and eight from the Wormvine. Sunny sighed, lamenting the unfairness of his

the list. He held his breath

Memory: [Undying Chain.]

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