Shadow Slave

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 protective qualities left a lot to be desired. Sadly, even such a powerful Memory could not keep up with the progress of its

the effects of the poison did not seem to be growing

Wormvine had turned out

the remaining Sailor Dolls should the beasts regain their courage after

once been called Solvane for a bit, then walked over and

a look at his new Memory. Slowly, his exhaustion diminished, and he could think clearly once

numerous questions inevitably assaulted his

the cargo hold of the ancient ship

of the Wormvine? How had they survived for thousands of years? Why was Solvane immune to divine flame and

why was it so similar to the obsidian one that

and found no

I killed

human, which was what Saints were really called. Sunny knew it

his wildest dreams had Sunny ever considered being able to kill a Saint… at least not at his current Rank. Saints

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

yet, Sunny had killed

Corrupted Monster, with the same

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

something that no one is

from pain, and

check his fragments. The number was just as

Shadow Fragments: [1958/2000].

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 Aspect for the thousandth time, and looked at the

runes appeared at the end of the

Memory: [Undying Chain.]