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.

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

was that the effects of the poison did not

plan worked, in the end, even if killing the Wormvine had turned out to be much more complicated than anyone would have thought. Still, somehow,

have to clean up the remaining Sailor Dolls should the beasts regain their courage after the Corrupted Monster's death, but he

for a bit, then walked over and stood above him

take a look at his new Memory. Slowly, his exhaustion

numerous questions inevitably assaulted

hold of the ancient ship

years? Why was Solvane immune to

that knife come from, in the first place? And why was it so similar

considered all these questions and found no answers, one

I killed

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

to kill a Saint… at least not at his

but there was no comparison. Due to their Aspects and nature, Transcendent humans were much more of a force to be reckoned with than any beast or

Sunny had killed

had also killed a Corrupted Monster,

strike… but it didn't matter. The result was

that no one is going to

grimaced from pain,

first thing he did was check his fragments.

Shadow Fragments: [1958/2000].

fragments — four from the Saint, and eight from

the end of the list. He held

Memory: [Undying Chain.]