Shadow Slave

Some time later, Sunny saw Rain out, watched as she walked away, and then calmly closed the door.

As soon as she did, however, his placid expression evaporated.

"What the hell! How come I didn't know about this?!"

Hastily taking out his communicator, he accessed the network and searched for information about the Dream Tournament.

A few minutes later, he sat down on a chair, a little stunned.

"What is this insanity?!"

Sunny knew, of course, that Dreamscape duels were a popular form of entertainment — both among the Awakened, who participated in them, and among the mundane humans, who followed their favorite duelists and created boisterous fan clubs.

However, he had no idea that even the Great Clans paid attention to the illusory game.

Apparently, the creator of the Dreamscape held a big tournament each year, and each year, one of the Great Clans — either Valor, Song, or Night — sponsored the prize pool. Participants who managed to achieve good results were able to receive cash prizes, Memories, and even Echoes.

The rewards for the finalists were especially generous, and came directly from the Great Clan's armory. They were also of the Ascended Rank.

Sunny trembled, his eyes burning with avarice.

think about

did it matter? Sunny had already failed to

to even

That's what it

previous disdain for the tournament, Sunny got completely absorbed by

was another reason for why this

to absorb as many styles as possible, to reinforce the foundation of

the same. Some were simple and straightforward, while others were complex and unique. The more unique a style was, the harder it was for Sunny

peer into the very essence of a style… this ability of his was more or

simpler styles, which would in turn improve his capacity to discern the patterns of more complicated ones with sufficient speed.

for obvious reasons. True talents had better things to do than play games. Most of them also belonged to Legacy

boast about. Renown only served to make the enemy aware of your weaknesses. In that regard, hidden tigers of the Legacy clans

stalled lately. These days, the only worthy opponents he could find were a few rare eccentrics and a rare gem here and there, not nearly enough to satiate Mongrel's hunger for a variety of distinct

of Awakened battle skill, styles were not only about physical movements and mindset anymore. They weaved unique patterns of essence control into the technique, too, which Sunny couldn't perceive and was only able

were bound to show up, lured by the scent of

powerful Ascended weapon or armor could

kill two birds with one stone. Compete for these prizes and

a

a headache it would be to bring even more exposure to Mongrel, Sunny couldn't let such an opportunity go. Plus, he had some free time while Effie and Kai were traveling

he started reading everything he could find about the upcoming

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