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

it matter? Sunny had already failed to keep his fake persona under the radar. Anyone who paid attention to Dreamscape had at least heard

to even

That's

the tournament, Sunny got completely absorbed by the prospect of receiving Memories free of charge. He was almost

free Memories weren't enough, there was another reason for why this tournament now seemed very alluring

had participated in hundreds of duels in various arenas. His goal was to absorb as many styles as possible, to reinforce the foundation of Shadow

others were complex and unique. The more unique a style was, the harder it was for

like he had a magical ability to peer into the very essence of a style… this ability of his

in turn improve his capacity to discern the patterns of more complicated ones with sufficient speed.

True talents had better things to

the world of Legacies, strength and talent were not something to boast about. Renown only served to make the enemy aware of your weaknesses. In that regard, hidden tigers of the Legacy clans were very

few rare eccentrics and a rare

more, at the highest levels 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 to infer from indirect clues. Sadly, he wasn't exposed

waste time in the Dreamscape were bound to show up, lured by the scent of

powerful Ascended weapon or armor could

could kill two birds with one stone. Compete for these prizes and enrich his library of

be a fool to

exposure to Mongrel, Sunny couldn't let such an opportunity go. Plus, he had some

started reading everything he could find about the

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