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.

no… think about it

did it matter? Sunny

was there to

That's

completely absorbed by the prospect of receiving Memories free of charge. He was

if free Memories weren't enough, there was another reason for why

possible, to reinforce the foundation of Shadow Dance and make

complex and unique. The more unique a style was, the harder it was for Sunny to gain

not like he had a magical ability to peer into the very essence of a style… this ability of his was more or less mundane, based on his own talent, mastery, and sensitivity

to create a sizable library of simpler styles, which would in turn improve his capacity to discern the patterns of more complicated ones with sufficient

in the Dreamscape arenas was not that high… for obvious reasons. True talents had better things to do than play games. Most

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

rare eccentrics and a rare gem here

into the technique, too, which Sunny couldn't perceive and was only able to infer from indirect clues. Sadly, he wasn't exposed to a lot of opponents practicing such styles

people who would usually not waste time in the Dreamscape were bound to show up,

Ascended weapon or armor could

these

it! I'd be a fool to miss

what 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 to the Chained

everything he could find about the upcoming

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