Shadow Slave

Sunny read the runes with curiosity:

Memory: [Shadow Lantern].

Memory Rank: Divine.

…He fell from the bed.

'What?!'

Another… another Divine Memory?

Feeling cold sweat rolling down his face, Sunny wiped it off with a trembling hand and slowly clenched his fists.

'Should... should be interesting…'

He looked back to the runes, trying to calm his wildly beating hearts.

Just what kind of a Relic had he received?

Sunny got ahold of himself and continued to read the description:

Memory Tier: I.

Memory Type: Tool.

'A tool… makes sense. It is a lantern, after all. But what does it do? Lanterns are supposed to produce light and illuminate things. That's not exactly what shadows are known for, is it?'

With a concerned frown, he looked back at the runes.

Memory Description:

["Death is just the shadow of life," said the Goddes of Life. "And peace is just the failure of war. Have you ever been something that had not been stolen, made empty, and vile? Have you ever done something that was not futile and hollow? Can you even exist without being cast by another? Look at how weak you are, how small you are. Am I supposed to be frightened of a small shadow?"

Made pale and feeble by the radiance of day, Shadow laughed and rose from the ground. As he did, his figure swallowed the land, devoured the heavens, and blotted out the light of the sun. Soon, there was nothing left around them but darkness. And from that darkness, a hiss came, making Life tremble:

by me, swallowed

Sunny shivered.

was Shadow God

After all, even other gods had not held Shadow in high regard, at least from what Sunny knew. His temples had been burned and destroyed, his followers turned into slaves… even his aspects and

of peace, death, solace, and mysteries… that sounded humble and rather inconspicuous when compared to something like Goddess of the Black Skies, the god of storms, depths, of the oceans, of darkness, stars, travel,

that preferred to remain unseen and unheard were often the most

of like Sunny

pondered about the description for a bit, and then smiled

meet someone from the War camp, I end up either having my heart torn

sighed, then continued reading

Enchantments: [Gates of

Description: [This lantern devours light and can contain, and

Sunny blinked.

'Huh?'

like much, for a Divine Relic… that was unless one really thought about the meaning behind those

Infinite…

suspected that in this case, the word was used to describe an actual infinity instead of a fake one, like with the Endless Spring. If that was the truth… yes, an object that could contain infinity was indeed worthy of being divine.

how did it help

a

a nasty

and saw a small lantern weave itself from darkness in his hand. The thing was not too big, about the size of his palm, and made out of black… something. It didn't feel or

There was a ring of dark metal on its top, with

hint of starlight was devoured, turning the interior of the cabin completely black. He, of course,

of comfort, Sunny turned the beautiful lantern around and noticed a small door on one of its walls.

his hearts stagger in his chest. He was suddenly cold, overwhelmed by unease, and… terrified. Like an animal facing something

the breath escaping his

that is how infinity

it. So, instead, he glanced at the happy shadow and raised

'Wanna come inside?'

looked at him with fear, then energetically shook its head. Sunny rolled

'What about you?'

bit, then shrugged indifferently… and disappeared

couldn't see, hear, or sense what the shadow was seeing, hearing, and sensing. All he knew was that it still existed, somewhere else, in a terrible vast, dark,