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:

starts with you will one day be mine, be welcomed by me, swallowed by me, and

Sunny shivered.

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 attributes seemed to pale in comparison to

to something like Goddess of the Black Skies, the god

preferred to remain unseen and

like Sunny

description for a bit, and then smiled

surprising. In many ways, they are the opposite of each other. No wonder every time I meet someone from the War camp, I end up either having my heart torn out or, even worse, lured into a Nightmare so cursed that all other Nightmares ought to

continued reading

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lantern devours light and can contain, and

Sunny blinked.

'Huh?'

enchantment didn't seem like much, for a Divine Relic… that was unless one really thought about the meaning

Infinite…

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. It simply

did it

frowned, a

couldn't it be a nasty all-destroying

Memory and saw a small lantern weave itself from darkness in his hand. The thing was not too big, about the size of his

and feel like the scales of a serpent, and its walls were made out of glossy black morion. There was a

Any hint of starlight was devoured, turning the interior of the cabin completely black. He, of course, could still see through that darkness, but anyone else would probably

of a pleasant feeling of comfort, Sunny turned the beautiful lantern around and noticed

chest. He was suddenly cold, overwhelmed by unease, and… terrified. Like an animal facing something so much larger than itself that

escaping his

guess that is how infinity

command any shadows to escape it. So, instead, he glanced at the happy shadow and

'Wanna come inside?'

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

'What about you?'

creepy guy stared at him for a bit, then shrugged indifferently… and disappeared into the small

feel their connection, but not in the way that he was used to. He couldn't see, hear, or sense what the shadow was seeing, hearing, and sensing. All he knew was that it still existed, somewhere