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:

you nurture, everything that starts with you will one day be mine, be welcomed by me, swallowed by me, and find peace within me. This is the mercy of Shadow. Hollow… futile... you might have come first, my sister,

Sunny shivered.

Shadow God always

high regard, at least from what Sunny knew. His temples had been burned and destroyed, his

when compared to something like Goddess of

to remain unseen and unheard

like

head, pondered about the description for a bit,

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

continued reading the

[Gates of

can contain, and then release, an infinite amount

Sunny blinked.

'Huh?'

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

Infinite…

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

did it help

frowned, a little

be a nasty all-destroying sword,

in his hand. The thing was not too big, about the size of his palm, and made out of

of glossy black morion. There was a ring of dark metal on its top, with a short chain attached to it. It could be held in

the darkness of the night that surrounded Sunny instantly became deeper and colder, oppressive, and impenetrable. 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 have a lot of

and noticed a small door on one of its walls. He hesitated, then

his chest. He

exhaled, the breath escaping his mouth as chilling

that is

empty, so he couldn't command any shadows to escape it. So, instead, he glanced at the

'Wanna come inside?'

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

'What about you?'

and disappeared into the

their connection, but not in the way that he was used to. He couldn't see, hear, or sense what the shadow