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:

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, but when

Sunny shivered.

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,

like Goddess of the Black Skies, the

that preferred to remain unseen and unheard were often

like Sunny

pondered about the description for a bit, and then

other. No wonder every time I meet someone from the War

then continued reading

[Gates of

and can contain, and

Sunny blinked.

'Huh?'

that was unless

Infinite…

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

how did it

frowned, a little

a nasty all-destroying

in his hand. The thing was not too big, about the size of his palm, and made out of black… something. It didn't

serpent, and its walls were made out 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 a hand or fastened to one's belt,

instantly became deeper and colder, oppressive, and impenetrable. Any hint of starlight was devoured,

beautiful lantern around and noticed

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

escaping his mouth

that is

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

'Wanna come inside?'

shook its head. Sunny

'What about you?'

bit, then shrugged indifferently… and disappeared into the small door, as if

hear, or sense what the shadow was