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 you cherish, everything you nurture, everything that starts with you will one day be mine, be welcomed by me, swallowed by me, and find peace within

Sunny shivered.

God

Shadow in high regard, at least

to something like Goddess of the Black Skies, the god of storms,

remain unseen and unheard were often the most

like Sunny

pondered about the description for a bit, and

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

continued reading the

Enchantments: [Gates

contain,

Sunny blinked.

'Huh?'

Divine Relic… that was unless one really thought about the meaning behind

Infinite…

describe an actual infinity instead of a fake one, like with the Endless Spring. If that was the truth… yes, an object that could

did it

frowned, a

couldn't it be a

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 look like any material he

There was a ring of dark metal on its

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

full of a pleasant feeling of comfort, Sunny turned the beautiful lantern around and noticed a small door on one of its

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

breath escaping his mouth as chilling

is

he couldn't command any shadows to escape it.

'Wanna come inside?'

energetically shook its head. Sunny rolled his eyes,

'What about you?'

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

see, hear, or sense what the shadow was seeing, hearing, and sensing. All he knew was that it still existed, somewhere else, in