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:

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

Sunny shivered.

Shadow God always

After all, even other gods had not held Shadow in high regard, at

sounded humble and rather inconspicuous when compared to something like Goddess of the Black Skies, the god

remain unseen and unheard were

of like

head, pondered about the description for a bit, and then

the opposite of each other. No wonder every time I meet someone from the War camp, I end up either having my

sighed, then continued

[Gates

and can contain, and then release, an infinite amount

Sunny blinked.

'Huh?'

Divine Relic… that was unless one really thought

Infinite…

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

how did it help

a

it be a nasty all-destroying sword,

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 look like any material he had ever seen, resembling stone more than

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

impenetrable. Any hint of starlight was devoured, turning the interior of the

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

on end, and his hearts stagger in his chest. He was suddenly cold, overwhelmed by unease, and…

escaping his mouth as chilling

that is

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

'Wanna come inside?'

fear, then energetically shook its head. Sunny

'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,