Shadow Slave

Chapter 693

Sunny was in his room, watching as a Memory disintegrated into a whirlwind of shimmering sparks, a dark expression on his face. He didn't need the Spell to inform him to know that he had just lost another one…

And yet, the ever-helpful Spell still whispered into his ear:

[Your Memory has been destroyed.]

Sunny snarled, then shook his head bitterly and summoned the runes, intending to check on how many expendable Memories he still had left. It was then that he decided to check on Neph's progress, which had long ago become a deeply ingrained habit of his.

Seeing that Changing Star was still alive and fighting brought him both relief and grim motivation.

Already sensing what he was about to see, Sunny stared at the runes and read:

Name: Nephis.

True Name: Changing Star.

Rank: Dormant.

Class: Tyrant.

Shadow Cores: [5/7].

Shadow Fragments: [0/5000].

He looked at the runes for some time, then sighed and dismissed them.

Just a few days ago, she was still far away from reaching the fifth core. After the Red Colosseum and his battle with Nightmare, the gap between them had shortened even more… but now, Neph had gone and done something crazy again, making it grow vast and infuriating once more.

He stared at the walls of his room darkly. It was as though the two of them were constantly playing an insane game of tug of war, fully knowing that one wrong move meant death, but equally unwilling to let the opponent win.

And from the very start of it, he had never been in the lead.

'How… tiresome.'

Sunny shook his head, realizing that he was in no mood to blindly throw himself at the impregnable barrier of weaving anymore. At least not today.

door saw it open, and the familiar figure walk out, then

eyes and slightly messy hair. Considering who it was, though, Sunny could only guess whether the immortal was tired, or

a chance he was ready

a few meters away from Noctis and looked at him with a guarded expression. The sorcerer blinked

you are still here?

inwardly rolled his

weeks ago. Fifteen

foot to foot awkwardly, and then cleared

really? I, uh… well, what a nice day! Can

at the sorcerer for a few

Yes, in

immortal Transcendent

We are friends, are we not, and friends are supposed to help

gripped the emerald amulet tighter, hesitated for a

you teach

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to smile for a bit, then

in the Kingdom of Hope, after all! Under my guidance, you will become a distinguished sorcerer yourself in no time. Let me think… if we start

the sky to gauge the time of day, thought

the same time,

Sunny blinked.

"What? A hundred years?!"

sorcerer frowned a

two hundred years. That was how long it took me to learn the basics… if you mean true sorcery, of course, not those

then

ability to manipulate magical energies through means

him for a

there is no such thing as sorcery. Or rather, there is no single thing called sorcery. But there are various ways to twist the underlying laws of the world to produce some effect, desirable or not. What we call sorcery is just a… a

looked around, observing the landscape

Aspect has to do with souls, and so, I was able to learn a few things from the followers of Heart God — the God of Souls, as well as emotions, memory, hunger, and growth. However,

tilted his head

"Hope's… magic?"

Noctis nodded.

true understanding of its nature, I might add — comes from Hope. She is the one who invented writing, after all, and gifted it to us humans. What a wonderful invention it was! Writing itself does not produce

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