Shadow Slave

While Sunny and Mordret struggled to survive as their souls were being destroyed…

A human figure emerged from the darkness of the Sky Below and shot into the sunlight, flying with incredible speed. It was a man with skin that looked like polished bark and a burned, disfigured face.

His armor was battered and painted dull by dried blood, and the quiver attached to his belt was long empty. The man had been an officer of the Sun Legion once, but now, he returned to kill its commander.

His eyes were full of resolve.

Months had passed since the terrible day when Kai and his most brave soldiers were chained to the white cliff on the Sacrifice Island and left there to be devoured by the Ivory Dragon. Who could have thought that he would be back to this cursed place so soon?

Leaving the heat of the burning city behind, Kai had hidden himself under the island where his comrades were turned to ash by the dragon's flame, waited for Sunny to get the full attention of the prince of Valor, and then dashed forward without looking back.

He did not wish to see the white cliff and the soot-covered chains hanging from its surface ever again.

Flying under the last bridge connecting the rest of the city to the Ivory Island, he avoided being noticed too soon, and then ascended into the sunlight. Behind him, a dome of shadows suddenly appeared at the entrance to the bridge, hiding his friend from sight.

With his heart growing heavy, Kai soared above the emerald grass of the Ivory City and finally saw his goal.

A magnificent dragon was laying on the ground, blood streaming from his mangled neck. His white scales were painted crimson, and one of his wings was broken. But the great beast was still alive. He was still breathing.

He was immortal, after all…

But not for long.

In his hand, Kai held a knife made of ghostly glass. Inside the knife, the dragon's fate was sealed, placed there by a ruthless god.

Was Kai breaking the will of the gods by delivering it back to its owner? Or completing their design?

He did not know, and he did not care.

about was killing

a little. He was not a person of great conviction, either. But if there was one thing he believed, it was that Sevirax

city he ruled was

ignored the pain that had tormented him for

Glass Knife glistened

immortal Transcendent was still immensely powerful and deadly. How

great beast's neck, Sevirax suddenly stirred. His eyelids flew up, revealing

moved his healthy wing, and a torrent of wind crashed into Kai, sending him spinning. The glass knife scratched uselessly

dashed away in time to avoid being killed, but just this light touch was enough to rip his breastplate open and shatter a few of his

dozen meters, and by the time he rose shakily to his knees,

from the ocean of madness

a low, tired, sonorous voice resounded from

"You… I know you…"

Kai gritted his teeth.

attack had

fateful strike. No matter how wounded and exhausted the Ivory Lord was, he would still be immeasurably faster, stronger, and more powerful than an Awakened with a weak Aspect. He

to die. Hope was not going to escape. The

would

have been able to fly through the sky and see far

he was

towering in front of him. He shook slightly,

bits of torn grass

it by the fangs of the Beast of Twilight, and then opened his maw to crush the small human between

could have

But he didn't.

into the dragon's maw, which instantly closed, giant

that, the crippled

froze for a moment, stunned by the