Shadow Slave

Some time later, Sunny left the house and sat on the porch by himself.

His thoughts were in disarray.

So much had changed, so much had happened. So much was going to happen in the next few days, as well. His life was inevitably going to transform… hopefully, for the best.

However, there were many obstacles he was going to have to overcome and many decisions he was going to have to make in order to avoid being destroyed by the changes instead. Although Sunny had grown considerably stronger, and obliterating him was not as easy anymore, there were still threats out there that he did not dare to face.

He sighed, and looked down.

'I am a Master.'

The knowledge rested in his mind, but he was yet to truly comprehend it. Ascended had seemed so distant and glorious to him, once. Not quite demigods, but also not mere mortals anymore. But now, he was one of these venerated beings himself. He could feel inhuman power coursing through his veins.

That was something he couldn't process that fast.

And yet, time waited for no one. Sunny knew that there would be no opportunity to properly get used to his swiftly shifting circumstances. He had a lot to do, and he had to do it now.

'Just take it one step at a time.'

What did he have to do immediately?

Call Aiko, for one. He had to let his business partner know that he was back and get an update on how Rain was doing.

a way to contact the White Feather clan and find out about the fallout of the destruction of the Night Temple…

of contact with the government. If things

Sunny grimaced.

to collect my

familiar,

other members of the cohort anymore. All four of them were Masters now, and exceptional

this latest accomplishment was bound to stir up a real storm, both

each of them received extremely powerful

new power appeared

experienced that enhancement himself when Effie enthusiastically activated her new Ability, and had to admit that

the line of sight with the huntress, without an additional cost in essence. That basically meant that any cohort, any force, and even any army could benefit tremendously

for them to do to form full cohorts of Ascended. However, that did not mean that one could not build supporting teams of Awakened or even mundane soldiers around them. Sunny had seen exactly that when Master Jet arrived to contain the Gate

get very, very popular

similar situation, although for different

strange, and a little bit frightening. None of them, not even Kai himself, had the chance to explore the

acquired a supernatural quality that compelled people who heard it to follow his commands. The result and the consequence depended on how much essence

to force on people with strong willpower or high resistance to mind attacks. For example, if Kai commanded another Ascended to drop their weapon, they would be able

their grip might grow weaker, and their attacks might grow

other way around, too. The compulsion did not have to be aimed at an enemy. Kai could call upon his allies to fight with more fervor or to hold their ground no matter what. He could invoke

those who held power, as well. The government propaganda machine especially was going to lose its collective mind over Nightingale and his

there was more… Kai's Aspect had evolved after he had faced and slain the Ivory Dragon. Instances like that were known to happen, but were also incredibly rare. His Awakened Aspect was now

time to explore these changes yet, so his friends had no idea what the evolution entailed. They only knew that their friend had grown stronger,

then there