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.

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

and his point of contact with the government. If things turned from bad to worse with the great

Sunny grimaced.

to collect my thoughts

and studied the familiar, peaceful landscape of

that the Great Clans possessed incredible powers, it was not too easy to deal with Sunny and the other members of the cohort anymore. All four of them were Masters now, and

latest accomplishment was bound to stir up a real storm,

mention that each of them received extremely powerful

her new power appeared to bolster her allies as

Ability, and had to admit that it was… powerful. Not comparable to

effortlessly shared with any number of people as long as they maintained the line of sight with the huntress, without an additional cost in essence. That basically meant that any cohort, any force, and

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 ahead

very popular among the

in a similar situation, although

None of them, not even Kai himself, had the chance to explore the full range

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

to mind attacks. For example, if Kai commanded another Ascended

their grip might grow weaker,

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 any

propaganda machine especially

Aspect had evolved after he had faced and slain the Ivory Dragon. Instances like that were known to happen, but were also incredibly

the evolution entailed. They only knew that their friend

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