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.

and find out about the fallout of the destruction of the Night Temple… although Cassie

and his point of contact with the government. If things turned

Sunny grimaced.

to collect my thoughts

and studied the familiar, peaceful landscape

were Masters now, and exceptional ones at that… not only had they conquered the Second Nightmare, but they had also done it at an abnormally young age and after entering the Seed one measly year

accomplishment was bound to stir up a real storm, both in the media and

to mention that each of them received

appeared to bolster her allies as long as

and had to admit that it

sight with the huntress, without an additional cost in essence. That basically meant that any cohort, any force, and even

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

was about to get very, very

a similar situation, although for different

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

The result and the consequence depended on how much essence he poured into the compulsion and the target's resistance, as well as some other factors that

or high resistance to mind attacks. For example, if Kai commanded another Ascended to drop their weapon, they would

grow weaker, and their attacks might

principle worked the 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

The government propaganda machine

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

had no idea what the evolution entailed. They only knew that their

then there