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.

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

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

Sunny grimaced.

yet… I need to collect

back and studied the familiar, peaceful landscape of

the fact 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 exceptional

up a real storm, both in the media and behind closed doors. Sunny would not be able

each of them received

most remarkable in how useful it was. Sunny had expected the huntress to receive another combat Ability, but instead, her new power appeared to bolster her allies as long as they could see her. It was as though they were receiving a part of her phenomenal, comprehensive physical

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

the line of sight with the huntress, without an additional cost in essence. That basically meant that any

There were simply not enough Masters and too much for them to do to form full cohorts of Ascended. However, that did not mean that one could not

very popular among the

in a similar situation, although for

had the chance to explore the full range

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 to

weaker,

more fervor or to hold their ground no matter what. He could invoke any feeling he

The government propaganda machine

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

archer had no 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, although perhaps in a

then there