Shadow Slave

As it turned out, Nephis had not found a Gateway to escape the Dream Realm and Awaken.

Instead, after two long years of solitude and relentless battles for survival, she had found a Seed of Nightmare and conquered the Second Trial of the Spell as a Sleeper.

She had done it alone.

At least that was the only way Sunny could explain the runes he was staring at.

Ascended.

'That is impossible.'

Surviving the Second Nightmare was already not easy for a cohort of prepared Awakened. More people perished while trying than returned victorious. How could a lone Sleeper accomplish the same?

No one had done it before.

However… no Sleeper had been a Tyrant before.

No Sleeper had escaped alive from a battle with a Corrupted horror of the depths before.

No Sleeper had slain a Fallen Terror before.

Nephis had long established her penchant for accomplishing the impossible. Why was Sunny so surprised that she had done it again?

No, he wasn't surprised. He was… dismayed.

A deep, unsettling emotion nestled in his chest, making his face grow dark and his eyes grow dim. The shadows around him seemed to become deeper.

doesn't change anything. The important part is that she is back. Who

matter. To him, it was of paramount importance. His obsession with becoming more powerful than Nephis was not born out of simple vanity or empty pride.

he sat in stunned silence, the sound of hurried footsteps resounded near him. Looking up, Sunny saw Effie pushing her way through the crowd. She was not shy about using her prodigious strength, so

the Dream Realm. It was no wonder that he dropped everything to come and wait with the rest

and froze

Cassie! Is it true? Princess is

her for a

her to the healers

did not move for several seconds. Then, a wide grin split her face. It looked as

never had a doubt! No Nightmare Creature exists

smile a

would have caused a stir,

received the confirmation, an expression of profound relief appeared on the young man's beautiful face. Kai

"Gods… thank the gods…"

He was truly too decent of a person for this vile world, and infected by a misguided sense of

and waited. Sunny silently observed the faces of his friends, seeing sincere happiness and relief written all over them.

him, they had no reason to feel a strange

them, Sunny decided to ignore the darker part of his mind for a

to die to avoid becoming a slave, he would.

just share this rare moment of joy

cohort was back, after

opened, and one of the Awakened healers in

Even Morgan of Valor looked up from

agents couldn't contain herself

Lady Changing Star is really