Shadow Slave

Nobody was sure who exactly the Ascended in charge of their new cohort was. Nevertheless, after briefly getting acquainted, the six Awakened couldn't help but wonder.

Quentin, the handsome warrior with a gallant demeanor, seemed thoughtful.

"Master Sunless… I don't think I have ever heard of him. There is no Ascended of that name among those who had been with the government for a long time, that I am sure of."

He lingered for a moment, and the added with slight reluctance:

"I did hear a few rumors, though."

Luster looked at him with a lively smile.

"Come on, then, don't leave us hanging!"

Quentin sighed, clearly uncomfortable to be participating in something that could be amounted to gossip. Eventually, however, his curiosity won over decorum:

"Well, it's not much. I just heard that Master Jet deliberately postponed the formation for the First Irregular Company to give this gentleman enough time to arrive. And that she personally recruited him."

Luster blinked a couple of times. If Soul Reaper had gone out of her way to make sure that the guy joined her unit, then he had to be a beast!

Belle confirmed his suspicion:

"I actually heard that Ascended Sunless is a real monster. A demon of a fighter with a wild, bloodthirsty streak. Apparently, he killed four hundred Awakened abominations… as a Sleeper. Some even say that he hunted down an ancient Fallen Devil before Awakening."

A strange silence settled in the training gymnasium.

Luster scoffed.

"Yeah, right… that's impossible."

mostly silent before that,

From what I've been told, he is a distinguished explorer and academic researcher. His published works are supposed to be

It would make sense

Knight, and Pride were legends among the government soldiers. Their renown only paled in

and said

Some say that he actually comes from the Forgotten Shore, where he lived completely alone in the Dark City for a long time. They even

grew quieter

a short and somewhat awkward pause, the

I only know that Ascended Sunless is relatively young… however, we don't need to guess. There is a lot that we can assume just from who he chose

craned his neck and looked at

"Yeah? Like what?"

Dorn shrugged.

two support specialists. The cohort seems to be

a moment, and

might be a defense-oriented fighter or simply

for

The presence of Awakened Luster only confirms the fact

he had not come to these

guy is

his throat,

changer. Who knows what kind of crap he experienced

"Well said."