Shadow Slave

'Crap…'

As hundreds of petrified people watched in fear, one of the sections of the giant compartment's outer wall bent slightly. An ugly deformity appeared on it, and as the echo of the loud and jarring bang died down, they heard the sound of water rushing into the narrow gaps between the different layers of the battleship's armored hull.

A dark expression appeared on Sunny's face. His fingers twitched, and then he turned his head slightly.

"On your feet, soldiers."

Dorn, Quentin, Kim and Luster rose, ready for battle. However, there was a subtle sense of hesitation hiding behind their masks of professionalism and composure.

As elites of the government forces, they knew how to fight against Nightmare Creatures, other Awakened, and horrors of all kinds.

But how were they supposed to fight the ocean?

A moment later, something crashed into the side of the ship with a thunderous bang once again, making the indentation in the bulkhead of the vehicle stable grow more pronounced. People that were closest to it shuddered and backed away. Some turned around and ran.

Soon, the space around the damaged section of the wall became completely empty. Everyone in the large compartment had moved as far away from it as they could, pressing against the opposite wall and staring at the massive deformity. A second passed in utter silence, then another. Then, one more.

All that could be heard was the sound of rushing water.

Someone cursed in a stifled...

BANG!

several people yelped, the wall bent inward even more, its misshapen portion growing in size and reaching slightly deeper into the vehicle stable. A loud, deep groan of contorting metal rolled through the air, reverberating in

"Captain!"

felt her Aspect Ability brushing against his

became tinted by several subdued colors. It was as if a

massive dent, the armored alloy turned anxious orange and pale red. A small patch of the red was

Sunny gritted his…

BANG! BANG! BANG!

screamed and tried to get even further away from it, but there was simply nowhere for them to go. Some eyed the exit from the vehicle stable,

held. The metal groaned once more, but

for a

a little more. As it did, a thin crack appeared

drop of black water seeped through the crack

of people watched the drop with

the hull open, however, a tide of shadows suddenly rose and rushed toward the deformed wall as a wave. Converging on the damaged section, the wave splattered across its surface and then somehow solidified, turning into an

of shadows tangible. It was well within his limit, though… if plugging the leak was the only thing

did not stop coming. One after another, they impacted against it, sending tremors

was as if he was

to continuously press

his fists, Sunny looked at his subordinates and said in a strained

Quentin, try to use your Aspect to repair the cracks. Luster, keep Dorn and Quentin supplied with essence… transfer your own to them if one

the humans gathered in the

are mundane… there are literally tons of equipment and handy

him for a split second. Then, Dorn and Quentin dashed toward the shadow brace. This