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!

even more, its misshapen portion growing in size and reaching slightly deeper

"Captain!"

felt her Aspect Ability brushing against his mind,

tinted by several subdued colors. It

the wall remained metal grey, but closer to the massive dent, the armored alloy turned anxious orange and pale red. A small patch of the red was vibrant and vivid,

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

metal groaned once more, but

happened for a dozen

another blow crashed into the damaged section of the hull, and the wall bent a little more. As it did, a thin crack appeared right where the alloy had been painted

seeped through

people watched the drop with horror written on

and rushed toward the deformed wall as a wave. Converging on the damaged section, the

the strain of keeping such a heavy mass of shadows tangible. It was well within his limit, though… if plugging the leak was the only thing he had

that the crushing blows against the dented bulkhead did not stop coming. One after another, they impacted against it, sending tremors running through

keep the wall intact. It was as if he was trying to brace a castle gate as a heavy ram was pounding on

shadows tangible was hard, but forcing them to continuously press forward with that much

fists, Sunny looked at his subordinates

cracks. Luster, keep Dorn and Quentin supplied with essence… transfer your own to them if

turned to the rest of the

Aspects, help if you can! Those of you who are mundane… there are literally tons of equipment and handy machinery in this damned compartment! Even a complete idiot can find a way

and Quentin dashed toward the shadow brace. This prompted the