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!

misshapen portion growing in size and reaching slightly deeper into the vehicle stable. A loud,

"Captain!"

deformed bulkhead. Sunny felt her Aspect Ability brushing against his mind, and

but the damaged wall became tinted by several subdued colors. It was

metal grey, but closer to the massive dent, the armored alloy turned anxious orange and pale red. A

Sunny gritted his…

BANG! BANG! BANG!

damage and making the wall bend even more. People screamed and tried to get even further away from it, but there was simply

held. The metal

for a

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

seeped through the

people watched the drop with horror written on their

the next strike tore 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

It was well within his limit, though… if plugging the leak was the only thing

the crushing blows against the dented bulkhead did not stop coming. One after another,

the wall intact. It was as if he was trying

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

Sunny looked at his subordinates

push the brace against the bulkhead. 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 or

the rest of the humans gathered

at?! Make yourself useful, fools! Those of you who are Awakened with useful Aspects, help if you can! Those of you who are mundane… there are literally tons

Dorn and Quentin dashed toward the shadow brace. This prompted the others to