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!

people yelped, the wall bent inward even more, its misshapen portion growing in size and reaching slightly deeper into the vehicle stable. A loud,

"Captain!"

paled as he stared at the deformed bulkhead. Sunny felt her Aspect Ability brushing against his

colors. It was as if a mad

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

Sunny gritted his…

BANG! BANG! BANG!

tried to get even further away from it, but

The metal groaned

happened for

hull, and the wall bent a little more. As it did, a thin crack appeared right where the alloy had been painted vibrant

water seeped through

drop with horror written on

as a wave. Converging on the damaged section, the wave splattered across its surface and then somehow solidified, turning into an improvised

heavy mass of shadows tangible. It was well within his limit, though… if plugging

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

to keep exerting opposite pressure to keep the wall intact. It was as if he was

continuously press forward with

fists, Sunny looked at his subordinates and

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 both come close

rest of the humans gathered in the vehicle stable and

of you who are Awakened with useful 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 to reinforce the hull with all that gear, so get to

dashed toward the shadow brace. This prompted the others