Shadow Slave

Sunny froze, mesmerized by the harrowing sight of a dark expanse of weathered stone rising from the depths of the ocean. It rose higher and higher, rivers of water flowing down from the numerous grooves and ravines covering the surface of the giant's arm. Due to the scale, it seemed as though the arm was moving deceptively slowly, but he knew that to be an illusion.

A single thought formed in Sunny's stunned mind.

'Goliath...'

One of the three titans that had come to the Antarctic Center. It had to be him... the Whispering Legion was dead, and the Winter Beast prowled somewhere far to the north. The last one, stone giant Goliath, had disappeared without a trace. Army Command had no accurate data on his current location, the last time Sunny had been in contact with them.

...No wonder, if the missing titan had been traveling through the shallows off the coast of the landmass.

'It's... it's a damn Fallen Titan.'

A moment later, Sunny suddenly came to his senses, shrugging off the dread and awe of witnessing the enormous creature... or rather, one of its limbs. What was the big deal, anyway? The Goliath was a runt, as far as titans were concerned. He was simply a giant stone abomination, instead of a sentient force of nature. Even then, Sunny had seen far greater beings before...

However, the damned titan - no matter how he compared to others of its kind - could destroy the convoy with one brush of his finger.

Barely suppressing his panic, Sunny stared at the falling hand of the giant, then twisted around and waved at Luster, shouting as loud as he could:

"Go, go, go! Speed up!"

in this dreadful situation, it was that Goliath's aim seemed to be a bit off. If the convoy accelerated, they had a slim chance of shooting underneath the gargantuan arm before it slammed into

just a little bit too slow, at least a couple of vehicles would be instantly flattened

forward, gaining a bit more speed. Sunny and Nightmare galloped ahead of it, diving into the shadow

seconds... the first of the civilian transports appeared behind him, then another,

'Not yet, not yet...'

concrete surface of the highway, pulverizing a large swath

later. Some distance behind, the wheels of the rearmost military vehicle momentarily flew into the air, then hit the cracked surface of the road with a screeching sound.

'Made it...'

knowing that their narrow escape from death was both temporary and futile. No matter how fast the convoy was moving, they had

something managed to stall the giant for a few

fair, not fair... this is

was the end? Sunny felt like howling at the

then, a titanic shape started to rise from the ocean. Goliath was pulling himself out of the

Sunny shuddered.

somewhat humanoid in appearance, but far from resembling a graceful statue. Unlike the magnificent monuments of the Forgotten Shore, Goliath looked more like a small mountain that had come

torso was massive and asymmetrical, with mounds of stone rising from its back like humps. The giant had three arms, each hand possessing a different

misshapen hill of brown rock, with two cavernous holes gaping in it, drowned by darkness, and a single circular eye set deep

round, but seemed to be cut of stone, like the rest of the titan's body. The thought of being gazed upon by the giant eye

even more of