Shadow Slave

Because of how close they were to an active Gate, the internal communications barely worked across the convoy. However, Sunny had been prepared for something like that.

Translating his thoughts to the Extraordinary Rock, he sent a short message to Luster:"No matter what happens, continue forward and don't slow down. I'll catch up with the convoy later."'...Hopefully.'

He shot past the column of vehicles, heading in an entirely wrong direction. What kind of madman would be riding toward a Fallen Titan? Sunny only had enough time to notice frightened expressions on the faces of the Irregulars, who stared at his flashing silhouette in shock, and then the convoy was somewhere behind him. Getting further and further away.

The towering shape of Goliath, on the other hand, was drawing closer. Looking at the approaching titan, Sunny shivered.

'Can I kill a titan?'

He was honestly not sure. One thing he did know, though, was that he wouldn't be able to kill this particular titan.

If Sunny had time to study Goliath, learn his weaknesses, and prepare, then things might have been different. But Army Command knew very little about the stone monstrosity, and so, he knew even less. If the two of them fought to the death, there was no question of who would end up dying.

Luckily, Sunny did not have to make a heroic last stand. He was no hero and had no plans of being killed any time soon. And so, his goal was not to destroy the colossal creature... he just wanted to slow the big bastard down.

If the convoy was given time to get away, there was a good chance that Goliath would not follow them. A bit further north, a long stretch of the highway was built under overhanging cliffs, so the giant's enormous size would become a hindrance. Unless Goliath was ready to smash through many kilometers of solid rock or dive back into the ocean, he was going to have trouble keeping up with the swift vehicles.

And even if he was ready to wreck the whole mountain range, that would also slow him down.

A few minutes... Sunny just had to buy the convoy a few minutes.

'...How the hell do I stop a titan for a few minutes, though?'

road, dwarfed by the nearing silhouette of Goliath. Sunny stared at the stone giant, shivering as he felt the inhuman

the creature's colossal height, it was going

forced his

his steed, he walked a small distance forward and stopped, his face full of

done this during

he sent

the slopes of the mountains and on the dark ribbon of the ocean shore, the mass of shadows moved, coming to life. Then, a thick black

and another. Dozens of dark chains flew from the ground, the mountain slope, and the edge of the coast, shackling Goliath's arms and legs. Sunny was utterly focused, his eyes drowned by deep shadow. His essence

was burning through all of it without looking back, knowing that nothing

knew all about, it was chains - both literal and metaphorical. He might have not learned how

Goliath did not seem burdened by the shadow chains at all. He continued moving forward,

and suddenly, it seemed as though the

and wasn't quite sure how he was managing to keep this many manifested shadows shaped, tangible, and strong at the same

that, new chains appeared from the darkness every second. Goliath looked like he was carrying a forest of them on his body, anchored to the ground so thoroughly that,

titan's march

torso and pushed forward, a hint of irritation appearing in his bearing.

were new ones appearing every moment,

dozen meters away from Sunny, less than a step, bent low and utterly immobilized. The shadow

the side, it looked as if the giant was trying to

at a terrible rate. At this point, he wouldn't be able to sustain the hundreds of shadow chains for long... but

...Probably.

was