Shadow Slave

Sunny had planned to catch a couple of hours of sleep, but in the end, he was too mesmerized by the promise of the Marble Shell to close his eyes even for a second. That new Attribute of his was both supremely powerful and complex, which meant that unlocking its full potential would demand a lot of insight and ingenuity.

If he did manage to master it, though...

Laying in the darkness of the sleeping niche, Sunny smiled ominously.

'What a great present. It should not have come as a surprise, though.'

The challenge of the [Prince of the Underworld] had been a steep one. Six thousand defeated opponents... most Awakened - those normal people that did not go out of their way to seek out battle after battle - would never face that many adversaries in their entire lifetime, perhaps.

More than that, Sunny suspected that the enchantment had actually had several stages, while he only completed the last one. After all, the counter of vanquished foes had already been filled to some extent by the time Sunny repaired the Mantle of the Underworld.

An Ascended armor of the sixth Tier, demanding six thousand kills to rise to the seventh.

If the onyx armor had started off as a Memory of the first Tier, demanding a thousand kills to rise to the second, two thousand to rise to the third... then it might have taken no less than twenty- one thousand defeated enemies for it to acquire the [Soulbound Relic] enchantment.

'What a scary number...'

No wonder the Marble Shell was such a potent Attribute... not to mention its connection to one of the daemons.

the First Lord of the Bright Castle or one of his companions that wore the Mantle before, Sunny really owed them some gratitude. Even more of it, to

for him to think about when it came

would drastically - and, most importantly, passively - increase his defensive capability and resilience. Yes, the dormant state of the Attribute was a weakened version of its active form, and yes, the [Living Stone] trait only allowed him to mend his skin, as opposed to his entire body. Sure, he did not currently possess a powerful Memory armor to synergize

it did not matter. In a

him about the new Attribute was the possibility of finally breaking one of the most ubiquitous laws of the Nightmare Spell - in the world ruled by it, attack almost always trumped defense. No matter how tough an armor was, a powerful and well-placed strike from a weapon of a similar Rank would most often overcome

been able to kill Awakened Nightmare Creatures as a

limits, of course, but generally, that

though. Not with what his Aspect was capable of. Someone else would have found the Marble Shell a powerful aid in battle, but

important quality of the strange Attribute was that it had become a part of his body, and as such, could be augmented with the shadows at the same time. An Ascended armor might

Maybe not.

mind, and soul attacks as well, albeit to a slightly lesser

the equation, with the [Living Stone]

go around slaying titans just yet, but he was halfway convinced that being hit by Goliath would not instantly kill him

was

to do wonders for

had always been an unassuming, but insidiously powerful enchantment. Now that it could be

increase his speed and mobility. Making himself heavier could help Sunny weather powerful blows, as well as increase the impact of his own strikes - force was heavily dependent on mass, after all, and it was hard

second part of force was