Shadow Slave

As Sunny watched, the Tyrant tore apart several more abominations, devouring their flesh with its three enormous maws. This creature… it was on par with the Lord of the Dead that Sunny had faced in the catacombs below the Dark City.

Back then, he was merely a Sleeper. Now, he was an Ascended himself, and an abnormally powerful one at that. His loyal Shadows were indisposed, but he was accompanied by Dale instead.

There was no reason for this fight to be too hard…

However, they had a big problem.

The more Nightmare Creatures the Tyrant killed and devoured, the more invigorated it seemed. The ghastly injuries on its wings were already healing, and very soon, the monstrosity would be able to take flight again.

Sunny could not allow that to happen.

Glancing at Dale with a grave expression, he said:

"It's now or never."

Above them, a swarm of brood beasts separated from the dark mass of the Devouring Cloud, rushing down to protect their ruler.

Dale nodded and silently lunged forward, closing in on the Tyrant to trap the monstrosity — and the two of them with it — inside a barrier of shimmering energy. Sunny followed, cutting down several abominations that had tried to bar their passage.

of the relentless attacks by the other Nightmare Creatures. It suddenly jumped, soaring high into the

in the air for long, at least not yet, but it succeeded in creating some distance between itself and the pursuers. Then, moving with stunning speed, it turned in the direction of the port fortress… and

Sunny's eyes narrowed.

'Damnation!'

only took him a split second to make a

down! Catch up as fast as you can and set

stone beach, Sunny pursued the Tyrant. The monstrosity barreled forward like a speeding train, its six legs turning countless

flashed, cutting one of the creature's limbs, and it

'Ah…'

jian, at the same time turning his body as heavy as he could. The impact pushed him back, his feet leaving two grooves

snakes. Two maws bit into the shadow hands, tearing them apart, while the third flew toward Sunny. Staring at the repulsive fleshy circle full of razor-sharp fangs, he

narrowly dodging the maw, then lashed out with the Sin of Solace. As a bloody wound appeared on the abomination's

more essence creating shadow implements… maybe even encase the monstrosity and himself in a large dome…

tried to get closer to the abomination's wings, its stinger, three maws, and five remaining legs all came after him. He scrambled to dodge the hurricane of attacks, dancing between them

'Curse you…'

Its mind was being assaulted by the [Sinister Whisper] of the cursed sword — the effect

a large portion of the Devouring Swarm

threat to the city once

understood that there was something strange going on with its mind, as well. It tried to disengage and lowered itself to the ground, as if preparing to