Shadow Slave

1026 The Fall of Falcon Scott (44)

The graceful knight stared at him indifferently, not showing any reaction. The ruby jewels of her eyes glowed with menacing crimson flames, revealing no emotion. Sunny sighed.

"Oh, come on... don't you understand what is happening? Just... emote, please! It won't kill you... I think..."

Saint remained silent and as aloof as ever, causing his heart to ache.

Cursing under his breath, Sunny looked away and summoned the runes. The shimmering symbols appeared in the air in front of him:

Name: Sunless.

True Name: Lost from Light.

Rank: Ascended.

Class: Devil.

Shadow Cores: [4/7].

Shadow Fragments: [2973/4000].

Memories: [Silver Bell], [Puppeteer's Shroud], [Midnight Shard], [Extraordinary Rock], [Prowling Thorn], [Endless Spring], [Dark Wing], [Moonlight Shard], [Weaver's Mask], [Broken Oath], [Autumn Leaf], [Cruel Sight], [Covetous Coffer], [Heavenly Burden], [Memory of Fire], [Memory of Ice], [Strike of Thunder], [Morgan's Warbow], [Shadow Lantern], [Bone Singer], [Shadow Chair], [Overpriced Saddle], [Dying Wish], [Sin of Solace], [Bitter Cusp], [Stifled Scream], [Weaver's Needle], [Essence Pearl]. [Nimble Catch], [Shroud of Graceless Dusk], [Siege Souvenir], [Incessant Seeker].

His shadow fragments were already closing in on three thousand. That was not the important part, though.

Sunny studied the list of his Memories with a pained expression, then looked down and concentrated on Saint's name.

Shadow: [Onyx Saint]

...Shadow Fragments: [196/200].

three and a half fragments away from saturating the

time to hunt for Memories anymore. There was no time for Saint to slowly recover in his care in case she got wounded, either, which was why he had not sent her to defend the wall in

could have gone and begged for a few Memories from people he knew, but there was no need. He had been prepared to fail to reach his goal on time. All it meant was that he had to sacrifice several Memories of

he cherished all of his Memories. They were all

Dark Wing and the Heavenly Burden, for example, were far from stellar Memories — however, he needed them in case there was no way to avoid an aerial fight. Other Memories

them sentimentally. More than that, he hoped to pass them on to Rain should she become

was reluctant to sacrifice it. That was the first Memory he had ever obtained, and the first Memory he had changed with sorcery. It was also a... a

Dormant Memory of the Second Tier, too. Consuming

the end, Sunny sighed bitterly and summoned three

gem made of polished red coral, and an arrow with

Second Tier he had received recently. It was as powerful as the Strike

real boon. However, Sunny had many other ways to deal high damage to a single target. The second Memory... was the Broken Oath. As always, Sunny winced when its soul eroding aura started slowly dissolving his

was facing these days, it was like a drop in the ocean. Aside from that, Saint was

Prowling Thorn. He sighed again,

gone through a lot together. But it had outlived its usefulness. Sunny would have preferred to keep the Prowling Thorn simply for utility, but the

and now, he was going to lose three more perfectly fine Memories. He felt as if

'Waste... such a waste...‘

handed the dagger, the gent, and the arrow to Saint without

eat these. Enjoy your

took the Memories and crushed them in her fists without pausing even for a moment.

she didn't even hesitate! Those were

his eyes, she saw four streams of radiant sparks being absorbed into the Shadow's body. Then,

tunes still ttung in the

Shadow Fragments: [200/200].