Shadow Slave

1044 The Fall of Falcon Scott (62)

'Die, die, die…'

Sunny kept trying to strangle the Scavenger in a strange reversal of their previous encounter. His face was contorted into a bestial snarl, and his eyes were burning with indescribable bloodlust.

The Scavenger, however, was not easily killed. At first, he seemed to have panicked and tried to throw Sunny off himself, but after realizing that getting rid of the small human was all but impossible, the abomination calmed down, stared at him with seething hatred, and tried to stab him in the back with the black tusk.

The tip of the crude saber bit into the silk of the Graceless Dusk, and failed to pierce it.

Sunny laughed with savage joy.

"Try harder, bastard!"

The Scavenger obliged.

Dropping the tusk, he grabbed Sunny by the collar… and, instead of trying to push him away, instead pulled him down. The two of them were suddenly face-to-face.

'Crap…'

The jagged line splitting the abomination's helmet opened, and countless sharp fangs instantly sank into Sunny's cheek.

"Aaaaaargh!"

Realizing that he was moments from having his face bitten off, Sunny let go of the fiend's neck and delivered a vicious punch into his solar plexus. Then, he grabbed the creature's jaws, pushed them open by a few millimeters, and staggered back.

The Scavenger once again let out a hoarse, hateful laugh, his teeth painted by Sunny's blood.

side of his face was all torn, but at least he did

'You horrid wretch!'

strike down the fiend before he stood up. However, the creature simply turned into a shadow instead, trying to flee and

"Not so fast!"

slowing down, Sunny dove into the

flying away, and the shapeless form that Sunny pursued. All of the abandoned area

Scavenger… as a shadow creature of the Corrupted Rank, here, he was vast and dreadful, much more so

Sunny held

couple of times, and was all but helpless each time. But Sunny had

to Shadow Control, Shadow Manifestation… and especially his recent breakthrough, which he decided to

was currently

on the fleeing Scavenger, Sunny willed his shapeless body to change. Instantly, it

a shadow for long, Sunny did not waste any time and tore into the formless abomination. Instantly, it was as though a soundless

to hurt him in this realm, which he must have considered absolutely

but not nearly as much as the damned goblin. Partially because the creature's blows were rudimentary

not having any effect, too. Escaping Sunny's cruel claws, he instantly escaped

through the ruins, exchanging a series of blows. Sunny received several more wounds, but the hateful fiend… his armor was still as

do I have to do for you to

Of course, that was not going to be of any use…

wall, there was a slope of charred rubble. They fell down, ending up

Sunny had lost his swords, and the creature had lost its black saber. The two of them stared at each other for a moment, both full

the Scavenger's gaze

Sunny's face changed, too.

was because he felt a slight tremor spreading through the ground beneath them. His eyes

'Hell…'

intelligence, was really too naive. The explosion

however, the creature did not know that. He had only gained full sentience a In front of him, the battered fiend suddenly recoiled, trying to escape into the shadows once again — this time,