Shadow Slave

Sunny helped the pilot climb out of the ravaged MWP, then looked around somberly. The ruin of the city was covered by the signs of a fierce battle... sadly, he had been too late to arrive. Most of the soldiers were already dead.

'Damn it...

He. had noticed the commotion in the ruins by chance, while making his way through the wilderness to accomplish a different mission. If not for the habit of sending his shadows in a wide circle around him, Sunny would have never even known that a squad of human soldiers had been trapped here. He used Shadow Step to arrive as swiftly as he could, but ended up saving only one.

With a sigh, Sunny helped the young woman climb down from the wreck of the MWP, summoned the Endless Spring, and handed it to her.

"Here. Drink some water."

The pilot kept staring at him strangely, but he was long used to such stares. He gave her some time, then took the glass bottle back and asked, making sure to keep his voice neutral:

"I am sorry about your comrades... but how did you guys end up in this sector? Did you not receive the message that it was designated as a black zone by Army Command?"

The young woman grimaced.

"We... did, sir. But by then, it was already too late. We were on a routine patrol along the Seventeenth Evacuation Corridor when we came under attack from a swarm of Nightmare Creatures. We beat them back and pursued... sadly, a few minutes later, a Gate opened right behind us. We were quickly surrounded, and had to run for our lives. We ran all the way to this city, and..."

She sighed.

Sunny awkwardly patted the pilot on the shoulder.

"I see. I know a thing or two about bad luck, lieutenant... it can get anyone. You did your best."

was

place just

coastal fortress. Maintaining it was of vital importance to

on a mission to scout out a potential threat to that

for an Ascended, of course. In the end, Sunny refused another command assignment and requested

pose a serious threat to the siege capitals, keeping tabs on their movements, and even attempting

of powerful Masters, and each of them either had an Aspect uniquely suitable for such work

granted him a lot of freedom

been something Sunny

too

at the MWP pilot and

for long, though this place isn't safe, and I am on a timer." Looking at her, he couldn't help but.

There was no news of the gallant

NQSC long ago. He was now slowly recovering in the hospital complex of the Academy, and doing quite well -

had been transferred to the Strategic Intelligence Department of Army Command. Now, her Aspect was being used to determine the vulnerabilities of various Nightmare Creatures on a wide scale, and disseminate

specialists stationed at army headquarters, but Kim was doing

reached safety a while back, too. Sunny and she kept in touch, sending each other messages once in a while. However, he had a feeling that the young woman wanted to forget what had happened in the Southern Quadrant, at least for now. Talking to him was perhaps a painful

and not showing any symptoms of being infected by the Spell. The Serpent was protecting

As for himself...

of the great clans. I lie had spent fragments on the little imp first, then hunted down numerous abominations in hopes of forming the

his communication device suddenly came alive, and a