Shadow Slave

Sunny's life had been pretty complicated as of late.

But right now, it was very simple. All he had to do was... kill.

Kill, kill, kill.

Even the Sin of Solace seemed to be enjoying the spectacle.

There was no more hiding, no more caution, and no more trying to undersell his abilities... well, at least the most obvious and visible of his abilities. Sunny had much more tricks up his sleeve, and in fact, this display of power was meant to misdirect his opponents and draw their attention away from his more insidious talents.

However, even that did not matter right now.

All that mattered was murder.

...Dashing through the formation of the Wolves and Nightsingers like a lightning made of darkness, Sunny tore into the tide of Nightmare Creatures. The echo of his deafening roar was still rolling across the battlefield when the Sin of Solace reaped its first life. It passed through the body of a massive abomination, easily rending it into two halves.

[You have slain a...][Your shadow grows...]'It was a Fallen, huh?'

Sunny had activated the [Omen of Dread] enchantment of the jade sword, just for good measure. The faint remnant of a whisper of Ariel, the Demon of Dread, lingered on the cursed blade - all beings who witnessed it had no choice but to be stricken by terror.

The Nightmare Creatures seemed to slow down a little. The Awakened soldiers behind him trembled, too...

However, they were also being affected by the Dying Wish. Fear and inspiration fused together in their hearts to produce savage awe. The soldiers surged forward, their spirits ignited with killing intent.

The abominations, meanwhile, were being assaulted both by the feeling of fear and the irresistible desire to rip the dreadful four-armed fiend to shreds above all else. Such a contradiction was enough to drive one mad...

'Good. Give me madness... give me insanity... the more, the better!'

of Solace feel especially light,

just the effect of his body being augmented by

malice, Sunny continued

full of dark, murderous glee. His shell was brimming with so much power that it seemed as though it would soon burst at the seams. His hands

'Kill...'

of another and ignited with incandescent light, filling the air with the smell of burnt flesh. His tail shot forward, the armored spike on its tip shattering a monstrous abomination's temple. Sunny whipped his tail, throwing

took

'Kill...'

against bone, and tore the creature's jaws apart. At the same time, he severed another abomination from top to bottom with the pristine blade of the Sin of Solace. At the same time, he gutted

'All of you, die!'

At the same time...

Nephis entered the melee.

flame. Her silver hair flew in the wind like

Memories wielded by the Awakened soldiers suddenly grew vastly more

a spirit of pristine flame, and in front of her, the Nightmare Creatures seemed to melt and turn to ash. Her incandescent sword moved with such speed and precision that

was the carnage left in

seen Nephis fight in a long, long time... he had

an Ascended now, and so, swordsmanship was

being controlled by an invisible will. The air rippled from the unbearable heat, and

them, the fires moved with her like a whirlwind, burning and incinerating

monster limb from limb, Sunny

won't do... she's stealing

Jet finally joined them, followed by the Fire Keepers. The tide of abominations was

the cacophony of battle:"Spread out! Hold the line!

separated, reinforcing the faltering line of the Wolves and the Fire Keepers. At the same time, five figures stepped forward to become

Sunny, Effie, Kai... and

'What a fearsome quintet...'