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!'

feel especially light, sharp,

effect of his body being

of rapturous malice,

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

'Kill...'

abomination's head flying away in a fountain of blood. The Cruel Sight pierced the throat 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 the collapsing corpse into

took

'Kill...'

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 a third one with the silver shortsword that was burning with the immolating heat of divine

'All of you, die!'

At the same time...

Nephis entered the melee.

flame. Her silver hair flew in the wind like a radiant crown, and on her forehead was a simple band of

them, the Memories wielded by the Awakened soldiers suddenly grew vastly

front of her, the Nightmare Creatures seemed to melt and turn to ash. Her incandescent sword moved with such speed and precision that it was

that could be seen was the carnage

not seen Nephis fight in a long, long time... he had almost forgotten how

now, and so, swordsmanship

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

them, the fires moved with her like a whirlwind,

limb from limb,

she's

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

out the cacophony of battle:"Spread out! Hold

faltering line of the Wolves and the Fire Keepers. At the same time, five figures stepped forward to become the wavebreakers against the flood of

Effie, Kai...

'What a fearsome quintet...'