Shadow Slave

By the time Sunny and Nephis escaped from the noxious cloud, the situation on the battlefield had changed.

The Wolves, the Nightsingers, and the Fire Keepers were cut off from the Nightmare Creatures by the deathly miasma, so they received a few moments of respite. The poison itself, meanwhile, was blown into the depths of the horde by Sky Tide's winds, wreaking havoc among the abominations.

Suddenly, the pressure on the center of the army formation lessened.

The fighting on the flanks, however, only grew more furious.

Sunny reached the line of soldiers, passed between the forward fighters, and plopped down on the ground, breathing heavily. Nephis was in no better state than him - worse, actually. The pain of having to use her Abilities for so long had taken a toll on her.

She lowered herself to the ground near him, staring at the mud with distant eyes. The Awakened met their return with wide smiles, faces shining with relief and triumph. Seeing that the two Masters were exhausted and needed to catch their breaths, they closed ranks around them and prepared their weapons, watching the hazy wall of swirling miasma with cold focus.

If something suddenly lunged at the formation from the poisonous haze, the soldiers were prepared to meet it with sharp blades.

Sunny slowly exhaled, returning from the rampant state of battle frenzy. Then, he looked up.

The fall of one of the titans was a great victory in and of itself. However, it had meaning far beyond the death of a powerful abomination...

Much more important was the fact that the death of the winged horror would inevitably cause a cascade of meaningful consequences. In fact, the chain reaction was already beginning.

other spots on the battlefield. The steel-winged bird of prey fell like a sword of heavens, obliterating a vast swath of crawling vines that Summer Knight, Dire Fang, and

strongest suit had never been facing a single, overwhelmingly powerful adversary - in the battle against the winged titan, he could only provide support

weaker targets, however, Wake of Ruin was finally able

with sharp talons and even sharper beaks. If those were ordinary carrion birds, they would not have been able to do much damage to the monstrous creatures... however, they were not. Each of the crows was a manifestation of

enough, ten would gather to riddle the creature with ghastly wounds. If ten was not enough, a hundred would descend on the monster like a hungry

massacre that had taken

the scales of the

the Awakened soldiers, the army formation regained its vigor, and even started pushing the horde back. Soon

the remaining two titans was sealed. The appalling mountain of flesh and the ghostly apparition were felled in short succession, letting

outcome of the battle was not yet decided. The advantage was on the side of the humans, but even with the Transcendents

and spent after their clash with the titans, and the number of abominations was simply too great. There remained truly powerful creatures among them, as well... tyrants, devils, and demons of all

ordinary enemy would have had their morale broken and fled after sustaining terrible losses and watching four mighty titans, the driving force

annihilation would

so, that was what

the army stood its ground and slaughtered the Nightmare Creatures until

abominations turned into a sea of corpses. The ghastly carpet of monstrous bodies covered the plain, stretching far into the distance. Countless crows filled the sky, and

was the most glorious thing

battle they had just won was simply too unbelievable. Even after witnessing massive sieges in the Antarctica Center, Sunny was