Shadow Slave

There had been a time when Sunny studied Changing Star's runes like a man obsessed. His whole life had been built around the desire to overtake her on the path to power.

He might have even done a few careless things in that pursuit.

At some point, however, Sunny had lost the desire to compare himself to Nephis, at least in this way. The first change had happened because of her return from the Dream Realm. The second... sometime in the Antarctic Center, he had lost the habit of summoning her runes every day.

Shadow fragments, soul fragments - those were not a true measure of strength, anyway. Sunny had seen countless mundane soldiers stand and fight against the Nightmare Creatures, never surrendering despite the dire disparity of power between them. If those people were weak, then he did not know whom to call strong.

And so, at some point, he had stopped paying constant attention to Neph's runes without even noticing it.

Now, however, Sunny had the Mirror of Truth. So, he decided that it was worth taking another look.

The familiar symbols shimmered, forming into strings:

Name: Nephis.True Name: Changing Star.Rank: Ascended.Class: Tyrant.Soul Cores: [5/7].

He stared at that number for a few moments.

After years of lagging behind, Sunny had finally caught up to her... wasn't it so very funny that he had only been able to do so after stopping caring about the race?

A light smile appeared on his face.

'Whatever... she still has more fragments than I do. She'll be a Terror sooner than me.'

But did it really matter? In the end, they would both be Titans. That day was not as far away as it had once seemed, now.

Sunny continued to read:

Soul Fragments: [2719/5000].

the fact that she possessed a Divine Aspect and multiple soul cores - requesting more than a thousand would

the Antarctic Center, either, so her progress was slow as of late. Now that

she had received in the recent battle, then turned his

Legion Armor],

of them she had received while wandering the Dream Realm and challenging the Second Nightmare... in fact, Sunny could

talk about her harrowing experience, he held himself back. Perhaps it was stupid,

fragile thing trust was... it had taken a lot for him to extend his own trust toward Effie and

were incredible Memories, indeed, no less outstanding than Morgan's Warbow - each crafted for

to borrow a few to study their weaves. He

you please take off your armor? I need it for a couple of weeks... no, no

it

dreadful image, Sunny continued

are born of two worlds, belonging to both,

"There once were terrible creatures born of an unholy union between the divine

"Your soul is aflame

have inherited the lineage of

the past years, but Nephis had not. Neither had she unlocked her Aspect Legacy... which was

who received their Legacies were rare, and most only accomplished that feat after becoming Saints, with an even smaller number doing so as Masters. Otherwise, there would have been countless

was Sunny

of Serpent, and turned back to the

Rank: Divine.Aspect Description: [You are a creature of light that was banished and doomed to exist in the darkness. You bring radiance and warmth to

can directly absorb a portion of the soul essence of any Nightmare Creature

Ability Description: "Your soul burns with the purest of

Abilities - it had grown slightly more

other two Abilities - her Awakened and Ascended ones, respectively - were

"You can bend

her weapon. That fire did not have to be her own - although she could produce flames if there were none around

on the other hand... was