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 have been

many Nightmare Creatures while Sunny had been going from one dire battle to another almost every day in the Antarctic Center,

the recent battle, then turned his attention back to

[Dream Blade], [Starlight Legion Armor],

the Dream Realm and challenging the Second Nightmare... in fact, Sunny

he held himself

trust toward Effie and

had provided to Neph. They were incredible Memories, indeed, no

borrow a few to study their weaves. He just did not know

take off your armor? I need it for a

thinking about it made

away the dreadful image, Sunny continued to study

Fire].[Dreamspawn] Attribute Description: "You are born of two worlds, belonging to both, but welcomed in neither. Your soul

between the divine and the profane. Nephilim were the most beautiful, and the

of Divinity] Attribute Description: "Your soul is aflame with

"You have

had not. Neither had she unlocked her Aspect Legacy... which was not very surprising. Each Aspect

only accomplished that feat after becoming Saints, with an even smaller number doing so as Masters. Otherwise, there would have been countless Legacy clans in the

it was Sunny who was

Serpent, and

and doomed to exist in the darkness. You bring

absorb a portion of the soul essence of any Nightmare

"Your soul burns with the purest of flames. That flame can both

Aspect Abilities - it had grown slightly more versatile

Awakened and Ascended ones, respectively - were new. The Awakened Ability

"You can bend all fire to

her weapon. That fire did not have to be her own - although she could produce flames

on the other hand... was