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].

shards from the treasury of clan Valor after being adopted by them. However, she could not reveal the fact

Creatures while Sunny had been going from one dire battle to another almost every day in the Antarctic Center, either, so her progress was slow as

the recent

Legion Armor], [Dawn Shard], [Dark Wing], [Nameless

Second Nightmare... in fact, Sunny could learn a

Nephis did not want to talk about her harrowing experience, he held himself back. Perhaps it was stupid, but... he did not want to invade

also wanted her to tell him herself. Sunny knew what a precious and fragile thing trust was... it had taken a lot for him to extend his own trust toward Effie and Kai. Before that, his friends had respected his desire to remain silent and did not

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

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

armor? I need it for a couple of weeks... no, no I

thinking about it made

away the dreadful image, Sunny

are born of two worlds, belonging to both, but welcomed in neither. Your soul exists on the

were terrible creatures born of an unholy union between the divine and the profane. Nephilim were the most beautiful, and the most harrowing of them

soul is aflame with

have inherited the lineage

changed. Sunny himself had received a couple new Attributes in the past years, but Nephis had not. Neither had she unlocked her Aspect Legacy... which was not very surprising. Each Aspect was unique, after all, and possessed unique requirements for

received their Legacies were rare, and most only accomplished that feat after becoming Saints, with an even smaller number

Sunny who was

wistfully, thinking of Serpent, and turned

[You are a creature of light that was banished and doomed to exist in the darkness.

essence of any Nightmare Creature destroyed by

Description: "Your soul burns with the purest of flames.

three Aspect Abilities - it had grown slightly more versatile since the Forgotten Shore, now augmenting

two Abilities - her Awakened and Ascended ones, respectively

Description: "You can bend all fire

was how Nephis was able to control fire, turning it into her weapon. That fire did not have to be her own -

other hand... was a