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].

not reveal the fact that she possessed a Divine Aspect and multiple soul cores -

almost every day in the Antarctic Center, either, so her progress was slow as of late. Now that Changing Star had arrived in

soul fragments she had received in the recent battle, then turned his

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

she had received while wandering the Dream Realm and challenging the Second Nightmare... in fact, Sunny could learn a few things about what kind of trial she had faced from

since 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 her

fragile thing trust was... it had taken a lot for him to extend his own trust toward Effie and Kai. Before that, his friends

about studying the Memories that clan Valor had provided to Neph. They were incredible Memories, indeed, no less outstanding than Morgan's Warbow - each crafted for the specific

study their weaves. He just

off your armor? I need it for a couple of weeks... no, no I won't wear it...

about it made him

dreadful image, Sunny continued to study

[Dreamspawn], [Nephilim], [Flame of Divinity], [The Fire].[Dreamspawn] Attribute Description: "You are born of two worlds, belonging to

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

Description: "Your soul is aflame with

Attribute Description: "You have

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 acquiring the

an even smaller number doing so as Masters.

Sunny who was an

of Serpent, and turned

creature of light that was banished and doomed to exist in the darkness. You bring radiance and warmth

essence of any Nightmare Creature destroyed by

soul burns with the purest of flames. That

had grown slightly more

other two Abilities - her Awakened and Ascended ones,

Ability Description: "You can bend

be her own - although she could produce flames if there were none around at the cost of feeling

on the other hand... was