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].

adopted by them. However, she could not reveal the fact

one dire battle to another almost every day in the Antarctic Center, either, so her progress was slow as of late. Now that Changing Star had arrived in Antarctica, though, that was bound to

had received in the recent battle, then turned his attention back to

Armor], [Dawn Shard],

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

he held himself back.

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

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

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

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

about it made him

Sunny continued

worlds, belonging to both, but welcomed in neither. Your

terrible creatures born of an unholy union between the divine and the profane. Nephilim were the

Description: "Your soul is

Description: "You have

in the past years, but Nephis had not. Neither had she unlocked

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

was Sunny who was an

wistfully, thinking of Serpent, and turned back to the

of light that was banished and doomed to exist in the darkness. You bring radiance and warmth to wherever you go,

can directly absorb a portion of the soul essence of any Nightmare Creature destroyed by your flames, as well as of

burns with the purest of flames. That flame can both restore and destroy, and is both a blessing and a

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

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

"You can bend all fire

did not have to be her own - although she could produce flames if

Ability, on the other hand... was a