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].

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

almost every day in the

received in the

[Starlight Legion Armor], [Dawn Shard], [Dark

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

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

extend his own trust toward Effie and Kai. Before that, his friends had respected his desire to remain silent

Neph. They were incredible Memories, indeed, no less outstanding than Morgan's Warbow -

a few to study their weaves. He just did

for a couple of weeks...

it made him

image, Sunny

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

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

"Your soul is

have inherited

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

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

Sunny who was

sighed wistfully, thinking of Serpent, and turned back to the

banished and doomed to exist in the darkness. You bring radiance and warmth to wherever you

Description: "You can directly absorb a portion of the soul essence of any Nightmare Creature destroyed by your flames, as

purest of flames.

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

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

Ability Description: "You can bend all fire to

fire, turning it into her weapon. That fire did not have to be her

on the other