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].

by them. However, she could not reveal the fact that she possessed a Divine Aspect and multiple soul cores - requesting more than a thousand would

in the Antarctic Center, either, so her progress was slow as of late.

wondered how many soul fragments she had received in the recent battle, then turned his attention

[Dream Blade], [Starlight Legion Armor], [Dawn Shard], [Dark Wing], [Nameless

was a long 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 few things about what kind of trial she had faced from reading

himself back. Perhaps it was stupid, but... he did not want to invade

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

though. He felt no qualms 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

study their weaves.

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

about it made

away the dreadful image, Sunny continued

are born of two worlds, belonging to both,

the divine and the profane. Nephilim were

Divinity] Attribute Description: "Your soul is aflame with

Attribute Description: "You have inherited the lineage of Sun

Nephis had not. Neither had she unlocked her Aspect Legacy... which was not

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

was Sunny who

and turned back to the

was banished and doomed to exist in

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

soul burns with the purest of flames. That flame can

of Neph's three Aspect Abilities - it had grown slightly more versatile since

Abilities - her Awakened and Ascended ones, respectively

Description: "You can

control fire, turning it into her weapon. That fire did not have to be her own - although she could produce flames if there were none around at the cost of feeling

on the other hand...