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].

the fact that she possessed a Divine Aspect and multiple soul cores - requesting more than a

had not been hunting down many Nightmare Creatures while Sunny had been going from one dire battle to another almost every day in the Antarctic Center, either, so her

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

[Starlight Legion Armor],

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

talk about her harrowing experience, he held himself back. Perhaps

a lot for him to extend his own trust toward Effie and Kai. Before that, his friends had

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

a few to study their weaves. He just

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

about it made him

image, Sunny continued to study

Description: "You are born of two worlds, belonging to both, but welcomed in

union between the divine and the profane. Nephilim were

Divinity] Attribute Description: "Your soul is aflame with the light

"You have inherited the lineage of

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

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

was Sunny who

and turned back

Divine.Aspect Description: [You are a creature of light that was banished and doomed to exist

the soul essence of any

[Longing].[Soul Flame] Ability Description: "Your soul burns with the purest of flames. That flame can

Neph's three Aspect Abilities - it had grown slightly

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

Description: "You can bend

weapon. That fire did not have to be her own - although she

on the other hand... was a bit