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].

clan Valor after being adopted by them. However, she could not reveal the fact that she possessed a Divine Aspect and multiple soul

to another almost every day in the Antarctic Center, either, so her progress was slow

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

Legion Armor],

the Second Nightmare... in fact, Sunny could learn a few

since Nephis did not want to talk about her harrowing experience, he held himself

trust toward Effie and Kai.

was not a Saint, 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 for the specific purpose of slaughtering Nightmare Creatures and

fact, he really wanted to borrow a few to study their weaves. He just did not know

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

thinking about it made him

dreadful image, Sunny continued to

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

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

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

Attribute Description: "You have

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 Aspect was unique, after all,

accomplished that feat after becoming Saints, with an even smaller number doing so

Sunny who

and

to exist in the darkness. You bring radiance and warmth to wherever you go, but with

the soul essence of any Nightmare Creature destroyed by your flames, as well as of any

Flame], [Flame Manipulation], [Longing].[Soul Flame] Ability Description: "Your soul burns with the purest of flames. That flame can both restore and destroy, and is both a blessing

three Aspect Abilities - it had grown slightly

- her Awakened and Ascended ones, respectively

Description: "You can

did not have to be her own - although she could produce flames if there were none

on the other hand... was a