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].

of clan Valor after being adopted by them. However, she could not reveal the fact that she

dire battle to another almost every day in the Antarctic Center, either,

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

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

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

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

her to 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,

felt no qualms about studying the Memories that clan Valor had provided to Neph. They were incredible Memories, indeed, no less outstanding

wanted to borrow a few to study their weaves.

for a couple of weeks... no, no I

thinking about it made him

image, Sunny continued to study

born of two worlds, belonging to both, but welcomed

union between the divine

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

Description: "You have

Neither had she unlocked

with an even smaller number doing so as Masters. Otherwise, there

was Sunny who was an

and turned back to

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

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

[Soul 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

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

Awakened and Ascended ones,

can bend all fire to

fire did not have to be her own - although she could produce flames if there were none around at the cost

the other hand... was