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].

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

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 progress was slow as of

in the recent battle, then turned his

Blade], [Starlight Legion Armor], [Dawn

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

Nephis did not want to talk about her harrowing experience, he held himself back. Perhaps it was stupid, but... he did not want

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

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

a few to study their weaves. He

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

about it

Sunny continued to

of two worlds, belonging to both, but welcomed in

the divine and the profane. Nephilim

Description: "Your soul

"You have

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, and possessed

rare, and most only accomplished that feat after becoming Saints, with an even

was Sunny who was an

of Serpent, and turned back to the shimmering

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

directly absorb a portion of the soul essence of any Nightmare Creature destroyed by your flames, as

of flames. That flame can both restore and destroy, and is both a

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

and Ascended ones, respectively - were

Manipulation] Ability Description: "You can bend all

Nephis was able to control fire, turning it into her weapon. That fire did not have to be her own

Ability, on the other