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].

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

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 progress was slow as of late. Now that Changing Star had arrived in Antarctica, though, that was bound

had received in the recent battle, then turned

Armor], [Dawn Shard], [Dark Wing],

and challenging the Second Nightmare... in fact, Sunny could learn a few things about what kind of trial she had faced from reading

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

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 silent and did

incredible Memories, indeed, no less outstanding than Morgan's

their weaves. He just did not know how

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

thinking about it made

image, Sunny continued to

are born of two worlds, belonging

Attribute Description: "There once were terrible creatures born of an unholy union between the divine and the profane. Nephilim

"Your soul is

Attribute Description: "You have inherited the

a couple new Attributes in the past years, but Nephis had not. Neither had she unlocked her Aspect Legacy... which

becoming Saints, with an

was Sunny who was

wistfully, thinking of Serpent, and turned back to the

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

essence of any Nightmare Creature destroyed by your

[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 both a

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

Ascended ones, respectively - were

can bend all fire

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

the other hand... was a bit