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].

from the treasury of clan Valor after being adopted by them. However, she could not reveal the fact that she possessed a Divine Aspect and multiple soul cores - requesting more

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

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

Legion Armor],

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

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

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, his friends

They were incredible

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

I need it for a couple

about it made

Sunny continued to

worlds, belonging to both, but welcomed in neither. Your soul exists

terrible creatures born of an unholy union between the divine and the profane. Nephilim were the most beautiful, and the

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

Fire] Attribute Description: "You have

Neither had she unlocked her Aspect Legacy... which was not very surprising. Each Aspect was unique, after

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

was Sunny who was

thinking of Serpent, and turned back

was banished and doomed to exist in the darkness. You bring radiance and warmth to wherever you go, but with it comes

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

"Your soul burns with the purest of flames. That flame can both restore

of Neph's three Aspect Abilities - it had grown slightly more versatile since the Forgotten Shore, now augmenting the soul, as well, but otherwise remained the

Awakened and Ascended ones,

Ability Description: "You can bend all fire

be her own - although she could produce flames if

on the other hand... was a bit