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].

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 than a thousand would have been

one dire battle to another almost every day in the Antarctic Center, either, so her progress was slow as of late. Now that

the recent battle, then turned

Legion Armor], [Dawn Shard], [Dark

received while wandering the Dream Realm and challenging the Second Nightmare... in fact, Sunny could learn a few things

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

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 not push him to reveal his secrets. He

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

a few to study their weaves.

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

thinking about it

dreadful image, Sunny continued to study the

Description: "You are born of two worlds, belonging to both, but welcomed in neither. Your soul exists on the edge between nightmare

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

Description: "Your soul

"You have inherited the lineage of

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, and

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

it was Sunny

sighed wistfully, thinking of Serpent, and turned back to the

exist in the darkness. You bring radiance

[Halfbreed].[Halfbreed] Ability Description: "You can directly absorb a portion of the soul essence

with the purest of flames. That flame can both

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

ones, respectively

Ability Description: "You can bend all

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

the other hand... was