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].

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

day in the Antarctic Center, either, so her progress was slow as of late. Now that Changing Star had arrived in

in the recent battle, then turned his

Legion Armor], [Dawn Shard],

had received while wandering the Dream Realm and challenging the Second Nightmare... in fact,

he held himself back. Perhaps it was stupid, but... he did

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 not push him to reveal his secrets. He was very thankful for

not a Saint, though. He felt no qualms about studying the Memories that clan Valor had provided to Neph. They were incredible Memories, indeed, no

study their weaves. He just did

Neph, could you please take off your armor? I need it for a couple of weeks... no,

about it made

dreadful image, Sunny

[Flame of Divinity], [The Fire].[Dreamspawn] Attribute Description: "You are born of two worlds, belonging

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

Attribute Description: "Your soul is aflame with the light of

Fire] Attribute Description: "You have inherited the lineage of Sun

but Nephis had not. Neither had she unlocked her Aspect Legacy... which was not

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

Sunny who was an

Serpent, and turned back to the shimmering

Bringer].Aspect Rank: Divine.Aspect Description: [You are a creature of light that was banished and doomed to exist in the darkness. You bring radiance and

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

[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

of Neph's three Aspect Abilities - it had grown slightly

her Awakened and Ascended ones, respectively -

Manipulation] Ability Description: "You can

not have to be her

Ascended Ability, on the other hand... was a