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].

reveal the fact that she possessed a Divine Aspect and multiple soul cores -

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

wondered how many soul fragments she had received in the recent battle, then turned

Blade], [Starlight Legion Armor], [Dawn Shard], [Dark Wing], [Nameless

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

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

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

studying the Memories that clan Valor had provided to Neph. They were incredible Memories, indeed, no

to study their weaves. He just

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

it

image, Sunny

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

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

Description: "Your soul is

"You have inherited the lineage of

not. Neither had she unlocked her Aspect Legacy... which was not very surprising. Each Aspect was unique, after all, and possessed unique requirements for

an even smaller number doing so as Masters. Otherwise, there would have been countless Legacy clans

it was Sunny who was an

and turned back to the

exist in the darkness. You bring radiance and

can directly absorb a portion of the soul essence of any Nightmare Creature destroyed by your

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

familiar with the first of Neph's three Aspect Abilities - it had grown slightly more

other two Abilities - her Awakened and Ascended ones, respectively - were new. The Awakened Ability

"You can bend all fire

to be her own - although she could produce flames if there

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