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].

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

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,

in the recent battle, then

Legion Armor], [Dawn Shard], [Dark

them she had received while wandering the Dream Realm and challenging the Second Nightmare... in fact, Sunny could learn a few things about what kind of trial she

himself

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.

the Memories that clan Valor had provided to Neph. They were incredible Memories,

wanted to borrow a few to study their weaves. He

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

thinking about it

dreadful image, Sunny continued

[Dreamspawn], [Nephilim], [Flame of Divinity], [The Fire].[Dreamspawn] Attribute Description: "You are born of two worlds, belonging to both, but welcomed in neither. Your soul

divine and the profane. Nephilim were the most beautiful, and

"Your soul is

Description: "You have inherited

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

accomplished that feat after becoming Saints, with an

it was Sunny who

thinking of Serpent, and

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

Ability Description: "You can directly absorb a portion of the soul essence of any Nightmare Creature destroyed

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

was perfectly familiar with the first of Neph's three Aspect Abilities - it had grown slightly more versatile since the Forgotten Shore, now augmenting the

Ascended ones, respectively - were new. The Awakened Ability was rather

Ability Description: "You can bend

Nephis was able to control fire, turning it into her weapon. That fire did not have to be her own - although she could produce flames if there were none around at

the other hand... was a