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].

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

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, that was bound

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

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

the Dream Realm and challenging the Second

he held himself back. Perhaps it was stupid, but... he did not want to

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

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

to borrow a few to study their

need it for a couple of

about it made him

Sunny continued to study the

worlds, belonging to

Attribute Description: "There once were terrible creatures born of an unholy union between the divine and the profane. Nephilim were the most beautiful, and the most

Description: "Your soul is aflame with

"You have inherited the lineage of Sun

in the past years, but Nephis had not. Neither had she unlocked her Aspect Legacy... which was not very surprising. Each Aspect was

rare, and most only accomplished that feat after becoming Saints, with an even smaller number doing so as Masters. Otherwise, there would have been

it was Sunny

sighed wistfully, thinking of Serpent, and turned back to

doomed to exist in the

absorb a portion of the soul essence of

with the purest of flames. That flame can both restore and destroy, and is both

had grown slightly more versatile since the Forgotten Shore, now

and Ascended ones, respectively - were new. The Awakened Ability

Manipulation] Ability Description: "You can bend all

fire did not have to be her own - although she could

other hand... was a