Shadow Slave

Bestmaster's fist was still protruding from the abomination's chest, but in the next moment, she tore it out, almost ripping the entire corpse apart.

She seemed angry... really angry.

"How dare you raise a hand to my sister..."

Before the abomination could assemble itself back together, the beautiful Saint kicked it, sending the mangled corpse flying back. It landed on the sand a dozen meters away, twitched slightly, and then rose, already knitting itself into a single whole again.

The two of them stood opposite each other, looking intently at the enemy. The creature was bloodied and beaten, but eerily calm. There was a smile on its lips.

Beastmaster looked just as battered, her face torn and painted with blood. Her expression was dark and full of cold fury.

She gritted her teeth and spat:

"I won't show you mercy."

The corpse stared at her with a smile.

Then, it suddenly spoke.

Tilting its head, the corpse asked:

"...What is mercy?"

The Saint's expression slightly changed.

'What the hell... why are they talking...'

Sunny tried to stand up and only succeeded by using the Sin of Solace as a crutch. He was struggling to breathe, but it was alright... as the great connoisseur of physical trauma that he was, Sunny judged his condition as not really life-threatening.

For now.

He couldn't really understand why Beastmaster was wasting her time issuing threats to a great abomination instead of attacking it, but that had given him time to assess the situation, at least.

of them were severely injured. Only Morgan and Saint looked like they could still fight... and Effie, too, although there

himself would not be able

Neph's condition... was unknown.

finish off the

next moment, however, that question was rendered meaningless. Sunny had also received an answer

time. She

pouring from the incandescent sky grew a little brighter, a figure made of pure radiance attacked the vessel of

'Summer Knight!'

was not one Saint, but two. The two Transcendents of Clan Song and

Sunny's lips. He summoned the runes and glanced at them to make sure that Nephis was still alive. After

allowed the pain to wash over him. He only kept up with the ensuing fight through

Guardian... was a harrowing foe, even for the Saints. However, despite all its power

Gilead were both outstanding. Especially Beastmaster - he noticed that wounds delivered by her took a lot longer to close.

was something else,

at a

'Cassie?'

had led the Saints

some tension drain

and there were drops of blood falling from its nose. Bestmaster was not

they can actually manage

and then disappeared. Two shadows were revealed amidst molten sand and obsidian glass - one crumpled and motionless, the other standing above it. Then, the

heal its wounds. The Saints attacked it without pause, methodical in their relentless assault. Sunny could not see them, but felt the shape and

that

point, one of the shadows grew

had been reduced to a pile

Beastmaster and Summer Knight, but

teeth, then opened his eyes and slowly

the creature died, Bestamster turned around and walked over to Seishan. Kneeling in front

Seishan. I

slowly grew smaller, turning back into an exquisitely beautiful young woman with silken grey skin. Her body was beaten and broken, but she was alive, and

words to her sister, then

few dozen meters