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.

what he could see. That said, all of them were severely injured. Only Morgan and Saint looked like they could still fight... and Effie, too, although there

would not be able

Neph's condition... was unknown.

Beastmaster finish off

was rendered meaningless. Sunny had also received an answer to why the beautiful demoness was wasting time conversing with the

had not been wasting time. She had

the incandescent sky grew a little brighter, a figure made of pure

'Summer Knight!'

Saint, but two. The two Transcendents of Clan Song and Clan Valor seemed to have made a temporary

escaped from Sunny's lips. He summoned the runes and glanced at them to make sure that Nephis was still alive. After doing that, he took a step back and fell onto the

eyes, Sunny allowed the pain to wash over him. He only kept up with the ensuing

even for the Saints. However, despite all its power and uncanny tenacity, it didn't seem to

if it were any other two Transcendents, but Beastmaster and Sir Gilead were both outstanding. Especially Beastmaster - he noticed that wounds delivered by her took a lot longer to close. Some even remained open, as if something was

something else,

shadow standing at a

'Cassie?'

it was Cassie who had led the

drain from

were drops of blood falling from its nose. Bestmaster was not only fighting it, but also

think... they can

the bonfire of incinerating white flame suddenly grew weak, and then disappeared. Two shadows were revealed amidst molten sand and obsidian glass - one crumpled and motionless, the other standing above it. Then, the source of the second

their

that pace slowed

some point, one of the shadows

the Gate Guardian had been reduced to a

battle had not been easy for Beastmaster and

teeth, then opened his eyes

creature died, Bestamster turned around and walked over to Seishan. Kneeling in front of the hideous monster, the beautiful demoness

Seishan. I was on

exquisitely beautiful young woman with

a few more words to her sister,

who was kneeling on the sand a few dozen meters away. The smile disappeared from her lips. The look