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.

injured. Only Morgan and Saint looked like they could still fight... and Effie, too, although there was a pained expression

would not be able

Neph's condition... was unknown.

off the

received an answer to why the beautiful demoness was wasting time conversing with the

wasting time. She

sky grew a little brighter, a figure made of pure radiance attacked the vessel of the Great Guardian from behind.

'Summer Knight!'

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

He summoned the runes and glanced at them to make sure that Nephis was still alive. After doing

over him. He only kept up with the ensuing

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

were any other two Transcendents, but Beastmaster and Sir Gilead were both outstanding. Especially Beastmaster - he noticed that wounds delivered by her took

something

a distance. It was slender, delicate...

'Cassie?'

had led the Saints to

tension drain from

were drops of blood falling from its nose.

they can actually

they did, however, the bonfire of incinerating white flame suddenly grew weak, and then disappeared. Two shadows were revealed amidst molten sand and obsidian

attacked it without pause, methodical in their relentless assault. Sunny could not see them, but felt the shape and position of the shadows change at a

that pace slowed

some point, one of the shadows

Guardian had been reduced to a pile of unrecognizable

for Beastmaster and Summer Knight, but both of them were

opened his

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

Seishan. I

exquisitely beautiful young woman with silken grey skin. Her

words to her sister, then

dozen meters away. The smile