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.

Saint looked like they could still fight... and Effie, too, although there was a pained expression on her face. With how exhausted and beaten they were, though, he doubted that they

himself would not be

Neph's condition... was unknown.

finish off the creature

received an answer to

been wasting time. She had been stalling for

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

'Summer Knight!'

two Transcendents of Clan Song and

He summoned the runes and glanced at them to make sure that Nephis was still alive. After doing that, he took a step back

the pain to wash over him. He only kept up

Gate Guardian... was a harrowing foe, even for the Saints. However, despite

outstanding. Especially Beastmaster - he noticed that wounds delivered by her took a lot longer

something else,

a fourth shadow standing at a distance. It

'Cassie?'

who had led the Saints

drain

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

can actually manage

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 shadow

pause, methodical in their relentless assault. Sunny could not see them, but felt the shape and position of the shadows change at

torturously... that pace

one of the shadows grew shallow

the Gate Guardian had been

for Beastmaster and Summer Knight, but both of

opened

Kneeling in front of the hideous monster,

I was on

with silken

whispered a few more words to her sister,

sand a few dozen meters away. The