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.

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

would not be able

Neph's condition... was unknown.

finish off the creature

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

had not been wasting time. She had been stalling

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

'Summer Knight!'

one Saint, but two. The two Transcendents of Clan Song and

to make sure that Nephis was still

the pain to wash over him. He only kept

harrowing foe, even for the Saints. However, despite all its power and uncanny tenacity, it

- he noticed that wounds delivered

something else,

fourth shadow standing at a distance. It was slender, delicate...

'Cassie?'

was Cassie who had led

some tension drain from

muddled. Its attacks lost some of their edge, and there were drops of blood falling from its nose. Bestmaster was not only fighting it, but also

they can actually manage

revealed amidst molten sand and

without pause, methodical in their relentless assault. Sunny could not see them, but felt the shape and position of the

that pace slowed

of the

of the Gate Guardian had been reduced to a pile of

for Beastmaster and Summer Knight, but

gritted his teeth, then opened his

around and walked over to Seishan. Kneeling in front of

Seishan. I was on

with silken grey skin. Her body was beaten and broken, but she was alive, and even conscious, albeit

whispered a few more words to her sister, then

Morgan, who was kneeling on the sand a few dozen meters away. The smile disappeared from her lips. The look in the beautiful Saint's one