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.

remaining members of the survivor group... were alive. No one had died yet, from 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 was a pained expression

himself would not be

Neph's condition... was unknown.

off the creature

also received an

wasting time. She had been stalling for

of pure radiance attacked the vessel of the Great Guardian from behind. At the same moment, Beastmaster dashed

'Summer Knight!'

Clan Song and Clan Valor seemed to have made a temporary

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

allowed the pain to wash over him. He only kept up

for the Saints. However, despite all its power

have been different 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

something

at a distance.

'Cassie?'

it was Cassie who had

drain from

muddled. Its attacks lost some of their edge, and there were

they can actually manage

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.

vessel was taking longer and longer to heal its wounds. The Saints attacked it without pause, methodical in their relentless assault. Sunny could not see them,

torturously... that

one of

Gate Guardian had been reduced to a pile of unrecognizable

not been easy for Beastmaster and Summer Knight, but both of them were left

opened his eyes and slowly sat

Seishan. Kneeling in front of the hideous monster, the beautiful demoness gently

I

front of her, the monstrous creature slowly grew smaller, turning back into an exquisitely beautiful young woman with silken grey skin. Her

whispered a few more words to her sister, then

dozen meters away. The smile disappeared from