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.

severely injured. Only Morgan and 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,

himself would not be able

Neph's condition... was unknown.

finish off

meaningless. Sunny had also received an answer to why the beautiful demoness was

had not been wasting time. She

a figure made of pure radiance attacked the vessel of the Great

'Summer Knight!'

of Clan

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

the pain to wash over him. He only kept up with the ensuing fight through

However, despite all its power and uncanny tenacity, it didn't seem to be

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

was something

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

'Cassie?'

it was Cassie who had led the

felt some tension drain from

lost some of their edge, and there were drops

think... they can actually

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 swayed and

The Saints attacked it without pause, methodical in their relentless assault. Sunny could not see them, but felt the shape

torturously... that pace

then, at some point, one of the shadows grew shallow and

the Gate Guardian had been

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

then opened his eyes

Kneeling in front of the hideous monster, the beautiful demoness

here, Seishan. I was

beautiful young woman with silken grey skin. Her body was beaten and broken, but

a few more words to her sister,

dozen meters away. The smile disappeared from her lips. The look in the beautiful Saint's