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.

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 to

Neph's condition... was unknown.

Beastmaster finish off the creature

was rendered meaningless. Sunny had also received an answer to why the beautiful demoness was wasting time conversing

been wasting time. She

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

'Summer Knight!'

was not one Saint, but two. The two Transcendents of Clan Song and Clan Valor seemed to have made a temporary

escaped from Sunny's lips. He summoned the runes and glanced at them to make sure that Nephis was still

his eyes, Sunny allowed the pain to wash over him. He only kept up with the ensuing fight

the Saints. However, despite all its power and uncanny tenacity, it didn't seem to be a match for

were both outstanding. Especially Beastmaster - he noticed that wounds delivered by her took a

something

a

'Cassie?'

who had

felt some tension drain from

become a little muddled. Its attacks lost some of their edge, and there were drops

can actually

shadows were revealed amidst molten sand and obsidian glass - one crumpled and motionless, the other standing above it. Then,

The Saints attacked it without pause, methodical in their relentless assault.

that

of the shadows grew

been reduced to a

easy for Beastmaster and Summer Knight, but both

opened his eyes

Kneeling in front of the hideous monster, the beautiful demoness gently placed

I was on

her, the monstrous creature slowly grew smaller, turning back into an exquisitely beautiful young woman with silken grey

few more words to her sister, then rose to

shifted to Morgan, who was kneeling on the sand a few dozen meters away. The