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.

them were 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,

himself would not be able to do

Neph's condition... was unknown.

off the

moment, however, that question was rendered meaningless. Sunny had also received an answer to why the beautiful demoness was wasting

had not been wasting time. She had been stalling for

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

'Summer Knight!'

Saint, but two. The two Transcendents of Clan Song and Clan Valor seemed to have

sure that Nephis was still alive. After doing

wash over him. He only

However, despite all its power

situation would 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

something else,

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

'Cassie?'

had led the Saints to their

some tension drain from his

Its attacks lost some of their edge, and there were drops

can actually

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

longer to heal its wounds. The Saints attacked it without pause, methodical in their relentless assault.

that

at some point, one of the

been reduced to a pile

and Summer Knight, but both

opened his eyes and slowly

died, Bestamster turned around and walked over to Seishan. Kneeling in front

here, Seishan. I was

creature slowly grew smaller, turning back into an exquisitely beautiful young woman with silken grey skin. Her

whispered a few more words to

gaze slowly shifted to Morgan, who was kneeling on the sand a few dozen meters away. The smile disappeared from her lips.