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, he doubted that they would be of

be able

Neph's condition... was unknown.

off the creature

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

had not been wasting time. She

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

'Summer Knight!'

was not one Saint, but two. The two Transcendents of Clan Song and Clan Valor

sure that Nephis was still alive. After doing that, he took

wash over him. He only kept up with the ensuing fight through shadow sense, tense and

the Gate Guardian... was a harrowing foe, even for the Saints. However, despite all its power and uncanny

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 longer to close. Some even remained open, as if something was preventing

was something

a distance. It

'Cassie?'

Cassie who had led

tension drain from his mangled

of their edge, and there were drops of blood falling from its nose. Bestmaster was not

can

grew weak, 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

to heal its wounds. The Saints attacked it without pause, methodical in their relentless assault. Sunny could not see them, but felt the shape and position of the shadows change at a frantic

that pace slowed

point, one of the

vessel of the Gate Guardian had been reduced to a pile of unrecognizable

Beastmaster and Summer Knight, but

then opened his

died, Bestamster turned around and walked over to Seishan. Kneeling in front of the hideous monster, the beautiful demoness gently placed

Seishan. I

slowly grew smaller, turning back into an exquisitely beautiful young woman with silken grey

a few more words to her sister, then rose to her

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