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.

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 on her face. With how exhausted and beaten they were, though, he doubted that they would be of

would not be

Neph's condition... was unknown.

finish off the

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

wasting time. She had been stalling for

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

'Summer Knight!'

Clan Song and Clan Valor seemed

at them to make sure that Nephis was still

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

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

Beastmaster and Sir Gilead were both outstanding. Especially Beastmaster - he noticed that wounds delivered by her took a lot longer to close. Some

was something else,

a distance. It was

'Cassie?'

Cassie who had led

drain from his mangled

were

think... they can actually manage

amidst molten sand and obsidian glass

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, but felt the shape

torturously... that pace slowed

of the shadows grew shallow

had been reduced

easy for Beastmaster and Summer Knight, but both of them were

then opened his eyes

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

here, Seishan. I was

with silken grey skin. Her body was beaten and broken, but she was alive, and even

to her sister, then

on the sand a few dozen meters away. The smile disappeared from her lips. The look in the beautiful Saint's one open