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.

Saint looked like they could still fight... and Effie, too, although

not be able to

Neph's condition... was unknown.

off the creature

however, that question was rendered meaningless. Sunny had also received an

not been wasting time. She had been stalling

of pure radiance attacked the vessel of the Great Guardian from behind. At the same

'Summer Knight!'

Transcendents of Clan Song and Clan Valor seemed to have made a temporary

make sure that Nephis was still alive. After

the pain to wash over him. He only kept

Gate Guardian... was a harrowing foe, even for the Saints. However, despite

Beastmaster and Sir Gilead were both outstanding. Especially Beastmaster - he noticed that wounds delivered by her took

was something else,

a distance. It was

'Cassie?'

had led the Saints to their

felt some tension drain

there were drops of blood falling from its nose. Bestmaster was not only fighting it, but

can

they did, however, the bonfire of incinerating white flame suddenly 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

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

that

then, at some point, one of the shadows grew

Guardian had been reduced

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

his teeth, then opened

walked over to Seishan. Kneeling in front of

Seishan. I was on

smaller, turning back into an exquisitely beautiful young woman with silken grey skin. Her body was beaten and broken, but she was alive,

whispered a few more words to her sister, then rose

a few dozen meters away. The smile disappeared