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.

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

not be able

Neph's condition... was unknown.

off the creature

meaningless. Sunny had also received an answer to

had not been wasting time. She had been stalling for

sunlight pouring from the incandescent sky grew a 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

that Nephis was still alive. After

allowed the pain to wash over him. He only kept

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

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 something

at a distance. It was slender, delicate... and

'Cassie?'

had led the Saints to

tension drain

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

think... they 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 -

remaining vessel 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

that

then, at some point, one of

the Gate Guardian had been reduced to a pile of

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

opened his

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

Seishan. I was on

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

whispered a few more words to her sister, then rose

on the sand a few dozen meters away. The