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.

alive. No one had 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 any

would not be

Neph's condition... was unknown.

finish off the

that question was rendered meaningless. Sunny had also received an answer to

time. She had

little brighter, a figure made of pure radiance attacked the vessel of the

'Summer Knight!'

of Clan Song and Clan Valor

summoned the runes and glanced at them to make sure that Nephis was still alive. After

pain to wash over him. He only kept up with the

of the Gate Guardian... was a harrowing foe, even for the Saints. However, despite all its power and uncanny tenacity, it didn't

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.

something else,

a fourth shadow standing at a

'Cassie?'

Cassie who had led the Saints

tension drain from his mangled

Its attacks lost some of their edge, and there were drops of blood falling from its nose. Bestmaster was not only fighting it, but also battering the creature with powerful mental

think... they can

shadows were revealed amidst molten sand and obsidian glass - one crumpled and motionless, the other standing above it. Then, the source of

wounds. The Saints attacked it without pause, methodical in their relentless assault. Sunny

torturously... that

point, one of the shadows grew shallow

Gate Guardian had been reduced to a

had not been easy for Beastmaster and Summer Knight, but both

gritted his teeth, then opened his

to Seishan. Kneeling in front

Seishan. I was on

beautiful young woman with silken grey skin. Her body was

words to her sister, then rose

few dozen meters away. The smile