Shadow Slave

The strings of the Memories created by the Spell were made out of soul essence... at least Sunny was convinced that they were. They were strings of ethereal, silver light.

The strings that Sunny himself weaved, however, were made out of shadow essence. Although they were a perfect substitute for the strings of light, they appeared entirely black. This was the reason why the weaves of the Memories he modified were like a patchwork of light and darkness.

...The weave of the Estuary Key, however, had no light at all. Every string of its vast and intricate tapestry was black, as if created out of shadow essence. It was just like the Siege Souvenir that Sunny had made and used to kill Goliath.

Sunny stared at the jagged piece of black stone, dumbfounded.

'What... what is the meaning of this?'

How could there be a Memory such as this if he had not created it?

Suddenly, there was cold sweat on his face.

'...Have I lost a part of my memories?'

Oblivion, oblivion... the answer was oblivion...

Sunny shifted, and his hand instinctively shot to the side, ready to grasp a weapon.

The Sin of Solace observed his panic with an amused smile.

A few seconds passed, then a few more. The Great River was peaceful and desolate, with not a threat in sight. Slowly, Sunny allowed himself to relax.

'Even if I somehow lost some memories, that wouldn't explain this damned Memory!'

spellweave of such magnitude

collect six Supreme soul shards. Although, if this Memory was an artificial one, the soul shards

"Or six Sovereigns."

Solace offered a suggestion with

flinched, then glared at the apparition. His face was even paler than

"Ha. Ha... very funny."

of killing six Great Beasts, either. Or even one...

does

the Sixth Tier appeared in his soul out of nowhere,

just

grabbed his head and froze for a few minutes, thinking.

be explained. Even if the explanations are

seemingly made out of shadow essence did not mean that it was

creature. Who knew, maybe

it was still possible that somewhere in the waking world, Serpent had slain a Great Terror that had been a shadow creature once, and Sunny received the reward - which just

believe that something like that had happened. But Sunny had been living with the [Fated] Attribute for many years now...

were two other explanations,

them was that Sunny had somehow vastly improved his mastery of weaving, procured six Supreme soul shards, created the Key of the Estuary,

of Memories, and the state of his Shadows were all the same as they had been before entering

and to a frightening degree. It was the Sin of Solace... the spirit of the

explanation was even less believable than the first

time. Since time worked strangely in this Nightmare, it was... maybe?... possible that Sunny would create the Key of the Estuary in the future, but was somehow capable of already possessing it in the

time itself was like a perversion of itself here. In any case, he had no idea how it worked on the

most bizarre... and yet, it somehow sounded more plausible