Shadow Slave

Sunny glided through the dark sky above the luminous expanse of softly shining water. The wind was caressing his skin, and tranquil silence ruled the world. If not for the need to pierce himself with the sharp needle over and over again, he would have found the situation relaxing.

Of course, there was also the monstrous sea serpent that patiently pursued him, staring at the perfectly black canvas of the night sky with cloudy eyes.

He also had to constantly remain on high alert - there was no telling what else could attack him from above.

After a while, Sunny let out a sigh.

'How tiresome.'

He was starting to miss the days of plummeting into the Sky Below. At least he had the dead mimic to sit on back then. Now, there was nowhere for him to rest - Sunny continued to fly forward, surrounded by nothing except empty air.

He had the Sin of Solace with him instead of Mordret, too. It was really hard to tell which one of them was worse company.

"What? Have you lost... I strongly protest against this comparison!"

The apparition glanced at him with contempt, then looked away.

Sunny sighed again.

"Yeah, yeah... you are way more handsome than that guy. Sorry. I went too far."

The Sin of Solace scoffed, and they continued forward in silence.

After a long while, the faint radiance of the flowing water grew a little dimmer. The eastern horizon brightened, and then, the first of the suns appeared from below in a crown of lilac hues.

new day was

soft light suffusing the Great River slowly dissipated, and the seven suns appeared from below the water one after another. Soon, the

it

summon Morgan's Warbow and start turning the ancient serpent into a pincushion. Even if the might of his arrows was not enough to pierce the azure scales of the creature, he was sure that they

be the

so was only going to consume his essence. He wasn't willing to waste it needlessly in a situation where it

his teeth, Sunny steeled his will and continued flying above

went by.

those were really hours - the seven suns shining above the Great River were too bizarre and unreliable to use them for measuring the time. He just guessed how much of it had

flowed past him. Or was it Sunny who was

am really

suddenly froze and looked at a certain spot on the Great

a great distance away... a black dot had finally appeared atop the sparkling water. His heart skipped a

'Land?'

right below him. Then, he changed the direction of his flight slightly and sped up, hoping to reach

guarantee that finding a place to land would save him from the great abomination. But

wind whistled in Sunny's ears as he glided along the current of the Great River, moving - perhaps - further into

and he was able to see a few

island. The island was not very large - no more than a

the island, as well as towering

a bit of

island was not large, but it was large enough to pose an obstacle for the sea monster. If the abomination wanted to follow Sunny to the surface, it would have to leave the water

climb out of the river at

its element. With Sunny, Saint, Nightmare, Imp, and the five shadows... maybe they stood a chance of driving the creature away, or

Truth] enchantment of the jade blade promised immense power to those who succumbed to its madness...