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.

day was

Great River slowly dissipated, and the seven suns appeared from below the water one after another. Soon, the western horizon

else, it was

to 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 would

be the only one feeling

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

his will and continued flying above the

by. Then,

shining above the Great River were too bizarre and unreliable to use them for measuring the time.

past him. Or was it Sunny who was flowing

am really

and looked at a certain spot on the

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

'Land?'

the long shadow hiding beneath the surface of the water right below him. Then, he changed the direction of his flight slightly and sped

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

along the current of the Great River, moving -

was able to see a few details of what it

a dark island. The island was not very large - no more than a kilometer across - and consisted entirely of black, weathered rock. It had steep slopes, with

were vast patches of green moss scattered across the surface of the island, as well as towering outcroppings of

felt a bit of

sea monster. If the abomination wanted to follow Sunny to the surface, it would have to leave the water entirely - and fighting on

not climb out

Saint, Nightmare, Imp, and the five shadows... maybe they stood a chance of driving the creature away, or even

After all, the [Hideous Truth] enchantment of the jade blade promised immense power to those