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

River slowly dissipated, and the seven suns appeared from below the water one after

it

stared at the Great Beast below him with resentment. He was tempted 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

be the only

willing to waste it needlessly in a situation where it

teeth, Sunny steeled his will and continued flying above

went by. Then, one

idea if those were really hours - the seven suns shining above the Great River were too bizarre and unreliable to use them for measuring the

Sunny who was flowing through time? Questions like this were

really

and looked at a certain

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

'Land?'

glanced at the long shadow hiding beneath the surface of the water right below him. Then, he changed the direction of

was no guarantee that finding a place to land would save him from the great abomination. But maybe he would be able to rest,

glided along the current of the Great River, moving - perhaps

was able to see a few

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

moss scattered across the surface of the island, as well as towering outcroppings of something that resembled tarnished silver. The

felt a bit of

the abomination wanted to follow Sunny to the surface, it would have to leave the water entirely - and fighting

not climb out

it would be out of its element. With Sunny, Saint, Nightmare, Imp, and the five shadows... maybe

much stronger, as well. After all, the [Hideous Truth] enchantment of the jade blade promised immense power to those who succumbed to its madness... and, judging by how real the