Shadow Slave

Sunny stared at the colossal reptilian head that had risen from below the waves. There were streams of water flowing down from it like roaring waterfalls, and brands of tarnished silver encasing it like armor. The monster's eyes were like murky lakes, and its massive beak was like the ram of an oceanic battleship.

Of course, there was no vessel in the waking world that could compare with the destructive power of that beak.

The thing that Sunny had assumed to be an island was, in fact, the shell of a giant, monstrous black turtle.

He froze, stunned by the sheer size of the Great Monster.

'...And I thought that that sea snake was enormous.'

The sea serpent that had been following Sunny was, indeed, quite large - it was easily larger than the Fallen Titan Goliath, whom Sunny had killed during the siege of Falcon Scott. However, the creature's body was still only a couple hundred meters long.

The monstrous turtle, meanwhile, spanned more than a kilometer. In front of it, the serpent looked like a little snake.

And yet, it seems undeterred.

The azure serpent had risen its head out of the water, too, and was staring at the Great Monster in front of it with its mad, cloudy eyes.

The two Nightmare Creatures observed each other.

Sunny, meanwhile, was cursing his fate.

'Damn it... damn it! I was hoping to step on something solid again!'

Instead of a safe harbor, he found an abomination that was even more harrowing than the one waiting to swallow him whole.

"You can still step on that turtle, you know."

The Sin of Solace grinned.

Sunny spared him a dark glance, then turned to look at the two abominations.

At that moment, the giant turtle lowered its head a little and let out a low, threatening huff - which sounded like rolling thunder. Water was still flowing off its black scales, and its murky eyes were slowly igniting with dark silver light.

It was clearly not happy that another Nightmare Creature had invaded its territory and disturbed its sleep.

The azure serpent stared at it for a few moments more, then turned its snout and threw a deranged gaze at Sunny.

is that old snake thinking? Turn your tail and run,

Centurions had slaughtered the Carapace Scavengers. A Monster was much more powerful and deadly than a mere Beast, no matter the Rank... if the sea serpent had any sense left, it would retreat to avoid

the abomination on the shell

to have noticed Sunny, either. If

course,

dove into the water, swimming toward the colossal turtle with stunning speed. The giant blades protruding from its back cut the surface of the river and left a trail of white foam in their

a

want to

unfazed. Its giant flippers moved, and it propelled itself forward with surprising speed. Its beak opened,

surface of the Great River suddenly turned chaotic and tumultuous, as if in the middle of a raging hurricane.

almost thrown from the sky by the violent force of the

'Argh...'

serpent and the black turtle clashed below him, and a tremendous fountain of water suddenly shot into the air. The turtle was much more powerful and deadly, but the serpent was faster - it nimbly evaded the harrowing beak and opened its maw, trying to sink its fangs into the

slid off the tarnished silver encasing

great abominations. The forces being unleashed below him... were probably enough to erase an entire siege capital from the

such creatures appeared in NQSC. Would the largest

Sovereigns might have abandoned Antarctica, but they were bound to do something if the seat of their power came under threat. Bastion and Ravenheart were important, yes, but

what Sunny wanted

am I thinking

waters of the Great River were already painted red by blood around the

the chance to slip away. If he failed to escape from the two great abominations

he flew forward as fast as he

water was roaring as it rose in giant

'Gods...'

and refused to look

of the titanic battle grew quieter and quieter.

out a shaky

Third Nightmares were absolutely lethal. But isn't it

he supposed to battle Great Nightmare Creatures as a mere

in a somber mood, Sunny sighed and looked at

"What do you think?"

The sword wraith smiled.

before finding land. Oh... or you can go fishing in the river and be eaten by the fish instead. There's

Sunny grimaced.