Shadow Slave

The runes shimmered in the darkness, surrounded by still silence.

Hypnotized by them, Sunny read greedily:

Shadow: Nightmare.

Shadow Rank: Ascended.

Shadow Class: Terror.

Shadow Fragments: [0/300].

He had known what to expect, but seeing the word "Ascended" still filled him with excitement. At any other time, Sunny would have lingered, enjoying the view of the changed runes, but he was much more interested in something else right now.

His gaze slid lower.

Shadow Description: [This beautiful steed was tamed by the treacherous Lost From Light in the depths of a harrowing dream. The two Shadows battled across countless nightmares, shattering them all apart; neither was willing to give up, so in the end, the nightmares did.

Despite the excitement, memories of his dreadful battle with Nightmare made Sunny shiver.

Shadow Attributes: [Swift], [Dark Destrier], [Dreadlord], [Dreamwalker].

The Attributes were the same as before. His steed was swift, could travel through dreams, and grew stronger when feared or surrounded by shadows. Sunny's gaze finally settled on the string of runes that interested him the most...

Shadow Abilities: [Flowing Shadow], [Mantle of Fear], [Nightmare], [Dream Curse].

His eyes widened slightly.

The first two Abilities had not changed. [Flowing Shadow] allowed Nightmare to move through shadows with stunning speed, as well as become one of them. [Mantle of Fear] was a powerful mental attack that induced terror in those affected by it.

The second two Abilities, though... the runes describing them were different.

'It happened faster than I thought...'

The [Nightmare] Ability shared its name with the black stallion. At this moment, its description read:

the more powerful it

Sunny's eyes glinted darkly.

'It's a thousand.'

of the carriers of the Nightmare Spell, most of these dreams were also

find and defeat six nightmares belonging to Saints... or maybe Corrupted

one of the subjugated nightmares added a little to his power, just like

Much more importantly...

last few runes, which had been lightless

an army of a thousand nightmares, his Shadow was finally a

Sunny concentrated on the newly

to sleep and imprisoning their souls in a labyrinth of nightmares. The souls destroyed

the runes, suddenly chilled to the

"How curious..."

so much that he uttered

you might not know what beasts like to eat. That was a shell ornament, after all. Who would want to eat a piece of

his head and stared

'Right. He's still here.'

concentrated fully on the

to some other things. He did like the food. It was

but Sunny ignored the

'Maze of nightmares...'

entire city...

the horror

all. What would have happened if he had broken down and given up? His soul would have been torn apart by the torment of endless nightmares, and his body would have turned into a

control Nightmare had over the dream labyrinth... and the fact that the more his victims were terrified by

it by destroying each and every one of the dreadful dreams. It had not spread to all the Kingdom of Hope, either, because its reach was limited by Nightmare's own strength... as an Awakened Terror, the dreadful steed could only influence one castle

an Ascended Terror, though, that reach would have become greater. Who knew how far the

all of that was not why Sunny felt cold. Why would

was shaken by the words the Spell used to describe the

'A lesser dream domain...'

something he had

illusion maintained by the Aspect of a certain Saint, where countless people could combat each other without the risk of injury. Awakened used the public arenas for training, but there were private ones established for the government forces and the Legacy clans, as well. There was even a version for

a type of lesser dream domain, as well? That would