Shadow Slave

Sunny sighed heavily, then subtly studied the world through his shadows. There was no danger around them. Everything seemed fine.

That said, his intuition was indeed telling him... something. It was not exactly ringing an alarm, but there was an eerie sensation at the back of his mind.

He rose to his feet and studied the Great River with his own two eyes.

After a few moments, Sunny asked: "What is it? I don't see anything."

Cassie did not move, her frown deepening. The waves rustled as they brushed against the hull of the ship. The sails rippled in the wind.

Raising a hand, she touched her cheek briefly, then said somberly: "I feel... strange. As if I'm drunk."

Sunny stared at her wordlessly.

"Huh?"

The blind girl grimaced. "It's like I'm seeing double. Only, of course, it's not my sight that is blurry. Rather, it's my Aspect Ability. The one that allows me to sense what will happen a few seconds into the future."

He remained silent for a few moments.

The shadows across the Chain Breaker moved, stirring.

"...So, what you're saying is that something is wrong with the future?"

Cassie hesitated a little.

"Or at least with my ability to perceive the future."

That was a rather terrifying thing to hear. Sunny looked around once more, noting how peaceful their surroundings looked. The sky was burning beautifully with countless shades of red, with not a cloud in sight. The surface of the flowing river was spotless, with nothing hiding beneath it.

And yet, there was something sinister happening to the world, unseen and imperceptible. If not for the keen senses of the oracle, none of them would have known that something was wrong.

"Let's go."

Sunny guided her to the stern of the ship, where Nephis was holding the steering oar. He had not had to guide the blind girl in a long, long time... but now that her Aspect Ability was compromised, she must have been disoriented. Even if she was looking at the world through his eyes, that was not the same

the hell is happening

circle and told Nephis the news. She remained silent

while, Neph

felt that something was wrong,

tilted his

"How?"

been enhanced by Weaver's lineage. Sunny usually called these vague

to

pointed to the

for steering the ship, so I keep an eye on them for navigation. There's something strange happening, though... for the last hour or so, our course has been changing slightly. It's like we are being pulled toward something. But if we are, I don't know how. I don't think there are any forces exerting pressure on the ship or

suddenly had a very, very bad

suddenly behaving strangely. More than that, the world

It can't

the blind girl, he asked

broke free when the

hesitated for

remember is that all the soldiers I sent to stall her were torn to shreds in an instant, unable to land a single blow on

beautiful blue eyes

sybil died, I ordered everyone to retreat and disconnect the entire section

Sunny inhaled deeply.

And revelations are a manifestation of extreme affinity to fate.

teeth and shared a wild suspicion that

abomination is now capable of affecting

at him

"What do you mean?"

He shrugged.

there's an ancient sybil... a Transcendent Outsider who comes from the time before the Doom War. She becomes

Sunny shook his head.

just at that moment, Cassie's ability to perceive the future starts behaving weirdly, while our ship is inexplicably moving in a direction that it's not supposed to be moving. Wouldn't you say that it's quite possible that this primordial horror of a Defiled abomination is more than likely to possess powers that have to do with affecting the flow of time... or at

and Nephis paled a little. After