Shadow Slave

Standing up, Sunny stretched and walked over to where Cassie was standing. Extending his shadow sense through the cracked wall, he remained silent for a few moments, then smiled.

"Good catch. There is indeed a hidden space there."

To think that he had almost missed it...

The blind girl stared at him for a bit, which gave Sunny a hint to look around.

'Damn... it's still creepy, to know that she's riding my senses. Can't she ask, at least? That Ability of hers is not limited to sight, so... ah, I don't even want to think what kinds of things she can sense me sensing...'

Suddenly feeling hot, Sunny glanced at Cassie and asked in a stifled tone: "What are you looking for?"

The blind girl lingered. "If there's a secret space, there has to be a mechanism to unlock it. Some kind of lever, perhaps. Oh... and give me some credit, alright? I am polite enough to know when not to use my Ability."

He suppressed an impulse to jump back. "What, you can read thoughts now, too?!"

Cassie took a deep breath, then patiently shook her head. "No. It was just written all over your face."

Sunny let out a sigh of relief, then trembled.

'Wait... she's looking through my eyes, so how can she see my face?'

At that moment, Neph's patted him on the shoulder.

"Because she looked through mine. Honestly, Sunny... for someone who claims to have never used his shadow to do perverted things at the Academy dormitory, you sure think of weird stuff often."

He stared at her in disbelief. "What do you mean, "claims to"? I absolutely did not! You know I can't lie!"

Nephis looked at Cassie with a hint of a smile on her lips. "Notice that he said "did not"... instead of "have not". Hmm."

Sunny remained silent, his mouth open.

I see what's going

I say "will not", you better

"...So, whatever mechanism there was to unlock the door,

watched as she stepped forward and delivered a swift punch to the cracked wall. The ancient stone shattered and collapsed,

his face from the cloud of stone

false wall was a small circular chamber. There was an altar in its center, with something laying on it. As Nephis

suddenly felt the shadows shift slightly, and widened his eyes

'That glow...'

were encased in a beautiful weave of bands of polished gold, with a single

a rather high Rank. Supreme, perhaps,

white staff was emanating an ethereal golden glow... the kind that Sunny could only see because his eyes had been altered by Weaver's lineage. The familiar and unmistakable shine that the things having to do with divinity

at the beautiful staff, stunned, Cassie approached the altar and lowered her head. Her

did not

with surprise. Throwing another glance at the staff, he

know what

the description of one of the holy relics that the sybils brought into the Tomb of

you telling me that this thing...

heart was beating

to have been created by a god. However, it is not a Divine Rank artifact, if that is what you're asking. Although it does

perceive Memories as something

the Shadow Lantern allowed him to do astonishing things... and yet, there were indeed Memories

powerful, and yet, they did not make him much more powerful.

need external sources of power, and so, the tools they left behind served specific purposes - astonishing and wondrous, but not necessarily helpful to

is called Guiding Light. It's not even a tool made to be used by a god... just something gifted to a mortal out of affection. The powers

glow for a while, then asked in a dubious tone: "Not that stunning? So what does it

"It's supposed

staff and held it carefully. After a few moments, the soft radiance of the soul shard crowning the relic swirled, growing more intense on

"What did