Shadow Slave

Sunny waited for a moment, then slowly straightened and looked around. The Chain Breaker was laying on white sand, tilted awkwardly.

'Damnation!'

His trembling fist collided with the railing and splintered the enchanted wood. He didn't feel the pain.

'Curse it! Curse it all!'

"Sunny? Are you alright?"

Sunny lingered for a moment, took a labored breath, then looked himself over and slowly turned to Nephis.

His voice sounded hoarse:

"...Yes. It seems that I am."

In the end... he still lost to Undying Slaughter.

The odds seemed to be in his favor. He successfully avoided having his shadows destroyed, summoned Saint and Fiend, and managed to wrestle the initiative from the ghostly claws of the mist wraith.

However, the battle did not go how he had hoped it would. It ended in disaster, just like the previous time.

Sunny had been almost certain that Saint would be immune to Undying Slaughter's soul attacks. And it turned out to be true... somewhat. It seemed that she could withstand much more damage than the rest of them, but even then, the ghostly blade was just as lethal to the taciturn knight as it was to Sunny and Fiend.

The reason, as he belatedly realized, was the unique nature of Jet's Aspect. Her attacks bypassed physical defenses and struck the soul... and yet, they were not true soul attacks. Instead, they were physical attacks that inexplicably dealt damage to the soul.

one supposed to

the more it took to destroy it. Other than enduring the damage or avoiding being hit entirely, there was no

Undying Slaughter, but actually withstanding her

time to catch a glimpse of what hid in the darkness of her defiled soul, and what

Corrupted Beast, since there was only one node of vile darkness infesting her soul. But that node... was truly colossal in size, dwarfing any other corruption core he

to change tactics. After clashing with them a few times, the mist wraith silently discarded her ghostly

Sunny had ever had any doubt that the Six Plagues were the future version of the members of the cohort, they were instantly dispelled at that moment. Undying Slaughter looked more like a revenant, both dreadful and

Jet... or rather, had

but there was nothing human left in her merciless, mad

a corporeal form, Sunny

shattered almost instantly. Undying Slaughter read his intentions like an

her attacks at Jet instead of him, Saint, or Fiend.

was a simple, but viciously

strong Undying Slaughter was, the rest

infernal flames spilling out of horrid wounds like blood. The ravenous

were broken. Ruby dust flowed like a river, and although the taciturn knight tried to stand her ground, the ghostly blade eventually found its way into the narrow crack of her visor.

Spell announced her death

be next...

made him watch Jet die before delivering the fatal

deck of the Chain Breaker, he

can anyone

fine. I can still put up

flinched and looked

the reason for his grim expression and repeated her usual

been fighting for his life, watching