Shadow Slave

Sunny waited for a moment... then waited some more. He was back on the deck of the Chain Breaker, surrounded by flowing mist. A slight tremor ran through his body.

'I'm tired.'

He straightened slowly and stared into the fog. It was time for him to take a break, but... Sunny wasn't even sure what he was supposed to do. His companions were just as useless as far as resting was concerned - none of them had given him a single good idea.

Well... except for Jet. She had looked at him for a few moments, chuckled, and told him to take a good nap.

Which was not a bad piece of advice. As a government officer who had always looked overworked and suffering from sleep deprivation, she would know best.

That said...

Even though this revolution was supposed to be his day off, Sunny still had to rescue Jet. Relaxing while she was being killed by Undying Slaughter did not sound restful at all. He couldn't bring himself to even think about skipping this step.

'Ah...'

Glancing at Nephis and Cassie, Sunny walked over to Nightmare and climbed into the saddle. Neph looked at him questioningly.

"Sunny? What are you doing?"

He couldn't be bothered to explain things properly.

"Leaving. Don't worry, I'll be back soon. Until then... just stay here."

Leaving the two bewildered young women behind, Nightmare leaped into the mist.

As the familiar scenes flew past him, Sunny summoned the Mirror of Truth and studied the reflection of Nephis on its mercurial surface. After hesitating for a few moments, he activated the [Searching Reflection] enchantment.

At the same time, he imagined a pure white flame and thought:

'Soul Flame.'

appeared

which had always been still

Ability Description: "Your soul burns with the purest of flames. That flame can both

'How peculiar.'

and being in control of it were two different things. He should have expected that much, though. After all, it took him some time to learn how to

appeared on the surface of the Mirror of Truth. Judging by the rate at which the Memory deteriorated, he could borrow a Dormant Ability for

not last for more than one. A Transcendent Ability might shatter the Mirror of Truth in

it was sort of

flame appeared on his palm.

'...It's black?'

pure white

produced from one's soul. Nephis's soul was pure and incandescent, while

than hers. It was reasonable, too - although the [Flame of Divinity] and the potency of his Ascended soul fueled it, he

innate resistance to fire

"Ouch!"

black flame when the skin on his palm

was no stranger to pain, but burning... burning was up there with the absolute worst kinds of it. It was hard

deep frown

Eventually, he managed to summon soulflame again, this time channeling it into his body instead of manifesting it

strange dark radiance. Concentrating it on his hands, he watched as the blisters on his

had just

'Wow.'

would it be, to be able to mend his

He shook his head.

the audacity to call me

anything, she was the ultimate

eventually managed to get it to empower his body. Augmented both by both the dark flames and the shadows, Sunny felt dire strength coursing through his veins...

to his five shadows. Instead, it was a single mass of flame which

'Huh...'

of the mirrored soulflame,