Shadow Slave

As Sunny stood frozen in the world of darkness, Nephis summoned a Memory lantern and raised it, illuminating the deck of the Chain Breaker. A small island of warm light appeared around them - however, it was not nearly as wide as it should have been, as if the lantern was struggling to push back the unfathomable shadow.

Its light trembled pitifully.

"Sunny... what did you do?"

He lingered with the answer, then said honestly:

"I summoned a fragment of Shadow God's domain. You must have seen it in my runes... it's a Legacy Relic I received."

The Fragment had already swallowed all of Wind Flower. Sunny could feel it... which was strange. As an Ascended Tyrant, he could control his shadows from around twenty kilometers away. However, the range of his shadow sense was much more modest, less even than that of his vision.

How was it that he could vaguely sense the far side of the island?

Sunny hesitated for a few moments, then carefully extended his shadow sense... however, he did not extend it outward. Instead, he extended it into the Fragment.

In the next moment, Sunny yelped, staggered, and fell.

"Ah, hell!"

Before he landed on the hard wood, Nephis caught him.

Suddenly, her concerned face was very close.

"Are you alright?"

retracted his shadow sense, and stared at her for a few strangely awkward moments. Then, Sunny coughed

a salty taste

just... overdid

he rose to his feet

what else it can do, but it definitely enhances the range of my shadow sense. To a degree where I can perceive everywhere on the island, at the same time - well, except for the tower. It seems to be shielded from view, somehow. Needless to say, that's not something that a human brain, even that of a Master,

he wanted to experience again. Even though it was only like a minuscule fraction of the indescribable horror of using [Where is my

he would perceive... there were all kinds of great and terrible creatures on Wind Flower,

than one of these

said... Sunny was almost certain that he could be more precise with spreading his senses through the

Cassie was everything was

stifled scream traveled through

a comparatively narrow area. The boon of this situation was that he could

also feel something

Aspect seemed to be enhanced. It was as if the ancient shadow was nourishing it... Sunny was not sure

sense into the dark distance, Sunny concentrated and searched for Jet. Soon, he felt her moving through the forest. Drops of blood fell into the

'How convenient.'

warned Nephis and Cassie to stay on the Chain

affected his companions enough so that their familiar reactions and thoughts changed... but overall, it was all the

of the Mirror of Truth, and returned to the Chain Breaker. Then, he explained the nature of the loop to the members of

After that, however...

had to

but to venture into the mist together... which was a moot point,

a time map of Wind Flower had become much easier, as well, due to how far his shadow sense could reach in the boundary of

it existed independently of Sunny. It was not manifested from his essence, and did not consume it to exist. On the

a piece of Shadow God's Domain, he had not magically become akin to a