Shadow Slave

1502 Flawed Reflection

Nephis remained silent for a few moments, then shook her hand and gripped the hilt of her sword. Sparks of white flame were still dancing in her beautiful grey eyes.

"I am not suggesting it rashly. We have already faced two of the Six Plagues, so we know how fearsome they are…"

Mordret looked at her in surprise.

"Wait… you did?"

She nodded.

"Yes. There were unique circumstances that allowed us to exploit their Flaws. As a result, Undying Slaughter killed Devouring Beast, and was then finished off by the five of us. She had been greatly weakened… and still, we barely managed to survive that battle."

Nephis glanced at Sunny. Then, a hint of a smile appeared on her lips.

Glancing at Mordret, she said:

"Oh, and Sunny personally erased the Mad Prince from existence… so thoroughly that there's not even a corpse left. So, the Six Plagues are now down to Three."

Sunny stared at her incredulously. Everything she had said was technically true… the Mad Prince had, indeed, been erased from existence by Sunny — because Sunny was the Mad Prince. There had not been a corpse left by the transition, either.

But why did it sound so… so… misleading and outrageous!

'Did she just… steal a page from my book?'

Was it really the right time to tease him?!

Nephis, meanwhile, ignored the amused smile on Mordret's lips and continued:

"In any case, I am not underestimating the threat posed by the Dread Lord and Soul Stealer. I would not have suggested facing them directly in other circumstances — at least not without being able to thoroughly prepare a battlefield of our choosing. But the situation is different here, in Twilight. Here, we'll have an army of allies on our side. This might very well be the best chance of slaying these monsters we'll ever have. One I am unwilling to pass by."

She remained silent for a few moments, then sighed.

"However, I will not force anyone to follow this plan. You'll have to decide for yourself."

As soon as she was done talking, Mordret smiled brightly.

think that it is a great plan! Lady Changing Star, you are truly wise… your exalted reputation is very well deserved, it seems.

sincere, but Sunny knew the bastard well enough to guess what he was really thinking. Something

you in the future. Well… since it's inevitable, I might as well try to enjoy the process, when

Sunny's eyes darkened.

at Mordret for a bit, then

killing Soul Stealer… oh, and the Dread Lord…

Jet simply shrugged.

Third Nightmare once. Might

the last to speak. Holding her belly, she hesitated for a

leave Kai in this pit, are we? Let's come up with a good plan and crush those bastards. Or,

Nephis. She nodded solemnly

only the white flames dancing in the depths of her striking

to help you escape Twilight.

He raised an eyebrow.

tell what

for a while, studying him, then

were more powerful than her. Instead, it was because we managed to exploit her Flaw — since the Plagues are Defiled versions of ourselves, the knowledge of

and added,

does not possess a Flaw that we can exploit. That already robs us of our main advantage. As for Soul Stealer… we simply don't know what his Flaw is. Only you know that. So, if you want

looked at them with a pleasant smile.

my Flaw is? How daring! Should I help you tie

did not respond, simply staring at him

He sighed, then shook

Stealer's Flaw cannot help you kill him,

gave him a

you mean, it's

Mordret shrugged.

the Nightmare. I didn't bring it along… it would be quite foolish

was a bit dejected, as if he was not happy about having

Sunny, meanwhile, was stunned.

can be carried around or left behind? Does it

had never heard about a Flaw like

heard about someone like the Prince of Nothing. Divine Aspects were both extremely rare and bizarre, so who was to

Nephis sighed.

do we kill