Shadow Slave

1505 Shape of His Soul

All of them froze, fading into the chaotic scene of the motionless battlefield. Surrounded by unmoving warriors and Nightmare Creatures, the six Masters were nearly indistinguishable from them.

Sunny and Mordret were next to each other, while Nephis was a few steps away. Effie and Jet were right behind her, separated from the rest of the group by a few meters.

They held their breaths.

'Soul Stealer is near…'

Sunny did not see or sense the Defiled Saint, but there was no other reason for Mordret to warn them. The Prince of Nothing looked too tense. A pleasant smile was playing on his lips, but his eyes were full of cold darkness. Sunny saw his own pale reflection in them… and then, he saw something else there, as well.

A cold shiver ran down his spine.

'Did… did something move at the edge of the square?'

He did not dare to speak aloud, but there was the [Blessing of Dusk]. Activating the enchantment of the Shroud of Graceless Dusk, he established a mental connection between himself and Mordret:

[What is happening?]

The Prince of Nothing remained as motionless as a statue. Even his eyes continued to stare at the same spot. However, his answer arrived shortly:

[Why, what else? Soul Stealer is here. He must have sensed us.]

Sunny suppressed a strong desire to grit his teeth and calmed his heart. Making sure that it wasn't beating too loudly, he asked:

[How? Didn't you say that you would hide our presence from him?]

A hint of dark amusement appeared in Mordret's eyes.

[Did I? No, not quite. I only said that I would try to hide it, remember? Which I did.]

He paused for a moment and added in a dejected tone:

every shard of glass, every polished sword, every pair of eyes. Forgive me for making it sound like an easy task, but it's not. Regardless, we've

considering that an even more sinister, more evil

[So, what now?]

shifted his

I suggest praying?

he fell

'Damn it…'

pretending to be one of the frozen warriors. They had discussed the possibility of something like this happening, of course, but only as the worst-case scenario. To think that their plan would be at the risk of being derailed before the battle even began… this step had

the array was deactivated, and the battle against the

passed in

then, Sunny felt it… the ground beneath his feet shaking subtly, as if something terribly heavy was approaching them with

frozen battlefield reflected in them, and so, Sunny caught a glimpse of the creature that emerged from between the

turned cold in

Soul Stealer…

Slaughter and Devouring Beast had been changed and twisted by the Defilement. However, they still resembled

Soul Stealer did not.

did not resemble anything Sunny had

look like an abomination either. Instead, it was like an amalgamation of countless people and numerous Nightmare Creatures, all fused together into a harrowing patchwork monster. The contours

were indeed changing, shifting

its steps, the

the hell

the reflection of the creature looked, but also because there were seven nodes

was

his gaze and stared

a pleasant smile on his lips. Using that smile to cover the eerie, unnerving wrongness hiding behind

we really be helping this bastard

moment, then threw these thoughts out of his head. Here in the Nightmare, it was good to have Mordret on

weird Transformation Ability is this? What is he

Prince of Nothing lingered with

his soul. His physical body looks differently, hidden

for

did a real number on me,