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:

can perceive everything that happens here, all at once. I've been manipulating countless reflections to mask our presence — every puddle of water, 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 only come this far because of me… but now, it seems that our luck has run

calm. It was a bit hard, considering that an even more sinister, more evil

[So, what now?]

his

I suggest praying? Perhaps that monster won't

he

'Damn it…'

stand in place, 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 been supposed to

the array was deactivated, and

few moments passed in

subtly, as if something terribly heavy was approaching

the frozen battlefield reflected in them, and so, Sunny caught a

cold

Stealer… or rather, the reflection of Soul Stealer… looked unlike anything

Beast had been changed and twisted by

Soul Stealer did not.

not resemble anything

of countless people and numerous

maybe they were indeed changing, shifting

its

what the hell is

because of how eerie and alien the reflection of the creature looked, but

was

and stared at

horror, standing next to him with a pleasant smile on his lips. Using that smile to cover the

really be

was good to have Mordret on their side…

of a weird Transformation Ability is this? What is he capable of

of Nothing

Ability, per se. It's simply the shape of his soul. His physical

for

did a real number on me, didn't it? Bah! So