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:

reflections to mask our presence — every puddle of water, every shard of glass, every polished sword, every pair of eyes. Forgive me for making

that an even more sinister, more evil version of the Prince

[So, what now?]

shifted his gaze

I suggest praying? Perhaps that monster

that, he

'Damn it…'

warriors. They had discussed the possibility of something like this happening, of course, but only

arrive when the array was deactivated, and the battle against

passed in absolute

the ground beneath his feet shaking subtly, as if something terribly heavy was approaching them

Mordret's eyes were like two mirrors. The bloody scene of the frozen battlefield reflected in them, and so, Sunny caught a glimpse of the creature that emerged from between the houses, entering

turned cold in his

or rather, the reflection of Soul

changed and twisted by the Defilement. However, they still resembled

Soul Stealer did not.

fact, he did not resemble anything Sunny had

it did not 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

maybe they were indeed changing,

of its

the hell

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

Stealer was a Corrupted

gaze and stared at Mordret for a

standing next to him with a pleasant smile on his

be

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

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

Prince of Nothing lingered with

His physical body looks differently, hidden somewhere in Twilight. I've never been able

for a

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