Shadow Slave

Sunny had only caught a glimpse of the runes, but it was enough to send him into a state of utter terror.

Before even having time to think, he shut his eyes tightly and activated the enchantment of the Mirror of Truth, borrowing Neph's [Longing] Ability.

Thus making his soul incorruptible… for a while.

And it was just in time, because simply being close to the runes threatened to make Corruption bloom in his soul.

'Argh…'

He groaned mentally while keeping his mouth shut..

The pain was almost unbearable.

It was a familiar kind of terror, revulsion, and pain, as well.

Because Sunny had recognized the shape of those runes.

There were two types of runes that the Spell refused to translate.

One had to do with the type of beings it simply called the -unknown- — the primordial beings of the eternal, everchanging Void. The other had to do with the singular being that it similarly called the -unknown- — the mysterious progenitor of the seven daemons, which might have been one of the Void Creatures, or might not have been.

The latter runes were hard to look at, causing the head of the person to split with ache, and their mind to become dizzy.

sinister, making the unfortunate person witnessing them feel

of the tunnel, which seemed to stretch infinitely

Sunny gulped for air.

this is the source

about it, it

influence of the Void, seeping through the walls of existence that caged it. Therefore, knowledge of the Void… was the source of Corruption, as

had inscribed on the walls of the Estuary. The stories of the Void, the knowledge about it… and the

was sure

of the Defilement… which was merely knowledge

of the Void, and of the True Names of those beings whose names could not be known, let alone uttered

Spell refused to translate the harrowing runes — not because it wanted to keep its secrets for itself, but simply because being able

was harmful. It was already painful and dangerous to glimpse a few of them, as Sunny had done a few times in his life — for example, when reading the descriptions of the drop of Shadow God's blood and the

him,

was only boundless, eternal void. From that dark abyss, the Creatures of the Void were

Or:

and the creatures of chaos. However, it only cared about shiny things. Enamored by Weaver's beautiful eyes, it stole one of them on a dark, starless night. Impatient, the vile creature looked at its bounty while still in flight. However, when it saw the reflection of the Void forever frozen in the depths of Weaver's pupil, it went

the type of beings born from it,

in the

Void and the Chaos Beings, but also describing

even though Sunny had only caught a glimpse of the runes, unable to read them, that alone put

them, in the endless tunnel, was going to make seeds of Corruption bloom in his soul, as well. So, if he remained here at the time the Mirror of Truth crumbled into dust… he would

the

mirror, he could already feel a few