Shadow Slave

The PTV exploded.

No, really... Sunny was stunned.

‘Who tries to assassinate a Saint with explosives?"

Were these people mentally challenged?

The notion was so silly that, for a moment, his mind refused to register it.

Everything had happened too fast for the government soldiers to react. The vehicle dissolved into a blinding flash, and a furious onslaught of flame was unleashed upon the world.

A devastating shockwave also rolled out, spreading like an invisible ripple of crushing force.

...But, of course, the Saints were faster.

Kai was too far away to do anything, but Sunny, Morgan, and Nephis were not.

Granted, there was not a lot that they could do in such a short amount of time.

Nephis seemed to have controlled the flames to flow around Sid, her driver. The Fire Keeper was spared from being burned, but received the full brunt of the shockwave, staggering back as her dirty-blonde hair fluttered in the wind. Of course, as a Master, she would not be hurt badly, but a pained grimace still appeared on her face.

Morgan, meanwhile, raised one leather-clad hand... and cut the explosion apart.

Sunny was pretty sure that he was not seeing things. As her hand slashed forward, both the flame and the shockwave parted in front of her, as if cut by an unseen blade. The explosion rolled past the Princess of War, leaving her entirely unscathed. Not a single blemish appeared on her stylish black suit.

As for Sunny himself...

He didn't do anything. That short moment was enough for him to determine that the explosion was utterly mundane, so there was no need to act. Sunny simply allowed the flame to swallow him, and for the shockwave to batter him.

A second later, his onyx figure was revealed from the expanding fire, standing exactly where he had stood before. He didn't even flinch under the assault of the violent forces.

But behind him, many of the government soldiers were thrown against the hulls of the armored vehicles, the vehicles themselves swaying heavily or even overturning. Screams and stunned yells filled the air.

There were many wounded. Luckily, the PTV had stood apart from the military vehicles, so no one seemed to have died.

But still.

except for the person it was

time to dissipate, Morgan, Nephis, and

'It's a diversion.'

meant to distract

But what...

shadow sense outward, spreading it across a vast area. There were countless shadows on the crowded streets of NQSC, so his mind was almost overloaded by the density of information flowing into it. Luckily, he had long learned how to filter out the useless noise, concentrating solely on

to be anything dangerous close to them... but it took some time for

"There!"

had sensed a swift shadow barreling towards them, but there was

strange arrow that had only become visible a split second before hitting its target revealed itself in the air, piercing through the cloud

engine much more than it did an arrow meant to be shot from a bow. If not for the fletching on the back

her back like a rag doll. She flew backward and crashed into a military vehicle, deforming the alloy armor plates before falling to

Sunny was already moving.

course, that something like that would not kill Changing Star of the Immortal Flame clan to be honest, he wasn't even entirely sure what it would take to kill her, given her divine ability to heal herself - but

of arrow was it? What was its Rank and Class? What enchantments did it possess? Did it carry a deadly venom? Did the arrowhead explode into numerous jagged shards

next moment, Sunny's eyes glistened

because the broken pieces of the arrow dissipated

saw in the tear was not her alabaster

"That Memory!"

their time in the Tomb

the ground, Nephis suddenly leaned her head to the side, and the second arrow flew past it. It pierced the heavy military vehicle, dragging it away with

hell is

apart by Morgan, who severed it with

sense had extended further,

dozen swift shadows were falling upon them like meteors, each moving with dreadful

at him, and two more at Morgan. One was heading toward Sid, but the rest were

arrow hit, and very likely before the PTV had exploded. So, the sniper must have accounted for everything - how the three Saints would react to the

skill was that? Was the mysterious archer a prophet? Or did the arrows

strange arrows before there would be

‘There's not enough time!’

arrows from the air, sliding back a few steps

manifest countless shadows when a haunting song suddenly