Shadow Slave

Chapter 1890 Dark Tide Now that Sunny could see through Saint's eyes, the ravaged hall of the ancient Citadel was revealed to him once again. It had changed drastically in a short span of time…

The outer wall was partially missing, torn open by Fiend's charge. Splinters and debris littered the cracked floor. The scarlet vines and the roots of the trees that had protruded from the ceiling were decimated, filling the air with a sweet fragrance while they bled viscous — and undoubtedly toxic — sap.

Everything was drowning in darkness.

Before, Sunny had always seen darkness like a billowing cloud of nothingness — an impenetrable black barrier that was uniform and featureless, obscuring the world from his senses. However, now, he saw it in a new light… or rather, the opposite of light.

To Saint's eyes, darkness was rich and full of nuance. It flowed all around them, its fluid torrents creating beautiful patterns in the air. Moving, ebbing, changing… almost like a living creature. The dark splendor of that scene was subtle and breathtaking.

Sadly, Sunny had no time to enjoy the beauty of darkness, because Lightslayer was not wasting even a moment.

To his surprise, Revel herself was like a part of the elemental darkness she had unleashed. When she moved, her body seemed to become one with the flow of it, dissolving into ethereal dark liquid before coalescing back into a tangible form — because of that, she could travel to any point in the hall with such tremendous speed that it almost seemed instantaneous.

The Reflection, which mirrored her appearance perfectly, was the same.

'A movement Aspect Ability? Or a partial Transformation?'

Sunny did not know.

A split second later, Saint was attacked from both sides.

Revel was far too strong and powerful for a Transcendent Beast, which meant that at least one of the Abilities granted her a physical augmentation — quite similar to Saint's own [Mantle of Darkness]. Although it was hard to judge, Sunny suspected that the extent of that augmentation was greater than even Effie's own potent physical enhancement.

Dormant Ability was universal, though, while Revel's seemed to only work within the bounds of true darkness. So, there

of her Abilities allowed her to summon a flood of

the right.Both

and took a small step while shifting her weight. Simultaneously,

theirs.

skill… she wasn't called a

on the battlefield, the Onyx Saint is proficient

between herself and the Reflection while simultaneously drawing closer to Revel. With their swords still entangled in a bind, she ruthlessly struck with the rim of her shield,

several meters back. At the same time, the Reflection used the opportunity to deliver a blow

enemy's blade down with its rim. The sharp do scraped fruitlessly

took less than

in the next dozen seconds, countless clashes like that happened in an unceasing succession,

shockwaves spread in all directions, decimating what little tendrils of the scarlet infestation there were left. The

considering that it withstood the passage of time and countless disasters that must have befallen it in the Hollows — and yet, it could not withstand the

Sunny was in awe.

vividly, and so intimately. And it wasn't just anyone's skill, at

and insidiously lethal.Solid,

a joy and a privilege, to be exposed to such excellence without any barriers. To not only observe how Saint fought, but also

situation

the level below, which cracked slightly under her prodigious weight. Splinters and debris rained down, and darkness flowed from above, swiftly