Shadow Slave

Chapter 1894 Mutually Assured Salvation Sunny had been a silent companion for Saint, losing himself in the sensations of the furious battle. Revel was strong — too strong, even... in hindsight, he might have become somewhat arrogant after attaining Transcendence, which caused him to underestimate the champions of Song.

Why wouldn't the first Saint among the Queen's daughters be exceptionally strong? Sure, Revel had always been unassuming, avoiding the spotlight and public attention. There were no tales about her deeds or news about her achievements in recent years. In fact, Sunny did not think that he had ever seen a recording of her appearing in broad daylight...

And yet, he should have been more wary of the seven Transcendent sisters, who had been raised by a Sovereign and inherited the lineage of Beast God.

Sunny was still confident that he could defeat each of them in battle — just like he was confident that he could defeat Morgan.

...If not for the fact that Revel wielded power over elemental darkness as a weapon and was aided by Mordret. That devious bastard.

How was he still causing problems for Sunny all the way from the shores of the Stormsea?

Luckily, Saint countered I.ightslayer's Aspect just like it countered Sunny's own. So, he wasn't too worried...

Until she discarded her shield and shifted her stance.

At that moment, Sunny finally sensed a hint of alarm.

He remembered that stance... It was a sign that she was abandoning her usual conservative technique in favor of a savage and chillingly lethal one, which was utterly ruthless — both to her enemies and to herself.

The darkness was permeated by the smell of smoke.

The roar of the explosion they had heard earlier must have been caused by Nephis. She had not detonated her soul cores, it seemed — otherwise, the entire Citadel would have been reduced to a pile of rubble. So, the explosion must have been caused by her Aspect, the Sorcery of Names, or both.

It was a sign that she was still alive and fighting, at least. However, Sunny was struggling to understand what could have stalled her for so long... he had expected her to deal with the enemy sooner rather than later.

all up

'Stay safe...'

The battered shield shot from the

stone knight was already

her armor freely — one dislodged her pauldron and tore open her shoulder, the other brushed against the side of her helmet, shattering it

wind, and her inhumanly beautiful face

the next moment, her dark greatsword collided with Revel's blade, threw it aside, and cleaved into her

elemental darkness, the black sword practically severed one of them, forcing Lightslayer

from the severed wing instead of

done... no, she was

herself anymore, she had become a harbinger of death. Even if it was mutually assured destruction, her enemies were the ones

put them in a

to understand what Saint was

the attack of the Reflection. Their weapons clashed, producing a shockwave, and Saint traded another wound with the enemy — she tilted her head to avoid being dealt a fatal blow, and the obsidian talon

ruby eyes flashed with

one hand from the hilt of the sword, she grabbed the talon, trapping it in her stonelike flesh

that moment, Revel

three of them were entangled

than her enemies,

hurt his taciturn Shadow was, but

He wanted to laugh.

finally understood Saint's

enemy — he would not have allowed her to, anyway. Instead, she was betting her life on the fact that the enemy would not

but Revel was only fighting a mere servant of the Lord of Shadows. If she let herself be heavily wounded, or worse