Shadow Slave

Chapter 1899 Mirrored Darkness Sunny knew what was supposed to happen.

In fact, it was very simple — the answer was nothing.

Mordret's Reflections were strange creatures, after all. They were neither dead nor alive, neither divine nor profane. A long time ago, when he killed the Mirror Beast on Reckoning Island, the Spell had announced the kill, but did not whisper anything about his shadow growing stronger.

Sunny was banished from the Nightmare Spell now, but the result would be the same. Killing Reflections did not grant him fragments, and no shadow would appear in the silent stillness of his soul.

Therefore, Saint was unlikely to receive any reward for slaying the Supreme Reflection, either. Even its darkness was merely a reflection of Revel's own — now that the living mirror was gone and there was nothing left to reflect it, the false darkness would most likely disappear, as well.

...Which was a real shame. Sunny really felt that Saint deserved to receive a boon after fighting a battle as dreadful as this one had been — especially considering that she had forged her path to Transcendence by taking the essence of Nightmare Creatures wielding powers over true darkness.

Sunny had never been clear on how exactly Saint was able to increase her Class. He did not know how to help her reach a new Rank without the assistance of the Spell, either. So, he had hoped that defeating a being of true darkness, even if it was a Reflection, would grant her some kind of reward.

But it was not meant to be...

Or so he thought.

Even though Sunny could not see anything, he still felt a sudden shift in the atmosphere of the ancient castle.

If he could see, though, he would have witnessed the dark splendor of what was happening around him and Serpent.

Saint stood motionlessly, her unshaken hand still making a fist. Glass sand slowly poured from between her fingers, and at the same time, the fluid darkness around her stirred.

crimson flames in

her feet. Sensing something, she threw a

no emotion betraying itself on

came alive, and poured into her body. The darkness entered

was not

hint of a faintly familiar,

change in the absence of the slain Reflection. Some of it dissolved into wisps of an eerie,

that mist all too

unmoved. Still staring at Revel silently, she remained motionless... and eagerly absorbed the wisps of the white mist,

happened in the span of several heartbeats, and by the end of it, the sphere of true darkness enveloping the hall of the ancient Citadel had shrunk

still drowned their surroundings, though, trapping Sunny in its cold embrace. Revel

"...So full of surprises."

and looked around in search of her

be shocked

belonged to Sunny, who had separated himself from Serpent and manifested his avatar into a corporeal form

the enhanced perception of Dire Fang's Aspect, he suddenly felt deaf and lost. The true darkness enveloped everything

it had to be

had already received plenty of gruesome wounds, so Sunny silently dismissed the

soul... however, it was not time yet. Instead, Sunny spent more of his essence to

unity with his taciturn Shadow. He could see the ruined hall

body was. The flowing darkness caressed it softly, helping the

in no condition to continue the