Shadow Slave
Growing up in poverty, Sunny never expected anything good from life. However, even he did not anticipate being chosen by the Nightmare Spell and becoming one of the Awakened - an elite group of people gifted with supernatural powers. Transported into a ruined magical world, he found himself facing against terrible monsters - and other Awakened - in a deadly battle of survival. What's worse, the divine power he received happened to possess a small, but potentially fatal side effect... Discord: https://discord.gg/NpDgaxRA6Y
Monster Herders
"You are wasting your time."
"You will definitely fail."
"Just give up. You know you're not smart enough to accomplish anything worthwhile."
"Do you really want to make the woman holding your leash stronger? How foul."
"Your collection of failures just keeps growing, huh?"
…Ignoring the Sin of Solace, Sunny leaned against Ananke's ketch as he studied the Dawn Shard. His shadow hands continued to weave strings of essence. His concentration remained unbroken.
He even welcomed the derisive comments. The more the hateful wraith berated him, the more Sunny felt like he was on the right track. The Sin of Solace would not have bothered to interfere if there was no chance of success, after all — it was not in his nature to bet against Sunny when there were no stakes.
"What, you are ignoring me now? Or have you forgotten how to speak?"
Sunny threw a calm glance at the apparition, then turned back to the Crown of Dawn.