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
Soul Conduit
He hesitated for a few moments, not sure how to answer. As seconds passed by, the silence between them grew tense, full of untold meaning.
Finally, Nephis blinked and looked away, staring at the corpse of the Crimson Terror. Her sword hand trembling slightly.
"...Killed it? Yes… I did. Got lucky, I guess…"
After a while, she added in a quiet voice:
"It was just a fake star, in the end."
Sunny smiled slightly, but his eyes remained cold.
"Lucky… I know a thing or two about being lucky, Neph. A creature like this would not have died just because of bad luck."
She remained silent for a bit, then sighed and looked down.
"It was evolving… trying to become a titan. The burden of transformation made it vulnerable. I just happened to attack while the Terror was at its weakest. That's why it died…"
'Evolving… into a titan?'
Noticing a surprised expression on his face, Changing Star grimaced and pointed to the artificial sun.
"Have you not thought about what we have done?"