Shadow Slave Novel Chapter 110 Memento

Chapter 110 nto

Sunny stared at the Shadow Saint, dumbfounded.

The storm of emotions that the destruction of the tower shield had produced was still tugging on his heartstrings, but now, an equally powerful feeling was slowly welling up in his chest. Not knowing how to process all of this, he simply blinked a couple of tis and said in a flat tone:

"Huh?"

'So, let

get this straight…'

He gave the shield to his pet monster hoping that she would be able to use it. And she did, sort of. It's just that instead of wielding the mory, she… ate it.

Sunny hesitated for a few monts, wondering if he had finally lost it. But no, the echo of the Spell's voice was still resounding above the dark waters, whispering the sa phrase over and over again.

Stone Saint has grown stronger.

With a heavy sigh, Sunny summoned the runes and found the description of the Shadow. Down at the very bottom of it, the runes were slightly changed:

Shadow Fragnts: [2/200].

A wild gleam appeared in his eyes. Two fragnts… he had received the mory of the tower shield after slaying a particularly hardy wraith, who, despite its frightening appearance, had turned out to be rely an awakened monster. For killing it, Sunny himself had received four shadow fragnts.

But that was because his own Shadow Core was Dormant, and as such, he always got double the reward in battles against creatures of the higher rank — two for each Soul Core that an awakened creature possessed.

The Stone Saint was such a creature herself, so it was logical to assu that she would not receive the sa treatnt. The tower shield had co from a monster with two awakened cores, so she received two fragnts for consuming its mory.

Which ant that…

With a fire of excitent burning in his eyes, Sunny hurriedly summoned another mory. A disgusting eye with a nacing vertical pupil appeared from the dissipating brightness of the descending sphere of light.

That eye ca from a basilisk-like creature that Sunny had killed a few weeks ago. To survive the battle, he had to fight it with his own eyes closed, relying solely on the Shadow Sense to move through the rubble and dodge the attacks of the deadly beast.

In the end, he had beheaded the vile thing with a slash of his swift blade seconds before being ripped apart by its claws. It was a fine test for his nascent combat skill.

Sadly, the mory ca with none of the powers that the actual beast had possessed. It was only capable of producing a harmless beam of red light, which could only be used for creating mood lighting… at least in the case of Sunny, who could see in the dark.

Grabbing the eye, he held it out for the Stone Saint to take.

The Shadow grasped the disgusting thing, brought it to her chest, and then crushed it in her armored fist. Once again, the mory disintegrated into countless tiny sparks of ethereal light, which were then absorbed by the darkness hiding inside the elegant creature's body.

[Stone Saint has grown stronger.]

Sunny grinned, then threw his head back and laughed.

So that's how it was… the Shadows fed on mories! They consud them to receive power, just like he killed Nightmare Creatures to consu the remnants of their shadows.

To make sure, he glanced at the runes again and saw exactly what he had expected to see:

Shadow Fragnts: [3/200].

Tier-one Awakened mory, one fragnt. Makes sense.

Giddy with anticipation, Sunny summoned the next mory. A bulky suit of rusty plate armor appeared from the sphere of light and hovered in the air in front of him. This one he had received after burning the towering nest of monstrous, flesh-devouring termites to the ground.

Creating a bonfire in the absolute darkness of the Forgotten Shore's night was a dangerous endeavor, but he had hoped to receive hundreds of shadow fragnts by eviscerating the whole swarm of these tiny gluttonous creatures. Judging by the amount of bones littering the ground around the nest, they were a real plague.

Sadly, the entire colony had turned out to be a single demonic being, landing him only six fragnts. He even had to retreat without collecting the soul shards from the smoldering remains of the hive, scared away by the approach of several Fallen horrors that had been attracted by the bright flas. The mory was of little consolation, since his own Puppeteer's Shroud was superior to it in all regards.

But now, finally, it could be of use!

The Stone Saint devoured the armor just like she had devoured the over two mories. Once again, the Spell announced that the shadow monster had grown stronger. The runes changed again:

Shadow Fragnts: [6/200].

Every ti the numbers changed, Sunny felt a deep sense of satisfaction. His nacing stone knight was becoming more fearso with each second. He suspected that gambling addicts felt sothing similar in the throes of a rare winning streak.

Caught in the mont, he grasped the next mory, but then stopped and stared at the small silver bell that lay silently in his hand.

This one… this one was the first mory he had ever received, barely holding onto life in the bitter cold and terror of the First Nightmare. It was the weakest mory he had, but also the most aningful. Sunny had killed one human to receive it, and had used it to kill another.

The Silver Bell was a reminder.

With bleak eyes, he read the runes that shimred in the lightless emptiness of his soul:

[...a small nto of a long-lost ho, which once brought its owner comfort and joy.]

Suddenly drained of the excitent that had been consuming him just a few monts ago, Sunny sighed heavily and dismissed the mory. There was a dark expression on his face.

Glancing at the motionless Shadow Saint, he turned away.

"That's enough for today… Ah, what a long day. I think I'll go to sleep now."

Leaving the Soul Sea, he stood silently for a few minutes, then slowly walked to his bed and fell on it. Dismissing the Puppeteer's Shroud, Sunny wrapped himself in the blanket and closed his eyes.

He was so tired.