Sunny found himself in a space between dream and reality. It was an endless black void illuminated by a myriad of stars. Between those stars, countless strings of silver light were woven into a beautiful and inconceivably complex net, forming various nexuses and constellations. It was truly breathtaki-
"Blah blah blah, it used to be cool sure, but can we get to the point?"
[Aspirant! Your trial is over.]
[The king of shadows was tired of his fate, so he went back in time and broke it. His treachery fascinated even the spell, and the shadow god bestowed his blessings on him .]
[You have defeated five dormant beasts: Mountain King's Larva.]
[You have defeated five dormant humans, names unknown.]
[You have defeated two awakened humans: Auro of the Nine and name unknown.]
[You have defeated an awakened tyrant: Mountain King (shadow slave).]
[You have defeated an Ascended demon: Nameless guardian.]
[You have achieved the impossible!]
[Final appraisal: unbelievable. Your treachery truly knows no bounds, and your spite cleaves the skies.]
[Dreamer Sunless, receive your boon!]
[You have been bestowed a True Name: Lost From Light ]
The spell's words were unbelievable, just as Sunny's Nightmare had been.
Next was his aspect
Aspect: [Divine shadow]
Aspect Rank: Divine.
Aspect Description: [You are a miraculous shadow that surpassed its own potential, you are a shadow that needs no master, similar to Shadow himself. Your command over shadows is greater than a mere shadow slave but your powers are relatively the same.]
Innate Ability: Shadow's fire
Ability description: [ It is gift bestowed upon you by the Shadow god
Your strength, speed, durability, mental fortitude, soul's defences and will's potency are doubled while surrounded by this fire
It is blessing to your but leathel to your enemies]
Sunny grinned. "No more Shadow Bond. And this… Shadow's fire, huh? It's like the most well-rounded augmentation ever. Even if it's weaker than some… Wait."
A realization hit him. His grin widened.
"I can stack and activate this with my normal shadow augmentation."
That was very good news.
The spell began to speak again:
The spell began to speak again:
[The First Seal is broken.]
[Awakening dormant powers…]
Sunny felt the familiar dormant powers filling his body and soul again, it felt euphoric just as it always had.
[Aspect Ability: Shadow Control.]
Ability description: [Your shadows are more independent than any other, and are invaluable helpers. All shadows respect and fear your authority.]
[Flaw: clear conscience.]
Description: [you still can't lie.]
Sunny blinked. "well it makes sense , I didn't expect it to change anyway ", it would have been a pain in the ass if he received a different flaw
But at least the rest of his Aspect remained the same. If anything, it had improved. That alone made it all worth it and his new innate ability, it will be game changer , also it a lot similar to Nephis dormant ability
Then, before he could fully process his flaw, pain rippled through him.
[Your shadow is overflowing with power.]
[Your shadow is taking shape.]
[Your shadow is complete.]
"Yeah...that should make sense...."
The agony was indescribable. His body convulsed as his shadow twisted, condensed, broke apart and reforged itself anew. He collapsed, trembling as his very being was reshaped.
A monster core was forming.
By the time the pain faded, he was no longer in the void.
He was back in the real world.
---
When sunny wake up he saw the familiar sealing of the bunker and beside him was sitting a women with raven black hairs and alabaster skin. She was soul reaper
Seeing her after so long stired many emotions in him , eventually she asked
"What are you starting at kid"
Realising that he was staring at her he quickly replied
"You"
She smiled and said " welcome back to the world of living dreamer sunless , you should meet your parents after taking a bath , you reak of nightmare"
After having the same conversation with Jet as his previous life , well mostly the same he went to take bath
After bathing he looked at himself in the mirror , well after his awakening he has become even more refined in his facial feature , he can even give master sunny a run for his money in terms of looks alone
He his hairs have gained an even darker shade of black and were more shiney
And his were two pool of darkness with seems to hold an unfathomable depth in them
Sunny had a strong urge to study his runes but he need to meet his parents first
He exited the bathroom wearing government issued tracksuit and entered the waiting area where he meet his parents
To say they were happy to see him alive would he an understatement
After having chat with his parents and Jet
And after having a heavy discussion with his parents about what to do next he replied
"I want to go to the academy"
---
Now sunny was standing in front of the academy gate but his eyes were wandering here and there searching for someone
But when his eyes laid on the girl with unmistakable silver hair , his mind went blank several emotions stirred within him .
Seeing her after so many years he wanted nothing more than to just hug here but that would complicate things
She started to turn her head in his way
Realising that he was staring for too long he quickly averted his gaze
Soon the academy gate descend and they walked into the academy together although maintaining proper distance suitable for strangers
---
Soon they entered the hall filled with sleeper
Sunny was now standing among the sleepers but his eyes were searching for someone and soon he spot him among the group of legacies , a tall man with green eyes Han Li Caster , sunny gritted his teeths
'this bastard, this time I will make sure your the one left behind , and nephis survive'
After the speach from awakened Rock , all the sleepers went to their assigned dorms
Finding his room was not very difficult for sunny for obvious reasons
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Sunny was sitting on bed in his while studying his runes
Name : sunless
True name : Lost from Light
Soul rank : dreamer
Class: monster
Shadow fagment: [26/2000]
Aspect: Divine shadow
Attribute : [child of shadows], [Flame of divinity],[Broken fate]
Aspect ability : [shadow controll]
Memories : [silver bell],[Puppeteer shroud]
[Defiance], [short sword]
Echoes:
Inate ability:[shadow's fire]
after studying his runes his attention immediately wet to his attribute [Broken fate]
[You have broken the strings of fate that had been tightly wrapped around you, although not completely , you are the only being in the world who can influence fate by your actions]
After reading the discription of the attribute a deep frown appeared on sunny face , several questions started to appear in sunny mind
'does this means I can change may fate now ...no it says influence, so changing some events are possible but the general direction of the time line cannot be changed , I hope outcome of the battle at the crimson spire can be changed '
This filled sunny heart with hope , hope that this time the outcome will be different
But that is for the future, there is another thing on sunny mind and that is his new innate ability
Innate Ability: Shadow's fire
Ability description: [ It is gift bestowed upon you by the Shadow god
Your strength, speed, durability, mental fortitude, soul's defences and will's potency are doubled while surrounded by this fire
It is blessing to your but leathel to your enemies]
'a gift from shadow god it says '
Sunny stretched one hand out and reached deep with in himself to the source of power
Soon sunny whole hand was covered in erie black flames , the flames were not hot infact the were cold and strangly warm and comforting at the same time , sunny don't know how to explain them
After experimenting with tem for some time sunny some conclusions
1. These flames can be used to argument himself or a memory, it's argumentation is almost similar to his shadow
2. the amount of flames are limited, he the power and amount of flames is directly proportional to his rank and class resp.
3. The flames can be divided in any ratio and
They can be used to heal himself although not as nearly as strong as nephis flame
4. And the most absurd ability of the flames , it can deal soul damage
In the end sunny can safely say that it pretty terrifying ability but not as strong as nephis flames
But there was one more thing sunny was happy about
Now nephis don't have to experience the pain of her flaw every time she heals him