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Chapter 1886: Dark Dancer
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    Disarmed
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    Этот ваш стихийный урон еще со времен лоботомной корпорации вонял гнильцой..
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    Deathseeker
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    ...
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      Dummybaron
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      We all know Sunny is professional when it come down to cooking.
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    Elrenegat
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    This doesn't make any sense : Sunny can literally see in the dark, how would darkness blind him in anyway ?
    It's even demonstrated with the shadows in his temple where no light remains, he says that he can see perfectly well, and not just because of the shadows, simply because he doesn't need any light
    If anything darkness shouldn't work against him on this aspect
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      Dummybaron
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      Shadows/Normal Darkness - absence of light

      True Darkness - mysterious substence of unknown origin, opposite to light and devouring everething, very dangerous for Shadows as it can devour Wild Shadows with ease therefor cut out Shadow Aspect User's [Shadow Sence] and Blind even those who can see in Normal Darkness.
      It was explained back in the Forgotten Shore and Antarctica.

      Edit: Forgot to mention but it was said that True Darkness is Blood of Unholy Titan, after his Death his body became Hollow Mountains and his Blood gave birth to True Darkness, but I don't remember where it was mentioned so it could be misinformation.
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        Elrenegat
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        Yeah see, now that's just preaching, there is no such thing as true darkness, darkness is the absence of light, just like shadows are the place where light is obstructed
        And yet he doesn't speak of "true" shadows or "true" light
        I mean, if one of her abilities could literally blind someone in it I would say yes, but blinding someone that can see in the dark because of "true" darkness is just bullcrap
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          Dummybaron
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          I wonder why you read this Novel bro, especially since you say that rules of its world that was described times and times again you find bullcrap.
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            Elrenegat
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            Because I enjoy it to some degree, but it doesn't change the fact that some things are still bullcrap
            I mean, just because he defined it early on doesn't make the thing more probable
            Realistically, there is no such thing as being able to see in darkness while also not being able too, it just doesn't work that way
            I mean, either you can or you can't, heck he could even see like a cat if he wanted to, with better vision where light is dim, but this middle ground just doesn't stand with me, since it just doesn't make any sense
            Plus if he really wanted too, he could have just used the escuse of an ability to justifie the whole thing, like if revel could blind people in it or something like that
            But this, this just feels cheap you know, kind of like shooting batman in the logo
            You take away his ability to see in the dark, you take away his identity mostly and all that is left is a cheap version of darkness finally
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              Dummybaron
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              And while he could explain it by some magical bulshit, he doesn't even do that
              True Dakness and its properties in fact are a "magical bullshit" he uses to describe why Sunny can't see in True Darkness.

              Anyway whatever man, I'll just hope you will continue to enjoy the story, our perspective is different and I feel that arguing with you is just a waste of your time and mine time too. Have a good night/good day/good morning.
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              The Priest of Negari
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              What the hell is going on here. Okay, I'll try to explain everything. so in this context, darkness is a separate and actually existing substance. darkness is directly opposed to light. I will also mention that in this novel, light and shadow are just two sides of the same coin. the problem here is only in words. It's just that human language is limited in descriptions of such things due to the limited sensory capabilities of the people themselves. basically it's almost a philosophical question and I'm not even surprised that there are such disputes.
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                Elrenegat
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                I mean it's not quite the subject, but I understand where you come from
                Still Darkness being alive make even less sense than producing darkness
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          Não é o Matheus
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          It's literally a fantasy novel, wtf are you talking about? The thing has a whole mythology and you're complaining that there is a difference between natural Darkness and magical Darkness?
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            Elrenegat
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            Yeah pretty much, because you don't create darkness, darkness simply is
            Darkness is not a thing or fantastic so to speak, it's just the absence of light
            It doesn't exist to begin with unlike light
            So you could create magical light, but you can't create magical darkness for the simple reason that it doesn't exist
            And while you could argue that her power kills light, it doesn't create darkness, nor magical one, it just creates a vacum of light, thus leading to darkness
            Sorry if I sound like a scientist, but I don't like people shitting all over science, it just doesn't sit with me
            So yeah nothing is magical about this darkness so to speak and g3 point of not being able to see in what he call magical nothing doesn't make any sense
            Thus my point
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              Não é o Matheus
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              Shitting all over science? It's f#cking fiction, you know what else is not scientific? Souls, aspects, gods, daemons, fate, everything in this novel is "shitting all over science", do you want to say that It doesn't make sense for Shadow God to have created death as well? Do you want to complain about how Sunny can become a shadow? Why in a novel full of fantasy you suddenly have a problem with one of the not scientific mystical things?
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                Elrenegat
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                Because it's really dumb, doesn't make any sense and because this makes the mc look even more pathetic than he already is
                That's why
                But the real question is why do ask questions to which I have already answered, at least 2 times already
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            The Priest of Negari
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            How I agree with you, bro. Like here, bitch, shadows can move regardless of how the light shines, there are souls, a separate being can simply destroy the planet at will, and a person here complains about nonsense with a play on words.
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              Elrenegat
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              It's not nonsense at all and shadows always moved depending on the light, I never put that back in perspective
              As for the whole Sunny can move them and make them solid thing, it's because of magic
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                The Priest of Negari
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                AND WHY THE HELL CAN'T DARKNESS EXIST BECAUSE OF MAGIC. The main reinforcement system here is tied to souls. Let me remind you of ent: "initially, there was an infinitely eternal nothing that was constantly changing" let me remind you that back then even the laws of physics did not exist, as well as time and space. This literally tells us that any kind of energy and matter can exist here. In such conditions, even an accident with the smallest chance will already happen 100% of the time. If you don't understand what I'm saying, then I won't try any further. Although this idea should have been abandoned initially. Study entropy, the Samsara model of the universe, and Nietzsche's idea of superman on a superficial level. This should help you understand what I mean.
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                  Elrenegat
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                  If you can't understand what I'm telling you, I can't explain it any better
                  Also, your points doesn't even make sense, I don't understand jack to them, and if I don't, it's bad
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          TheVoidBeyond
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          TRUE darkness is the blood of a slain void creature from the age of chaos. if you try to apply logic and ignore context/lore, then what's the point?
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            Elrenegat
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            The point is that there is logic, physic and science fiction
            And if you apply normal settings to your story, such as gravity for exemple, then it means that the rest of the settings should be normal
            That's the point
            Plus darkness is not really an unknown you know, and saying that it is blood is beyound stupid
            Especially when darkness at it's core does not exist, darkness is the abscence of light, it's not something tangible or real like photons or gravity is
            That's the point
            But I think that I already talked about this, if memory serve
            The other point is that if Darkness doesn't exist nor can magical darkness, and that if you can see in the dark like the mc should, than the "magical" abscence of light won't change that
            That's the point and that's what I was talking about
            Now if you ask me why I'm talking about it, it's because it doesn't not only nerf the mc to oblivion but because it's also totally stupid
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      No. 4
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      Some real world logic doesn't work here. If G3 says True Darkness is the counter to shadows, then that's how it goes. And let's face it, Sunny has to have some counter to his Aspect, if not, then its utility is just too op. You can't have everything.
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        Elrenegat
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        It's not what he says, it's what is
        But yes darkness is the counter to shadows
        But that's not really what I was debating, I was debating the fact that darkness per say does not exist as a thing, that magical darkness should not exist to begin with, since normal one don't and that if someone can see in the dark be should be able to see in this so called darkness, especially when it has been his MO since the very beginning and that magical darkness is bulshit
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          ㅤㅤㅤ
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          What are you arguing about, this is a fantasy novel where deities literally fight using concept as space and time, where simply knowing the true names of these beings can get even a saint killed or corrupted, where simply gazing at their reflection frozen in a time storm can kill you and you're comparing the true darkness of theirs to ours?? If g3 says the true darkness here is a conscious being capable of thought then so being it because their universe and it's law is different from ours in real life
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            Elrenegat
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            Yeah well I still find this f#cking dumb
            Plus it's not all I was saying, I was also saying that taking away sunny night vision is the equivalent of taking away superman fly ability
            It makes him a bitch, since it's pretty much all he had going for himself
            Just like if you would take away nephis regeneration
            It's a dumb move, executed with even dumber reasons
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              cooldude
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              And like superman and his flight ability, Sunny doesn't need it to be who he is. Superman didn't even start out being able to fly, and neither did Sunny start out having his abilities. AND bro wdym it's all Sunny had going for himself? Have we read the same novel? All of your points are childish and not at all thought out. Nephis didn't always regenerate during her battles, often doing it after, this changes nothing. They simply countered their transcendent battle arts, but they can and will still win, their bag is deep and their intellect is deeper.
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                Elrenegat
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                Their bags are empty and so are their brains and no Sunny doesn't have shit going for him, idk wtf you're talking about
                Plus neither are my points childish in any kind of way, they are all pertinent and explained
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              ㅤㅤㅤ
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              It seems you're still comparing the true darkness from the novel with real one when it's been stated that it's actually the blood of an unholy creature which defies logic and physics so sunny not being able to see in it is not dump
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                Elrenegat
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                Nothing defies logic and physics
                At best you can duplicate something or a processus
                But you can't replace it, because it doesn't make any f#cking sense
                It's not the middle age here you know ?
                We don't burn people to know wether they witches or not and we don't exaclty believe in a flat earth either
                If physics exist, it's not for the dogs
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                  HalfIotian
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                  It's a f#cking fantasy novel Aristotle, what the author write IS the law, if he wants to defy physics in his novel then consider it Defied
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                  Elrenegat
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                  Doesn't work that way unfortunately
                  There is codes to everything
                  And even imagination does not trump commun sense
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                  HalfIotian
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                  What codes, from which industries, has it been studied rigorously, has it been peer reviewed, who conceptualised it, where can I find it. And no you can't tell me to Google it because the burden of proof falls upon you, the one who mentioned it first.
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                  Elrenegat
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                  Well technically it falls upon you
                  Sure, it's "up to me" to prove my theory if it's far fetched, but if it's commun sense, then I don't have too, and you should be the one to either understand what I'm saying or reach the conclusion by yourself
                  But since I'm a good sport and because I know that you're gonna call me a fraude if I don't, I'm gonna spoon feed you the answer, even though you can reach it by yourself, probably, hopefully, and that it is written above our comments
                  So, the answer is as follow, gravity while not tangible still exist per say, it's a force exerted by an object upon you, you can't touch it, you can't smell it, but you can feel it, it is per say intangible
                  Now that's physic, the observation a of certain phenomene and it's explanation
                  You can if you wish to say so write a novel and say that it doesn't work that way, that gravity doesn't exists, that it doesn't work the same way or even that it's entirely different from what we know
                  It's doable, it's a lot of work, which bring nothing most of the time, but it's doable
                  The real problem start when you speak about something that does not exist in the first place
                  You see, photons of light do exist, but darkness does not, it's a concept, what you understand as darkness is simply the abscence of light, it doesn't exists to begin with
                  Just like nothing, which is the abscence of everything
                  Now you can guess why the abscence of something canno't be magical
                  It's like saying my abscence of love is magical, it's just dumb, it doesn't make any sense
                  It's the same thing for darkness
                  That's where the codes, the commun sense and the logic comes from as opposed to pure imagination
                  Anyway, stop asking me the same questions over and over when I have already answered it, it's exhausting ...
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          Nigerian prince
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          I think your argument is invalid because this is the same "fantasy" novel where "nothing and nobody" exists, and is not just and abstract concept that have real effects on the world. For someone like Nether(prince of the underworld) to say "I fear nothing and I'm weary of nobody".
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            Elrenegat
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            Those are beings literally made out of nothing and which whole point is to defy normal comprehension
            But darkness is not a thing to begin with, once again, so it being created or sentient is just dumb to begin with
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              Nigerian prince
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              Is it okay if I dm you
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                Elrenegat
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                Isn't what what you're already doing ?
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                  cooldude
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                  Nothing is not a thing, neither is Darkness very technically, but Darkness is the lack of light, while shadows is the imprint of objects touched by light, a black hole is by definition darkness, it isn't a shadow from light or light itself. So yes Darkness exists in real life. Again you not having an issue with Nothing and Nobody being an actual concept but not Darkness is simply nitpicking. And your major point of Sunny being able to see in Darkness is fundamentally flawed. He can see in shadows, not darkness.
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                  cooldude
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                  And again in this novel true Darkness isn't darkness. Notice the capitalization. True Darkness is created by an unholy titans blood, and it devours both light and shadows. Normal darkness is shadows, on a larger scale. That is NOT what true Darkness is in this novel.
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                  Elrenegat
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                  I think you're a bit confused about the whole thing
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                  Elrenegat
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                  No he can see in the Darkness but not in the "magical darkness" that doesn't make any sense
                  Also a black hole is not darkness at all, it just drag in every light arounds it and snuff it out, thus making it black, but is not essentialy black nor is related to darkness in any kind of way, document yourself about it if you want to know more
                  And no, I'm not being nichee or picky like you sugest
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                  cooldude
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                  That is essentially how True Darkness works in this novel, and stop taking one point out to counter. And no, sunny can see in shadows, which is what normal darkness is, True Darkness isn't a shadow or anything similar, again it's similar to a black hole in the way it eats light and shadows, it's most likely not even black, but when light doesn't reflect back into your eyes it shows up as black, which is what they're experiencing.
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                  Elrenegat
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                  Bro wtf are you talking about ? xD
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                  cooldude
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                  Bro has no defense smh. Like I said, Shadows and True Darkness are functionally the same, in the since they are dark, but the reason for the darkness is different. Shadows are areas light cannot reach due to being blocked by a physical object, True Darkness is light devoured, it doesn't need a physical object to exist. you can't have shadows in an empty flat plain, illuminated by sunlight. In this novel however, you can have true Darkness in that empty field, as any light that touches it will be devoured.
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                  Elrenegat
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                  Congratulations, you just proved yourself wrong, by explaining how each works and differ and saying that they are the same
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      Lazy Lion
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      Nigga just enjoy the novel like everyone else. It's just fiction FFS!!

      I thought of this theory too, but you don't see me ranting about it. finger
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      Lost from star
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      We are in almost 1900 chapters in and bro is clueless about everything and did bro just say darkness is not shadow? Mother f#cker it is a shadow appeared cuz of moon light who is this dumb dumb 💀
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      kotletki
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      чувак, тоесть ты сначала прочитал гре**ые 1880 глав и только после этого решил возмутиться?
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        Elrenegat
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        Yeah, I guess that I was enjoying it up to a point but less and less as it goes by
        Then again, this shit was never a masterpiece to begin with, it's what what I read when I don't have anything else to read
        Simply put, it's not my first choice, at all
        So yeah, it does pisses me off when people write nonsense and that other defends him
        Especially when the story goes from good to bad, it's just a shame, I call that a lack of effort
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      BeanJohnson
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      Bro is a professional yapper spongebobblah
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        Elrenegat
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        Yeah I must be, which is more than I can say for the others
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      AetherLord
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      Rage bait
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        Elrenegat
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        The only rage bait here is your pseudo and your profile picture
        If I was you, I would off myself out of shame, just saying, you inbreed
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    Максим Довбняк
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    Chapter 1887: Never Before

    A terrible battle was raging on the grounds of the mystical castle, making the Citadel groan and quake. Its ancient walls were cracking, and crimson tails were raining from the sloped roofs, falling into the surging waters of the deep lake. The dim twilight of the Hollows was torn apart by flashes of blinding light.

    On the edge of the foaming water, a taciturn woman in a black hunting attire was calmly drawing her bow as an enormous rhino was barrelling at her down the stone stairs, shattering the weathered steps into dust as he charged. Unshaken, the woman silently released the wet string. It shot forward, leaving a string-shaped cloud of water droplets behind — the twisting arrow pierced the humid air and unerringly struck the rhino's right eye just moments before the giant beast rammed its horn through her chest.

    The beast was cunning, though. It shut one of his eyes just before the arrow hit — the arrowhead spent most of its destructive force to penetrate the heavy eyelid, damaging the rhino‘s eye, but failing to kill him on the spot.

    His furious bellow shook the world as blood flowed down its snout.

    However, before the rhino could impale the huntress on his horn, she finally moved.

    In the next moment, a giant black panther leaped on the charging giant, tore the tough hide on his neck and back with her claws, and soared into the air. Landing on the wall of the castle, the panther ran up its surface, then spun and pushed herself into another jump in a blink of an eye. Splinters of wood flew in all directions, and a black blur shot toward the ground, where two more Saints had just emerged from the broken gates...

    A powerful tremor shook the entire Citadel, and a devastating shockwave rolled from the darkness inside, pulverizing the debris of the gates into fine dust.

    The clash between Shield Wall and Silent Stalker would have been a harrowing sight for many — after all, it wasn't often that two Saints fought each other... or at least it had not been before the Domain War.

    But today, it was just a minor spectacle happening on the fringes of the true battle.

    Inside the castle, a hell that humanity had never witnessed before was blossoming in all its dreadful, murderous glory.

    Eight Transcendent champions of the Sword Domain had clashed with Lonesome Howl of the Song Clan and the Saint of Sorrow, aided by two Reflections sent by Mordret, the Prince of Nothing. These many human Transcendents had never fought before.

    The violent forces released by the clash of the Saints had wrecked the interior of the ancient Citadel, turning it into a scene of utter destruction — it might have withstood the fall of the civilization that had built it, the ruthless reality of the Hollows, and thousands of years of desolation, but it was slowly coming undone under the obliterating carnage of the bloody battle.

    The wooden walls were cracking. The floor was on the verge of collapsing. The ceiling of the grand hall was crumbling, supported only by the vines and the roots of the trees that had permeated the sacred castle over the countless years. Lonesome. Howl's Transcendent form was that of a giant, monstrous wolf. Her fur was black like the night sky, and her bestial eyes were burning with frenzied red flame. Terrifying fangs were glistening in her enormous maw, each taller than an adult man.

    They were already painted scarlet by fresh blood.

    The princess of Song herself had clashed with a noble lion, the two of them entangled into a devastating hurricane of white and black. Bolts of lightning were dancing in the air, and steaming blood was spilling on the shattered floor, flowing into the bowels of the ancient Citadel.

    The two Reflections had assumed the forms of terrifying black wolves, as well. Only... unlike Lonesome Howl, who was a Transcendent Beast, both of them were Supreme ones.

    They lacked the will and ingenuity of humans, but were much stronger. More than that, both of them possessed the divine lineage of Beast God, just like the princess of Song did, and therefore, the Saints of Swords could not overpower the Reflections despite their numerical advantage.

    And worst of all...

    The corpse of the Great Terror slain by the Song sisters was moving, as well, risen by malevolent will, indifferent to pain, and nearly indestructible.

    The bodies of two Saints that had been killed in the ambush were moving too. The one dismembered by Jest of Dagonet was struggling weakly on the ground, unable to rise... the one beheaded by Changing Star's sword, however, stood up slowly, blood flowing down his lustrous breastplate from his severed neck. A moment later, he lunged at the nearest human, sinking his fingers into their flesh.

    Startled and momentarily immobilized, the grabbed Saint activated one of his Aspect Abilities to sever the dead man's arms. However, he did not receive a chance to — because of the delay, he failed to evade in time, and the paw of a frenzied wolf crashed into him, ripping open his armor, chest, and throat.

    The bloodied corpse fell to the ground...

    ...A few moments later, though, it moved, slowly rising backup.

    Saint Jest observer] the harrowing scene with a wry expression.

    Turning back to the towering gargoyle he had been fighting, the old man smiled.

    "How vexing. Not only is my Aspect useless against you, but you are even protecting the she—wolf pup against me. And that stone body of yours refuses to be cut. Ha! If that is not. irony, then I don't know what is..."

    Then, his smile slowly turned dark, sinister, and eerily chilling.

    "But you know, Sorrow's son..."

    Something moved beneath Jest's clothes, and his form suddenly started to change, ripping them apart.

    His voice had changed, as well, growing deep and inhuman:

    "The funny thing is, that only makes me want to cut you open more..."

    There was a deafening crash somewhere above them, and the Citadel shook once again — this time much more violently than before. A section of its outer walls collapsed, revealing the interior of several overgrown floors.

    A tide of darkness spilled from one of them, followed by two falling figures.

    .....
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      Максим Довбняк
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      Chapter 1888: A Neat Trick

      Sunny was troubled.

      Not only because he was facing Revel the Lightslayer and two Reflections, separated from the rest of the group and having no clue how Nephis was doing, but also because the familiar voice in his head was silent.

      [Cassie?]

      There was no answer.

      Either the Song sisters had a way to isolate those who entered the Citadel from the outside world — be it because of the Citadel itself, a mysterious facet of the Queen's Domain, or some other means — or something else was happening on the surface, not allowing Cassie to split her attention.

      In any case, at that moment, Sunny realized that he had grown both accustomed and reliant on having the blind seer be his invisible companion.

      Her silence made him feel uneasy.

      But there was no time to dwell on that...

      Because Revel was already attacking.

      The true darkness summoned by her and the two Reflections had overpowered the light emanating from Serpent, drowning the overgrown hall once again. The giant firefly's body grew dim and bleak, its radiance snuffed out. Even the infernal glow of Fiend's fire was extinguished.

      Sunny was blind once again... he just barely managed to manifest a sword from the shadows before they were consumed by the darkness.

      He took a step back and moved his odachi. In the next moment, a violent impact reverberated through his bones, and he felt a sharp blade being blocked by his own. Twisting it into a bind, Sunny calmly shifted his weight and delivered a crushing forward kick — there was the sound of soft soles scraping against wood, as if someone had leaped back, and his kick struck nothing but air. Almost at the same time, he heard an irritated growl, and a long jet of red flame momentarily pushed the darkness away, revealing the silhouettes of the fighters.

      Saint had moved to protect Serpent from the deadly attack launched by one of the Reflections — just as the hall became briefly enveloped in dim red glow, a sharp do sword landed on her shield, sending a powerful shockwave rolling outward and tearing the ancient roots apart.

      Fiend had been weakened by true darkness, as well — the jet of flame he spat failed to catch the second Reflection, and it leaped into the air, delivering a flying kick to his wide chest. Another shockwave cracked the floor, and the steel giant staggered back.

      Both Reflections looked like the darkly beautiful Princess Revel.

      But Revel herself was standing in front of Sunny, just a few meters away.

      As both of them ignored the shockwaves and the light of Fiend's flame died out, her cold voice resounded in the darkness:

      "...Neat trick"

      She sounded both impressed by and indifferent to the fact that he had managed to deflect her first attack despite being blinded by the darkness.

      A moment later, her voice drowned in the deafening cacophony of his Shadows battling Mordret‘s Reflections.

      'Crap...‘

      Sunny shifted his stance and defended his side. There was another impact, and although he prevented Revel's blade from biting into his armor, its tip still scraped against the Onyx Mantle, pushing him back and almost throwing him off balance.

      The reason Sunny was able to defend himself against the Lightslayer was simple — it was a combination of his experience and Shadow Dance, as well as the threefold augmentation of his shadows. He might not have had the time to glean the true essence of her battle style, but he knew enough to predict where she would attack from, and how.

      ...More or less. She was too swift and powerful to be a mere Saint, which meant that her Aspect was granting her some kind of augmentation of her own.

      Still, Revel's sword was very similar to a tachi, and Sunny knew how to wield one very well. Her Aspect, meanwhile, seemed to allow her impossible freedom of movement within the darkness — a trait reminiscent of the Black Knight of the ruined cathedral, whom Sunny had killed many years ago... as well as his own Shadow Step, in a way.

      In fact, Sunny and Revel even looked somewhat alike. It was not that their features were that similar — there were plenty of pale people with raven hair and dark eyes in the world. It was just that they shared a certain bleak style. After all, shadows could easily be mistaken for true darkness, and vice versa. That was why Sunny could tell how she would try to kill him, to a degree. He simply defended against what he himself would do.

      It had worked until now...

      But how much longer would it preserve his life?

      Without shadow sense, he could not peer into Revel's intentions with Shadow Dense. Without sight, he couldn't see what she was doing. She could betray his expectations and deliver a subpar attack just to throw off his predictions. She could gain an edge over him by simply being patient.

      She could even neglect him entirely and move to dispatch one of his Shadows from behind first.

      'Damn it!‘

      Sunny had not felt so powerless in a long, long time.

      The Citadel groaned and quaked around them. He clashed with Lightslayer a few more times, barely managing to avoid death in the barrage of insidious, lethal attacks. Her swordsmanship was stellar, and her mastery of combat was fearsome. He blocked or deflected some blows and weakened the impact of the rest — Revel's sword rattled his body and left scars on the surface of the Onyx Mantle, but his armor held.

      The sharp blade did slide into its cracks a couple of times, causing him torturous pain, but dealing little damage.

      "That‘s... one vile enchantment...‘

      Revel's sword seemed to infect everything it touched with a plague of potent poisons, causing unbearable pain, paralysis, wasting, and necrosis all at the same time.

      Blood Weave devoured them hungrily, preventing any of the poisons from spreading to his heart.

      A cold scoff came from the darkness.

      "...Are you even human? I can't smell your blood at all."

      Sunny smiled crookedly behind his mask.

      "Human? No... I am just a shadow. Shadows don't really bleed."

      Despite his smile, he was grim. Surviving Revel's onslaught was useless — the initiative was fully on her side, and his Shadows were being tied down by Mordret's Reflections. At least one of them had to be Supreme, it seemed... otherwise, Saint would have destroyed her enemy already.

      If this went on, he was going to lose.

      And then, he would die.

      Well, not really. At least one of his shadows would be destroyed, leaving Sunny weakened and an incarnation short.

      But he would most likely survive.

      Even if all four of the shadows were killed, Sunny's soul would not collapse -— after all, it was fortified by Soul Weave. A normal human's soul would crumble and dissipate if its integrity was violated too severely, but he was different. As long as at least a shred of Sunny's soul remained, it would be able to one day restore itself.

      However...

      What about the rest of the Saints of the conquest force? What about Roan? ...What about Nephis?

      He needed to think of something. A tactical shift... a new strategy.

      Sunny gritted his teeth.

      Then... he gave his Shadows a mental command.

      A moment later, Fiend turned around, rushed blindly at the wall of the overgrown hall, and collided with it at terrible speed.

      The great weight of the towering devil and his Supreme power caused the entire Citadel to quake. An entire section of the castle's wall collapsed, and Fiend — as well as the Reflection pursuing him — tumbled outside, falling into the distant lake.

      In the chaos, Serpent scurried toward Saint and leaped into the air, turning into a serpentine odachi. Saint dismissed her dark blade and grasped the hilt of the odachi with an unshaken fist.

      And Sunny...

      Sunny released the hold on his avatar, allowing the Lord of Shadows to turn into a one.

      The true darkness consumed the wild shadows, but it could not consume Sunny's own — just like he could not command or manifest the shadows of living beings.

      If his true body was here, he would not have been able to assume an intangible form, since there were no shadows for him to dive into. But the Lord of Shadows was a manifested avatar — therefore, his natural form was that of a shadow, to begin with.

      So, Sunny was able to abandon the physical form without losing control of the incarnation. He had become a shadow in the depths of a sea of darkness.

      For a moment, there were four shadows — haughty and his three companions — drowning in the that sea. It felt eerie and unpleasant, as though something was gnawing at Sunny's very soul.

      However, he could still control the avatar.

      So, he did something that he had never tried before.

      Followed by the other three shadows, he crawled across the floor in the direction where Saint was fighting against the Reflection...

      And wrapped himself around her body, fusing with it like any other of his shadows would.
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        DanielPlay
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        I just hope the guy on telegram hasn't fallen asleep yet, but I can't blame him if he has, staying awake until now waiting for the chapters to be released is really difficult.
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          Максим Довбняк
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          I think he fell asleep and I understand him)
          Someone in the chat should send it, I hope
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        sugeee
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        Seems like the Telegram guy might be asleep.

        Since you have given me the chapters for several days in the last week or two, I will return the favor now.

        https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IvH_ivTF2bkBAGclKMkS51pa3jppGw0VWcAfMtlizYw/edit?usp=sharing
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          Максим Довбняк
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          Thx a lot boast
          By the way, did you get these chapters somewhere or did you download them from webnovel?
          I'm trying to figure out how to download chapters from there, but everything was blocked on iOS((
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            sugeee
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            I got them from another place dedicated to pirating Shadow Slave chapters.

            You cannot download chapters from webnovel. The way the pirates do it is by taking screenshots, and then using image->text conversion software. It's why you will often see weird spelling errors in the chapters where d gets converted to cl and similar stuff.
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              Максим Довбняк
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              I know that by taking screenshots, the question is how to make them without a second phone. Stupid app(
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                Nothingleft14
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                Edit: Oh looks like the webnovel website can’t block you from taking screen shots. It’s still a lot of work, so the method I mentioned below might be faster.

                This is a bit of a roundabout way, but I can’t think of any other way as no screenshots/screen recording is allowed on the app.

                1. Setting > Accessibility > Spoken Content > Speak Screen ON
                2. Go to voice memos or a recording software on your phone or another device and press record.
                3. Go to webnovel and swipe down with two fingers from the top of the screen to start the text to voice *You shouldn’t need to scroll down, it should read the rest of the chapter. You can also speed it up but that might result in errors when transcribing*
                4. Go back to recording software, stop recording and press the three dots next to it and save to Files
                5. Go to a free transcription website like GoTranscribe, upload the file from wherever you saved it in Files.
                6. Copy the text outputted.

                I know it’s a lot of work probably up to 5-6 mins per chap. I would help if I had a source but since I don’t, there’s not much I can do. Thank you for all your contributions!
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                  Максим Довбняк
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                  Thank you, you are the best blushed I will try.
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        Chrisvy
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        Quizás sunny aprenda a unirse a la sombra de otros seres para aprender a copiarlos mejor y así consiguiendo nuevas formas para su caparazón de sombras
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    Glee Boi
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    Oh man I'm still hungrrrrrrry!
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    Moose
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    This be getting interesting I wonder how sunny will pull through
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      Turnc4406
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      The lantern, maybe? Also, he can become incorporeal, and difficult to injure at all without soul attacks.
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        Bolus
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        Есть сэинт. А может ли змей превратиться в сэинт?
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          Zrilla
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          Нет змей не может превратиться в сэинт, так как он превращается лишь в тех чьи тени есть в море души санни, а тень/душа убитой святой была потрачена чтобы превратить еë из эхо в тень/теневое эхо, у санни ведь особенные прислужники.
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            Turnc4406
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            I think he could turn the snake into Solvane, Noctis, or Dire Fang. I don't know his much help that would be, though.
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              Dummybaron
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              Sunny didn't kill Noctis, Noctis comited suicide.
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                Turnc4406
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                I forgot. It has been a very long time.
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                  Dummybaron
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                  Understandable
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              Kdmill
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              Sunny could turn it to Solvane and she would be able to handle at least 1 saint for sure but he don’t have noctis
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        DeathGun AS
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        I thought about that too, but I don't think so. If you're in a dark room, completely closed, are there shadows? No, just complete darkness... But we'll see in the next chapter.
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    Baezhij
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    Shika noko noke noko koshi tan tan
    Shika noko noko noko koshi tan tan

    Shika noko noke noko koshi tan tan
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    Shika noko noke noko koshi tan tan
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      Strange404sponge
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      Kys kys kys kys kys kys kys
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    Ашидо
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    The truth is revealed, Ki song gathered her "daughters" Because of their aspects, which completely overwhelm the aspects of Anvil's allies
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      Elrenegat
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      lightslayer was already a saint when sunny wasn't even a sleeper and so was moonsomething probably
      So no
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        SrgtLock
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        They have had a seer before Cassie was a sleeper as well.
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          Elrenegat
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          Fate is changing all the time, especially when someone f#cks with it, like cassie for exemple
          And Sunny was removed from fate altogheter, so there is simply no way in hell that they would have predicted that one
          So no this argument does not stand
          Plus if they really thought that they would have to kill them latter on, they wouldn't have waited for them to become saints to begin with
          Hate all you want, it won't change the fact that you are wrong
          I mean seriously, did you really think I didn't thought this one through ?
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    ropero
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    First of all, finally some action, and a good, high-stake one at that. Thanks G3, my longing for it was almost as strong as Sunny's for Neph.
    Second of all, true darkness, as much as I don't like the concept of it, is hopefully used more throughout the story as it's one of the (if not the only one) non-bullshit ways to nerf sunny's fighting capabilities without destroying his cores / killing his shadows.
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    DanielPlay
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    Saint must move up a class in this battle, she is similar to Sunny in this regard, if she kills a being of true darkness she can absorb it, it happened with the black knight and the heart of darkness.
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      Lazy Lion
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      You can bet your ass she's gonna evolve her class in this battle. Revel having a bit of interest in Saint is all you need to know that she's gonna be a Tyrant soon.
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        DanielPlay
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        I wonder what his servants will be like? I hope they are real creatures and not more abstract things like the dreams that Nightmare commands.
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