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Chapter 1892: Purity of Steel
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    Unholy_Titan
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    Good seeing her calling him "Sunny"
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    GoatBom
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    Neph is the goat
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    Disarmed
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    Прожарка пошла?
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    RedFox
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    for the first time i see that a writer publishes two chapters every day, albeit small ones. this is very cool, but in fact i’m in favor of g3 releasing chapters with less frequency and taking longer to think through and structure them, or at least later release a light version with serious editing, there’s just too much water in the last chapters
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    Elrenegat
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    Honestly there are a lot of things that are not right there, on both side
    For starters, saint no augmented was barely able to content with one reflection but sudenly, with the mesly boost of one shadow, she was able take on three of them, while transformed, this as a starter is retarded
    Second, Sunny could have chosen not to fight her, at all since she can't even touch him while he is in his shadowy form and that the matchup is terrible for him, so if he really wanted to stall for time or dodge that fight, which no one would blame him for, all he would need to do is release his transformation and bring in back everyone and wait while sipping on a nice caputchino, then once the fight is over, he follows her, and keep sneak attacking her until he gets it right, there problem solved
    However all of this pose a problem, the problem being that revel beneficit ten times more than sunny of not fighting him
    And that is because she could just regroup with the others, drown the battlefield in darkness with the help of 3 reflections of herself and with the help of moongirl and the last reflection and just slaughter every last saint on the ennemy side without any opposition, since neph is probably the only person capable of dispersing the darkness and that she would have her power sealed
    And there it is, it's how valor loses this battle without even putting up a fight
    Of course there are some flaws to this plan, the first one and the most obvious is that they can't kill sunny, so sunny is just gonna follow them and sneak attack them in their sleep until he gets it right
    The second is that such a large party in infested ground is more likely to get them all killed than anything else, since having such a large scale battle in this place is the equivalent of inviting half of the forest to the party, something that no one wants
    Now retreat, is still a possibility, if the saints use their anchors to return to earth, but the odds of them doing it while being chased by ennemies is low, plus it would mean abandonning the mission and the citadel, which would pretty much mean losing the war at this point, so it's still not much of an option for them
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      mariokaa
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      >its not one shadow augmentation, its four.
      >sunny needs to fight her because his comrades are in danger of getting wiped out. also, since darkness counters shadow, sunny would probably be injured even in shadow form.
      >revel also needs to kill sunny so she can help her sisters in their respective battles. the faster she can kill sunny, the faster she can help her sisters and the faster they can end the battle, which will lessen their losses.
      >sunny can't run because revel will prevent him from doing so, obviously. its not like he can teleport since he's covered in darkness.
      >no point in drowning the whole place in darkness since her sisters won't be able to see in darkness as well. if she drowns the whole place in darkness, she still won't be able to go from target to target to slaughter them since saint will prevent her from doing so. also, drowning the whole place in darkness will just strengthen saint.
      >THEY ARE AT WAR, THEY ARE THERE TO KILL EACH OTHER NOT TO DODGE BATTLES
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        Elrenegat
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        She can't harm him in his shadowy form and he doesn't need any light to be in it since it's a "magical shadow" xD
        It's explained
        And she doesn't need to deal with him, only saint can see in the darkness and there would have been four revel had she gone with that plan, so three to many
        As for the whole, saint has 4 shadows, I wonder from where they came, since three are on nightmare, one on rain and one already there, so this leave only one uncounted for
        Still even four shadows shouldn't bring much of a change to the fight
        Also while you're at it, but can you think and writte like a human being ?
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          ArMiks
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          The taciturn knight was already empowered by the darkness. Now, three of his shadows had bestowed their blessings upon her.

          And, lastly, Sunny did something that he had never done before — turning into a shadow, be wrapped himself around her stonelike body, hoping to add the fourth blessing to the other three.
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            Elrenegat
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            No need to quote, I know how to read, but here is the thing
            First off, only one shadow is unnacounted for, and second, the boost they provide is meager, since even Sunny with four shadows was barely able to hold of effie during the second nightmare
            And here her opponents are one saint and two sovereign who themselves are boosted by their own transformation and abilities in a 3v1 and who can also almost teleport in darkness💀
            See the problem ? it shouldn't even be a match, it should be over in seconds
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              Dummybaron
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              His Shadows provide not adition but multiplicity, meaning it's: Saint + True Darkness Augmentation multiplyed by 4. And last but not least, you sayig
              I know how to read
              when 1 of the reflection(the strongest one) was taken away by Fiend. Only 2v1, Saint has a too much power to die esily, yes Revel ultimately wins, but not without a lot of sacrifaces especially when Saint becomes suicidal.
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                Elrenegat
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                She already had that darkness boost since the very beginning of the battle and she was already evenly matched with one reflection
                It says "shadows" not Darkness augmentation of what a shadow should provide as a power up
                Plus darkness is darkness, it's not multipliable, one can only be in darkness once, but even if it was, it also means that Revel and the reflections would benefits that many times of their boost, which would put her at an even bigger disaventage
                So yeah, it still doesn't make any sense , one way or the other
                Sorry if I took a bit of time understanding what you were saying, it's just that this was so dumb, that darkness boosts could stack up depending on the number of people "generating" darkness that it didn't even register 😐
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                  ㅤㅤㅤ
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                  it's just that this was so dumb, that darkness boosts could stack up depending on the number of people "generating" darkness
                  I don't think that's how it works here, it's not about just stacking true darkness but increasing the amount of true darkness she's in which provides more boost to saint, it's about quantity not quality, if saint was in the underworld surrounded by true darkness the boost she would receive would be larger than what she'd get from the ones revel summoned

                  This is what happens when someone reads only for the sole purpose of finding faults in the novel and not to enjoy it, they purposely miss all the points and explanation of these things when being explained and complain like a fantasy novel is supposed to strictly follow real world logic
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                  Elrenegat
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                  Oh you can multiply zeros .... got it, sorry I didn't catch on
                  But don't worry because just as finding plotholes is my speciality, yours is being impermeable to logic
                  It just slides on you, like oil and water
                  So many retards in the comment section, it's something
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                  ㅤㅤㅤ
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                  Great another clown with down syndrom incapable of having a discussion with others without resorting to insult them, never seen a retard who reads a fantasy novel and expects it to follow logic...clearly shows your imaginative ability is lacking severely
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                  Elrenegat
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                  Yeah or you know, that you're a retard, again
                  Btw calling a cat a cat is hardly an insult and that's what you are, now shut the f#ck up
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                  ㅤㅤㅤ
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                  You clearly lack imagination to reading a fantasy novel, it's pretty obvious you weren't breastfed as a baby by your mom,...instead you were given your dad's cum as an alternative which resulted in what we have here today
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                  Elrenegat
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                  A yes coming from the guy that can't do a simple addition or use logic in the most simple ways, it means the world
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                  ㅤㅤㅤ
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                  I'd like to see you write your own fantasy novel and make everything about it follow real world logic let's see how that goes...but since you clearly lack imagination you won't be able to
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                  Elrenegat
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                  Well it would go so much better than that let me tell you that
                  Do you know why ?
                  Because it's not even hard to pull off
                  In fact I'm willing to bet that 60% of the human population could do a better job than he does
                  Because guess what, they can use logic
                  Btw you're a retard if you think that writting does all the work and you clearly are
                  What does most of it is consistency, at least most of the time and SS got none of it
                  The rest is done by the dialogues, what the story allow you to feel outside of the plot and once again, SS got none of that either
                  And while I wouldn't be able to make great dialogues, I quite sure as hell could make one hell of a plot, which would already be 10 times better than what SS is proposing
                  I mean if you don't believe me, just Ask yourself that simple question, why do you think that the novel has been stalling as of late
                  Any ideas ?
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                  ㅤㅤㅤ
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                  Well if 60% of humans could do a better job you're definitely not even a part of the chart cos something like you can't be compared human, you were whining about true darkness the other time how it's illogical and there should be no such thing, when the author already introduced it as being an unholy creature's blood and he was consistent with that...if you knew anything about writing a book then do it and let's read yours then fricking imbecile
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                  Elrenegat
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                  Are you trying to be funny you retard ?
                  Consistent about it ?
                  You don't even know what consistency is all about you dumb f#ck
                  Just because you enable a rule doesn't make it consistent
                  If you use known rules of physics known to man in order to write your novel, this is where your base it and this is what you have to stick too
                  Sure you can add as many fantastic element as you want in it, but you can't change what already exist, it's literally commun sense
                  You can't do that ?
                  Expect your readers to shit all over you
                  Actually that's not 100% true, I'm not just shitting on him because of that little fact, I'm shitting on him because of the inconsistencies, the plotholes that are too numerous to count and the poor decisions that he has taken as of late, along which you can count the true darkness and the inability for anyone not related to darkness to see in it
                  Btw darkness is not blood, Darkness is Darkness, it's the abscence of light
                  Be happy that your father isn't a scientist or he would give you one hell of a slap for this bulshit, may it be physically or orally
                  But I bet that you either don't understand me or don't want too, so let me help you realise how stupid this all is okay ?
                  Here were gonna count the abscence of light togheter :
                  One abscence of light, two abscence of light, three abscence of light ... want me to keep going counting nothing ?
                  No ? Than shut the f#ck up
                  👍
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                  ㅤㅤㅤ
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                  Such bullshit coming from an imbecile talking about logic and consistency, you say the inconsistency and plotholes are too many to count and yet you've read upto 1894 chapters of it?? And still continue reading it, the things only an imbecile living in a basement would do.... you're here whining about darkness being darkness, might as well call the entire SS verse as inconsistent and filled with plotholes since most of their logic doesn't follow ours...a simple protection being used by your grandfather should have prevented a mistake such as you from displaying such Idiocracy 🥲
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                  Elrenegat
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                  When you display your level if stupidity, you just can't talk about it, it's not right
                  And I'm barely even reading it as of late with how dumb this has gotten, and I still understand the story and how it should have gone about ten thousand times better than you do, which either mean that I'm a genius or that you're the bottom of the bottom
                  Btw it's the latter if you're wondering, because I'm clearly not a genius, a least not particulary and that SS Is really not that hard to understand
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                  ㅤㅤㅤ
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                  I noticed what you did on that first comment making a reference to yourself...and it's a good thing you know you're not a genius because if you were even twice as smart as you are now you'd still be dumb...
                  I still understand the story and how it should have gone about ten thousand times better than you do,
                  you clearly don't understand much because you're a living proof that some of us are still in the evolutionary process
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                  Elrenegat
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                  No if I was twice as smart as I am, I would be one
                  But really that's not what this is all about now is it ?
                  It's about you and what you are
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                  ㅤㅤㅤ
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                  Are you always this stupid, or are you making a special effort today?
                  I’d like to see things from your point of view about logic but I can’t seem to get my head that far up my ass like you did.
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                  Elrenegat
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                  Your head is already in your ass, that's probably why
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                  ㅤㅤㅤ
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                  You might think am insulting you but am simply describing you and Don’t take yourself so seriously, no one else does...not even your parents
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                  Elrenegat
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                  Alright stop while you're ahead, you're already pathetic, no need to accentuate that
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                  ㅤㅤㅤ
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                  It seems you've grown tired of your own stupidity....but rest assured you can never outgrow it
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                  Elrenegat
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                  Oh I never grow tired of myself but you should about yourself for sure
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                  ㅤㅤㅤ
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                  Well am glad you accepted you never grow tired of how stupid you are, now tell me Were you born this stupid or did you take lessons?
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                  Elrenegat
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                  Oh I was born stupid, until I wasn't, wanna know who didn't outgrow it ?
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                  ㅤㅤㅤ
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                  wanna know who didn't outgrow it ?
                  The reflection you see when you look at the mirror
                  Obviously, You bring everyone so much joy! You know, when you leave the room. But, still. I bet your parents change the subject when their friends ask about you.
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                  Elrenegat
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                  Bro shut up, this is so weak ... Gosh
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                  ㅤㅤㅤ
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                  First- am not your bro
                  Second- Two wrongs don’t make a right. Take your parents, for instance.
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                  Elrenegat
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                  It's an expression, you're not anything to begin with, I don't even know if you're human
                  Doesn't even look that way from my perspective ...
                  But if you were anything else other than that, it would still be scary
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                  ㅤㅤㅤ
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                  It's an expression, you're not anything to begin with
                  and yet you address me as such...The gene pool needs a lifeguard because of you.
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                  Elrenegat
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                  Okay enough, this is getting boring
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                  ㅤㅤㅤ
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                  No one's forcing you to reply 🥱
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                  Elrenegat
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                  Well I guess you're right about that at least
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                  ㅤㅤㅤ
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                  Isn't it dangerous to use your whole vocabulary in one sentence?
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                  Elrenegat
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                  Isn't it dangerous to never shut your mouth ?
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                  ㅤㅤㅤ
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                  Same goes for you, you have an entire lifetime to be an idiot...why not take a day off for once
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                  Elrenegat
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                  Because I'm ten times smarter than you are on my worst day
                  And that you must have asked around only to received the same answer I had given you, I mean how embarassing must that be for you really, I can't even imagine
                  You retarded piece of waste
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                  A Hedgehog
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                  Bruh Xd
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                  LycanFlood
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                  Bro at this point just give up. Literally check ur summary, ur negative bro swim
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                  Devil of Antarctica
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                  Las sombras son multiplicador de poder, independientemente del poder, sino, según tu lógica, nephis no debería de recibir poder de las sombras por que ella es literalmente luz, pero no es así.
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          Carletto demetrio
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          Ragebait?
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      Devil of Antarctica
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      Amigo, sinceramente empiezo a creer que lees con los pies.
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    ZEXOS
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    1893. Child of Darkness


    The garden temple standing in the middle of the dark lake shuddered, and for a moment, the dim twilight of the Hollows was illuminated by a brilliant blaze of cold light.

    Powerful torrents of ghostly blue flame shot from the overgrown Windows on the higher floor of the castle, extending dozens of meters in all directions like rays of a fiery star. The vines and branches covering the embrasures were instantly reduced to ash.

    For a split second, the world seemed frozen. Then, a net of brilliant cracks revealed itself on the ancient walls, and the entire top of the castle disappeared in the annihilating radiance of a violent explosion.

    A vast flower of blue flame blossomed above the dark lake. A cloud of burning splinters was shot outward like shrapnel, and a deafening thunder rolled across the surging water like a roar. The immense spire of the castle tilted slowly, collapsing into the flames, and then plummeted down from a great height.

    As the billowing mass of flames rose into the air, the trees and vines permeating the devastated upper floors of the Citadel caught fire. The fire enveloped them hungrily, already spreading down.

    Far below, Saint stood her ground as the entire structure of the castle quaked. In front of her, Lightslayer was enveloped by a whirlpool of darkness — her lithe body was obscured by the dark torrent, as if she had become one with it.

    And then, something moved in the darkness.

    The darkness took shape, and suddenly, Saint had to raise her head to look her enemy in the eye.

    Revel had retained most of her human features... it was just that her beauty had become even more breathtaking. Her height had increased, as well, reaching almost four meters. Her raven hair seemed to have grown longer, and two obsidian horns were protruding from her head, curving slightly.

    Two black, bat—like wings grew from her back, each crowned with a sharp obsidian spike.

    With her flawless alabaster skin and tenebrous eyes, she was like a beautiful demon of darkness... or a fallen angel, perhaps.

    A moment later, her hypnotic gaze flashed with sudden intensity, and she lunged forward. Her curved sword had increased in size, as well, turning into a semblance of an odachi — or whatever the equivalent of an odachi for a sword was.

    Her Reflection was already enveloped in a whirlpool of darkness, as well.

    Saint silently dashed forward to meet the attack.

    Revel's sword collided with her shield, almost causing her arm to buckle. The taciturn knight stubbornly withstood the terrifying force of the impact, but it was still dreadful enough to send her staggering back a couple of steps. However, at the same moment, one of Revel's wings shot forward like a scorpion's tail, and the sharp obsidian spile — or a talon, perhaps — flashed above the rim of the round shield, piercing Saint's armor and her chest.

    It wasn't easy to break the onyx armor of the Underworld, but Lightslayer's wing did so easily.

    The wing retreated as fast as it had struck, preventing Saint from slashing it with her sword. But the other one was already descending to sting her from the other side...

    A stream of ruby dust flowed from the gruesome wound on her chest, painting the onyx armor red.

    Saint calmly moved her shield to deflect the obsidian talon. The blow pushed her back once again, and a split second later, Revel spread her first wing as it retreated, slashing at the Shadow with its edge.

    The edge of her wing was sharper than a sword. Saint blocked it with her sword, but a deep scratch was left on her gauntlet.

    Revel's sword was already flying to slide into the visor of her helmet. Her ability to use her weapon and her wings to create a seamless flood of dreadful attacks was both strange and mesmerizing, elegant like a dance and lethal like death's own embrace. Each movement flowed effortlessly into another, creating a dark and morbid spectacle.

    Behind them, the Reflection had already finished its Transformation.

    The demonic creatures attacked Saint simultaneously, unleashing an onslaught of attacks so terrifying that any other Transcendent Devil would have been annihilated in a moment.

    But the graceful stone knight facing them was not just any devil. She was one of the Stone Saints, children of the Underworld. Empowered by the blessing of shadows, she was far too fearsome to be easily defeated.

    More than that, while Revel's Aspect countered that of her master, Saint herself thrived in the elemental darkness called forth by the princess of Song.

    The dark hall was soon ruined by a hurricane of onyx and steel. The three powerful creatures fighting a lethal battle under the collapsed ceiling of the ancient chamber moved with astonishing speed, the fury of their fight so tremendous that the mystical wood around them groaned and trembled, and the darkness itself seemed to cower in fright.

    Saint remained as cold and indifferent as always, her ruby eyes shining with crimson flames. Her battered shield had resisted countless blows, and her dark blade had tasted the blood of the enemy on a few occasions.

    Sadly, all the wounds she had managed to deliver Revel and her Reflection were shallow and insignificant.

    Her own armor, meanwhile, was terribly shredded by now, breached in a dozen places, and smeared in ruby dust.

    However, surrounded by true darkness, Saint simply would not succumb to the terrible wounds. Instead, they were healing at startling speed. The gash on her chest had already closed, and the rest of them were not far behind.

    Still... she could not continue in this manner for much longer. Albeit slowly, her enemies were gaining the upper hand. The longer this battle continued, the weaker she would grow, and the greater their advantage would become.

    The hall was slowly filling with the smell of smoke.

    Making a decision, Saint strained her tattered body and momentarily pushed both creatures of darkness hack.

    None of them moved for a short moment, gathering the strength for the next attack.

    Saint stared at the beautiful demoness, Revel, silently...

    And then dropped her battered shield to the ground.

    Her weapon rippled and elongated, turning into a heavy greatsword.

    It was as if she was abandoning all pretense of defense in favor of uncompromising offense.

    In favor of an indomitable will to see her enemies dead no matter the cost. The crimson flames burning behind her cracked Visor shone with cold light.
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      ZEXOS
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      1894. Mutually Assured Salvation


      Sunny had been a silent companion for Saint, losing himself in the sensations of the furious battle. Revel was strong — too strong, even... in hindsight, he might have become somewhat arrogant after attaining Transcendence, which caused him to underestimate the champions of Song.

      Why wouldn't the first Saint among the Queen's daughters be exceptionally strong? Sure, Revel had always been unassuming, avoiding the spotlight and public attention. There were no tales about her deeds or news about her achievements in recent years. In fact, Sunny did not think that he had ever seen a recording of her appearing in broad daylight...

      And yet, he should have been more wary of the seven Transcendent sisters, who had been raised by a Sovereign and inherited the lineage of Beast God.

      Sunny was still confident that he could defeat each of them in battle — just like he was confident that he could defeat Morgan.

      ...If not for the fact that Revel wielded power over elemental darkness as a weapon and was aided by Mordret. That devious bastard.

      How was he still causing problems for Sunny all the way from the shores of the Stormsea?

      Luckily, Saint countered I.ightslayer's Aspect just like it countered Sunny's own. So, he wasn't too worried...

      Until she discarded her shield and shifted her stance.

      At that moment, Sunny finally sensed a hint of alarm.

      He remembered that stance... It was a sign that she was abandoning her usual conservative technique in favor of a savage and chillingly lethal one, which was utterly ruthless — both to her enemies and to herself.

      The darkness was permeated by the smell of smoke.

      The roar of the explosion they had heard earlier must have been caused by Nephis. She had not detonated her soul cores, it seemed — otherwise, the entire Citadel would have been reduced to a pile of rubble. So, the explosion must have been caused by her Aspect, the Sorcery of Names, or both.

      It was a sign that she was still alive and fighting, at least. However, Sunny was struggling to understand what could have stalled her for so long... he had expected her to deal with the enemy sooner rather than later.

      It was all up to Saint.

      'Stay safe...'

      His Shadow took a step forward, then unexpectedly kicked her round shield with terrible force. The battered shield shot from the cracked floor like a discus, colliding with the Reflection and sending it reeling back.

      The graceful stone knight was already lunging at Revel.

      Saint ignored the obsidian talons and allowed them to pierce her armor freely — one dislodged her pauldron and tore open her shoulder, the other brushed against the side of her helmet, shattering it into pieces.

      Her hair fluttered in the wind, and her inhumanly beautiful face was revealed, expressionless and smeared in ruby dust.

      In the next moment, her dark greatsword collided with Revel's blade, threw it aside, and cleaved into her wing.

      Lightslayer's body was protected by leather armor, but her wings were not. Augmented by the elemental darkness, the black sword practically severed one of them, forcing Lightslayer to let out a pained groan.

      Pure darkness flowed from the severed wing instead of blood.

      But Saint was not done... no, she was only beginning.

      Not encumbered by the need to defend herself anymore, she had become a harbinger of death. Even if it was mutually assured destruction, her enemies were the ones being destroyed first...

      Which put them in a difficult situation.

      Sunny stirred, starting to understand what Saint was doing.

      She slammed the crossguard of her sword into Revel's chest, pushing her back, then spun to deflect the attack of the Reflection. Their weapons clashed, producing a shockwave, and Saint traded another wound with the enemy — she tilted her head to avoid being dealt a fatal blow, and the obsidian talon sank into her shoulder instead.

      Her ruby eyes flashed with cold contempt.

      Removing one hand from the hilt of the sword, she grabbed the talon, trapping it in her stonelike flesh to prevent the wing from retreating, and drove the tip of the sword through the Reflections's abdomen.

      At that moment, Revel attacked from behind.

      For a few moments, the three of them were entangled in a bloody struggle, then disengaged, all bearing terrible wounds.

      Saint had been mangled more gruesomely than her enemies, but they had not escaped unscathed, either.

      Sunny felt a sense of bitter rage at how hurt his taciturn Shadow was, but at the same time...

      He wanted to laugh.

      Because he had finally understood Saint's intention.

      In truth, she wasn't trying to sacrifice herself to kill the enemy — he would not have allowed her to, anyway. Instead, she was betting her life on the fact that the enemy would not allow her to do so, either.

      Saint was fighting Revel and her Reflection... but Revel was only fighting a mere servant of the Lord of Shadows. If she let herself be heavily wounded, or worse yet, killed, the Lord of Shadows would win.

      In other words, Saint could pursue the strategy of mutually assured destruction to defeat the enemy, but Revel could not, because all she would be destroying was a minion of the enemy, not the enemy himself.

      'I-Iow devious! '

      Had his noble, prideful Saint picked up a few treacherous tricks after following him for all these years?

      In any case, the battle reached a forced stalemate.

      The beautiful demon of darkness, Revel, stared at the battered Shadow with a grim expression.

      After a few moments, she uttered through gritted teeth:

      "...Dammit."

      Her mesmerizing voice sounded like the song of the lightless abyss, but Sunny was more interested in the emotion hidden in that one short word.

      It was anger.

      'What are you going to do now?‘

      Sunny wasn't sure what Revel would do...

      But he already knew what his next action would be, and had to act fast.

      So, he allowed himself to be separated from Saint and quietly flowed down her arm...

      Onto the blade of the Soul Serpent.
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        ropero
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        thanks for your vigilance and timely chapter updates brother, truly appreciated
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    Ajay148
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    Quote: Reii
    They are both such dorks. They are in lethal battles and one of them is smiling because she doesn't feel pain and feels powerless for once kef and the other is starry-eyed watching saint fight. blushed 26

    Well said brother 😂😂😂😂
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    AyameFlames
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    Does anyone remember or know what happend to "Nucleus" who posted some of his Novel's "Captured Sky" chapters in the comments here? End of April I remember him saying that he would start releasing them for real in July but I haven't seen anything since then and can't find the novel anywhere either. Maybe I missed something
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      Nucleus
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      I had been delayed by life then I decided to keep stacking chapters, but after reading this, I've just submitted the story to Royal Road. It'll be live once they've approved it.
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        BlueClay
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        Bro you never did send me the next few chaps 😭 I’ve been dying
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          Nucleus
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          I tried, I pasted them in the PMs but it literally wouldn't let me send
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            Marflex
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            Drop the RR link broski
            PM is open too
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              Nucleus
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              The moment the submission's been accepted, I'll send the link
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              Nucleus
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              https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/94832/captured-sky
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        Dudeyouneedtochill
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        YOOOO I remember you!
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        AyameFlames
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        Great to hear. Thank you for the response
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    Nyfeirg
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    It's too convenient that the Song has matched perfectly Nephi's and Sunny's power so well. A mole has leaked the informations...
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      HeikyZX
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      Not necessarily.
      Just by putting Mordred in the game, such issues become clear.
      He knows about Neph from their time in the Third Nightmare.
      He also knows about 'Shadow' from their meeting where Sunny supposedly scared him off. Even if it wasn't enough, he may have also 'invaded' those that are saved by 'Shadow' over the years to piece together his abilities.
      Then there's also the chance that either Mordred or someone among the Songs implanted some kind of bug/parasite on the powerhouses of Valor to act as their eyes and ears.
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        DanielPlay
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        No, that's the simplest part. Nephis' powers are already known. Everyone saw her both fighting and healing people in Antarctica. It's also no secret that Sunny has a shadow aspect. The real problem is, how did they know the location of the citadel? How did they know which Saints would be sent to conquer it to the point where they came up with a strategy to counter Jest, Sunny, and Nephis?
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          MefetraN7
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          Кэсси слила. Думаю потому что без её вмешательства санни и команда захватили бы цитадель без проблем. И домен меча бы победил с легкостью домен ки сонга. Надо чтоб обе силы взаимно истощили друг друга. Думаю в итоге ы цитадели умрут и силы меча и силы королевы. А нефис и санни останутся живы)
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            Dummybaron
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            Если это правда то это очень тупо со стороны Касси, она не может видеть будущие и не может гарантировать что они не сдохнут, сражаясь против людей которые максимально их контрят, Нефис и Санни ещё держатся но бой они уже проиграли.

            Валор и Сонг примерно равны по силам, даже наоборот у Сонг больше преимущества, их Святые куда мобильней их силы гораздо лучше подходят для борьбы против Монстров и Людей. А Домен Королевы так и вовсе даёт тем больше преимущества чем дольше идёт война. Так они ещё и второй фронт открыли.

            Это не может быть Касси.
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          Elrenegat
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          Could be divination, could be mordret scouting ahead of time for them or could be him being present during Sunny little explanation
          As for jest, he is the oldest saint going arounds, so all his powers being public knowledge is just straight obvious
          Really there are much more troubling things going around
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    Reii
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    They are both such dorks. They are in lethal battles and one of them is smiling because she doesn't feel pain and feels powerless for once kef and the other is starry-eyed watching saint fight. blushed 26
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      Lazy Lion
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      Bruh their adopted mom is literally an undead. I wouldn't be surprised if her daughters exhibited strange behavior.

      Edit: I'm talking about Revel and Black Moon.
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      alogran
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      yes it is stupid. but that is the nature of humanity. very stupid. Nef for the first time does not experience terrible pain and torture during the battle. It is a threat to her life. But there is no terrible pain! For the first time. Should she cry? and yes it is stupid. but that is what it means to be human.
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