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Chapter 1970: Fear of Shadows
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    Dummybaron
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    Well if chapters here are AI then I'm going out of here, I'm going to get break from SS and continue reading on Webnovels, bye guys.
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      Dudeyouneedtochill
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      See you man, it was fun.
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      Elrenegat
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      You want to pay for those ?
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      Evinie
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      Yea I'll just read the non-privileged chapters on webnovel as well, at least I know its not AI.
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        Tanistanthalas
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        How much longer is the delay to get the non-privileged chapters?
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          Awybin
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          Well, privilege is 20 extra chapters, so probably 10 days
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    Zero032176
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    Что я не пойму кто как,у него то две маски одна которая просто скрывает его информацию и другая настоящая так что кто-то нас наебывает
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    DeathGun AS
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    I realized that the story is divergent... Sunny acts strange and in the previous chapter, he said he was the "lord of shadows" very anticlimactic... It would be interesting if he saved Rain...In a dangerous battle, against saints or Titans... But he told it in a very boring way, there were better moments for her to find out...
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      6pain
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      I agree with you here, it was anticlimactic, is she not smart enough to connect the dots herself, that it must be spelled out for her.
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      Elrenegat
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      I mean, to me what was anticlimatic was how sunny and nephis made up, this came out of nowhere
      And this last chapter was too, the revelation is bit weird
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      Awybin
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      He already saved her from the Skinwalker while destroying a whole forest.
      A master skinwalker vessel is almost Saint level and there were three
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        Elrenegat
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        It doesn't go back that far, ain't no way
        In fact, I'm guessing that it's pretty recent
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    Pro100zver25
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    Well, it was nice reading the novel and being here with you, but alas: the Telegram channel where everyone got the chapters from stopped publishing, because the hero who gave us the chapters lost interest in SS, and all the pirate sites like this one (ranobes.top) are now completely filled with corrupted AI chapters which are not chapters from the author (G3).

    I think this is a sign that it's time to quit this novel, because I don't want to read fake chapters anymore.

    Goodbye everyone!
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      Warlock748
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      Bro what do you mean by fake chapters lshock
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        Pro100zver25
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        I mean, the chapters you read that come out on pirate sites are all corrupted chapters because the only source of chapters (Adam) left decided to use AI to corrupt chapters on their Discord for everyone who got chapters from there, only to catch those who take his chapters and ban them — but by doing so he only shit in his pants and ruined SS for all readers on such sites. And now we can't tell which chapters are correct and which are ruined by Adam.

        The ones that are posted at the bottom are those same AI chapters, and even when the sites catch up to where we left off, they will still have corrupted chapters because everyone just lost the correct chapters.

        Until someone comes along and buys chapters from Webnovel, we'll continue to get fake chapters.

        I think that every second person has already noticed that history has begun to differ from what it was... it’s as if it’s not the author whose writing, but someone else who’s adding details of their own.
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          حمد
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          What a shame
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          6pain
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          Do you know how long has this been going on?
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          DIVOON
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          What a horror it is
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      Dudeyouneedtochill
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      It was a nice ride, man. We’ll miss you
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      Darmol
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      What? Shit, I spent a whole month collecting chapters, and after finishing them, I realized they were all fake? If this is real and not some psyop or a joke from 4chan, I'm done with reading light novels, this is the absolute peak of brain autism.
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    van tage
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    First half of the prowler fits this raid
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    ZEXOS
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    Some dude on another website said:
    Dear Lord that "lady changing star asked me to show mercy today" Nearly flew over my head.

    But my dirty mind is tingling, when sunny puts on the mask he's forced to always tell lies meaning the true meaning of that line is

    "Lady changing star asked me NOT to show mercy today"

    Harder~

    Faster~

    Destroy me sunny! I can take it! ~~~


    Damn, I didn't considered Mask of Weavers power. They got 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂
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      Ether
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      O my Gawd thrill
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      van tage
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      that is wild
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      FunFact
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      More like, Nephis didn't ask Sunny anything like that, so he was lying. It's not reversing the sentences to make the truth a lie but it makes you say lies.
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        James005
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        Yeah ,I also think this one is correct,right.....right
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      Fuajinan
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      Mercy/Brutal

      Nephis- Sunny, I liked that you’re so nice and gentle… but pain, how do I put it. It, it excites me.! I want your ferocity, your wildness! Show me… how brutal you can be, Lord of Shadows!

      That’s probably how it went… hehe
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    Kosmonavtik
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    Chapter 1971 - Rumor Mill

    Rain was stirred awake by the blaring of a war horn. Opening her eyes to a stark darkness, she sighed and pulled a piece of fabric off her face — the cloth was nothing more than one of her shirts rolled to resemble a blindfold, which she used to block out the light.

    Almost every soldier in Godgrave had been forced to seek out darkness in some way or another. The perpetual radiance of the murderous sky was both oppressive and a source of constant fear, but most of all, it was exhausting. It was bright almost everywhere one went, which made sleep elusive. So, they had learned ways to cope with the hateful absence of darkness and night.

    Rain's way was on the primitive side, but it still let her sleep in peace. Which was why she was quite unhappy to have been awoken so early. ‘What the hell is going on...‘

    She would have been hurriedly summoning her battle Memories before, but now that the Queen was with them, the camp of the Song Army was much safer. It was highly unlikely that there was immediate danger, so Rain took her time.

    Yawning, she stretched, then summoned the Puppeteer's Shroud and climbed out of her tent as soon as the soft grey fabric covered her pale skin. A wave of heat assaulted her outside, and Rain saw that the camp was boiling with strange activity.

    The soldiers were rushing, the hideous thralls were being saddled, and the pilgrims were moving silently between the tents. Far in the distance, the main gates of the camp were opening slowly.

    Rain studied the commotion somberly.

    "Good morning."

    Turning around, she saw Tamar standing with her arms crossed a few steps away. Beside her, Ray and Fleur were starting a fire to prepare food.

    Rain raised an eyebrow.

    "Is it morning?"

    The young Legacy shrugged.

    "I might as well be. Does it matter?"

    Rain failed to suppress another yawn and shook her head.

    Walking to the fire pit, she asked:

    "What is going on?"

    Ray, who had been trying to fire up the kindling with a mundane flint, looked up at her in surprise.

    "You haven't heard?"

    Rain stared at him for a moment, then took the flint from his hands and ignited the kindling on the first try.

    "How would I have heard anything while asleep?"

    Everything had been fine yesterday.

    A corner of Tamar's mouth curled upward a little. She took a seat near the fire and summoned a spatial storage Memory... which had been the source of endless envy for Rain ever since the Legacy girl received it from the Saint of Sorrow.

    Taking out their provisions and a can of powdered coffee — another luxury item — Tamar handed them to Fleur and spoke:

    "The news reached the camp a few hours ago — there was another clash with the forces of the Sword Domain. Congratulations. You slept through the second human battle of this war."

    Rain froze for a moment, feeling a cold shiver travel down her spine. Her mood was instantly spoiled.

    She sighed.

    "Oh yeah? Was it on the crossing to the Breastbone Reach?"

    That was where the first major battleground of the Realm War would be, and where the Seventh Legion would be marching for in a few days.

    Tamar slowly shook her head, her expression turning a hit dark.

    "No. It happened near the crossing from the Right Arm to the Collarbone Plain, behind us. A supply caravan was attacked... by the Lord of Shadows."

    Now that was concerning news.

    Rain threw a sidelong glance at her shadow, wondering how her teacher felt about someone wielding a similar authority launching an attack on the Song Army.

    There was a lot of talk about the Lord of Shadows in the camp these days, painting him to be some kind of a monster. Well, it wasn't that uncalled-for -— after all, he had crossed blades with Princess Revel and lived to tell the tale.

    No one would have been surprised if someone like Changing Star or Morgan of Valor had done the same, but for an entirely unknown Saint to prove himself capable of facing the First Princess in battle was a disturbing revelation. Added to the sinister reputation and mysterious nature of the Lord of Shadows, wild rumors about him were bound to spread.

    The situation was not helped by the fact that very few people in the Song camp had ever seen him, like her cohort members had.

    Rain suddenly felt tense.

    "...How did the Lord of Shadows and his troops manage to reach our rear without being noticed?"

    Ray shivered.

    "That's the thing. There were no troops... the madman attacked the caravan alone."

    The young man seemed stuck somewhere between terror and awe. "And it wasn't a harassment attack, either. He actually obliterated the entire caravan. Alone."

    Rain froze.

    She had seen these supply caravans entering the camp. They were not an easy target... far from it, actually. Each was guarded by hundreds of Awakened warriors, several cohorts of Masters, scores of powerful thralls — many of them of the Corrupted Rank — and now escorted by the Queen's pilgrims.

    One Saint obliterated them all? How was that possible?

    ...Were the rumors about the Lord of Shadows not as exaggerated as she had thought?

    Both the rumors about his frightening power and the rumors about him being a monster.

    Fleur placed a coffee pot on the fire and sighed.

    "That is not the strangest part, though."

    Rain glanced at her.

    "It isn‘t?"

    The delicate girl nodded, her expression strangely similar to one of relief.

    "The Lord of Shadow did not just destroy the caravan. For some reason, he spared every human guarding it. He killed the thralls and the pilgrims, but left the soldiers alive."

    Tamar's subtle smile widened a little.

    "Don't we know the reason? He said it himself. It was because Lady Changing Star had asked him to be merciful."

    She seemed strangely cheerful despite the slap dealt: to the Song Army. Rain, meanwhile, was a little dumbfounded.

    She could easily believe that Lady Nephis had asked the sellsword Saint to be merciful. She could even believe that the Lord of Shadows would actually listen to her...

    But subduing so many warriors? Not killing them, but defeating them without taking a single life?

    Just how terrifying did one's power have to be to achieve a feat like that?

    She felt both disturbed and relieved. Relieved because her fellow soldiers had been spared, and disturbed because the nebulous figure of the Lord of Shadows seemed even more frightening now.

    What would happen on the day the enemy decided not to stay his blade?

    Ray cursed quietly.

    "I told you all that he was a scary bastard. The first time I saw him... gods. He said... Dreamer Ray, I've decided not to kill you! As if killing me was the default option! If not for Lady Nephis, I would have probably died right there and then."

    Fleur looked at him scornfully.

    "But he saved our lives, in the end. Show some gratitude."

    Ray spared her an apologetic smile.

    Tamar sighed, took the cup of fragrant coffee that Fleur offered her, and said:

    "In any case, the remnants of the caravan are still on the Right Arm. They are alive, but many are wounded — so, the army is sending a rescue force to bring them back. We'll know more once they reach the camp."

    Then, her expression changed, and she looked around in confusion.

    "But... what was that noise?"

    Rain scratched the back of her head, receiving her own cup of coffee. "What noise? I didn't hear anything."

    She was lying through her teeth, though.

    She did hear it.

    'What the hell?!‘

    Tamar frowned.

    "I am sure I heard something. Sounded like... humming?"
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      Kosmonavtik
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      Chapter 1972 - Private Conversation

      Rain took a sip of coffee, hiding her face behind the tin cup.

      She had heard it too!

      After all, the humming had come from her own shadow.

      'What is this fool doing?!’

      Feeling pins and needles, she gulped down the scalding coffee and forced out a smile.

      "Well, anyway. I’ll go take a walk... I mean, Visit the baths. Thank you kindly, Fleur, the coffee was delicious."

      She had to get away from her companions as quickly as possible, in case her teacher was planning to start whistling or actually break into a song.

      Rain was truly flabbergasted. He had always been flawlessly cautious when around other people... what; could have made him commit such a ridiculous mistake?

      Putting the cup down, she stood up, stretched one more time, and headed away from their small cluster of tents.

      "Wait, Rani! Aren't you going to eat breakfast?"

      Rain waved a hand and answered Tamar in a carefree tone:

      "Later! I'm not very hungry."

      'Damnation...‘

      She needed to find somewhere private to talk to her teacher. Sadly, privacy was not very common in the crowded camp of the Song Army... still, she knew a place or two.

      In fact, many soldiers did, since everyone needed privacy from time to time, for one reason or another — some as innocent as simply wanting to be alone, some a bit more salacious.

      The place Rain had chosen was situated at the back of a large warehouse where the building materials were stored, not far from the towering Dream Gate. Now that the walls of the camp had been built, and the Queen was here, making damaging them a tall task for the Nightmare Creatures inhabiting Godgrave, very few people visited the warehouse, let alone walked around it.

      She knew this place well.

      Squeezing into a narrow space between the wall of the warehouse and a neat pile of stone slabs unloaded behind it, she leaned her back against one of them and closed her eyes for a moment.

      Then, she looked at her shadow angrily and hissed:

      "Hey! What was that?!"

      Her shadow remained silent for a bit.

      Then, it answered in an absentminded tone:

      "Huh? What was what?"

      Rain opened her mouth, losing the ability to talk for a second.

      "The humming! Why the hell were you humming before?"

      A second shadow emerged from her own and scratched the back of its head.

      "...Was I humming? Oh... sorry. It must have been because I'm in a really good mood."

      'Hc finally lost what little remained of his mind!‘

      Rain didn't even know what to say.

      Her teacher, meanwhile, assumed a human form, leaning on the wall of the warehouse across from her. He did indeed seem to be in a strangely good mood, with a subtle smile on his lips and a distant look in his eyes.

      Rain had not seen him in the flesh for a long time, so being face—to—face once again warmed her heart. Still, she tried to maintain a stern expression.

      He couldn‘t be so careless again!

      Her teacher, meanwhile, gave her a long look.

      "Right. Since we are already here, I actually wanted to talk to you about something."

      Rain raised an eyebrow.

      "Oh? Well... good."

      He smiled.

      "What, did you miss me?"

      She raised her chin a little and looked at him with disdain.

      "As if!"

      ...That was a lie. She had, indeed, missed him quite a bit. They had not seen each other in a long while, after all.

      Her teacher laughed.

      "How heartless. So, you didn't really want to see me..."

      He let out a sigh and shook his head sadly.

      "And here I was, all excited to show you all the wonderful new Memories I prepared for you..."

      Rain eyes glistened. Taking a step forward, she grabbed his arm and looked at him with an expression of utter devotion.

      "Teacher! Your student missed you so much! My heart ached so terribly at being unable to see you that I couldn't sleep at all... so I just counted days and hours, finding solace in the memories of how benevolent and amazing you are..."

      He stared at her for a second, then laughed.

      "That's better."

      Then, he fell silent.

      Rain waited for a few moments.

      And for a few moments more.

      Eventually, she spoke:

      "Teacher... so, about those Memories?"

      He grinned.

      "Sure, I'll give it to you. But... not here. There's something else we need to do, so let's go somewhere more private."

      Rain wanted to say that there weren't really any places more secluded than this one in the army camp, and that going outside unnoticed would not be easy...

      But at that moment, her teacher fell into the shadows.

      And pulled her with him.

      A moment later, they were somewhere else, surrounded by darkness and the damp, suffocating smell of the jungle.

      Everywhere around them, the vermilion jungle sprawled. Rain's nostrils were assaulted by countless smells, and her ears were assaulted by countless sounds. The rustle of leaves, the hum of abominable insects, the distant footsteps of dreadful predators... They were in the middle of the jungle, surrounded by darkness. That could only mean one thing...

      Rain's eyes widened, and she suddenly felt cold. Her hair stood on end. "Teacher! Did... did you bring me to the Hollows?!"

      Of course, she had kept her voice to a barely audible whisper.

      He just nodded calmly, as if it was not even worthy of being mentioned.

      "Yes. But don't worry... there are no Cursed Nightmare Creatures nearby. Only the Great Ones."

      Rain shuddered.

      'You bastard! What do you mean, "only" the Great Ones?!‘

      Pulling her along, her teacher walked between the ancient trees and entered a small clearing.

      There... somehow... Rain saw a familiar brick cottage.

      She was too dazed to even bother wondering what it was doing in the Hollows.

      This time, she was led to a back door — Rain was pretty sure that it had not existed the last time she saw the cottage, but now, it was undeniably there.

      Inside was a vast chamber filled with darkness. And in the middle of that darkness... lay a towering mountain of items.

      There were pieces of broken wagons, piles of precious mystical materials, bags of flour and rice, crates of arrows with arrowheads forged from sorcerous steel, barrels filled with unknown liquids, slabs of building stone... and so much more.

      There was a very familiar symbol burned into the wooden crates, as well.

      ...The crest of the Royal Clan Song.

      Rain froze.

      Raising a shaking hand, she pointed at the mountain of supplies and asked in a small voice:

      "Teacher... w—what is that?"

      But she knew what it was. It was the supply caravan of the Song Army... what was left of it.

      He glanced at the supplies briefly and shrugged.

      "That? The supplies meant for the Song Army, of course."

      Rain nodded.

      'Right.‘

      As if that explained anything!

      She struggled to speak for a moment.

      "But what are they doing here?"

      Her teacher sighed.

      "Well, I thought: that it would be a real shame to just burn them all or toss them into the Sea of Ash. So, I commandeered them instead. Oh, but don't tell anyone... officially, all these supplies were destroyed..." Feeling like she was losing her mind, Rain took a deep breath, and then whispered loudly:

      "But why do you have them?! It was the Lord of Shadows who attacked the caravan! That scary bastard!"

      The monster whom even Princess Revel couldn't defeat.

      Her teacher stared at Rain with a surprised expression.

      Then, he scratched his nose.

      "...Wait, you really didn't know?"

      What was she supposed to know?!

      Rain silently shook her head.

      He coughed.

      "It's because I am the Lord of Shadows."

      Noticing Rain's dumbfounded expression, her teacher smiled pleasantly.

      "Just think about it... anyone claiming to be the Lord of Shadow would be claiming to be the lord of me. And even if there was a fool crazy enough to do something like that, I would have probably sent them to see the Shadow Realm real quick... to dissuade them..."
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        EVOLT
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        Quote: Kosmonavtik
        Noticing Rain's dumbfounded expression, her teacher smiled pleasantly


        Lmao, Is she gonna connect all the pieces now oru2x
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          FunFact
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          If she still refuses to accept the truth then I don't know anymore.
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        Zrilla
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        Ахахахах реин будет ещë больше шокирована когда узнает(примет) что Нефис его девушка)
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        siccricc
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        She finally found out. I was wondering how long it would take.
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    Deathseeker
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    Earlier is use to wake up to new chapter posted here from telegram now I woke up to G3 posting chapters in privileged section, the wait is real
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    Fuajinan
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    If Serpent assumed the form of the Mordant Mimic(NC form of Covetous Coffer), could it transform into something and transport/store all the supplies? Just wondering what those “countless metal feet” means.
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      Dudeyouneedtochill
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      I don’t know, he did use the mordant mimics shadow with the memory to make his shadow creature.
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    Turnc4406
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    "...Because Changing Star asked me to show mercy today."

    He can only lie with the mask on. Oh, my... She... She... SUNNY. That is the opposite of what she asked of him. Dang, bro.
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      Bolus
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      Он должен врать, то есть не говорить правду, но никак не противоположное.
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      siccricc
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      Doesn't have to be the opposite. it could just be the fact that he felt like showing mercy, but CS didn't actually say that and he wants to glaze her in front of these nobodies to spread her fame.
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      Iso
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      Could be all sorts of alternatives. She could have said it but he might have done it for his own personal reasons instead.
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      Evinie
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      She might not have said anything at all, and that would still be a Lie because she didn't ask anything.
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      FunFact
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      No, not opposite, Nephis didn't mention anything about showing mercy to the song army so Sunny was lying about Nephis saying that. The effect of the mask isn't reversing whatever Sunny is saying to make him lie but forces him to lie, there's a difference.
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