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Chapter 1906: Dark Armor
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Moments later, Sunny emerged from the darkness onto a towering pyre of burning debris. The garden temple had indeed fallen, devoured by a raging inferno. The mound of rubble still blazed, and the intense heat would have reduced an ordinary human to ash instantly.

Even a Saint could have been incinerated or suffocated by the thick, black smoke. However, thanks to the Onyx Mantle, Sunny was largely unharmed—it wasn’t comfortable, but he could navigate the burning ruins freely.

He quickly located Saint. She stood out distinctly—amid the fiery wreckage, there was an area shrouded in impenetrable darkness, silent and serene.

His Shadow was within. While he couldn’t see her, he sensed her presence and that of his shadows.

Sunny paused at the edge of the sphere of true darkness for a few moments. That’s new.”

Saint had always carried a bit of elemental darkness within her, true. But she had never been able to summon it in this way—only to use it to manifest a weapon or cloak a Memory.

It seemed that defeating the Reflection had filled the Heart of Darkness to capacity, allowing her powers to evolve. From what he could tell, Saint had gained an ability similar to Revel’s—she could now blanket an entire area with her darkness. The range wasn’t as extensive as Revel’s, but it was still significant.

Additionally, subtle changes in the darkness hinted at the presence of ancient protective wards, possibly remnants of the Citadel’s original defenses that could now be harnessed for their own use.

Sunny smiled.

What was important was the synergy between this new power and Saint's [Mantle of Darkness] Ability.

“When surrounded by darkness, especially true darkness, her speed and strength will increase. Her wounds will heal...”

Now that Saint could freely unleash elemental darkness, she could remain enveloped by it at all times. This meant she could almost always benefit fully from the [Mantle of Darkness].

There was more to it as well.

Although Sunny wasn’t sure how to assist Saint in evolving, he felt that this new power could be her first step toward becoming a Tyrant. After all, Tyrants were beings who exerted their influence over the world—similar to the Sovereigns, but in their own unique way.

Most Tyrants controlled either a territory or an army of minions, often both. The ability to engulf an area in elemental darkness was akin to gaining control over it.

“Isn’t that right?”

Sunny moved forward, simultaneously taking control of one of the incarnations wrapped around Saint’s body—otherwise, he would have been blinded by his own Shadow’s power, which would have been quite embarrassing.

Without the immediate pressure of battle, Sunny was amazed by the strange and miraculous sensation of merging with another being once more. A faint, harmonious resonance echoed between them, suggesting a deeper connection forming.

He was momentarily dazed, absorbing the complex, otherworldly feeling of being one with Saint's body. He also felt a sense of relief, noticing that her severe wounds were healing—she had spent all that time nestled within her own summoned darkness, nourished and sustained by it.

Then, a loud noise diverted his attention.

It was the sound of a battered onyx breastplate clattering to the ground. Sunny blinked a few times.

Then, he blinked again.

“No, wait. What?!”

Saint seemed to be removing her armor.

There was no doubt. He was seeing the world through her eyes after all—the elegant stone knight stood in the darkness, methodically stripping off her shattered armor. She was nearly free of it, with only a few pieces remaining.

Sunny had seen glimpses of Saint's face and skin before, but never outside the intricate, formidable suit of armor. It was quite a shock.

Beneath the onyx plates, Saint wore simple garments, much like any knight would. Her figure was flawlessly alluring, complementing her inhumanly beautiful face. Her skin matched the color of the onyx armor, giving the illusion that she was made of stone... yet she was not.

Although Saint’s body appeared stone-like and possessed many stone properties, it was merely stonelike. Now that Sunny could sense it, he realized more clearly than ever that she was a being of flesh and blood... or at least of flesh and dust.

Seeing her like this reminded Sunny of the beautiful statue of the Storm God he had once seen in the shrine of the Ebony Tower.

It was evident who Nether had drawn inspiration from when creating the Stone Saints, at least in appearance.

Saint, meanwhile, gave him an indifferent look and continued removing her armor. However, as she did so, faint glowing runes appeared on her skin, pulsating with a soft light that hinted at a hidden power awakening within her.

Her greaves and vambraces fell to the ground, leaving her completely unprotected. Sunny recalled that she hadn’t come here just to gaze around.

“But why is she taking off the armor instead of repairing it?”

His answer came moments later.

Saint knelt beside the broken armor, gazing at it for a while. As she did, the runes on her skin began to glow brighter, reacting to the presence of the shattered onyx pieces.

It seemed... as if a hint of an unknown, somber emotion flickered in her ruby eyes. Behind this, a subtle tear of molten darkness traced down her cheek—a rare display of vulnerability.

Then, she raised her hand and brought her fist down.

The adamantine onyx shattered like glass...

And was absorbed into her body, just as the Memories she had consumed were before. However, this time, the absorption seemed more deliberate, channeling the runes on her skin into her very essence.

Suddenly, the crimson flames burning in her eyes deepened, and Saint appeared stronger. A faint aura of protection enveloped her, suggesting she had unlocked a new defensive capability.

Standing with a proud expression, she straightened her posture.

Moments later, her beautiful form was enveloped by flowing darkness, and that darkness...

Solidified, encasing the body of the silent Shadow in an impenetrable shell of intricate onyx armor. Pristine and new, yet this armor shimmered with the ancient runes that now adorned her skin, indicating a fusion of old and new powers.

Sunny remained still.

I can’t believe it.”

Saint had just manifested her own Onyx Mantle, it seemed. This new form not only provided enhanced protection but also seemed to harmonize with the ancient symbols discovered in the Citadel, potentially unlocking new pathways for their quest.

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    DanielPlay
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    1907 Negative Quality


    After donning her new armor, Saint turned slightly and gazed at Sunny with her usual indifference. He would have loved to study the design of the onyx suit — it was not every day one saw an armor forged of pure darkness, after all — but sadly, he couldn't.

    That was because Sunny only saw the world through Saint's eyes, and she was looking at him, not herself.

    'How frustrating.'

    This must have been what Cassie felt when conversing with someone in private. The

    confusion was only made worse by the fact that Sunny did not only share Saint's vision — he shared all of her senses, just like Cassie shared all the senses of those marked by her Ascended Ability.
    His avatars were identical copies of his own body, after all, while Saint was very different from him. At least he was already used to her stonelike nature after years spent together...


    As it turned out, his Shadow was not done surprising him today. The ability to summon a pool of elemental darkness and manifest a suit of armor was not the full extent of what she had gained by slaying Revel's Reflection.

    There was some distance between Sunny and Saint, still. The debris was charred and highly unstable, making it hard for her to move — after all, she was close to three meters in height and weighed a literal ton. A few of them, actually. So, the debris could very well fail to support her weight.

    Which was why Saint did not walk. Instead, she simply turned into a torrent of darkness and traveled all the way to where Sunny was standing in a heartbeat.
    It was not quite as instantaneous as moving between shadows with Shadow Step, but still quite fast. The sensation of becoming a stream of darkness was also very different from what Sunny usually felt when traveling through shadows — in many ways that he found hard to describe, but mainly because of how... hollow it felt, to be one with the darkness.

    He did not feel embraced by the flow of elemental darkness. Instead, it was a cold and unfathomable thing, too alien and indifferent to be welcoming. Even being a part of it, Sunny felt nothing but profound solitude.

    A moment later, Saint was towering above him, standing only by a few meters of scorched wooden debris away.

    The ground shook precariously, and the blackened wood creaked, as if ready to crumble into embers and ash.


    Of course, neither Saint nor Sunny would be seriously hurt if they fell beneath the upper layer of the wreckage. They would not be burned in the infernal depths of the smoldering ruin, either.

    Still, he would have liked to avoid becoming smeared from head to toe in soot...
    Before Sunny could do anything, though, something about Saint changed subtly.


    'Did she just...'

    She had. Saint had effortlessly changed the weight of her stonelike body, making it as light as a feather.

    Sunny blinked a couple of times.

    'Feather of Truth?'

    It was the same ability he possessed, granted by the Onyx Shell. Saint had not been able to adjust her mass while wearing her original armor, but now that it had become a part of her personal darkness, she could.

    The effect was more or less the same, but the process was different.

    Sunny had only vaguely felt it, but it was as if she had not simply changed her mass... instead, it was as if a negative quality was added to it, thus reducing the weight. Where had that negativity come from? He did not know.
    Then again, he did not know how the [Feather of Truth] worked, either. Perhaps he had always done the same thing without realizing it.
    In any case, Sunny was quite pleased with the fact that Saint could change her weight at will now. Naturally, an ability like that was an incredible boon in combat — he had woven it so deeply into his own battle art that fighting any other way seemed clumsy and ineffectual now.

    However, it was also quite useful outside of combat, since Saint's great weight often presented a problem in mundane situations. Like walking on fragile floors, traveling by boat... or swimming.

    Considering how often Sunny found himself inexplicably thrown into large bodies of water, that alone was an invaluable boon.
    Saint stared at him from above for a bit. Then, she stared at him some more.



    He shifted from one leg to another, trying not to take offense.

    'No, but... am I really this tiny?!'
    Since he was looking through Saint's eyes right now, he was staring at himself from her great height. From that perspective, Sunny indeed looked like a little toy.

    Was that how Saint always saw him?

    He ground his teeth, missing the days when she was a mere Monster, and of the same height as him.
    Fiend had started out as a scrawny gremlin, as well... but now, that gluttonous idiot was five meters tall.

    Sunny did not even want to imagine what he looked like from Fiend's perspective...

    'He might be huge, but he's still an annoying imp inside! In fact, I should start calling him Imp again, just so that the overgrown bastard does not get a big head!'

    Saint, meanwhile, tilted her head a little.
    Then... he felt her body turning into a torrent of darkness once again.

    But it did not rush anywhere. Instead, it shrank in size and then solidified back into the figure of the graceful knight. Only now, she was smaller.

    Suddenly, Sunny was looking at himself from a

    new perspective... one level with his own eyes.

    'Huh?'

    He remained motionless for a moment.


    So Saint had not just gained the ability to reduce her weight. She had also gained the ability to reduce her size, and used it to return to her original modest stature...
    Which was great news for Sunny! Simply wonderful news...

    He smiled behind the mask.


    But as soon as he was done talking, Saint raised her chin slightly, and changed her size once more.
    This time, she made it so that she was a full head taller than Sunny.

    He froze.
    Nodding with a hint of satisfaction, Saint looked down at him, and then headed away.

    Sunny remained motionless, absolutely dumbfounded by the outrageous sequence of events.

    He only managed to regain his composure a few seconds later.

    'What the hell? Where is she even going? There's nowhere to go!'
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      Dummybaron
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      If it is a real chapter it's hilarious and sad at the same time, no one has respect for Sunny in this world(two worlds even) it seems, even his Shadows are trolling him. At least Nightmare is still the most loyal creature known to man, he would do anything just to see his master alive and happy.
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        DanielPlay
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        The chapter is real, but frankly, doesn't Saint have too many abilities for a mere devil? I don't even remember a tyrant or terror who possessed so many abilities, it's kind of strange that she hasn't ranked up yet.
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          Dummybaron
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          Maybe she is in semi-ranked up state right now and need only a small push to Increase in Rank/Class. Like Winter Beast had some kind of Will/Domain with his blizard, it affected Minds/Souls/Shadows and even Time a bit, even though he was Corrupted Titan and not Great one.
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            ArMiks
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            maybe she needs more of the Nothingness fog from Hollow Mountains. after all, she did absorb some of it for her evolution
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          JAYDEEP
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          Maybe saint wants to devour the song's blood drop to become tyrant and supreme at the same time... And same for imp I think he will gain a few abilities here in God Grave but at the end he will also devour king's sword to become tyrant himself...
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          EmberofShadows
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          I wonder if perhaps her Onyx Mantle has something to do with why she has so many abilities. Nether was a master of souls, perhaps he perfected a way of using soul-bound growth "memories" (for lack of a better word) to allow his children to have more abilities than they should for their class.

          And if anyone could figure out how to make soul-bound "memories" genetically inheritable, Nether would be that person based on what we know, (or perhaps the War God too, since they're also the God of Technology).
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          JustCat
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          Maybe she gets attributes just like how Sunny gets new attributes from fusing with Mantle of the Underworld armor; her new ability is to teleport with darkness, and area darkness is just ancient darkness from her heart.
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      Sunny says he will feel bad enslaving shadows and sentient beings, I say there is no need to worry, look how Saint is bullying him. 😂😂.
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    One chapter today, three tomorrow

    troll25
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    Chapter 1907: Negative Quality

    After donning her new armor, Saint turned slightly and gazed at Sunny with her usual indifference. He would have loved to study the design of the onyx suit — it was not every day one saw an armor forged of pure darkness, after all — but sadly, he couldn't.

    That was because Sunny only saw the world through Saint's eyes, and she was looking at him, not herself.

    'How frustrating.'

    This must have been what Cassie felt when conversing with someone in private. The

    confusion was only made worse by the fact that Sunny did not only share Saint's vision — he shared all of her senses, just like Cassie shared all the senses of those marked by her Ascended Ability.
    His avatars were identical copies of his own body, after all, while Saint was very different from him. At least he was already used to her stonelike nature after years spent together...


    As it turned out, his Shadow was not done surprising him today. The ability to summon a pool of elemental darkness and manifest a suit of armor was not the full extent of what she had gained by slaying Revel's Reflection.

    There was some distance between Sunny and Saint, still. The debris was charred and highly unstable, making it hard for her to move — after all, she was close to three meters in height and weighed a literal ton. A few of them, actually. So, the debris could very well fail to support her weight.

    Which was why Saint did not walk. Instead, she simply turned into a torrent of darkness and traveled all the way to where Sunny was standing in a heartbeat.
    It was not quite as instantaneous as moving between shadows with Shadow Step, but still quite fast. The sensation of becoming a stream of darkness was also very different from what Sunny usually felt when traveling through shadows — in many ways that he found hard to describe, but mainly because of how... hollow it felt, to be one with the darkness.

    He did not feel embraced by the flow of elemental darkness. Instead, it was a cold and unfathomable thing, too alien and indifferent to be welcoming. Even being a part of it, Sunny felt nothing but profound solitude.

    A moment later, Saint was towering above him, standing only by a few meters of scorched wooden debris away.

    The ground shook precariously, and the blackened wood creaked, as if ready to crumble into embers and ash.


    Of course, neither Saint nor Sunny would be seriously hurt if they fell beneath the upper layer of the wreckage. They would not be burned in the infernal depths of the smoldering ruin, either.

    Still, he would have liked to avoid becoming smeared from head to toe in soot...
    Before Sunny could do anything, though, something about Saint changed subtly.


    'Did she just...'

    She had. Saint had effortlessly changed the weight of her stonelike body, making it as light as a feather.

    Sunny blinked a couple of times.

    'Feather of Truth?'

    It was the same ability he possessed, granted by the Onyx Shell. Saint had not been able to adjust her mass while wearing her original armor, but now that it had become a part of her personal darkness, she could.

    The effect was more or less the same, but the process was different.

    Sunny had only vaguely felt it, but it was as if she had not simply changed her mass... instead, it was as if a negative quality was added to it, thus reducing the weight. Where had that negativity come from? He did not know.
    Then again, he did not know how the [Feather of Truth] worked, either. Perhaps he had always done the same thing without realizing it.
    In any case, Sunny was quite pleased with the fact that Saint could change her weight at will now. Naturally, an ability like that was an incredible boon in combat — he had woven it so deeply into his own battle art that fighting any other way seemed clumsy and ineffectual now.

    However, it was also quite useful outside of combat, since Saint's great weight often presented a problem in mundane situations. Like walking on fragile floors, traveling by boat... or swimming.

    Considering how often Sunny found himself inexplicably thrown into large bodies of water, that alone was an invaluable boon.
    Saint stared at him from above for a bit. Then, she stared at him some more.



    He shifted from one leg to another, trying not to take offense.

    'No, but... am I really this tiny?!'
    Since he was looking through Saint's eyes right now, he was staring at himself from her great height. From that perspective, Sunny indeed looked like a little toy.

    Was that how Saint always saw him?

    He ground his teeth, missing the days when she was a mere Monster, and of the same height as him.
    Fiend had started out as a scrawny gremlin, as well... but now, that gluttonous idiot was five meters tall.

    Sunny did not even want to imagine what he looked like from Fiend's perspective...

    'He might be huge, but he's still an annoying imp inside! In fact, I should start calling him Imp again, just so that the overgrown bastard does not get a big head!'

    Saint, meanwhile, tilted her head a little.
    Then... he felt her body turning into a torrent of darkness once again.

    But it did not rush anywhere. Instead, it shrank in size and then solidified back into the figure of the graceful knight. Only now, she was smaller.

    Suddenly, Sunny was looking at himself from a

    new perspective... one level with his own eyes.

    'Huh?'

    He remained motionless for a moment.


    So Saint had not just gained the ability to reduce her weight. She had also gained the ability to reduce her size, and used it to return to her original modest stature...
    Which was great news for Sunny! Simply wonderful news...

    He smiled behind the mask.


    But as soon as he was done talking, Saint raised her chin slightly, and changed her size once more.
    This time, she made it so that she was a full head taller than Sunny.

    He froze.
    Nodding with a hint of satisfaction, Saint looked down at him, and then headed away.

    Sunny remained motionless, absolutely dumbfounded by the outrageous sequence of events.

    He only managed to regain his composure a few seconds later.

    'What the hell? Where is she even going? There's nowhere to go!'
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      Максим Довбняк
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      One chapter today, three tomorrow. 7
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      Dunno if we follow the same Telegram, but the Telegram I follow, which I assume is the same as yours based on update time, posted the chapter.

      In case you are gone or asleep, here it is for other people

      https://pastebin.com/hq1CAeKi
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    Guys, what are you discussing? These aren't real chapters (1905-1906)... I don't know where you found them, but whoever generated them is a fool. There was extra text added and part of the text was rewritten with other words. The difference is not very big, but chapter 1906 is partially changed - Nothing about tears or runes of the Saint.
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      Chapter 1905: Pyrhhic Victory

      As it turned out, the Citadel had several spacious underground levels. That only made sense, considering that the lake surrounding it was transient — it swelled when the Hollows were flooded and drained once the water flowed through the ribs of the dead deity into its titanic spine.

      So, those levels were only situated below the ground level when the lake was full. Most of the time, they would actually be above the water, and so, there was another grand entrance situated lower than the vast hall where the ambush had taken place.

      Sunny found the Gateway beneath a crystal dome situated not far from that entrance.

      He remained still for a few moments, bewildered by what he saw and felt there.

      There was a small grove growing behind the transparent walls of the dome. They was enveloped by scarlet vines from outside —however, there were perfectly normal plants growing inside.

      Emerald grass, ancient oaks, soft moss, and beautiful flowers blooming on the meadow hidden at the heart of the grove, where a small pond of pristine water stood still in the tranquil darkness.

      These were the first plants that had not been twisted by Corruption that Sunny found in Godgrave — in all of Dream Realm, perhaps, apart from those brought here by the inhabitants of the waking world.

      More than that, he sensed something as he entered the crystal dome. A pure and

      unmistakable feeling of sacredness permeated the air here, as if the taint consuming the rest of this cursed region had never managed to find its way inside the crystal dome.

      The pond is the Gateway.'

      Sunny glanced at the calm water, realizing that he could not determine how deep it was. Then, he turned away with a shrug and stepped through the shadows back to where he had left Nephis and the other Saints.

      Soon, all of them sought refuge in the grove.

      The Citadel above them was burning and falling apart. Its walls were resilient enough to repel the incinerating flames summoned by Nephis... at least for a while. However, the castle had become overgrown by the scarlet infestation over the ages — the vines and trees piercing its structure were like kindling, helping the fire spread and destroy the ancient walls.

      It would reach these lower levels soon, as well. However, Nephis could protect at least one floor from being consumed by flames.

      The bloodied Saints sat silently on the grass, too tired and rattled to talk. Only Sir Jest seemed to be in a pleasant mood, but even he was keeping his mouth shut, concentrating on cleaning the cane he had picked up from the floor before leaving the ground level.

      One of them had to erase Revel's imprint on the Citadel and replace it with their own. However, six of the seven surviving Saints already controlled a Citadel of their own — doing so would relinquish their authority over it. The person most suited for the job was the Saint who had been wounded in the ambush, but he was currently unconscious.

      There were a few things they could do, but after discussing it shortly, the Saints of the Sword Army had decided to simply wait for a while.

      ...Of course, Sunny could have taken the Citadel too. After all, he had seven incarnations and could place seven tethers instead of one — but that was not something he wanted the King of Swords to know. So, he just sat down and stared into the distance.

      There was a lot for him to think about.

      The battle... technically, they had won it. They had repelled the ambush and conquered the Citadel —the Gateway, at least — thus fulfilling the goal of the expedition force. Soon, the authority of the King of Swords would spread to central Godgrave, and his Domain would stretch all the way from the Clavicle Plain to the Breastbone Reach.

      Even if Seishan and her Seventh Legion managed to take the Citadel in the west, the Song Domain would still possess fewer Citadels, control less territory, and be pressed to reach deeper into the Hollows from their remote stronghold.

      The Sword Army had achieved a victory today. However... it was a Pyrrhic victory.

      Sunny sighed.

      Revel might have chosen to retreat, but that was in part due to the fact that withdrawing was still a good outcome for the forces of Song. Yes, they had lost the Citadel — but in the process, their enemy had suffered a debilitating loss, as well.

      Seven Saints of the Sword Domain were dead.

      Silent Stalker had reaped more lives than anyone else, killing three Transcendent champions of the Sword Army. Lonesome Howl and her Reflections were just behind her, with two kills between the three of them. Moonveil had killed one, and the last fallen Saint was brought down by the risen dead... Revel did not kill anyone herself, but she had orchestrated the entire battle.

      In exchange, the Song Army only lost three of Mordret's Reflections. Their destruction was not an insignificant loss, but it was not comparable to the casualties suffered by Neph's team.

      The Sword Army had already been at a disadvantage due to having fewer Saints in its ranks. With the loss of these seven champions, the gap in the number of Transcendents between Valor and Song was bound to become a dire influence on all future battles.

      So, none of the factual victors was in a good mood.

      Hidden behind the mask, Sunny threw a secretive glance at Nephis.

      She had already finished healing Sir Jest. His own wounds had been tended to, as well. Now, she was sitting on the shore of the pond, looking at the water with her usual detached expression.

      She was in a tough situation.

      As the commander of the expedition, Nephis was responsible for the deaths of her people — each and every loss must have weighed heavy on her soul. Sunny knew all too well the agony of failing those who had entrusted their lives to you... many soldiers had perished to help them reach the Citadel, and now, seven Saints were dead — each a singular talent and a trusted comrade.

      Nephis had more experience of being a leader than he had, and she had ordered much more people to their deaths. However, one never grew accustomed to such things... well, actually, maybe that statement was wrong. Anvil and Ki Song seemed to have built quite a tolerance to sacrificing human lives for their goals, and there should have been plenty of others like them.

      But Nephis had not. So, she was most likely hurting right now.

      On the other hand... while she was leading these warriors, she was also plotting against their king. In a sense, she was an outsider among them — a traitor, even. She only cared about who ended up in control of the Citadel as far as needing the two Sovereigns to weaken each other was concerned.

      It must have been a difficult situation to navigate, both morally and emotionally.

      Added to that was the fact that her capacity for emotions and morality — for humanity itself — was currently somewhat washed away by the immolating flames of her Aspect.

      Sunny wanted to talk to her, but they could hardly exchange an honest word while surrounded by the rest of the Saints.

      After a while, the members of the conquest party regained some level of composure, or maybe simply grew bored with silence. They started to talk, sharing the information about the battle with each other.

      Sunny listened for a while, learning about what Moonveil and Lonesome Howl were capable of. He briefly shared his own experience fighting Revel, as well, which earned him a heavy look from Nephis.

      After that, he couldn't wait anymore. The fire was already spreading to this floor, and the world had quaked terribly some time ago, signifying that the upper levels of the Citadel collapsed. Since Nephis was going to be busy preventing the flames from damaging the crystal dome, Sunny announced that he would check the situation above and dissolved into shadows.

      He was going to check on Saint.
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        Chapter: 1906 Dark Armor

        A moment later, he emerged from the darkness on the great pyre of burning rubble. The garden temple had indeed crumbled, consumed by a blazing inferno. The mountain of debris was still aflame, and the heat was so scorching that a mundane human would have been reduced to ash in an instant.

        Even a Saint could have been burned to death or smothered inside the billowing cloud of black smoke. However, Sunny was more or less fine due to the Onyx Mantle — it might not have been comfortable, but he could explore the burning ruins freely.

        It did not take him much time to find Saint. She was quite conspicuous — out there amidst the blazing debris, there was an area consumed by impenetrable darkness, its confines silent and tranquil.

        His Shadow was inside. He couldn't quite see her, of course, but felt her presence, as well as that of his shadows.

        Sunny hesitated at the edge of the sphere of true darkness for a few moments.

        '...That's new.'

        Saint had carried a bit of elemental darkness within her heart, true. But she had never been able to summon it in this manner — she could only use it to manifest a weapon or coat a Memory.

        It seemed that killing the Reflection had filled the reservoir of the Heart of Darkness to the brim, allowing her powers to evolve. From the look of it, Saint had gained an Ability similar to what Revel was capable of — now, she could cover an entire area with her darkness. The area was not quite as vast as that of Revel, but that did not matter.

        Sunny smiled.

        What mattered was the synergy between this power and Saint's [Mantle of Darkness] Ability.

        'When surrounded by darkness, and true darkness more so, her swiftness and might will increase. Her wounds will be healed...'

        Now that Saint could freely unleash elemental darkness, she could be surrounded by it at all times. Which meant that she would almost always be able to receive the full boon of the [Mantle of Darkness].

        There was more to it, as well.

        Although Sunny was not sure how to help Saint evolve, he felt that this new power of hers... could very well be the first step to becoming a Tyrant. After all, Tyrants were beings who exerted their authority on the world — much like the Sovereigns did, albeit in a different manner.

        Most Tyrants controlled either a territory or an army of minions, usually both at the same time. And being able to drown an area in elemental darkness was very close to gaining control over it.

        'Isn't it?'

        Sunny walked forward and at the same time took control of one of the incarnations wrapped around Saint's body — otherwise, he would have been blinded by his own Shadow's power, which would be quite embarrassing.

        Now that he was not consumed by the urgency of battle, Sunny felt stunned by how strange and miraculous the feeling of fusing with another creature was all over again.

        He was dazed for a few moments, taking in the complex, alien sensation of being one with Saint's body. He also felt relieved, noticing that her terrible wounds were healing — she had spent all that time nestled in the embrace of her own summoned darkness, after all, being nourished and nurtured by it.

        Then, a loud sound distracted him.

        It was the sound of a battered onyx breastplate being dropped on the ground.

        Sunny blinked a couple of times.

        Then, he blinked a few more times.

        'No, wait. What?!'

        Saint... seemed to be removing her armor.

        There was no mistake. He was looking at the world through her eyes, after all — the graceful stone knight was standing in the darkness, methodically taking off her shattered armor. She was already all but free of it, with only a few pieces remaining.

        Sunny had caught glimpses of Saint's face and skin before, but he had never seen her out of the intricate suit of fearsome armor. It was quite a shock.

        Saint was wearing simple garments beneath the onyx plate, much like any knight would. Her figure was alluringly flawless, fitting her inhumanly beautiful face. Her skin was the same color as the onyx armor, making it seem as if she was made of stone... however, she was not.

        Although Saint's body looked like it was cut from stone and had many properties of stone, it was merely stonelike. Now that Sunny could sense it, he realized more clearly than ever that she was a being of flesh and blood... well, at least of flesh and dust.

        And seeing her like this, Sunny couldn't help but remember the beautiful statue of Storm God he had seen in the shrine of the Ebony Tower once.

        It was quite clear who Nether had used as inspiration when creating the Stone Saints, at least in terms of appearance.

        Saint, meanwhile, spared him an indifferent look and continued removing her armor.

        Her greaves and vambraces fell to the ground, leaving her entirely defenseless.

        Sunny remembered that she had not come here to stare just then.

        'But why is she taking off the armor instead of restoring it?'

        His answer came a moment later.

        Saint knelt beside the broken armor and stared it for a while.

        It almost seemed... as if there was a hint of an unknown, somber emotion in her ruby eyes.

        Then, she raised a hand and brought her fist down.

        The adamantine onyx shattered like glass...

        And was then absorbed into her body, just like the Memories she used to consume had been before.

        Suddenly, the crimson flames burning in her eyes grew deeper, and Saint seemed to become stronger.

        Standing up with a prideful expression, she straightened her back.

        A moment later, her beautiful figure was enveloped by flowing darkness, and that darkness...

        Solidified, encasing the body of the taciturn Shadow in an impenetrable carapace of intricate onyx armor. Pristine and new.

        Sunny remained motionless.

        '...I'll be damned.'

        Saint had just manifested her own Onyx Mantle, it seemed.
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      Lazy Lion
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      Huh? You mean it's not real???

      Shit! Who's the Beyonder of the Fool pathway here? Show yourself!
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        Максим Довбняк
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        The content is almost the same, but the second chapter is different. There was nothing about the tear of the Saint or any runes related to the Citadel. Looks like a translation with the addition of someone else's text
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          Lazy Lion
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          Oh I see. I was wondering about that too...the tear drop stuff
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          Rhinokick
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          Shadow Slave is not a translated work, more likely the author edited the chapter (or hes screwing with the aggregator sites like this one.
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            Максим Довбняк
            Максим Довбняк
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            Maybe it's a trick by the author, or someone decided to make a joke. Or someone took a chapter in another language and translated it into English. Or maybe it's a worldwide conspiracy in which Diddy was involved (first source of chapters in comments to ch. 1904)
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          sugeee
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          I think it might have been a trick by the author. The whole line about Saint shedding the tear of darkness just straight up doesn't exist in the original text, it was entirely made up. AI probably wouldn't do that.
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    Nucleus
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    Well darn, I've caught up.
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    zigzagzarf
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    now that he's experienced saints vision i wonder if he can use shadow to make his own eyes work in darkness with some practice
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      ArMiks
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      sunny can't learn to see through true/elemental darkness. this is because in SS, shadows can't propagate within true darkness; shadows can exist within true darkness with its original mass, but cannot grow. true darkness, i believe, is something like a semi-solid substance with an exclusive element in which only the same element can exist within, especially since in SS, true darkness is considered to be the antithesis of shadows.

      if he wishes to see within elemental darkness, he would have to use his self-empowerment on shadows who are able to manipulate true darkness like saint and the skeleton knight from the cathedral. as for memories, he still hasn't seen an enchantment which allows him the above mentioned ability for him to copy, so i believe he won't be able to make one at the moment.

      disclaimer: i haven't read the last like few chapters, and have only been trawling the comments. chapter stacking baby!
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        zigzagzarf
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        he seen through it just fine as a shadow over her eyes...he wasn't in her head he was a shadow over her eyes he should be able to copy a shadow lense over his own eyes to copy her eyes as needed
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          ArMiks
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          from what i understand, what happened there is that he assimilated with saint: from her senses to everything else. this allowed sunny to only see and basically sense what ever she did. he was sensing in the darkness through her darkness sense. without assimilating with saint or any other shadow with darkness sense, sunny would not be able to sense anything in the darkness. this is why he wasn't able to see when he assimilated with serpent's sword form. i don't think he would be able to copy just single specific abilities of his shadows. as for memories, i think he needs to study the enchantments of an existing memory before he can recreate them. unless i'm mistaken, he still needs references for the enchantments he imbue onto his woven memories
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            Dummybaron
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            Yes you completely right, especially with memory part.
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    Fyharo
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    Saint vs Nephis... in a beauty pageant. THUMBS UP GUILTYTHREE!!! welldone welldone constraint
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      Zrilla
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      Я голосую за Сэйнт! БигМамми👉👈
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      DanielPlay
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      Serpent transformed into Solvane >>>>>
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        Dummybaron
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        Best thing is that it's canonically accurate
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          DanielPlay
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          Her flaw is literally being beautiful enough that people eventually fall in love with her. 😂😂😂🤷
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        Zrilla
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        Чел... Санни она не понравилась, он еë два раза убивал и сильвана ему буквально "сердце вырвала"
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          DanielPlay
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          What does that have to do with it? The comment was talking about beauty, not who Sunny likes more. 🤔
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    Evinie
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    What Sunny needs to do is craft a really strong Lantern to not get hard countered by true darkness again wish
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      mariokaa
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      his shadow lantern is already a divine lantern though. i doubt he can craft something better at the moment. also, is there a reason why he didn't use it at the fight against revel? kinda forgot what it does already
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        Evinie
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        He can't chase away True darkness with shadows, what I mean't was a super strong light lantern or something like that.
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    Elrenegat
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    Honestly this whole trend with saint reminds me more of "how I became a pokemon trainer" than Shadow Slave, it's just ridiculous
    Especially when Sunny is supposed to become the greatest weaver in history and could just weave himself some incredibly strong echos, instead of lucking out
    Since lucking out is for those dependent on the spell
    I mean correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't he study echos just for that ?
    Didn't he study how to insulf life into creations and how to make soul bounds craft ?
    Wasn't that the whole point ?
    To create a soul bound echo that is indestructible until the host dies instead of "lucking out" like a plot armored protagonist
    Especially when the spell is limited and can only craft up until a certain point
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      Reii
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      No, doesn't know how to craft echoes at all. The only thing he managed to do in that regard is turn the mimic into a broken shadow.
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        Elrenegat
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        Yeah he doesn't know because he didn't bother to try learning it, but had he tried doing so instead of let's say wandering the world for four years straight doing absolutely nothing, he might have had the time to succed, who knows
        Btw it's not much of an if to be honest, one year would have probably sufficed since he already knows how to weave almost anything, going as far as creating new enchantements
        The only thing that he lacks is the "alive" part of the echo, something that he has been studing as of late
        All of this while weaving almost nothing in 5 years, so you can understand how much better he would have been had he even tried
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          Shambler
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          But 1.5 of those years were spent crossing the Hollow Mountains, and we can't expect him to have been creating echoes during that time.
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            Elrenegat
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            Well you can, reastically, he still had time when coming back from there, and the shadows are offering an insane amount of extra time
            But even without it, he should have been able too, especially when you see how fast he learns how to weave and how many test subject he has at his disposition, a lot
            But even so, he shouldn't have wasted his time this blatently in the first place
            Crossing the hollow moutains didn't really bring jack to the story or to him, except killing the tree and discovering that the seven realm is getting absorbed, all of which he might have done latter
            Realistically, the three more important things to do at the time was : perfecting his weaving abilities
            Meet back with his friends if he really wanted too
            And work with the governement in order to minimise the number of casualties in the human world
            Not go to berlize
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      Lancelot1397
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      He hasn't done any of those, have you come from the future or something?
      At this point he only knows how to make memories. He made the mimic into a shadow by mostly luck, not skill. He has no idea how to make soulbound memories.
      Your reasoning is like saying he's going to become a God in the future so why doesn't he do miracles now as a mortal.
      Come back after he reaches Sacred or gets Weavers full inheritance to say all this.
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        Elrenegat
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        You're all over the place aren't you ?
        He hasn't made any echos or soulbound items because he never tried
        In the 5 years post his transcendence he probably at most weaved no more than a month out of it, no more, so yes, he doesn't know because he never tried, but nephis is not the only person that could serve as a test dummy, anyone could
        As for the whole shadow thing chest, he wasn't even trying to make it into an echo to begin with since it already was one, he was trying to modifie it without destroying it
        And I don't need to see the future to know what he could have done, I just need to look at the past, his time, his possibilities and his potential
        Sorry but your comment is just retarded ...
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          Lancelot1397
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          Sure, I forgot Sunny's just a mindless drone like character who shouldn't give a f#ck that nobody remembers him anymore, he should just hole up and craft memories and echoes.
          How dumb are you, without the nightmare spell he couldn't even enter his soul sea or know about all of his powers.
          It's like saying why people waste time eating, sleeping or shitting, if they used all that time to study they could have been as smart as Einstein by now.
          It's about the quality of life you retard.
          Can't believe I'm wasting my time explaining this.
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            Elrenegat
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            First of let me start by saying how retarded your messages truly are, it's a work of art through and through no doubt
            You don't need the spell to weave, it was his decision that brought him to the whishing well, being forgotten works in his favor, since his ennemy would have used his sister against him
            He never took a day of but sudenly felt the need too while not relaying on his shadows for ALL THAT EXTRA TIME
            And instead of trying to regrow his relationships or try to regain his fate which would require a lot of strenght, he decided to go on a trip to god knows where, because it's so much fun and important
            Except that instead of taking a year off, he took four, like a retard or an afk npc
            So yeah, he needed strenght, but didn't seek it and needed some extra time but decided to go in a coma
            Just so you know, but I didn't even want to respond to your first comment in the first place with how dumb it was but seeing all those morrons encourage your blattant lack of intellect while disliking me
            I felt like setting things straight
            But in hindsight you're not even worth it, nor are they for that matter, you can't teach a dog to speak
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              Lancelot1397
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              OMG, you are have to be braindead to not understand Sunny was in depression after everyone forgot him, like how hard is it to understand. It's like you refuse to acknowledge that G3 has written these characters with emotions and feelings. You have to be one of those readers who like those chinese webnovels where the MC is OP as fk and has zero character development.
              How hard is it to understand Sunny isn't a robot that makes only the most optimal decisions. Why am I even wasting time explain the obvious to such a low IQ troll.

              Just shut up and drop this novel and get lost, because this is not going to be one of those shitard power up novels.
              I'm not responding to your nonsense anymore. All the dislikes you are getting say the other readers also agree with me.
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                Elrenegat
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                The readers that agree with you are sharing that one braincells that you have, I wouldn't consider that an encouragement if I were you, quite the opposite in fact
                Oh and you sound as smart as to what you type, it's kind of impressive
                You single handely prove the saying : don't judge a book by it's cover wrong
                Now shush little grimling
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                  Dummybaron
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                  Elrenegat I have novel recomendation for you go read Reverend Insanity(I still keep misspelling this shit) the main character litteraly couldn't give a f#ck about everyone else and trying to achive imortality with whatever means necesary, I have strong feeling you will like it.
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                  Elrenegat
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                  Yeah I already gave it a try but couldn't quite manage to read it unfortunately
                  But I heard that it was really good
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                  Elrenegat
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                  Was it a real recommendation or just a jab btw, I can't tell, because of the quality of the novel
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              Unknown.
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              how was he supposed to regrow his relationship differently from what he has done? Also does he really want his fate back? Your friends being unable to remember your past is pretty terrible but he can always make new memories, but on the other hand is becoming a slave.
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                Elrenegat
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                Ah yes you do bring bring up a good point, he himself wasn't even sure if he wanted his fate back, so in a way he did got what he wanted
                As for the new relationship, it is bound to be different for sure
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      bpolonifis
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      Well the Arc's theme is how to become "the very best like no one ever was" https://youtu.be/JuYeHPFR3f0?feature=shared
      It is the theme how to defeat the elite four (sovereign) and become the leader of humanity.
      Untill now we have seen the defeat of the government and the water nation. Next step how to become sovereign, so it is necessary for us to watch some upgrades similar to how Ash watched butterflies evolve in the first season of pokemon..
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      DanielPlay
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      To create an Echo you need to have an artificial body, Sunny coincidentally already had the memory of the mimic that served as the body, the forgers of Valor forge metal bodies for their echos, forging a body is not easy, after all the body has to have all the mechanical parts to guarantee free mobility, in Valor there are hundreds of forgers and even so creating a single Echo requires a tremendous effort, Sunny alone would take months to create a single Echo and it still would not be effective in battle.
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        Elrenegat
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        All that you said is a technicality, what they are doing is using their aspects, but Sunny is weaving with the freaking nightmare spell as his teacher and as many exemple as he might want at his disposal to experiment
        As for the whole, you need a body kind of thing, he can just take the bodies of his victims or of the monsters
        Really not much of a big deal in a world where you end up slaughtering half of what you meet
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          Unknown.
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          Bro calling nightmare spell his teacher is quite a stretch. As an analogy, if an aspiring artist/musician were given finished pieces of art/music, then the people who created the art/music wouldn't be called their teachers lol. (usually teachers are expected to guide students and give explanations/tips/clear doubts)
          And what do you mean as many examples as he wants? He has a limited supply of memories and can't even gain new ones from the spell. Although I guess being able to make memories, he might be able to trade with others for memories.(still, the supply would probably be rather limited since big & worthy powers won't agree to train a foreigner and quality will be lower if he trades with random weak people for weak memories)
          Lastly if echoes could be easily made from dead monsters/bodies then why would anvil focus on building mechanical ones? Also most corpses are probably damaged and repairing it would be a nightmare (since they'll be much more complex than machines - imagine having to create nerves,muscles,blood vessels, etc)
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            Elrenegat
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            Well the spell is called a teacher to sunny because what it offers is essentialy stuff with enchantement on it
            And all that Sunny has to do to learn it is to read the weaves and see how enchantement are made, once it's done, he can copy it if it's not too hard
            The weaves are very intuitive for the sole reason that they are self explenatory
            So that's for the first part
            Now you ask me why valor builds up robot from scratch instead of taking it from corpses, and the answer is once again pretty easy to understand in my opinion
            It's because they don't have a choice
            My guess is that they rely on their aspects to do the job for them but have essentialy no idea of what the f#ck they are doing
            Sunny is quite literally doing what the spell is doing, so he has shit tons of manoevrability
            As for the whole memory thing, he doesn't really need those, or at least not to fight
            He only need some to study the weaves
            For exemple he can take a weak enchantement on a weak weapon and turn it into an incredible one on an incredible weapon
            As long as the source of power change, so the soul shards
            The enchantement can be weak as hell or strong as f#ck
            So all he really needs is to study a lot of weave or creations from the spell, among which you can count the echos
            He can study weapons weaves by visiting some shops and looking at the stuff on display or straight up buying it, as for echos, he would either need to buy them or steal them, depending on how many are for sells
            Especially when they require him to fiddle with them in order to understand what does what
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              Unknown.
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              About the only using machines, that makes sense. But for the teacher part, like I said, handing someone a painting and asking them to copy it doesn't make one their teacher. Lastly there's still the part about having damaged corpses - although I guess maybe once sunny figures out how to have them regenerate when not summoned, that issue will get fixed
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                Elrenegat
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                Well if you really want to kill a body without damaging it you can just destoy it's soul, otherwise you can just heal it afterward
                As for the whole painting thing, I understand what you mean, but apparently it doesn't apply to weaving and weaving is more like knitting than it is like painting
                Don't ask me why he manages to learn so fast idk, either he is a f#cking genius, it's easy or it's plot, no clue
                But somehow I would bet on the easy part because that dude is anything but a genius
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