Growing up in poverty, Sunny never expected anything good from life. However, even he did not anticipate being chosen by the Nightmare Spell and becoming one of the Awakened - an elite group of people gifted with supernatural powers. Transported into a ruined magical world, he found himself facing against terrible monsters - and other Awakened - in a deadly battle of survival. What's worse, the divine power he received happened to possess a small, but potentially fatal side effect... Character art by @Catphinee Discord: discord.gg/guiltythree Wiki: shadowslave.fandom.com OST: youtube.com/@skeuzmusic Reddit: reddit.com/r/shadowslave
The Chain Breaker was steadily advancing down the Great River. The gale Nephis could summon by uttering its name was not powerful enough to push the ship as fast as it had pushed the ketch, but to their luck, the winds were blowing in the same direction.
Carried both by their power and the current of time, the graceful vessel rushed forward at great speed.
All around them, there was nothing but sunlight and sparkling water. The vast expanse of the Great River was beautiful and exhilarating… of course, great horrors were hiding behind the deceptive facade of its beauty.
But nothing had attacked them yet.
…Life went on.
Sitting in the shade of the sacred tree, Sunny felt strangely indignant about that fact.