Shadow Slave novel Chapter 527

Chapter 527 The New Guy

Now that Sunny had experienced moving up a class without simultaneously rising to a new Rank, he understood the difference between the two more clearly.

Ascending to a new Rank was a much more profound change. It elevated the quality of his shadow cores and essence, gifted him with new abilities, and allowed for a deeper access to his Aspect. The resulting jump in power was nothing short of tremendous.

Reaching a new Class, on the contrary, primarily affected the quantity of his shadow essence, and as such, the increase in power was much more gradual. Sunny didn't feel much stronger than he had a few hours ago… but that was because he had already been enjoying the extra strength and essence capacity for a long time.

In fact, the main benefit of having several cores had been aiding him ever since Sunny passed the one-thousand mark on the counter of shadow fragments. Unlike all other Awakened — excluding Nephis — there was no limit to his capacity to store essence and reinforce his body. Or rather, that limit was so high that it might have as well not been there.

…However, that was not to say that Sunny didn't get other, incredibly potent benefits from manifesting a third shadow core.

Standing up with a groan, he allowed the moonlight to bathe his slender figure and looked down, at the three dark silhouettes sprawled on the ancient stones in front of him.

One shadow looked like it was suffering from a toothache, the other was beyond itself and jubilant, and the third one…

'Uh…'

The third shadow was just standing there motionlessly and staring at him, its dark figure not betraying any hint of emotion. Under its silent and unnerving gaze, he suddenly felt a bit uncomfortable.

For some reason, Sunny shivered slightly.

'Is it just me, or is this guy a bit… uh… creepy?'

The creepy shadow didn't react at all to this thoughts and just continued staring at him without moving.

Sunny hesitated, then cleared his throat.

"Uh, well… welcome to the team. Meet the other two, your elder siblings."

The new shadow lingered for a few moments, and then slowly turned its head to look at his other ones.

Immediately, the happy shadow made an energetic move to welcome it, but then stumbled midstep, shivered a little, and slowly backed away, somehow ending up hiding behind the gloomy one.

The gloomy shadow sighed with contempt, then faced the new guy and glared at him, clearly unimpressed. Amused, Sunny watched the two stare at each for several minutes straight.

In the end, the creepy shadow glanced at him, then silently walked over to one of the ancient skeletons and studied the skull with disturbing fascination.

…It was trying to act cool, but Sunny could tell that the new guy was a bit flustered.

He smiled.

'That's right… that gloomy one is a real menace! Even I am afraid of him, a little!'

The gloomy shadow looked at both of them with disdain, shook its head, and indifferently turned away.

Sunny chuckled.

'Alright… time to experiment a little.'

After that, he summoned all three shadows and wrapped them around his body. Immediately, he felt explosive might course through his veins, his skin turning hard as stone, his speed increasing tremendously. It was as though he grew four times more powerful than he had been a couple of seconds ago.

A dark grin found its way onto his face.

'So that is how it feels to be a demon…'