I regret binging this and running out of chapters. Now I have to wait just like everyone else 😭. If only I had found this novel a few months later I would've had alot more chapters to binge 😮💨
"But why are you asking? And why… are you here again?"
Fantasy · Guiltythree
now that I think about it, nightmare gates probably look like oblivion gates from Oblivion at least in my head, that makes them easier to picture for me
The rift dwarfed the entire battlefield, stretching for hundreds and hundreds of meters into the shattered sky. The abandoned outpost, and the black fissure of the Nightmare Gate that led to the vicinity of the Black Skull, looked tiny and insignificant in front of it.
Fantasy · Guiltythree
I get an image of we are billions
Sunny was sitting on the battlement of the defensive wall, looking at the apocalyptic sight of a giant horde of Nightmare Creatures advancing on the city. There were so many of them that it seemed as though the ground itself was moving, flowing forward as it seethed and churned.
Fantasy · Guiltythree
I'm thinking something along those same lines, I can't wrap my head around the thought completely but this could have so many implications
Now that Sunny knew that a First Nightmare was born of a tiny Seed, as well, he couldn't help but feel that it could only be planted into fertile soil. Wouldn't a soul that was full of fear and despair be more fertile, while one illuminated by hope less so?
Fantasy · Guiltythree
I wonder if having the serpent in her shadow would make her more susceptible to awakening a shadow aspect or if it was potentially genetic and she will have the lineage of the shadow God too
As it turned out, shadow essence did not react to Luster's presence at all… which was a big disappointment, considering that Sunny had stripped himself of Serpent's support in order to protect Rain.
Fantasy · Guiltythree
the war maiden 100% has got to be effie
Give the glass knife to the War Maiden in the Temple of the Chalice — that was what the immortal Shadow had told the original owner of the four-armed demon's body. And that was the secret Noctis wanted to learn from Sunny, while Sunny wanted to find his friends. So many coincidences...
Fantasy · Guiltythree
okay so this is out of nowhere but... if the wooden knife was destroyed when it's respective immortal was killed... doesn't that mean that the immortal for the obsidian knife and the one mordret might have is still alive? and presumably the obsidian knife is for noctis right?
Noctis gave him a funny look, then cleared his throat and pointed to a chair that had a black kimono hanging on its backrest. The garment was made out of silk, intricately stitched, and fit his towering figure perfectly. It even had four sleeves instead of two, revealing that someone must have sewn the thing specifically for him.
Fantasy · Guiltythree
the armor
'Hurts… crap, dying really, really hurts!'
Fantasy · Guiltythree
so he's the dragon then
"Your arrogance is so tiresome, Tyris. Warn me? What gives you the courage to warn… me? You say that I have forgotten, but it is you who doesn't seem to remember. Who I am. What I am. And what I am capable of…"
Fantasy · Guiltythree
so these are uruk-hai inspired?
From the look of it, they were… however, the monster did not react to having his heart destroyed as a human would. Instead of dying, he simply grabbed the blade of the Shadow Serpent and took a step forward, skewering himself deeper onto it, in an attempt to reach Sunny with the other hand.
Fantasy · Guiltythree
I feel like the daemon are actually just ancient humans that became incredibly powerful, and the gods became fearful of them maybe? maybe over an long period of time humans became weaker and eventually hid on earth to rebuild strength in secret and the weaver create the spell to guide humans back to their roots/power and eventually usurp the gods
Teacher Julius had described daemons as terrible beings that inspired fear because of their unknown origins and strange powers. What happened after one of them had accomplished something that was supposed to be in the purview of only the gods? Saint's description, back when she was an Echo, said that she and her kin were designed to bring peace, but were born into an endless war instead...
Fantasy · Guiltythree
maybe trying to replace the arm he was or had severed
Even spelltech automatons could not boast of that level of ingenuity and intricacy.
Fantasy · Guiltythree
that would explain why the tools an furniture looks wrong maybe? made for longer limbs and 7 fingers
The arm was much longer than it should have been, and the hand had seven fingers that ended with sharp claws. The rot seemed to be spreading from a terrible torn wound on the forearm, to the charred and emaciated flesh, and then outward, to everything else around it.
Fantasy · Guiltythree
I wonder if Kai might recognize the armor and then maybe see the hair and put 2 and 2 together
Even those who did not have any interest in the Awakened duels found it striking, though. The image of an infernal wraith clad in black onyx armor defeating a charming, noble human warrior with one swift and ruthless strike was, indeed, very cinematic… just how Leo had predicted. Even if, to his dismay, the roles had ended up being switched.
Fantasy · Guiltythree
so that makes 7 people with the 7 shards
Held in Seishan's graceful hand was the sixth Shard Memory. One that belonged to the walking colossus, the statue of the Builder who had created the walls of the Dark City.
Fantasy · Guiltythree
so maybe the statues were guardians of sorts and this one is still alive and patrolling
And then, with the same calm indifference, the colossus brought his burning hammer down and delivered a devastating blow to the abhorrent skull. The beak of the hammer easily shattered the ancient bone and sank deep into the flesh of the horror hiding within.
Fantasy · Guiltythree
this yet again, a beautifully crafted sentence
He was gnawing on himself to prevent himself from being eaten. What a funny contradiction.
Fantasy · Guiltythree
it's like hermaeus mora with all his eyed maybe and how he is able to see and know many things
For some reason, Sunny felt that it was the latter option. He had received the drop of ichor from a being called Weaver, and then became able to see the strings that were weaved through the Memories, giving them their unique qualities. It wasn't hard to see the connection.
Fantasy · Guiltythree
this was beautifully written
The answer was so clear. He just had to climb the Soul Tree and find an especially juicy fruit for her to eat...
Fantasy · Guiltythree
hmmm maybe those journals were indeed a way for her to pass information onto the next cycle and perhaps they have all been trapped in those cycles for decades or even longer and only Cassie has been somewhat aware of it the whole time because of the journals?
And that was without even counting the unknown number of cycles the seven of them had lived through before arriving at this one… hopefully, the last.
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree