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Approaching the point where time had not existed yet — the Source.
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree
Later, Cassie helped him escape the endless tunnel by sending him toward the Heart of Darkness. She also manipulated the battle against the immense horde of Nightmare Creatures as Morgan's adviser, making sure that Sunny was in the right place, at the right time, to deal the final blow to the Fallen Titan, Defiled Seeker of Truth, and therefore received the Mirror of Truth from it.
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree
However, he also knew that any kind of relationship between them — at least the current them — was impossible as long as Shadow Bond existed.
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree
"So, Sunny… you must decide. I've given the choice back to you. Now, it's in your hands."
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree
"The Mad Prince had entered the Estuary in search of his freedom, but failed to resist the Defilement and became Corrupted instead. Thus, the endless cycles continued. This cycle, though, was engineered by Torment and him specifically to make sure that all members of the cohort survive. Whether you find the Estuary or not, there are mere days left before Nephis storms Verge and kills the First Seeker. The end… is already inevitable."
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree
"I don't know, exactly. What I do know, without a shadow of a doubt, is that my words are true. If you reach the very heart of the Estuary before the Nightmare ends, you will become free from fate. You will be fateless. The strings that hold you like a puppet will set you free, and your connection to Nephis will be broken as a result. I saw it, and Torment saw it as well."
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree
"I don't know, exactly. What I do know, without a shadow of a doubt, is that my words are true. If you reach the very heart of the Estuary before the Nightmare ends, you will become free from fate. You will be fateless. The strings that hold you like a puppet will set you free, and your connection to Nephis will be broken as a result. I saw it, and Torment saw it as well."
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree
"It might not be true for anyone else. But it's true for you, Sunny. If you reach the Estuary… your wish to be free will come true. Free of your bond, free to live your life the way you want. Free of fate itself."
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree
"It's the Well of Wishes."
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree
There was no need to explain the significance of the Sin of Solace. That Memory, containing the whisper of the builder of the Tomb, was perhaps the most important piece at play here, in the Third Nightmare. It was responsible for creating the Mad Prince, after all… and therefore introducing a variable into the endlessly repeating cycles of the Great River.
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree
The scale of the brilliant web she had woven was nothing short of astonishing... and terrifying.
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree
And these instances were only what Sunny could remember, and had experienced personally. There was no telling how many strings Cassie had really pulled from behind the curtain, how many people she had influenced, and how many coincidences she had engineered to arrange for everything to happen in accordance with her wishes.
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree
Finally, she was there at the Battle of the Black Skull, without a doubt knowing what would happen. She was in the Nightmare Desert, as well, eventually entering the Nightmare of the Great River with the six other powerful Masters — Sunny, Nephis, Mordret, Kai, Effie, and Jet.
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree
Later, Cassie helped him escape the endless tunnel by sending him toward the Heart of Darkness. She also manipulated the battle against the immense horde of Nightmare Creatures as Morgan's adviser, making sure that Sunny was in the right place, at the right time, to deal the final blow to the Fallen Titan, Defiled Seeker of Truth, and therefore received the Mirror of Truth from it.
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree
"And what have you done to redeem your mistake? Huh? What can you even do? It can't be undone!"
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree
Sunny remained silent for a few moments, stunned by the ruthlessness with which Cassie had treated herself. By then, he had already been an Awakened Monster, and armed with the power of his Divine Aspect, he had a much easier time surviving the imprisonment in the Night Temple.
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree
"And what have you done to redeem your mistake? Huh? What can you even do? It can't be undone!"
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree
"So, she infiltrated Fallen Grace and modified the shackles that bound Dusk. She also wrote an accord of what happened in the previous cycles and left it for me to read. Finally, she crawled into the Temple of Dusk and met me, delivering the message."
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree
"After the Plagues reached the Estuary and used it to invade the next cycle of the Great River, the two of them meticulously prepared the playing field for the arrival of us, the new challengers. Eventually, the Mad Prince trapped two of the Plagues on Aletheia's Island, and two more in Twilight. Then, he finished the Key of the Estuary and entered the Source, becoming you."
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree
Dextuary
Approaching the point where time had not existed yet — the Source.
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree