Chapter 587 - The Explosion (1/2)

Just a er detonated, Sunny fell backward and dove into the shadow cast by a wide stone pillar He noticed a hint of surprise in Pierce's eyes, and in the next second, everything was suddenly drowned by blinding white light

The sound came next, a thunderous roar that would have probably destroyed his ears if he had not turned into a shadow Then, the shockwave arrived, obliterating the pillar and turning it into arubble Sunny's shelter was destroyed, and he was thrown back into the corporeal world… just in ti flame

Luckily, he had suht Protected by its enchant Chain, Sunny had withstood the terrifying heat His eyes were tightly shut, and so only his eyelids were singed

The explosion… had turned out to be much more powerful than he had expected

'D—damnation…'

The hall was co had been destroyed, and its walls had cracked, so completely The bodies of the murdered Lost were practically erased fro was obscured by a cloud of stone dust mixed with thin crimson mist, which had appeared after the pool of blood had evaporated

In all this mayhem, Sunny was able to sense a few faed with the shadows before the explosion had hit, too so it was unharmed

Saint, however, was not as lucky — her entire left arled and revealing scorched alabaster skin Fine ruby dust was flowing fro to the floor like a strea she had left to live

That was the result of aug an Ascended Memory… even the wielder was not safe from the consequences, as it turned out

Sunny's ht, then called back his third shadow

In the short moment before it reached hied to sense the rest of the devastated hall

The Echoes see at a distance, shaken and superficially wounded, but still alive Mordret was sprawled on the floor, seely thrown out of his invisibility

…Only Pierce was still on his feet, as if not affected by the explosion at all His ar from the cracks, but the Master himself appeared unperturbed In fact, his

He was like an iht down by the raging winds

Not wishi+ng to reveal hirowl and silently dashed forward

The silver blade of the Cruel Sight whistled quietly, shooting toward the bastard's heart

However…

At the last moment, Pierce shi+fted and easily deflected the bloith his sword, throwing the spear off course His ar toward Sunny's head

When the blow connected, Sunny was blinded for aexploded behind his eyelids, and at the sa

Disoriented, Sunny continued his lunge and collided with the fearsoround in a clatter of ainst the stone floor Pierce grabbed Sunny by the throat and drove a knee into his abdoh his body and sending hi over his head and away

…But not before Sunny's free hand snaked toward one of the cracks in the Ascended Knight's ar deep into his flesh

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A long, narrow needle forged out of black steel, with gold rapped around one of its ends

Driven with all of Sunny's strength, the Heavenly Burden sunk into Pierce's flesh al out of his skin and barely visible in the narrow fissure ht's ar to wound a Master seriously, or even slon his e was not what Sunny used it for

Rolling on the ground, he twisted and landed on his knees, sliding a few steps back and al his balance

A fewto his feet, too His eyes were brilistening as it reflected the flaht

But then, soe happened

The fearso on his face A moment later, the soles of his armored boots separated from the stone floor and rose into the air

…The Heavenly Burden was the Me Master Jet put down the dele enchants pierced by the needle would float up, and up, and up, until it was removed

Sunny had acquired it to co and receive the ability to fly out of the Sky Below, if need be

Which did notinto the air, his feet already a full one, and he swiftly looked down, at the tip of the needle buried in his flesh The Master's hand shot toward it, but the fingers of his ar the needle out on the first try

Sunny had no doubt that he would ht possessed at least one Memory in his arsenal that would be able to help him either counteract or control the effect of the Heavenly Burden

However, both of these options were going to require some time, noto give hiht Shard flying toward Pierce's eye Without anything to use as purchase, the knight was deprived of the very foundation of coround He couldn't ht to mount an effective defense, and couldn't even use ed to deflect the ghostly stiletto with his sword…