"HEAVENS, NO, SPELL! PLEASE SHINE YOUR BLESSINGS ON MY BEAUTIFUL BLADE."
"I KNOW WE HAD SOME ARGUMENTS BEFORE, BUT PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT OUT ON THAT BLADE, OK?"
"SHE IS SUCH A GOOD GIRL, SHE DESERVES A REWARD LIKE THIS, SHE DESERVES THIS CHANCE, AFTER EVERYTHING SHE WENT THOUGHT.... SO PLEASE."
"YOU CAN PUNISHE ME ALL YOU WANT, HELL, DON'T GIVE ME ANY MEMORY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, JUST LET THIS SUCCEED, PLEASE LET THIS SUCCEED!"
Sunny was watching Raine shouting at the sky, supposedly taking to spell? If it even worked this way.
But he understood one thing, Raine was really betting on this chance.
"Hay, can I ask you something?" Sunny said.
Raine looked at sunny.
"You can ask me anything you want, Sunny. ....wait, don't ask me my body count, that's not something I can reveal to mortals." Raine said seriously.
'Who even wants to know that?'
"So what's the history of that sword, where did you get it, and why is it so ....special?" Sunny asked.
"Oh, you wanna know about my Prisma? I'll tell you everything, everything there is to know about her. So let's see, ....she prefers-"
"OK, STOP, I don't want to hear about that kind of thing, I was just curious that.... what kind of creatures could leave behind an Echo like that." Sunny said hurriedly.
"You know, usually they are not... alive,... they are just replicas of their past selfs, you know, ...bad replicas." Sunny explained.
"Oh, I get it. You wanna hear her glorious past, do you?" Raine said proudly.
"Let me tell you, I found her on the verge of disintegration but still so strong that anyone else might have gotten killed ....if they weren't strong, off course."
"She is a weapon from the Era of Heros..., and that should give you the idea of how strong she was when she was....Alive .... You know.... In her formar state." Raine said.
"Heros? ....What's so special about that Era? Weren't they just humans like us?" Sunny asked a bit puzzled.
"And that's where you show your ignorance, my friend..... They weren't humans..... They were Legends. ... They were GODS in flash and blood. .... Don't you know what they did?"
"They created a literal sun in this god forsaken realm. ...can you even imagine that? ....how do you even create a literal sun?..... something that would shine forever...and even if you are capable of doing something like that, then why would you sacrifice your own self for that? ...they could have just left, you know."
"But no, that did not leave. They sacrificed their lives... Kinda stupid if I say honestly. ...No, that's not the point...."
"They did what was so impossible otherwise, and now.... we, right now, we are benefiting from their sacrifice."
"You understand? ....wait a minute, you won't get it. ..you can see in the dark, right? ...oh..., how can you understand the bliss of a shining sun on your head when you don't know what it feels to be left in darkness....what a pity."
"It's like a blind person is given eyes for the first time. Just ....wonderful.....wait, ...let's not talk about blind people,... one was enough to give me enough trauma for my whole life." Raine said.
Sunny didn't know what to say.
Now that he thinks it like that, they really sounded impressive.
'So a Weapon from Era of Heros, hah?... Intresting.'
"Ok, I'm going in my soul sea, let's see how this goes." Sunny said.
Sunny saw the man nod, and closing his eyes, in prayer position again.
.....
.....
Sunny opend his eyes.
He was inside a dark shadowy realm, standing on a dark sea.
One black sun radiated the whole place in faint black light.
He could feel the presence of figures standing quietly in the darkness. ... Shadows of all the things that died by his hands.
'Ok, let's see...' he summoned the new Echo in front of him.
A slender Rapier materialised in front of him. Floating. .... Pointed at Sunny.
'Dose this weapon got some beef with me or what?' Sunny sighed.
He raised his hands, to touch the weapon.
The sword moved back.
"You know, I have to touch you for this to work." Sunny told the Sword.
He was now talking to a sword too.
But the blade did moved forward, towards Sunny.
'So this weapon dose hear what is being said. Well, that's actually all Echos do ..but still..."
He gently touched the weapon and waited for spell to respond.
Just like last time.
....
He .....didn't get any.
....
He tried again.
And again, and again.
With no results.
For some reason he became afraid. He don't know what he was afraid of.
Maybe afraid of the disappointment he would see on the Man's face who have handed him this weapon.
Sunny stood still.
Hoping for a miracle.
....
Nothing came.
....
"Sorry, buddy. ....I don't think it's possible. ....you don't have a ... shadow."
The blade didn't respond.
It just floated there.
In silence.
.....
But then it moved.
Towards the shadowy figures which occupied Sunny's soul sea.
It slashed at one.
Nothing. It slashed again.
Nothing.
It started to slash at them without stopping.
Sunny didn't understood what was happening.
He watched the blade do what it was doing.
It's futile attempt.
'Maybe there's still a chance for a miracle.'
....
....
....
It hurts.
....
It hurted when it was just handed to someone else.
She didn't like it.
She hated it.
And she hated that she was handed to an enemy, nonetheless.
But she understood why.
Her owner wanted her to try this.
To take this chance.
A chance to become powerful again.
...
"Sorry, buddy. ....I don't think it's possible. ....you don't have a ... shadow."
...
...
Shadow...
Shadow .... Shadow
Why didn't she have any shadow?
She do have a shadow.
Everything have a shadow.
So why?
But she knows too.
Her shadow wasn't real.
Just like this body. Which was just a replica of it's formal self.
Something fake.
Just like her shadow.
.....
There must be a way.
There's always a way.
There's always another way.
Always.
A figure came to mind.
"Only Shadows themselves can kill there own kind."
It remembered.
It's formar Master's words.
She had faced many kind of creatures with her former master.
But not shadows.
She could face ghosts, she could face spirits, she could face ...anyone.
Just not shadows.
Noone could if they weren't one themselve.
....
So
If she managed to kill one, will it mean that she will Become a shadow too?
She had to try.
This might be the way.
This might be the only way.
So she slashed at a shadow.
Nothing happened.
She did it again.
And again and again and again.
Nothing was working.
But she wasn't the one to give up so easily.
She can't give up.
Never.
She won't give up.
She would never give up, no matter what....
She won't stop ...
Not until she succeeds.....
....
....
....
Sunny saw the weapon continued slashing with no results what so ever.
He wanted the weapon to succeed.
He couldn't tell why.
Time passed by.
Nothing changed.
He was waiting for the weapon to stop.
But it didn't.
So he looked away.
'Let's cheak it's runes, I don't have anything else to do anyway.'
He summoned them.
And in the Echo section he saw a name.
[Quite Dancer]
He expanded the runes.
Echo : Quite Dancer
Echo Rank : Awakened
Echo Class : Tyrant
'A tyrant?...'
'Means.... with five soul cores.....'
That was impressing.
He read further.
Attributes : [Formar Glory], [Lethal], [Perfect], [Ruler], [Iron Will]
...
Echo Description : [A Blade that served its Master when they were alive and it served them even in their grave.]
'Damnation! ... What is ....this?..why is this ... And is it not really a ghost?...'
' And Five attributes? .....and they sound really impressive too...'
'Let's check them out...'
He checked the Attributes one by one.
Attribute : Formar Glory
Attribute Discription : [Once a weapon of immense strength, now only left a shell of it's formar shelf, but still possess the same Soul and Spirit]
'Man.....'
he read further.
...
Attribute : Lethal
Attribute Discription : [This weapon can deal damage to spirits]
.....
Attribute : Perfect
Attribute Discription: [This weapon was created to fit it's owner battle style perfecly]
...
Attribute : Ruler
Attribute Discription : [This weapon possess a small part of Sword Domain]
....
'Holy hell.... What....is even ... that..... This sounds a bit ...dangerous, why is this sword so ... Awesome?' Sunny thought.
A figure came to mind, spouting nonsense and praising his Sword.
'That bastad really hit the jackpot with this one.'
'..Wait....Am I feeling jealous? No.. not at all... Maybe a little bit. ... But that Sword is just that awesome.' Sunny thought.
Ok, let's see the last one....
....
Attribute : Iron will
Attribute Discription : [This weapon don't know how to give up]
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.....
Sunny opend his eyes.
Maybe an hour has passed.
The man in front of him was kneeling on the ground, in a prayer position.
"Raine..." Sunny said.
The man opend his eyes... To look at Sunny...but didn't spoke anything.
"It's not possible..."