Sunny saw the clouds of God grave ripple and knew it was over for him. After all, he was falling, and there were no shadows he could use to disappear into.
As he was falling, he crashed into Nephis, and they both started to fall.
S: Save yourself, Neph.Please.
N: no. I can't do that.
With that, she dismissed her wings, plummeting through the sky at terrible speed with Sunny. They both became Supreme, but they will die anyway in the Sky of GodGrave.
N: I love you forever and ever, Sunny.
S: Me too, I love you too forever and beyond.
And as they kissed, they got consumed bythe Sky of Godgrave.
Sunny inhaled deeply, almost gasping for air and choking.
S: Where am I?
It looked like a cave, and he had shackles around his body.
S: Is this my first nightmare?
As he summoned his runes, he was stunned.
Name: Sunless
Rank: Dormant
?: Spell breaker.
?: soul of divinity.
?: Shadow dance.
S: What is that second-to-last thing, tho?
As he sat up, he noticed the hero lying right in front of him.
S: Auro.
A: Yes?
S: I have a question.
A: Go on.
S: Could you train me?
Auro slowly turned around to face him with a shocked expression.
A: Although that thought doesn't sound that terrible, my…
S: Your life doesn't belong to you, I know.
A: You…do?
Sunny walked past him into the storm and faced Auro.
S: What would I need to do for you to at least consider it?
A: land a blow on the Mountain King.
S: Fine, Auro of the Nine.
Auro jumped to his feet instantly and grabbed his sword, only for his fingers to grab nothing.
A: My sword.
He looked at Sunny holding his sword with an amused expression.
A: When did he?
He was interrupted by a howl somewhere in front of them.
Mountain King waited for no one and rushed once he smelled Sunny in front of him.
S: I am no longer afraid of you. Focus. Only one thing is important.
Sunny exhaled and, with fluid motion, dodged Mountain King and allowed the sword to do the rest, cutting Mountain King's head cleanly off.
S: What?
A: What?
S: I was hoping to injure it. How did I kill it?
He shrugged and got Auro, and tossed the sword back to him.
S: Happy?
A: How did you kill it?
S: Cut its head off, obviously.
Auro shook his head in disbelief and just gave up.
A: Somehow, you know a lot about the existence of the Nine, and here I thought we were being careful.
S: Well, I don't really know much, I just know that there were The Nine and you.
Sunny pointed at Auro.
Are you one of them?
A: Do you know any other names?
S: Will you take me with you if I answer correctly? After all, you are not the only one who wants to kill Gods.
Auro dropped his sword and looked at him with a hint of amusement.
Auro shook his head and started to laugh.
A: Oh my, that's something I haven't heard in a very long time, kid.
S: To answer your question, I do remember 2 others.
A: Go on.
S: Aletheia the sorsorer and Eurys….not sure what his position is.
A: Well, Alia is a sorceror but Eurys… well, he is a scout.
S: Why would you tell me that?
A: Follow me.
With that, Sunny and Auro travelled to the Mountain right where the caravan was stuck on and Auro placed his hand on the rock, just a seemingly normal part of the mountain,n only for it to reveal a hidden passage behind it.
A: Say, what other positions are there?
S: What?
A: In our ranks, it is 9 of us, so what positions are there?
Sunny thought for a moment and then replied.
S: Well, you are a knight or a sword, there is a sorcerer and a scout. Well, pretty obviously there has to be an archer, spearman, assassin, oracle…shield, I don't know, maybe a healer?
A: Wow. You actually got it? That is very impressive. Still, although I took you with me doesn't mean they will accept you, you know.
S: Sure.
As soon as they exited the hidden tunnel, they entered a clearing in the snowy mountains surrounded by trees, it was like a perfect place for camp, too perfect an evening, and despite him seeing and feeling snow, he didn't feel as cold as he should feel.
Once they got spotted, people started to approach Auro.
A: Don't worry, he is sort of good.
E: Sort of?
Sunny could not focus on their conversation because he was clearly stuck staring at a beautiful young woman with long dark hair and dark onyx eyes.
Sunny just fell to his knees with tears rolling down his cheeks, only for the woman he was staring at to walk up to him and crouch down to match his height.
But once she asked him why he was crying, his answer crushed her.
S: I am sorry, you just look so much like my mom.
She didn't need to hear anything else; she just embraced him into a tight but gentle hug.
A: Will you hug me as well? Oh, and I would be careful with him; he is pretty good at stealing.
The woman ignored him and gently petted Sunny's head, only to give Auroa a cruel death stare, making him jump back.
The woman looked down at Sunny, and her smile was as gentle as it was before.
Thenebria. That's my name. What about you?