Shadow Saint

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  ― Nephis to Sunny about his Shadow,Chapter 273 Chrysalis

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## Shadow Saint

* Onyx Saint
* Stone Saint

* Names
* Status

### Given Name

* Stone Saint *(Monster)*
* Marble Saint *(Demon)*
* Onyx Saint *(Devil, Current)*

### Titles

* Sunny's Girlfriend *(By Effie)*
* Lady Shade *(By Elyas)*
* Guardian Angel of Antarctica
* Lady Mongrel

## Physical Description

### Race

Nightmare Creature *(Debut)*
Echo *(Former)*
Shadow *(Current)*

## Shadow Information

* Debut
* Current

### Shadow Attributes

[Battle Master]
[Stalwart]
[Spark of Divinity]

### Shadow Attributes

[Battle Master]
[Stalwart]
[Ember of Divinity]
[Heart of Darkness]

### Shadow Abilities

Class:Demon
* [Weapon Sage] *(Acquired)*
* [Underworld Armament] *(Acquired)*
Class:Devil
* [Mantle of Darkness] *(Acquired)*
* [Blacde of Darkness] *(Acquired)*

## First Appearance

### Novel

Chapter 102 Stone Saint *(Nightmare Creature)*
Chapter 104 Soul Arsenal *(Echo)*
Chapter 106 Creating A Monster *(Shadow)*

**Saint** *(Shadow Saint)* was initially a dying Nightmare Creature in the turf war of the creatures in the ruins of Forgotten Shore. Her Echo was received by Sunny. She is his first Echo-turned-Shadow created using his Aspect.

## Appearance

* Nightmare Creature
* Echo

### Nightmare Creature

The last of the living statues was a female. Compared to the spiders, she was almost comically small in stature, standing no taller than Sunny. The graceful stone creature was armed with a sword and a round shield, wearing a plate armor that covered most of her body, leaving only two rubies burning with crimson flames that these creatures had instead of eyes.

### Echo

She was approximately as tall as Sunny, looking miniature in comparison to the rest of the Nightmare Creatures he had to face on the Forgotten Shore. She was also uniquely human-like in appearance. If not for the dark grey hue and the stonelike nature of her granite skin, Sunny might have even mistaken the strange monster for a Sleeper. Provided, he couldn't see much of her body behind the graceful dark armor.
### Shadow

* Awakened
* Ascension
* Transcension

* Monster
* Demon

#### Shadow Monster

Clad in the lusterless black armor, with two ruby flames burning in the deep shadows of her visor, she looked like an incarnation of pure darkness, a noble demon send to wage war against heaven from the depths of hell.

Before, the Echo felt like an empty shell, a magical tool rather than an actual being. Now, however, there were hints of mysterious will in her crimson eyes, a subtle sense there was a nascent spark of sentience burning somewhere deep within her lightless soul.

#### Shadow Demon

Saint grew taller and more oppressive. Her graceful stonelike armor, which had looked as though it was cut from granite before, was now entirely black and glossy, very much like the onyx armor he had bought with the help of Kai.

Her skin, on the contrary, became smooth and as white as alabaster. She seemed much stronger, aware, and deadly.

* Ascension
* Devil

#### Ascension - Demon

Her graceful figure brimming with new power. The glow of her ruby eyes seemed to have become brighter. Her onyx armor was still composed of polished, stonelike metal. Beneath it, her skin was still smooth and white as alabaster.

On the inside, the darkness hiding in the body of the living statue now seemed much, much deeper, and the three embers seemed to have become substantially larger. More than that, they somehow appeared to be more complete. Not yet whole, but also not as broken and fragmented as they had been before.

Her stone sword was later broken during the battle with the War Maidens inside the Temple of the Chalice.

#### Shadow Devil

An intricate sabaton, forged from black, stone-like metal, stood beside Sunny, initially at roughly the same height as him. Saint, now towering above Sunny, was obscured by beautiful onyx armor. Her stone body was slender and graceful, but at over two meters tall, Saint seemed imposing. Her oppressive presence was worthy of a Devil.

The black armor itself had not changed much, it had always been a product of magnificent craftsmanship and seemed even more superb and menacing now. Saint's skin, which had been grey like a stone before, then white as alabaster, was now smooth and black as polished onyx. Her ruby jewels burned with ominous crimson flames.

Embrace by four shadows, her tall figure shone with dark radiance. The shadows around the demonic knight swelled, becoming deeper and darker, surrounding her like a tenebrous mantle with a hint of true, elemental darkness in that lightless glow.

Her familiar stone sword was whole once again, formed from flowing darkness, it appeared utterly black, with a feeling of dark, nebulous power radiating from its stygian blade. On her other hand, a round shield of stone-like metal appeared, with the same polished onyx surface similar to the taciturn Shadow's armor.

* Devil

#### Transcension - Devil

Saint's figure is enveloped by black flames, making it impossible to see her. A powerful wind blows through the Rhino's interior, causing unbearable heat and coldness. Sunny summons a barrier of shadows to surround Saint, but something explodes within the barrier, sending him flying back. A wave of darkness rolled through the Rhino, turning its interior into a mess and cracking its armored windows. Saint is now much deeper and more frightening.

Her onyx body radiates a sense of vast, dreadful power, and the menacing crimson flames dancing in her ruby eyes are brighter. His Shadow, now a Transcendent Devil, tilts her head slightly, looking at him with her usual indifference. Sunny can feel a hint of emotion hidden behind it, such as pride, satisfaction, and gratitude.
## Personality

Her main trait is being taciturn. She had also repeatedly shown her disdain toward things that seemed to be replicas of her kind. It was shown both with the Black Knight and the broken dolls.

After becoming an Ascended and being praised by Sunny, she responded by silently raising her hand, making a fist, and lightly striking the left side of her breastplate twice.

## Battle Ability

The battle technique of Saint is indomitable and oppressive while her battle style is firm and grounded which is suitable for flawless defense.

## Runes & Progress

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## Background

The stone warrior's armor seemed much more ancient than the Black Knight's and there was ruby dust that flowed from the stone creature's wounds instead of blood. It was almost like these strange creatures were designed to possess their own weird form of life.

Based on her rune description as an echo, she was one of the living stone warriors originally created by the last child of the -unknown- designed to bring peace, but instead born into an endless war.

Saint and her kind were an artificial race created by Nether, the ruler of the Underworld and the Demon of Choice or Destiny, depending on how one decided to translate the runes. Also, Saint's armor bore a strong resemblance to the Mantle of the Underworld, although it was not quite as impressive.

The original Stone Saint was one of the smallest and weakest living statues that used to dwell in the Dark City. As an Awakened Monster, she was the only one left to finish the battle against the Fallen attackers. Saint was most likely only a foot soldier in Nether's army, due to her armor being a masterpiece of craftsmanship, but not as impressive as the seven Mantles gifted to high-ranking officers of the stone legion by the *Prince of the Underworld*.

## Significant Events

* Volume 2
* Volume 3
* Volume 5

* Shadow Creation
* Onyx Armor
* Comparison with Forsaken Knight
* Black Gem

### Shadow Creation

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>  | *An imperceptible change happened to the Soul Sea, as though a gust of wind suddenly appeared out of nowhere. The tranquil dark water seemed to simultaneously stay still and move restlessly. Then, a sudden pressure came from somewhere above. Raising his head, Sunny saw two dark beams descending from the depths of the Shadow Core. One of them fell on the Echo, while the other landed on one of the silent shadows that stood motionlessly behind his back, as though connecting them together. Bathed in the dark light, the shadow of the dead Stone Saint slowly dissolved into it. And then the Echo began to change…* | ”
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The light fell from Sunny's Shadow Core that seemed to seep into the flesh of the stone creature, making it shine with dark radiance. Wisps of shadowy fog emanated from beneath her impervious plate armor, slowly merging with it. It looked as though the Stone Saint was engulfed in ghostly black flame, being remade by it. What little color there was on her body was washed away and replaced with nothing but darkness. Only two crimson fires burning in her ruby eyes remained, slightly changing their hue and becoming more menacing. All these changes were happening on the surface.

Beneath the surface, the essence of the Echo was being changed as well, in a way much more fundamental than its outer appearance. The shining embers that served as anchors for the weave of diamond strings had lost their radiance, becoming as transparent and empty as the Shadow Core itself. The diamond strings were gone, replaced by a sea of darkness. The darkness formed a shape that perfectly followed the lines of the Stone Saint's body. It was as though a living shadow was now inhabiting it, usurping the role that had been played by the pattern of the sorcerous strings once. Although similar in appearance to the original Echo, the new creature was a completely different type of existence.

### Onyx Armor

Many of the runes of the ancient onyx armor were missing, and those that did appear refused to coalesce into any sort of comprehensible words. However, Sunny did notice a few of the strange runes that made his head hurt, the same ones present whenever the Spell mentioned the mysterious Unknown. The armor was clearly connected to the same tribe of Nightmare Creatures that the Stone Saint had belonged to before becoming a Shadow. The origin of the strange living statues was tied to the Unknown, so it was logical to assume that the onyx armor had something to do with them too.

When he pushed the beautiful black armor on the stone monster. Stone Saint did not move to take and shatter the armor as she did with all the other Memories. Instead, she simply turned her head and looked at it. The hue of the crimson flames burning in her ruby eyes ever so slightly changed. It was almost as though they were filled with the tiniest shadow of sorrow. But no matter how much he tried to get the Stone Saint to destroy the armor, she refused. The living statue just stood there and did nothing.

### Comparison with Forsaken Knight

In the ruined cathedral of the Dark City, Stone Saint walked toward the Black Knight with stalwart indifference, raised her shield, and hit its rim twice with the edge of her sword, as though challenging the Black Knight to a battle. With the two creatures finally facing each other, it became even more apparent that there was a mysterious connection between the two of them. Despite the fact that the Black Knight towered above the graceful living statue, their general appearance and the design of their armaments were eerily similar.

It was just that in front of the intricate stonelike armor of the Shadow, the devil's own formidable full plate, which had been masterfully forged from indestructible black steel, seemed almost crude. Facing the original masterpiece, he looked like a clumsy imposter. Sunny knew that his intuition was right when he caught a hint of the same dim, nascent emotion that the Shadow had shown toward the walking colossus. Despite the fact that the Fallen Devil was vastly more powerful than her and both outclassed and outranked her, witnessing him, the Stone Saint felt nothing but disdain and even contempt.

### Black Gem

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>  | *As her ruby eyes flashed with ruthlessness, she lunged forward and delivered a crushing blow to his chest. Her gauntlet tore through the breastplate of the rusted armor and sank deep into the living darkness, right where a human heart would have been…Or a soul core. A moment later, the crimson flames burning in the depths of the dark creature exploded into a wave of blinding red light…And disappeared.* | ”
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Grasped in the Shadow's fist was a *strange, beautiful, and ominous gem*. It was utterly black, as though suffused with impenetrable darkness. Deep within that black void, crimson flames burned with a menacing red glow that was pulsating in a slow and bizarre rhythm.

The gem looked sort of like a soul shard, but different. It was radiating an intense glow and seemed like a whole soul. The crimson flames burning in the depths of the *black gem* had *four flames* for the four cores of Fallen Devil. The thing that the Shadow held in her hand was the Black Knight's soul or some sort of his essence, at least. Bringing the black gem close to her face, a hint of a dark, macabre emotion appeared in her eyes and then she swallowed it. This event led to her evolution.

* Broken Dolls

### Broken Dolls

The basement of the Obsidian Tower is one giant hall and in it hundreds of dismembered dolls were piled at the center of the hall, forming a morbid hill. Every broken doll had the same face, or rather, all of their faces looked alike as if they were all imperfect copies of the same original. They had the same flawless, inhumanly beautiful features that Saint had, only the craftsmanship behind the faces of the broken dolls seemed much less refined, as though the sculptor had not yet perfected his skill when creating them.

After Saint saw the broken dolls, she turned away immediately as if losing interest.

* Old Tunnel
* Transcension

### Old Tunnel

In an old tunnel in Antarctica, there was a passage leading to a natural cave where the heart of darkness lies. Seeing the orb of jet-black stone that floated in the center of the cave, the taciturn knight remained motionless for a moment, staring at the sphere with a hint of subdued emotion. Then, her eyes suddenly flared, the flames inside them turning darker. Saint burst open the orb using her shattered blade.

Marble Saint triggered her second evolution after Sunny dismissed her in the tunnel.

### Transcension

It was unclear where the onyx knight was truly equal to the mighty Saints of the human race. But in terms of physical prowess, she was comparable to the powerful Saints. Her skill, talent, and willpower were exceptional. Saint had always been outstanding, often triumphing over adversaries that were much more powerful than her.

One fundamental difference between humans and creatures such as Sunny's Shadow is that humans possessed Aspects, while creatures did not.

Saint had gained her powers, wielding elemental darkness to strengthen her body and her weapons. However, every human Transcendent wielded a powerful Aspect and was armed with several potent Abilities, including Transformation. They were also all carriers of the Nightmare Spell.

## Trivia

* To transform Saint into a Shadow, Sunny spent 100 fragments.
* Saint did not get new abilities from rising to a new Rank.
* Saint became Sunny's alibi during the Antarctica Campaign, the news assumed that Lord Mongrel is actually female and different from Sunny.
* Saint is seen using Stifled Scream to accumulate power for [Echoing Silence] enchantment.
* Saint seemed pleased due to Sunny unlocking Marble Shell.
* Sunny had tried to communicate telepathically with Saint but the [Blessing of Dusk] did not work on her at all, probably due to the Shadow's immunity to mind attacks.
* After eating the orb from Heart of Darkness, Saint was unable to receive the blessing of the fire. The augmentation had worked well in Sunny's basement before the Southern Campaign, but Saint underwent a fundamental transformation, becoming a Devil infused with elemental darkness. While true darkness somehow worked in tandem with Sunny's shadows, it refused to accept Neph's light.
* Saint was hard to wound but she was actually quite vulnerable once her armor and resilient skin were breached.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chapter 105 Living Stone
2. ↑ Chapter 310 Shadow Demon
3. ↑ Chapter 1000 The Fall of Falcon Scott (18)
4. ↑ Chapter 193 The Catacombs
5. ↑ Chapter 621 Path to Freedom
6. ↑ Chapter 872 Spreading Nightmares
7. ↑ Chapter 1001 The Fall of Falcon Scott (19)
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Chapter 102 Stone Saint
9. ↑ Chapter 103 Coup De Grace
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 Chapter 106 Creating a Monster
11. ↑ Chapter 104 Soul Arsenal
12. ↑ Chapter 310 Shadow Demon
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Chapter 511 Ascension
14. ↑ Chapter 675 Devastation
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 Chapter 999 The Fall of Falcon Scott (17)
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Chapter 1026 The Fall of Falcon Scott (44)
17. ↑ Chapter 107 Growing Shadow
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Chapter 447 Primal Fear
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Chapter 268 Clash
20. ↑ Chapter 272 Shadow And Darkness
21. ↑ Chapter 186 Eureka
22. ↑ Chapter 311 The Last
23. ↑ Chapter 528 Personal Style
24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Chapter 975 Marble Shell
25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Chapter 182 Dinner Time
26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Chapter 273 Chrysalis
27. ↑ Chapter 446 Relentless Destroyer
28. ↑ Chapter 939 In the Belly of the Beast
29. ↑ Chapter 940 Heart of Darkness
30. ↑ Chapter 944 Safe and Relatively Sound
31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 Chapter 1027 The Fall of Falcon Scott (45)
32. ↑ Chapter 854 Perfect Alibi
33. ↑ Chapter 924 Wear and Tear
34. ↑ Chapter 1001 The Fall of Falcon Scott (19)
35. ↑ Chapter 1025 The Fall of Falcon Scott (43)
36. ↑ Chapter 1274 Time of Truth
37. ↑ Chapter 1316 Limits of Power

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