Sunny walked across the desolate floor of the factory, his expression dim.
He felt bitter.
It was one thing to encounter an enemy who used his own strength against him. An insidious and cunning enemy — one different from both the malevolent Nightmare Creatures whom Sunny had slain in the past and from the callous humans whom he had brought down from their tainted thrones.
However, what really filled him with distaste was that they had been cautious and vigilant, yet still ended up being blindsided by Asterion.
Sunny and Nephis had known that the third Sovereign would become a dire foe immediately after ending the Godgrave War. Even when they had been building a new world order and learning how to guide humanity in its days of existential crisis, they spared time and energy to prepare for the eventual return of the Dreamspawn.
