Angel Monarch

It was dark when Faith awoke.

'Huh... this is weird, wasn't I in the city a second ago? Wait, where am I?'

As she began to come to her senses her eyesight cleared and adjusted to the darkness. No it didn't just adjust, she could see perfectly well.

'How is this possible? I don't have optics on...'

But as she looked around more and more questions popped up in her head. The room she was in looked awfully similar to the bunker's rooms.

'But we were just on the streets! How did I get here? I remember shooting at that leopard, when it lept onto Saint Seraphine. Did I kill it? I remember it falling over...'

When that thought sinked in she looked at her watch and brought up her messages, there were multiple new ones. But before she could read them the door to the room opened and Moe came in.

"You're finally awake, that's good. How do you feel?"

Faith thought for a bit then said. "Healthier than ever."

Moe laughed at that. "It comes with the evolution I suppose. You probably have a lot of questions, so ask away."

"Is Saint Seraphine okay?"

He used his warmest smile as he said. "Yes she is, thanks to you."

Breathing a sigh of relief Faith asked her next question. "Okay... when did we arrive?"

He looked at his Watch. "About 3 hours ago."

"Did everyone make it?"

Moe's smile disappeared and he looked away as he said. "After you passed out the fighting became harder. Monsters were ambushing us from everywhere. Saint Seraphine, Saint Bea and the others tried their best. But they can't be everywhere. We lost 97 men and women."

They stayed silent after that. '97 people, all dead. We only had 631 when the day started. Now we have 534. It's so much smaller.'

Faith didn't let her mind spiral and instead focused on the good side. Yeah 97 people died, but 534 still lived. 'You mourn the dead after the war, and the war is not even close to being over.'

"Where is Saint Seraphine, I'm her assistant I should be with her."

Moe was a bit startled by the sudden sound, but answered all the same.

"She just came out of a meeting and headed this way. She is very curious about your abilities it seemed."

"Okay, thanks."

Moe soon, said his goodbye and left her alone with her thoughts. Faith really wanted to check on her messages, but decided to wait for her Lady. After about 10 minutes Saint Seraphine finally arrived.

"Hey Faith, how you holding up?" Asked Seraphine with a bit of concern.

"I'm perfectly fine and ready for anything My Lady!"

Seraphine smiled down at her warmly. "That's great, do you mind if I read your status window. I have a bit of an obsession with the descriptions the Watches give to everything."

Faith brought the window up without hesitation. It was well known that Saint Seraphine loved Realm History. And Faith trusted her hundred percent.

Name: Faith

Title: Devout Shadow

1st Kill: Forsaken Shadow, Rotten of the 3rd Tier

Life Essence Absorbed: 8/1000

Abilities: <Intangible>

Passive Abilities: <Shadow Perception>

1st Transformation Ability: <Shadow Form>

Items: -

"Oh... you actually gotten a title on your first kill. I mean it was an amazing kill. Also thank you for saving me." Said Seraphine still smiling.

Faith was a bit overwhelmed about everything happening at the same time. But she somehow still had enough state of mind to say.

"It's my job as your assistant to help you whenever possible."

Seraphine laughed. "And I truly appreciate it. Could you open the descriptions of each ability?"

"Yes, My Lady."

Faith immediately opened the first one.

<Intangible>

Description: <Once the King of Shadows bred an army of wild leopards and blessed them with his shadows. Then he sent them out in his kingdom to hunt and kill every person daring to speak ill of the King. The leopards done there job, no one could stand against them since they were the shadows itself.>

You have a small control over shadows and can shape them however you like.

"Hmm... we have to do further testing with this. Will the shadow you create be actually touchable or not? Anyway, open the next one."

Faith didn't think too much of it and opened the next one.

<Shadow Perception>

Description: <What are shadows, if not the reflection of reality?>

You can perceive the World of Shadows.

"This is kind of creepy... and why does it ask a question? Are the shadows special in some way? Aren't they just the absence of light?"

'It seems like that Saint Seraphine took deep interest in this description. I mean, it is interesting. Never heard of a description ask a question.'

"Okay lets finish this, I have a date to prepare for!"

<Shadow Form>

Description: <The King fell to Madness like everything, with him fell all of his beasts. There were many who tried to kill him, including the Archangel of Light. But the angel forgot one fact, that lead to his fall into Madness. 'The brighter the Light, the deeper the Shadow.'>

You can transform into a shadow.

Seraphine did not speak for a long time seemingly lost in thought. She stayed like that for 5 minutes before realizing where she was, then smiled at Faith.

"Faith I have a job for you. Go, train with your abilities and comeback with your findings. That will be your only duty as an assistant, until you get comfortable with them."

"Yes, My Lady!"

Faith hesitated for a moment, then eventually asked.

"Uh... My-My Lady... What about the girl?"

Seraphine just smiled and shook her head. "Don't worry about her. With us escaping here successfully, Nightmare will have too much on his plate to care about her."

"I understand, Saint Seraphine."

Seraphine nodded, then turned around and left. Faith was left alone with her thoughts, she had a stupid grin on her face.

'If I can be a shadow, I can follow and help Saint Seraphine whenever possible! I should go and immediately learn everything of my new powers!'

Faith basically ran out the door and to the training hall.