Chapter 95: Metamorphosis (Rewritten)
The world was crumbling.
As Cocolia rose into the air, the gargantuan creation of ancient steel followed. It towered over Everwinter Hill. It’s size was incomparable to the Doomsday Beast he had faced in the Herta Space Station. It’s lifeless hands clawed against the hill, bringing even more tremors along with it.
In the distance, Sunny was able to see an avalanche, plumes of snow cascading down mountains as if they were a waterfall of ice and frost. Speaking of frost, the air was becoming colder, stiffer, and unbearable. Each breath felt like thorny roses of ice were sprouting in his lungs.
Despite the fierce chill that was constantly assaulting him, he made sure to summon a few Memories.
The first was the Mantle of the Underworld. He had limited his use of the onyx armor, as he didn’t want to be recognized as Mongrel. Up to this point, he had been wearing the Puppeteer’s Shroud under Finality’s Farewell — he had dismissed the latter whenever a battle was occurring, such as now. After all, the jacket didn’t provide any protection, and was only a hindrance if it kept flapping in the wind. Fortunately, the only two people present who might have been aware of Mongrel’s existence were preoccupied; Dan Heng and March were too busy fighting off the insidious corruption that had previously been assaulting their minds.
As for how Seele, Bronya, and himself were able to resist it, Sunny wasn’t too sure. If Seele and Veliona could be considered to have two seperate minds, then he supposed that she would have a higher mental resistance than others. When it came to Bronya, it was obvious that her mind operated on a higher level than most — although, he didn’t know to what extent.
As for Sunny himself... well, the runes of the Puppeteer’s Shroud were enough to explain:
Memory Name: [Puppeteer’s Shroud].
Memory Rank: Awakened.
Memory Tier: V.
Memory Type: Armor.