A quiet groan escaped from Sunny's mouth.
"What are you talking about? I am a mere Transcendent, and yet I go around routinely killing Great Nightmare Creatures. I killed my first Sovereign back when I was an Ascended, in fact… granted, he was already consumed by Corruption and no different from a beast by then. Hell, I killed a Great Devil as a Dreamer!"
Eurys was seemingly taken aback.
He remained silent for a few moments, then mumbled in a puzzled tone:
"My, oh my…"
Then, the skeleton stared at him with reproach.
"Things are worse than I expected, then. You see, boy… since you are such an overachiever… since you are a damn lunatic who goes around slaying immensely powerful beings routinely, then slaying one more won't be much of an act of defiance, will it?!"
Sunny blinked.
"Hey, now…"
Eurys clicked his jaw a few times.
"No, really, who kills a Great Devil as a Dreamer?! You know what… I take it back. Why wait? Come kill me right now! There's no reason to wait, so do it now!"
Sunny tilted his head and stared at Eurys darkly. After a while, he said:
"You know what, I'm in no mood for your antics. In fact, I am tired, spent, and in pain. My soul is damaged, and my body is full of holes. How about you get over your indignation and give me actual advice?"
Eurys laughed.
"Well, I don't know. Have you tried… not killing something?"
Sunny frowned.
"I did. In fact, I was attacked by thirteen Saints recently, and I only killed six... wait, was it six? I think it was..."
Eurys lowered his skull in dejection.
'What is that bastard so dejected about?'
In any case, it seemed like he had exhausted the mysterious skeleton's usefulness — at least as far as attaining Supremacy was concerned.
Eurys had indeed shared his earnest observations… and they were helpful.
Although he had not provided Sunny with a definitive answer, he had at least shown him the right direction.
'One final step… an act of supreme defiance…'
Sunny fell into deep thought.
Breaking the will of gods and going against the absolute laws of existence was definitely out of the question.
…Wasn't it?
Noctis had broken the will of Sun God by liberating Hope.
Something had defied death by breaking free of the Shadow Realm, which was how its Fragment came to be.
In a way, Cassie had defied an even higher authority by conspiring to liberate Sunny from fate… even though the actual perpetrator of that liberation was the Thieving Bird.
He sighed.
'I don't need to be so grand in my ambitions.'
Eurys had said that defying the greatest authority was the surest way, not the only way.
Most Supremes had attained their Supremacy with less drastic acts, no doubt. Azarax had killed a Supreme, but even that was not a necessity.
Simply defying the authority of a Supreme could also work.
Perhaps that was the way…
While Sunny was contemplating, Eurys suddenly spoke once again:
"Oh, by the way…"
Sunny looked at him somberly.
"What?"
The skeleton stared back at him for a moment.
"Nothing much. I just wanted to say... that you should probably hurry and leave this place, for now."
He chuckled.
"Well, if you want to stay alive, of course…"