Shadow Slave

Summoning Saint to stand side by side with him once again, Sunny glanced at the gates of the Spire, grimaced, and jumped down from the mound of coral.

'I don't like this at all…'

Out there on the island, it was quiet. Too quiet.

Even though all the Nightmare Creatures were now behind him, slowly devouring the Dreamer Army, the open space pierced by the gazes of the severed heads of stone colossus was too ominous and foreboding to not spell trouble.

But Sunny was done being afraid a long time ago.

'You fear me, instead.'

Walking forward, he passed between the giant heads and entered the empty space in front of the cyclopean gates. Feeling as though someone was staring at his back, Sunny shivered and approached the seven locks.

Halfway to the gates, he stopped, hesitated for a moment and then looked back, at stone heads.

This was the first time he saw the faces of the seven heroes.

The face of the Lord was noble and dignified, the face of the Priestess — beautiful and gentle. The Slayer was arrogant and cold, her lips twisted in a crooked grin. The Stranger wore a helmet, darkness nesting in the crack of its visor.

'...People. They were just people.'

Turning away, Sunny sighed, then shook his head in dejection.

'I won't judge you for what you have done. But I hope… I really that we will be able to do better.'

With that, he took another step forward… and froze.

Something had changed on the stretch of land between him and the gates of the Crimson Spire. A cold wind suddenly howled, throwing bits of coral into the air.

not fall down. Instead, more and more of the

hand, summoning the

of crimson coral stood in front of him and Saint, blocking the

Knight. The slender figure

and inhuman, but radiated a sense of terrible, profane power. Despite their outward appearance, he felt that

grinned and walked toward the coral golems, the blade of his

of you? Do you really think this will be enough to

gleamed, turning cold and

then, fools, come and

dashed forward

could strike, however, the Stranger appeared in front of him as though out of nowhere and put his round shield in the path of the austere tachi.

Sunny's eyes widened.

'Fast…'

temple with terrible speed. Gritting his teeth, Sunny shifted and blocked it with the blade of

through his body, he was thrown backward and slid on the red coral,

are

Each of the golems was powerful enough to rip an entire cohort

side, Saint raised her shield and hit its rim twice with the blade of her

'Whatever. Let's do this!'

***

the horde of Nightmare Creatures. By now, all of the monsters had left the coral bridge and descended upon the Sleepers, consumed by

engulfed by the bloody chaos of the slaughter,

center of the terrible bloodshed, shining like a radiant sun. She fought alone, because no one else could survive the devastating pressure that the horde exerted in the zealous attempts to extinguish

boiling and evaporating into the air. Not only was her presence relieving the pressure from the rest of the Sleepers, but they also

As long as her light was there to banish the darkness,

had managed to break through the remnants of the first two lines and reach the

coral, Kai gazed at the terrible scene of