Shadow Slave

[Your Shadow grows stronger.]

Sunny stared at the place where the coin used to be, then blinked.

'What just happened?'

He dropped the coin on the altar, it was illuminated by the moonlight, and disappeared. And then, he received a shadow fragment.

'No way…'

Holding back excitement, Sunny summoned the runes and read:

Shadow Fragments: [198/2000].

The last time he checked, there was only one hundred and ninety-seven. He had definitely, without a doubt, just received a shadow fragment from the strange golden coin.

'So it wasn't an ordinary coin, after all!'

A satisfied smile appeared on his lips.

Not only was the coin special, it was even not cursed. On the contrary, it was blessed!

'Well, that was the easiest shadow fragment I have ever received…'

Suddenly, his eyes widened.

'Wait…'

Weren't there more coins he had left behind on the Iron Hand Island? Three more, at least, had been swallowed by the dead monstrosity.

formed in his mind,

there are

the same as the first one and reward him with free fragments. The second one was

where a whole treasure trove of miraculous coins was hidden. A whole mountain of them, even. If Sunny was right and managed to somehow trace the path the creature took

much more powerful he would

the giddy feeling of discovering a huge and tantalizing secret, Sunny left the Sanctuary and headed toward the edge of the island. As the sound of waterfalls grew louder and the

one of the

you really going

comfortable in the dark, so their initial surprise about seeing someone leave the Citadel at night had more or less disappeared by now. It

halted for a few

Don't worry, I will be fine. I'm not going far, anyway. Just want to check something on the

watchman hesitated, then

out there. Night vision or not,

the man for his concern, then walked past

Good thing

was tempted to simply turn into a shadow and rush toward his goal, but he didn't

'Patient. Be patient…'

the chain for as long as he could, then landed on it and continued forward on foot. By that time, the rain was already falling rather heavily. The iron surface beneath his feet was treacherous and slippery, so Sunny had to be careful and watch

With no means of real flight, he would just be falling through the darkness, endlessly, until his mind

loved to tell horrible stories about unfortunate souls who fell into the Below, and Sunny

down, knowing what waits for them below. I

if to answer his thought, a gust of wind suddenly crashed into him from the side, and a distant bolt of lightning illuminated the

'...To hell with this!'

fate, Sunny dove into the shadows and continued his

arrived on the Iron Hand

creature's body. Judging by the size of that thing, the owner of the arm must have been of monstrous proportions itself. Not really on the same scale as the walking colossus of the Forgotten Shore,

demon that had swallowed the mysterious coins were there,