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.

in his mind, Sunny was already leaving the

things… there are two

same as the first one and reward him with free fragments. The second one was that where there were three, there could be more… much

Demon he had discovered could have come from a place where a whole treasure trove of miraculous coins was hidden. A whole mountain of them, even. If Sunny

how much more powerful

and tantalizing secret, Sunny left the Sanctuary and headed toward the edge of the island. As the sound of waterfalls grew louder and the first drops of rain fell to the ground,

was one of the

Are you really going to go out in that

watchmen here in the Sanctuary already knew that he was comfortable in the dark, so their initial surprise about seeing someone leave the Citadel at night had

a few moments,

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

hesitated, then

Night vision or

man for his concern,

Good thing I am

Island, he didn't waste any time and summoned the Dark Wing. Sunny was tempted to simply turn into a

'Patient. Be patient…'

he glided above 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 his

to think of a more terrible fate. With no means of real flight, he would just be falling through the darkness, endlessly, until his

into the Below, and Sunny could easily understand their fear. For that

waits for them

thought, a gust of wind suddenly crashed into him from the side, and

'...To hell with this!'

to tempt fate, Sunny dove into the shadows and continued his journey as one of

on the Iron

of the unknown metal giant was still there, making Sunny wonder once again what force could have torn it off the creature's body. Judging by the size of that thing, the owner of

remains of the winged demon that had swallowed the mysterious coins were