Shadow Slave

Sunny approached the heavily reinforced door and tried to sense if something was moving on the other side of it.

There was nothing.

It didn't feel as though something dangerous waited for him inside the treasury. On the contrary, with how fresh the air was and how clean the floorboards were, the treasury looked almost… inviting.

He wasn't entirely convinced, though.

Sunny lingered for a bit, then commanded one of his shadows to separate itself from his body and slide under the door. It was going to remain very close, so he was willing to risk weakening himself for a bit.

'How do I even open this thing?'

A moment later, Sunny grimaced and covered his face with a palm.

'...When did I become this stupid?'

Looking through the eyes of the happy shadow, he saw the armored compartment in its entirety.

It was a large room, with a high ceiling and three heavy chests standing in its center.

The entire back wall of the treasury, though, was missing, letting in a flood of sunlight through the jagged edges of a massive breach.

'Of course it's missing!'

The Chain Worm had to have gotten inside somehow, after all. Sunny doubted that the demon could have fit through the door of the treasury, let alone politely lock it behind itself after leaving.

then shook his head and decided to attribute this momentary lapse of judgment to the

to witness him making

on the other side of the

ship and finding a way to enter through the breach in the back wall of the treasury, then simply stepped through the shadows and appeared inside. He was too excited and impatient to waste any more time... not to mention that the more times he spent here, the more chances there were of something going terribly

those chests, though… that would be a

letting his eyes adapt to the bright light of the sun, and then studied the three chests standing

Two stood empty, but the

eyes widened in

long and adamantine, its dark wood reinforced by strips of dull metal. It was large enough

the floor in a tantalizing

there are

skip

third core, and then some. With this many miraculous

can't be

Mirror Beast, allowed Saint to be injured in a fight against Sailor Dolls, walked through the poisonous darkness of the ancient wreck… if it wasn't for the Blood Weave, he would have been already

For almost anyone else, this trip would have been fatal. Not to mention that very few

for a bit of good luck.

chest stood silently, surrounded by sunlight. The golden coins shined in the bright radiance, inviting him to come and take

gulped. This sight was so beautiful. His eyes

mind if

steps forward, he

all of this back to the Sanctuary? Damnation! I won't be able to enter the shadows with all that burden, too. That is

then stopped suddenly. His hand hovered just outside the invitingly

Something… wasn't quite right.

Sunny frowned.