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.

lapse of judgment

was there to witness him

no terrifying Nightmare Creature laying in wait on the other side of the reinforced door. Nothing was going

back on top of the hull 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

chests, though… that would be a trophy to put all other

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

Two stood empty, but the

widened

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

with heavy gold coins. Some spilled out of it and were laying on the floor in a tantalizing pile, showing either the beautiful face of the mysterious

there are

heart skip

third core, and then some. With this many miraculous coins, Sunny would be able to annihilate the gap between himself and

this can't be

had almost died while fighting the Mirror Beast, allowed Saint to be injured in a fight against Sailor Dolls, walked through the poisonous darkness of the ancient wreck…

For almost anyone else, this trip would have been fatal. Not to mention that very few could have made the series of discoveries and logical conclusions

was currently standing. It wasn't easy at all. And anyway, Sunny was due for a bit of good luck. Recently, nothing had really gone his way… take this whole Mongrel

shined in the bright radiance, inviting him to

This sight was so beautiful. His eyes gleamed with

mind if I

forward, he approached the

is heavy. How am I going to carry all of this back to the Sanctuary? Damnation! I won't be able

stopped suddenly. His hand hovered just outside the invitingly opened

Something… wasn't quite right.

Sunny frowned.