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.

sighed, then shook his head and decided to attribute this momentary lapse of judgment to the taxing nature of

was there to witness him making a

other side of the

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

of those chests, though… that would be a trophy to

light of the sun, and

three were open. Two stood

eyes widened in

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

of it and were laying on the floor in a tantalizing pile, showing either the beautiful face of the mysterious

there are

heart skip a bit and

some.

this can't

be injured in a fight against

anyone else, this trip would have been fatal. Not

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 fiasco,

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

This sight was so beautiful. His eyes

if I

steps forward,

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

the coins… but then stopped suddenly. His hand hovered just outside the invitingly opened

Something… wasn't quite right.

Sunny frowned.