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.

his head and decided to attribute this momentary lapse of judgment

was there to witness him making a fool out

other side of the reinforced door. Nothing was going to

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

in one of those chests, though… that would be a trophy to put all other trophies

waited for a couple of seconds, letting his eyes adapt to the bright light of the sun, and then studied the three chests standing in the middle

three were open. Two stood empty, but

widened in

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

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

there are thousands

his heart skip a

would take him all the way to forming a third core, and then some. With this many miraculous coins, Sunny would be able to annihilate the gap between himself and Nephis…

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… if it

many people out there could boast about carrying the legacy of a daemon in their veins? 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 that would lead

too easy to get to where he was currently standing. It wasn't easy at all. And anyway, Sunny was due for a bit of good luck. Recently,

silently, surrounded by sunlight. The golden coins shined in the bright

so beautiful. His eyes

mind if I

forward, he

the Sanctuary? Damnation! I won't

for the coins… but then stopped suddenly. His hand hovered just

Something… wasn't quite right.

Sunny frowned.