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.

this momentary lapse of judgment to the taxing nature of having to endure the pain of being

was there to witness him making a fool out

other side of the reinforced door. Nothing was going to attack

wall of the treasury, then simply stepped through the shadows and appeared inside. He

would be a trophy to put

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

open. Two

eyes widened in

by strips of dull metal.

on the floor

there are

his heart skip

would take him all the way to forming a third core, and then some. With this many miraculous

this can't

allowed Saint to be injured in a fight against Sailor Dolls, walked through the poisonous darkness of the ancient wreck… if it

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

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, nothing had really gone his way…

chest stood silently, surrounded by sunlight. The golden coins shined

was so beautiful. His eyes gleamed with

mind if

steps forward, he

to the Sanctuary? Damnation! I won't be able to

but then stopped suddenly. His hand hovered just outside

Something… wasn't quite right.

Sunny frowned.