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.

of judgment to

him making a fool out of himself,

wait on the other side of

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

that would be a trophy to put all other trophies to shame. A

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

were open. Two stood empty, but

widened in

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

the brim 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 charmer or the reverse

are thousands

felt his heart skip a bit

that 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

can't be

Beast, allowed Saint to be injured

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

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.

golden coins shined in the bright radiance, inviting him to come

so beautiful.

mind if

several steps forward, he approached the

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

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

Something… wasn't quite right.

Sunny frowned.