Shadow Slave

Sunny flinched as the sound of shattering mirrors filled his ears. No one else seemed to react to it, though — and a moment later, as the cracked piece of glass in Master Pierce's hand exploded into a rain of shards, the sound abruptly disappeared.

The fearsome man shuddered.

"No…"

'What is happening?!'

Sunny took a step back. Things were happening too fast, and he couldn't comprehend the situation yet. All he knew was that his heart was cold, and his mind was overwhelmed by a premonition of something ominous, dreadful, and disastrous happening.

He had been fooled… he had made a mistake!

Cassie shifted slightly, tilting her head with a tense and confused expression.

In the next moment, Pierce swiftly turned to the sentinel, his face still pale and terrified, but now also full of grim resolve. His voice, which had been so confident just a few moments ago, now sounded panicked:

"Seal the temple! Destroy the Gateway! Go, now! We can't… we can't let that thing escape…"

Sunny's eyes widened.

'D… destroy the Gateway?! What the hell does he mean?!'

And what thing he was talking about?

The sentinel didn't seem to have these questions. Pierce's terror had spread to him like an infection, but the man simply nodded and darted out of the room without letting fear slow him down.

Cassie took a step back to let him pass, then asked tensely:

"Sir Pierce? What is going on?"

As though reminded of their presence, the Master turned around and threw a dark, menacing look at Sunny.

"...You!"

His voice shook with barely suppressed fury.

'Crap…'

move, the tall man was already beside him, grabbing him by the shoulder. If it wasn't for the Bone Weave, Sunny's clavicle might have cracked from the terrible

grabbed Cassie, causing her to

deal with two of

dragged out of the room. He threw a regretful glance at the pile of his belongings that was left laying on the table, stared at

to do,

alarm and furious with Sunny. Whatever it was that the mysterious prince had used Sunny to achieve, it was bad enough to terrify a Master and justify the irrevocable

there were two

And… should I also be terrified

thought occurred to

is Mordret

grew

Sunny was strong, but not nearly strong enough to fight two Masters and a hundred deadly elites, especially not

see how this plays out and

Master Pierce dragged them into

pandemonium. Several

the temple was now clad in armor and wielded deadly weapons. They were swift and disciplined, like professional soldiers that were

there was an army of

But, despite all that…

he felt behind the facade of calmness

one of the sentinels, ordering him to stop, then pushed Sunny and Cassie toward the

up in

express his outrage, but before he could, the whole temple suddenly shuddered. A few moments later, a deafening soundwave rolled through the

they have closed

as simple as that. Since they were still in the outward ring of the Citadel, his shadow sense had been somewhat able to reach into the

was now sealed…

them and dragged them away. Staggering and trying not to

She wore a simple black tunic and leather vambraces, her shins protected by a pair of

the

later, the two disappeared behind a turn

be Master

lower and lower, most likely heading toward one of the cathedral's belfries. His expression was dark and severe, and for a good reason — everywhere they passed through, the inhabitants of the Night Temple

threat, however, didn't seem to be coming from the outside. Instead, most of the Lost were rushing deeper

wasn't long before they

was hard to say from which direction the screams came. They seemed distant, and yet, Sunny couldn't help but feel