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…'

was already beside him, grabbing

grabbed Cassie,

of you later… there's

being dragged out of the room. He threw a regretful glance at the pile of his belongings that

do,

situation was clearly out of his control now. Mordret has done something… had manipulated him to do something… and now, the whole Citadel was on high 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 destruction of a

there were two

I try to fight my way out? And… should I also be terrified of the thing that Mordret

thought

Mordret himself that

grew

question, but the first one was rather easy. Sunny was strong, but not nearly strong enough to fight two Masters and a hundred deadly elites, especially not on

information first. Let's see how this plays out and make a move if the circumstances demand

Master Pierce

not in a state of pandemonium. Several Lost darted past them, their shadows dancing on the black walls in the orange

the temple was now clad in armor and wielded deadly weapons. They

there was an

But, despite all that…

the facade of

of the sentinels, ordering him to stop,

up

he could, the whole temple suddenly

they have

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 emptiness beyond its outer wall. But as soon as the gates closed, that changed, as though the temple was now completely cut off from the outside

now sealed… with

dragged them away. Staggering and trying not to fall, Sunny threw

fearsome Master. She wore a simple black tunic and leather vambraces, her shins protected by

What the Spell

disappeared

be

cathedral's belfries. His expression was dark and severe, and for a good reason — everywhere they passed through, the inhabitants of the Night Temple were busy preparing for battle. It was as though they were expecting

didn't seem to be coming from the outside. Instead, most of the Lost were rushing deeper into the temple, toward its

wasn't long before

the confusing interior of the cathedral in a strange manner, so it was hard to say from which direction the screams came. They seemed distant, and