Sunny opened his eyes, disoriented. The orange glow of the fire and the dancing shadows on the shattered walls, the smell of blood, the tearing pain in his chest… he had escaped the Soul Sea and returned to the scorched heart of the Night Temple.
He had prevailed… but what was going on?
It felt as if he was falling…
Why was he falling?
Sunny crashed onto the cracked stone plates of the floor and heard Welthe's body falling somewhere nearby. A tortured groan escaped from his lips, and then a stifled curse.
'What the hell…'
Although his battle with Mordret had lasted for a while, it seemed that just a single moment passed in the real world. That time had not even been enough for Sunny to properly fall down.
The Quiet Dancer was still in the same position, and Cassie was still rushing over, dagger in hand.
'I... survived?'
However, why did it feel like he was forgetting something?
Sunny strained his wounded body, trying to sit up. He felt exhausted and weak — both from his physical injuries and the damage his soul had sustained in the harrowing battle against Prince of Nothing.
What… what was it?
Cassie was already by his side, reaching out to help him sit. Her rapier hovered in the air, and then turned, the tip of its blade aiming at Welthe's unmoving form.
'Oh, right… where did Mordret disappear to?'
Suddenly, his eyes widened.
raised his head, pointing at
"K—kill her!"
Quiet Dancer was already flashing through the air,
"What? Isn't he d…"
was
her hand shooting forward to catch the flying rapier by the blade. The sharp point stopped
He had simply run away, retreating from a fight that he knew he wouldn't
to his previous
cracks appeared on the blade of the graceful rapier. She hurriedly dismissed the Echo, saving
what do
of the Ascended knight stirring, as if slowly coming back to life. Her hollow eyes suddenly
skipped
use for him left. Torture the Weaver's Mask out of him, and then dispose of
body…
Sunny had a
Cassie with a determined expression, and
"What else?! Run!"
who knew when to remove himself from a hopeless
in the wall of the former stronghold of the Valor forces, Sunny turned his back on Welthe, who was slowly rising to her feet, and sprinted away as fast as he could. His eyes were tightly shut, so that the
Temple was a large place. With some luck, they would be able to play cat and mouse… or rather, mice and tiger…
Cormac
breach in the wall, a mocking
"...What, leaving so soon?"
step forward, Sunny dismissed the Heavenly Burden. Pierce's corpse, which was still pressed against the ceiling, suddenly plunged down and crashed
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