Shadow Slave

Chapter 650

Sunny remained silent for as long as he could, until, finally, the Flaw forced him to give an answer.

He looked grimly at Noctis, and then said — or rather, thought — hoarsely:

"...Maybe he just wanted to see you suffer."

Noctis laughed brightly, then nodded.

"Oh, indeed! Maybe you are right. Gods can be very cruel, sometimes. After all, they are much more ancient and vast than kindness and compassion. Or, maybe, it is not really our lives that keep the Demon bound, but instead our will and desire to keep her imprisoned. Or maybe it is a test of our conviction… that is what the Sun Lord believes, at least. Or maybe… maybe he actually hoped that we would free her. Who knows?"

He smiled, then sighed, and finally added:

"...If mortals like us could know the will of gods, then we'd be gods instead."

After that, a somber silence settled over the deck of the flying ship.

Sunny stared at the delicious food in front of him, realizing that he had lost all his appetite.

Hope… the Demon of Desire…

How terrifying she was.

Slowly, several things that had seemed random and meaningless fell into place.

The jubilant crowd in the bloodsoaked Red Colosseum, the perverse conviction of beautiful Solvane, the harrowing torture of the Sun Prince, the madness that burned in the eyes of the black steed… all of it was the result of her harrowing power.

reached through the tiny cracks in her prison, and drove a whole realm utterly insane, turning it into a ghastly,

one was immune to her power. Neither mundane humans nor Awakened... not even Saints. Those who

hope? What was the Demon of Desire yearning

Well, that was easy…

wanted to

like Sunny wanted to

mad, so that they would destroy each other. And from the looks of it, her curse was working all too well. Solvane was seeking out death, the

in the North… Sunny didn't know about the last Chain Lord, but from the

reverse that he had witnessed at the very start of the Nightmare. The Ivory Tower had

burned to the ground, and Hope's prison would

the Crushing would be

feeling grasped his two

'Oh, no…'

His eyes

Effie, Kai, and Mordret — had to resolve to conquer the Nightmare.

pitted against

audible groan escaped from his

to the Spell always

words Aidre had said before accepting Solvane's challenge… the gratitude she expressed… had Solvane really eradicated

of the Chain Lords was killed, and doomed all of the remaining immortals, including herself, to a fate worse than death — to

bravest of

admirable, depending on how one looked

that didn't really

emerald amulet and channeled a somber thought, which came

that he

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