Shadow Slave

Sunny hesitated for a few moments, then looked at Kai and said with determination.

"Let's go."

Kai nodded and followed the four-armed demon, pushing forward his bandaged body with visible effort. Seeing his friend's suffering, Sunny gritted his teeth.

The archer, meanwhile, glanced at him with a grim expression, and then said in his new, unfamiliar and ugly voice:

"Sunny… I have one question. Can you answer it?"

Sunny slowed down and turned to him, a deep scowl contorting the bestial lines of his face.

"Of course. What is it?"

Kai remained silent for a bit, then asked cautiously:

"Uh… where, exactly, are we going?"

Sunny blinked a couple of times, then tilted his head a little.

"Oh, right. Where else? We are going to talk to Noctis!"

With that, he turned around and continued walking toward the immortal sorcerer's residence.

The archer hurried to catch up, then said in a stifled tone:

"Ah… that Noctis? The immortal Transcendent? Blessed of the Moon, Crimson Beast of Twilight, Chain Lord of the Kingdom of Hope, and all that?"

glanced at him,

Don't worry, though… he is indeed terrifying,

of the Sanctuary and approached the beautifully engraved wooden door. A pair of Sailor Dolls were standing guard outside, their indifferent faces staring at them with hollow stillness. Noticing Sunny, one of them moved aside and knocked on the

them entered and

"What the hell…"

legs crossed and his eyes closed. He might have seemed like a wise sage in the middle of a deep meditation, if not for dozens of empty amphoras of wine that floated all around him. The terrifying Chain Lord, Blessed of the Moon, the Crimson Beast

then at Kai. Finally, he landed on the floor and yawned,

say that out loud? No, surely not… I am too wise and courteous to make a rude remark like that, of course… nice to meet

without a trace. Then, Noctis walked over to a small table, picked

do you owe

wasn't it

then glanced at Kai, who was staring at the immortal sorcerer with an inexorable expression on his burned, disfigured face. Finally,

am here to deliver some good news. Do you remember the friends I told you about? Well,

a couple of times, then took

despite not knowing how they look, where they are, and what they are called?

Sunny smiled.

friend. A man with a voice of an angel, and a face to go along

bowed slightly and forced out a grating,

is… nice to

shuddered and looked right and

do not ever mention those creatures again, even in jest. Angels are not something to be called upon, whether by name

symbol of the moon

one of your friends. Have the two of

for a bit, then answered

still need to find

choice was looking more and more distant by the day. But he needed the sorcerer's help and his knowledge to find and retrieve Effie from the mysterious Temple of the Chalice… in