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?"

at him, then

that Noctis. Don't worry, though… he is indeed terrifying, but not

Sailor Dolls were standing guard outside, their indifferent faces staring at them with hollow stillness. Noticing Sunny, one of them

them entered and froze, unsure how to

"What the hell…"

seemed like a wise sage in the middle of a deep meditation, if not for dozens of empty amphoras of

stared at Sunny, then at Kai. Finally, he landed on the floor and yawned, causing all the

And… uh… you brought someone with you? What a hideous creature… wait, did I say that out loud? No, surely not… I

shards of the amphoras to disappear without a trace. Then, Noctis walked over to a small table,

do you

owe… wait, wasn't it supposed to be the

inexorable expression on his burned, disfigured face. Finally, he cleared his throat and

the friends I told you about? Well, this is one of them. And… yes, you

blinked a couple of times, then took a bite out

after visiting an island that doesn't exist, despite not knowing how they look, where they are, and what they are called? He just happened to be here, in

Sunny smiled.

A man with a voice of

him a sidelong glance, then bowed slightly and forced out a grating, creaky

to meet you,

right and left, then shook his

in jest. Angels are

briefly touched the symbol of the moon

of your

a bit, then

to find two more friends for that.

the sorcerer's help and