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,

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

were standing guard outside, their indifferent faces staring at them with hollow stillness. Noticing Sunny, one of them moved aside and knocked on the door,

of them entered and froze, unsure

"What the hell…"

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

the floor and yawned, causing all the amphoras to fall down and shatter, sending

did I say that out loud? No, surely not… I am too wise and courteous to

without a trace. Then, Noctis walked over

what do you owe

it supposed to be the

immortal sorcerer with an inexorable expression on his burned, disfigured face. Finally, he cleared his throat and

good news. Do you remember the friends I told you about? Well, this is one of

blinked a couple of times, then took a bite out

visiting an island that doesn't exist, despite not knowing how they look, where

Sunny smiled.

with a voice of an angel, and

spared him a sidelong glance, then bowed slightly and forced out a

to meet you, Lord

and looked right and left, then shook

those creatures again, even in jest. Angels are not something to be

the symbol of the moon

glad that you have found one of your

for a bit, then

need to find two more

But he needed the sorcerer's help and his knowledge to find