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, then

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

the beautifully engraved wooden door. A pair of Sailor Dolls were standing guard outside, their indifferent faces staring at them with hollow stillness. Noticing

entered and froze, unsure how

"What the hell…"

above the floor, his legs crossed and his eyes closed. He might have seemed like a wise sage in the middle of a deep meditation, if not

then at Kai. Finally, he landed on the floor and yawned, causing all the amphoras to fall down

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

hand, causing the whole residence to shudder and the shards of the amphoras to disappear without a trace. Then, Noctis walked over to

do you owe the

owe… wait, wasn't it supposed

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

I am here to deliver some good news. Do you remember the friends I told

a couple of times, then took a bite out of the

that you were supposed to find after visiting an island that doesn't exist, despite not knowing how they look, where they are,

Sunny smiled.

Nightingale, my dear friend. A man with a voice of an angel, and a face

then bowed slightly and forced out a grating, creaky

is… nice to meet

sorcerer shuddered and looked right and

ever mention those creatures again, even in jest. Angels

briefly touched the symbol of the moon

one of your friends. Have the

for a bit, then

need to find two more friends

the day. But he needed the sorcerer's help and