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

worry, though… he is indeed terrifying, but

Dolls were standing guard outside, their indifferent faces staring

two of them entered and froze, unsure how to

"What the hell…"

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 of Twilight… was

on the floor and yawned, causing all the

hideous creature… wait, did I 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 you, whoever you are! Welcome… ah,

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

you

wasn't it supposed to

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

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

couple of times, then took a

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

Sunny smiled.

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

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

to meet you,

and looked right and left, then shook his

do not ever mention those creatures again, even in jest. Angels are not something to

touched the symbol of the moon on

found one of your friends. Have the two of you discussed

a bit,

We still need to

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