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

he is indeed

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

two of them entered and froze, unsure how to

"What the hell…"

meditation, if not for dozens of empty amphoras of wine that

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

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!

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

you owe the

owe… wait, wasn't it supposed

sorcerer with an inexorable expression on his burned, disfigured face. Finally, he

remember the friends I told you about? Well, this is

sorcerer stared at Kai, blinked a couple of times, then took

is one of the friends 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.

a voice of an angel, and

a sidelong glance, then bowed slightly and

is… nice to meet you, Lord

sorcerer shuddered and looked right and left, then

again, even in jest. Angels are not something to be called upon, whether by

he briefly touched the symbol of the moon on

I am glad that you have found one of your

a

We still need to find two more friends

he needed the sorcerer's help and his knowledge to find and retrieve Effie from the mysterious Temple of