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,

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, which then opened all

of them entered and froze, unsure

"What the hell…"

might have seemed like a wise sage in the 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

landed on the floor and yawned, causing all the amphoras to fall down and shatter, sending drops of

Sunless! What a nice surprise, to see you so soon. And… uh… you brought someone with you? What a hideous creature… wait, did I say that out loud? No, surely not… I am too wise and courteous to

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

what do you owe

it supposed to be

was staring at the immortal sorcerer with an inexorable expression on his burned, disfigured face.

told you about? Well, this is one of them. And… yes, you did

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

find 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.

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

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

to

shuddered and looked right and left, then

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

briefly touched the symbol of the moon on his

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

for a

have not. We still need to find two more

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