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

he is indeed terrifying, but

of Sailor Dolls were standing guard outside, their indifferent faces staring at them with hollow stillness. Noticing Sunny, one of them moved aside

two of them entered and froze,

"What the hell…"

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,

Noctis lazily opened one eye and stared at Sunny, then at Kai. Finally, he landed on the floor and yawned, causing all the amphoras to fall down and shatter, sending drops of wine flying everywhere and staining the luscious

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 make a rude remark like that, of course… nice to meet you, whoever you are! Welcome… ah, to my

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

what do you owe

wait, wasn't it supposed to be the

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

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

Kai, blinked a couple of times, then

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

Sunny smiled.

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

spared him a sidelong glance, then bowed

nice to meet you,

looked right and left, then shook his

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

of the moon on

found one of your friends. Have the two of you

hesitated for a bit, then

We still need to find two

knowing that the luxury of having a choice was looking more and more distant by the day. But he needed the sorcerer's help and