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

though… he

Dolls were standing guard outside, their indifferent

two of them entered and froze, unsure

"What the hell…"

his legs crossed and his eyes closed. He 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

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

you? What a hideous creature… wait, did I say that out loud? No, surely not… I am too wise and

the amphoras to disappear without a trace.

do you owe

wasn't it

staring at the immortal sorcerer with an inexorable expression

I told

of times, then took a bite out

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, and what they

Sunny smiled.

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

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

nice to meet

sorcerer shuddered and looked right and left, then shook his

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

touched the symbol of

found one of your friends.

for a

still need to find

the day. But he needed the sorcerer's help and his knowledge to find and retrieve Effie from the mysterious Temple of the Chalice…