Shadow Slave

Chapter 678

The three of them entered the Sanctuary, crossed the beautiful garden, and entered the sorcerer's residence through a familiar wooden door, Effie still sitting on Sunny's shoulders with a curious expression on her childish face.

The rooms within, however, had changed since the last time Sunny had seen them.

The luxurious furniture was gone, as well as beautiful decorations covering the walls. Instead, all that met them was barren stone, with a few broken Sailor Dolls laying on it, their limbs disassembled and laid out around the bodies like macabre pieces of art.

The floor of the whole central chamber was covered by a circle made out of a myriad of runes, powerful currents of soul essence flowing through it and dissipating into the ancient stones. Noctis was sitting in the center of the circle, his eyes closed. Without the familiar carefree smile, his beautiful face seemed ominous and strangely terrifying.

Hearing their footsteps, the sorcerer slowly exhaled. The crushing flood of essence slowly thinned, and then dissipated, retreating back into his body. He turned his head slightly and opened his eyes, which shone in the darkness for a moment, as though full of pale moonlight.

Then, they slowly turned human again, and Noctis smiled, returning to his usual laidback persona so suddenly that it seemed almost disturbing.

"Ah, Sunless, my friend! You are back! Sit down, have a drink… welcome!"

He stood up and outstretched a hand, as if trying to gesture at a set of comfortable seats. Then, a surprised expression appeared on the Transcendent's face, and he looked around the empty hall with a bit of confusion.

"Oh, right… I've been remodelling…"

Noctis sighed, then clapped his hands together.

"Well, no matter. Dolls! Bring my guests something to drink! They must be parched after their journey!"

His voice echoed around the residence… however, nothing happened.

He hesitated, then glanced at the broken mannequins lying on the floor and awkwardly shifted his feet.

"Ah. How unfortunate."

The sorcerer shook his head, then shrugged and looked at the three of them with a smile:

"Anyway... welcome!"

He tilted his head and stared at Effie, then blinked a couple of times.

"Ah, you have brought a ch—child with you. How curious. It doesn't bite, does it?"

Suny frowned, but before he could speak, Effie blurted with feigned outrage:

"I am not a child! I am twelve! Uh, almost."

stared at her

"...It speaks. How bizarre."

inhaled, then

child is called Effie. She is

face. He stared at Effie some more,

uh… one of your friends is a cripple you randomly stumbled upon in my Sanctuary, and the other one

Sunny nodded grimly.

chin,

sure that you did not just invent having friends? To make me value our own beautiful friendship more, perhaps? If so, let me assure you! I value it a great deal already! There's no need

his teeth

am sure... that I did not invent them! Are you sure that you really want to know the truth about me

his eyebrows with a sincere look on his

"Well, of course…"

at him for a few moments, and then

died and this whole world had been destroyed. Oh, and this place? It is not real! You are not real, too. All

sorcerer looked at him with wide eyes. Then, he

weave such stupid lies to mock me. If you don't want

lips

then? Since you are in the company of a new friend, you must have successfully infiltrated

his throat and remained silent for a couple of seconds. Finally, he said

did retrieve Effie

at him with

"But what?"

Sunny coughed.

of… destroyed the chalice

at him in

"...You did what?!"

strained his vocal cords to

left with no other choice. The Maidens were willing to give us a chance to earn the right to take the Glass Knife away, but they would have never let Effie go. That was a tenet of their

stared at them with wide eyes, his face turning deathly pale. He swayed a little, and then

How did you manage to kill them?! What about their Transcendent sect leader… did you

them looked at each other with confusion.

Red Sect, died

a

Huh. So she just went and

had a habit of dying from time to

right. Noctis was no fool, he just enjoyed playing one. There was no chance that the

a step forward

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