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."

at

"...It speaks. How bizarre."

slowly inhaled, then said

She is the friend I have

He stared at Effie some more, then

a cripple you randomly stumbled upon

Sunny nodded grimly.

rubbed his chin, and then

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

his teeth and

I did not invent them! Are you sure that

a sincere look

"Well, of course…"

for a

whose souls were sent here by a nearly all-mighty entity known as the Nightmare Spell, after the gods had died and

Then, he

to weave such stupid lies to mock me. If

lips

new friend, you must have successfully infiltrated the Temple

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

actually… not exactly. We did retrieve Effie

at him

"But what?"

Sunny coughed.

of… destroyed the chalice and killed all

at him

"...You did what?!"

then strained

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

his face turning deathly

do you mean, you killed all the Maidens?! How did you manage to kill them?! What about

other with confusion. Then, Effie cautiously spoke

the Red Sect, died

blinked a

just

at him, aghast. Did that fool... did he really forget that real people had a habit of

was no chance that the immortal would not have known whether or not there were Transcendents

step forward and

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