Shadow Slave

Chapter 728

Hearing the cruel words that sentenced Solvane to thousands of years of harrowing torment, Sunny couldn't help but feel a dark, euphoric sense of glee.

The memory of pain she had visited upon him and the faces of those she had killed flashed in front of his eyes once again, making that glee grow even sweeter.

'Good… good…'

The only thing Sunny regretted was that he had killed Solvane in the distant future, releasing her from that torment. If he had known better back then, he would have left her to rot.

Noctis coldly stared at the squirming priestess for a moment, and then turned around, as if intending to leave.

Solvane let out a groan of agony, more vines breaking through her skin and crawling down to the floor.

"W—wait!"

She struggled to raise her head and look up, her eyes full of fear.

"Noctis… you have to… kill me. You won't be able to… free her… if I am alive!"

The sorcerer stopped, lingered for a moment, and then glanced at her over the shoulder. His face was cold and unmoving.

After a long pause, he said nonchalantly:

"...Hope is a great, powerful daemon. She can handle a shackle or two on her own."

As Solvane's eyes widened, Noctis looked away and took a step toward the gates of the hold.

And Sunny, meanwhile…

Was doing the hardest thing he had ever done in his life.

***

Sunny was walking toward the edge of the cargo hold, where the wooden knife was lodged into the wall.

Every step he made felt as if he was dragging a mountain with him.

it was much harder

mountain would have been heavy, but dragging it along was a simple task. Hard, or maybe even impossible, but simple nevertheless. However, he was not struggling

struggling against his

a lot of vicious lessons to survive. Those lessons

and painfully, he had shed his previous skin and learned new things.

not really want to — was his spite. Spite had been the only thing that motivated him to survive the First

was not big on forgiveness. He could not even forgive Cassie, at least not fully, despite everything that they had been through together before and after her decision to put Neph's life before

for an eye, a tooth for a tooth… that was the ancient law. No one should be able to trample on him

why the very thought of letting

And yet…

landed on the handle of the wooden

was a very

teeth, he dislodged the knife from the wall and swayed a little, struggling to keep the

pay, he wanted

the real past. He needed to prove, once and for all, that he was not a marionette that hung powerlessly from the strings of fate, able

outraged at the thought of Hope messing with his

the scorching intensity of his hatred for the War Maiden had come from, without a doubt — from the poisonous influence of the Demon of Desire, who had taken his trauma, sorrow, and

his fury was fabricated, but at the

ah, it was way harder to overcome than the weight of

it be splendid to leave her to suffer… wouldn't it be the most joyous thing ever? Oh, it would… I can't imagine

to even remember why

is to be a slave. I don't really want to be a slave… but who cares? I want Solvane to be tortured for eternity much more than I want to be free… freedom is distant, and abstract. Who even

teeth, he made

Step. Step. Another step.

the cargo hold of the broken ship was much harder

he was

by an ugly grimace, and his dark eyes burned with mad

Then, Sunny stopped.

worth it, if it means that this hateful witch will be tortured endlessly. This will be right… this will be

sighed, and

to fate, it was as though a terrible weight was lifted from his shoulders. He was free to bask in the joy of revenge, revel in it. He

Sunny smiled…

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