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.

was much harder than

a simple task. Hard, or maybe even impossible, but simple nevertheless.

Sunny was struggling against his

grown up in the outskirts, fighting for his life in a cruel, indifferent world. He had to learn a lot of vicious lessons

life changed, some of them turned into a hindrance. Slowly and painfully, he had shed his previous skin and learned new things. He learned to trust those who deserved to be trusted, and have hope in himself

Spite had been the only thing that motivated

Cassie, at least not fully, despite everything that they had been through together before and after her decision to put Neph's life

of retribution. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth… that was the ancient law.

very thought of letting Solvane die in peace

And yet…

landed on the handle of the

was a very

the knife from the wall and swayed a little, struggling to keep the all-consuming hatred that drowned his mind

to pay, he wanted her

another thing to happen just like it had happened in the real past. He needed to prove, once and for all, that he was

really outraged at the thought of Hope messing

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 anger, and turned it into a weapon to

fury was fabricated, but at the same time welcome it and be tempted

ah, it was way harder to overcome than

splendid to leave her to suffer… wouldn't

remember why

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

he made a

Step. Step. Another step.

across the cargo hold of the broken ship was much harder than it had been

sure that he

by an ugly grimace, and

Then, Sunny stopped.

Surrendering to fate is worth it, if it means that this hateful witch will be

sighed, and

that he decided to surrender 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 was unburdened, ecstatic,

Sunny smiled…

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