As soon as the strange crow appeared, Sunny was ready to kill it. Summoning the Moonlight Shard would have only taken a split second, and a swift strike of his armored fist was going to do the job just as well.
If it was an ordinary bird, of course. Which he seriously doubted.
He did not expect the crow to speak, though.
"Sah-nee! Sah-nee!"
'...Is it calling my name?'
Sunny temporary postponed his plans of killing the crow and stared at it for a bit. The crow tilted its head and stared back.
"Sah-nee!"
He blinked, then shifted his vision and looked into the bird's soul. Sunny expected to see an orb of repulsive darkness, but what he saw instead were two radiant cores. The crow was an Awakened Monster... however, it was not a Nightmare Creature.
'Is it an Echo, or am I losing my mind? Again?'
He hesitated for a little while, then said cautiously:
"Yes, I am Sunny."
The bird jumped closer with a satisfied look, shook its entire body to get rid of flakes of ash clinging to the black feathers, and then cawed again.
"Jet! Jet!"
A spark of hope ignited in Sunny's heart. He studied the crow some more, then leaned closer and whispered:
"Did Master Jet send you?"
The small monster bobbed its head up and down several times.
"Jet! Send!"
Sunny closed his eyes for a moment, inhaling deeply.
'So she did not forget about me after all, huh...
The crow appeared to be Soul Reaper's Echo, which she had sent to find Sunny. It felt... nice... to be remembered. However, he was not sure how the black bird was supposed to help him, if that was Jet's intention at all.
simply a messenger to deliver new orders? Someone to guide him to Davis and his cohort of
hesitated for a
Master Jet send
small monster jumped
"Crow! Help!"
was not just a messenger. The Echo was meant to assist him, somehow. Sunny tried not to get too
going to help me? Are you
black bird silently shook its head, making
"Why not?"
crow tilted its
"Da-vees! Dead..."
a heavy sigh. So, Pride was gone... his men probably hadn't made it out of Erebus Field, either. He did not know the cold man too well, but the loss of a
to mention that Sunny's hopes of linking up with another powerful Master were
was the first serious casualties the Irregulars had suffered
any of them are
and especially their captains, were elites among elites. But with how unreasonably dreadful the Chain of Nightmares was turning out to be, at least in
he himself had all but died just a few
Reaper was still out there,
on Sunny's face. Looking back at the small bird,
are you supposed
crow flapped its
"Crow! Show!"
Sunny frowned.
"Show what?"
him for a few moments,
"Crow! Show!"
Then, it added:
"Sah-nee! Follow!"
me to follow
the mere Awakened Monster's abilities, but if Master Jet had sent it, then
With failing vehicles and an ocean of NighLinare Creatures surrounding them, the chances that he would be able to
Sunny sighed, then nodded.
give me a bit of time to get my people
at him for a bit, then
"Hur-ry!"
don't need to remind
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