Shadow Slave

As soon as Sunny shut the gate behind them, the terrifying roar that had been approaching was cut off. A few moments later, the tower seemed to shake a little, as if something had crashed into its walls.

However, apart from a little dust that fell from the ceiling, nothing happened. They seemed to be safe.

...From the threats outside, at least.

Letting out a sigh of relief, Sunny took a step back and looked around.

His eyes narrowed a little.

"Well, that... is unexpected."

He had wondered about what the interior of Aletheia's Tower would look like a lot. In his mind, there were two possibilities... either it would be perfectly preserved and full of tantalizing knowledge, or serve as the lair for the most harrowing abomination yet.

The truth was that it was both and neither at the same time.

From what Sunny could tell, the interior of the tower had once been austere, but elegant. None of that elegance remained, however - at some point, a dreadful Nightmare Creature had made its way inside.

He was currently staring at that Nightmare Creature.

Its torso was hanging from the ceiling, terribly mutilated and seeping with black blood. The creature's revolting skull was crushed, and one of its arms was severed at the elbow. A vast and utterly disgusting puddle of blood, viscera, and brain matter covered most of the floor.

Looking at the corpse of the gargantuan, vaguely humanoid creature, Sunny couldn't help but feel a sense of deep, primal terror.

Aletheia's Tower had indeed become the lair of a dreadful abomination...

However, the abomination was dead.

Cassie was observing the corpse, too. She seemed unnerved.

After hesitating for a few moments, the blind girl said quietly:

it was a

Sunny gulped.

Great Tyrant in our Third Nightmare, even? That has

mutilating a Great Tyrant to

was that damned Spell

noticed signs of a terrible battle. Everything inside the tower had been obliterated, turning into piles of

that had killed them still inside? It

gates of the tower locked? Why was the enchantment

it

Tyrant's blood, Sunny knelt and touched it.

"It's cold."

had not been killed recently. Had it been dead for as long as the loop

He glanced at Cassie.

your intuition tell

She frowned.

"...To flee."

blind girl sighed

is danger, somewhere

feet. He considered summoning Nightmare back, but then decided against it. The

was up to him and

going to flee after dying so many

She nodded.

"I agree."

stay away from the dreadful corpse, they found the stairs and cautiously ascended to the next floor of the

the higher floors. Sunny could tell just by looking up - starting from the second floor, there were no

levels before finally ending up hanging dead from the ceiling

The blind girl followed by holding the hilt of the Quiet Dancer, which gently lifted

floor still remained, leading to a narrow staircase. The

the tower was emanating light. So, the source