Shadow Slave novel Chapter 661

The towering demon and the hideous cripple stared at each other for a bit, their eyes wide with shock.

"Now way… he was here all along? Wait, who dared to do this to Kai?! When I find the bastard, I'll tear them limb from limb!"

Sunny was so stunned that he even failed to let go of the emerald amulet. He gritted his fangs, then asked a question, at the same time as Kai did:

"...Who did this to you?!"

"...Why are you so tall?!"

Flustered, the two fell silent for a moment.

Then, Sunny reached out and grabbed the cripple into a crushing hug, wrapping all of his four arms around him. Who knew… who knew that this repulsive body, which was covered in dirty bandages that smelled of blood and pus, would suddenly become so precious and dear to him?

"I was put into a body of a demon… why wouldn't I be tall, you idiot?"

Kai let out a startled yelp, struggled weekly, and then patted Sunny on one of the arms.

"Argh… Sunny… I am very glad to see you, as well… but… my burns!"

Sunny jolted, then hurriedly let go of the cripple's body and gave him an apologetic look.

…Beneath that simple emotion, though, a dark ocean of fury smoldered with dangerous flames.

"Sorry… I didn't... Kai! You're alive! Damn, I am so happy to see you! I was starting to wonder… wonder if any of you guys have made it alive…"

Kai looked at him, then smiled. Through the gaps in the bandages, his disfigured face looked ghastly and hideous… but the sparks glinting in his eyes were the same. He sighed.

"Yeah. I was fearing the same."

The young man hesitated, and then added, his voice suddenly ringing hollow:

"After the Iron Hand island… I almost gave up hope. I didn't think that I'll see any of you ever again."

Sunny frowned, confused by Kai's words. He dismissed his bow, and then thought tensely: _{ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com}

"...Why? What is on the Iron Hand island?"

The cripple looked at him with surprise.

"You haven't been there?"

Sunny shook his head.

"No. I was going to travel there in a week, after my new heart settles. Ah… I made a deal with a sorcerer, you see, to replace a heart I lost…"

Kai stared at him for a bit, then looked down and let out a heavy sigh.

"I see. Well… there's not much to tell."

He remained silent for a few moments, and then said quietly, his hoarse voice growing even more creaky and grating:

"There was no sign that you or Cassie had ever managed to reach the rendezvous point… even though months had already passed. But Effie… Effie left a message there, carved into a stone pillar."