Shadow Slave novel Chapter 715

Out there in the sky, the silver disk of the moon was slowly being devoured by darkness, as if drowning in a vast and impenetrable shadow. One of its edges was already gone, and with each moment, more and more of it was being erased by the shadows. It looked…

Like an eclipse.

Noctis paled, and at the same time, Sunny suddenly felt reinvigorated. It was as though every shadow in the world had just become deeper and darker, and as one of them, he did, too. The feeling was strange and euphoric.

But Sunny knew that this eclipse was an ill omen for all of them.

Turning to the sorcerer, he asked:

"What is going on?"

Noctis stared at the disappearing moon with a dark expression, and then shivered.

"I… I guess Sevras had a trick of his own up his sleeve. I did not expect him to get his hands on a piece of Shadow's domain, though… how is this even possible?"

Seeing a lost expression on the sorcerer's face, Sunny growled:

"How severe is your Flaw? How weak are you going to be when the moon is fully gone? What do we do now?!"

The fleet of the Ivory City was still closing the distance to obliterate them, so there was no time to waste. They had a few moments before the clash, at best. He had to know what was going on…

Noctis glanced at the dimming moon for one more second, then turned away and sighed.

"Well…"

A pale smile appeared on his lips.

"...Do you guys remember how I told you that I will take care of both Solvane and Sun Prince while you distract their armies?"

The sorcerer's smile grew wider, a mad glint appearing in his eyes.

"Change of plans! You will have to keep the Prince busy for a bit, too. I, uh… will try to deal with Solvane. Best of luck to you, my friends! And to me, as well…"

With that, he stepped out of the magical circle and gestured for Cassie to grab the oars, which she hurriedly did. A moment later, Noctis was already standing on the bort of the ship, his raven black hair dancing in the wind.

Sunny opened his eyes wide and screamed:

"Wait! How the hell are we supposed to keep a Transcendent busy?!"

The sorcerer threw a quick glance over his shoulder and laughed.

"I don't know! Figure something out… try to stab him with my knife, maybe? No, stabbing that steel behemoth won't do anything…"

With that, he simply took a step forward and fell down, disappearing in the darkness and the howling wind without a trace.

Just like that, Noctis was gone.

Sunny stared at the empty space where the sorcerer had been just a moment ago with a stunned expression. His momentary stupor was broken by Cassie's shout:

"Sunny! There are only a few seconds left! What do we do?!"

The blind girl was controlling the flying ship, desperately trying to right its course so that it wouldn't take the full brunt of the armada's siege weapons all at once. Sunny had no idea how she was able to fly the ancient vessel without being able to see, and it did not matter right now. He hesitated for a moment, then turned away and let out a resentful growl.