The archer looked at him and shrugged helplessly.
groaned.
[She must have arrived after I left to search for more survivors. She wasn't here in the morning… there won't be trouble, right? The two of them will see reason… surely…]
A gust of wind crashed into the hollow tower, and the ancient metal groaned.
Morgan shook her head.
"We'll put our quarrel aside, for the time being. Let's return to the waking world before doing anything rash."
Seishan slowly nodded.
"Agreed."
She didn't seem to be flustered at the prospect of facing the Princess of War in combat. Sunny wasn't entirely sure how powerful Seishan was, currently — after all, she had Ascended later than most of them. On the other hand, she was older and had accumulated much more experience in the Dark City.
It didn't matter, though.
Last night, the cumulative power of Seishan, Sunny, Jet, and Saint had been barely enough to slow down just one vessel of the Gate Guardian for a few moments.
And now, they were surrounded by seven of them.
Morgan seemed to have no idea of how doomed they all were… which was not surprising. In fact, it was Sunny and Jet who were freaks capable of peering through the disguise of a Great abomination. Both of their Aspects were one-of-a-kind and exceedingly rare — it would be quite improbable to assume that anyone else in the Nightmare Desert possessed similar capabilities.
Maybe Cassie did… but she was not here.
Sunny felt his chest grow tight as he thought about the blind girl.
Where was she now? Had she managed to escape the slaughter?
Morgan, meanwhile, looked at Nephis.
"I must congratulate you, sister. Oh, and Master Sunless, of course. Killing Dire Fang… it was a pleasant surprise. I should think about how to reward you."
She turned to Sunny, remained silent for a moment, and then suddenly smiled.
"...I do hope you won't ask to fight me again, though, Master Sunless. The environment here is not quite as dreamlike as the last time I had to reward you."
As Nephis, Seishan, Effie, and Jet gave Sunny strange looks, he cleared his throat and forced out a smile.
"No, no. I wouldn't dare to request something untoward… again…"
At the same time, he used the Blessing of Dusk to speak with Morgan silently:
Smiling pleasantly, he said:
[Do as I say if you don't want to die.]