Chapter 594 - Two Steps Back (1/2)

Mordret was right below thereat hall of the somber cathedral at a relaxed pace Above his shoulders, a dozen blinding orbs of light hovered in the air, throhite reflections of the dark stones

Sunny silently stepped back, pulling Cassie with hiallery and safely hidden in the deep shadows, they slowly ht suddenly shot in different directions, illue portion of the dark nave Luckily, their radiance did not reach the hidden gallery, be it just barely

…What it did reach, though, were the hundreds of mirror shards scattered around the vast expanse of the inverse hall Each of theh countless stars suddenly ignited in the darkness

Sunny silently cursed, knowing that those shards served Mordret as eyes Who kne hout the cathedral? Without slowing down, he dis toward the distant end of the vast circular cha, meanwhile, tilted his head a little:

"Where are they hiding? I wonder…"

Suddenly, he was surrounded by a ind of white sparks Sunny did not linger to see what Me, and instead concentrated on reaching another door

Before the sparks of light coalesced into tangible shapes, Cassie and he had already left the gallery, finding themselves in another corridor

They had successfully left the sanctum behind and were now in the e and convoluted space, so finding the to be easy — froo anywhere in the te, or descend into any of the six belfries

They could even circle back and try to hide in the seventh, thethat the mirror fiend would not expect them to return

However, so Mordret would be that easy

The morbid remains of his butchered victims were all around them, after all None of these people had escaped

He hesitated for a moment, then pulled Cassie in the direction of the outward ring That was the part of the Citadel they both knew the best, which was an ie Of course, the banished prince understood that, too, whichthere, too

This was a risk Sunny had to take

At the end of the day, their goal was to escape… and they could only do that by reaching the sealed gates of the Night Temple

A few hours passed, suffused with fear and tension Sunny and Cassie hadcloser and closer to the outward ring On the way, they took a short break — partially to eat and replenish their strength, but mostly because he simply couldn't walk any their toll on Sunny Finding a safe spot, he fell to the floor and re hoarsely Then, he dis Chain, pulled the shi+rt hiding beneath up, and tentatively explored the dire wound dealt to hiood… Sunny wasn't going to die anyti to heal quickly For the tiood as crippled

"Curses…"

At least he had not bled to death… that was so, at least

He summoned the breastplate back, then opened the Covetous Coffer and took out a couple of tubes of synthpaste The two of thee, and then, it was tiain

Before that, however, Cassie handed hi