Chapter 712 Leaving The Sanctuary (1/2)

Chapter 712 Leaving The Sanctuary

A few days passed

The Sanctuary stood earden was devoid of its usual liveliness, and the winds howled as they passed through the ring of giant s left behind by the people that had departed in a hurry lay, forlorn and forgotten No one was ever going to return for them

Sunny had never seen the Sanctuary this desolate and hollow… not in the future and not now, in the distant past The sight of it was sad and eerie

He had spent these days training tirelessly and learning to control his new body This latest transfor a deress ift More than that, mastery of Shadow Dance e

In truth, he did not need a whole week to achieve the goal But practicing with Saint reminded him of the simpler times, and so, helped him prepare himself for the battle ahead hts he had to spend in peace, Sunny woke up suddenly, thinking that he had heard a distant screae of a drealanced into the , a deep scowl appearing on his face

'What dream, you fool? Awakened don't dream…'

But who could have screamed in the Sanctuary? There were only two people left here Sunny himself…

And Noctis

He hesitated for athe Puppeteer's Shroud After thinking for a bit, he also suht, wrapped his shadows around himself, and walked outside

The full hostly blue light Guided by it, Sunny walked across the earden and approached the residence of the sorcerer, where the immortal had disappeared to days earlier and never came back out

The door stood open, and the Sailor Dolls guarded it silently, their wooden faces devoid of any sign of worry

Passing between them, Sunny entered the residence and studied the fahtly… the stone floor was even more broken and littered with deep cracks, the piles of shards had grown taller

However, there were no treh it from time to time anymore, as if whatever it was that had hidden beneath had either died, fallen into a sluone elsewhere

Noctis was in theon a pile of rubble with a pained look on his face The sorcerer looked… unwell

His skin was deathly pale, with dark circles under his eyes His lustrous hair had grown dull and was disheveled Even his elegant garments, which had always been flashy and immaculate, were norinkled and in disarray

What's more, Sunny could have sworn that there… that there was so beneath the sorcerer's skin It appeared for ahi

Noticing his presence, Noctis slowly turned his head and smiled weakly

"Ah… Sunless You are just in time How do I look?"

Sunny stared at him for a moment, and then said:

"You look like crap"

The sorcerer blinked a couple of times, then threw a hurt look at him

"No, not me, you idiot! How does he look?"

With that, Noctis gestured at a Sailor Doll that stood rown so accustomed to the silent mannequins that he did not pay the doll any attention after registering its presence and position Now, he took a closer look and raised his eyebrows, confused by what he saw

The Sailor Doll was about the sa a gorgeous black wig It stared senselessly in front of itself and held a glass of wine

He titled his head, opened his ain

"What the hell?"

The sorcerer shrugged

"Well, we are going to unexpectedly attack the Ivory City, are we not? Surely, the other Chain Lords would notice if I suddenly disappear from the Sanctuary… so, I prepared this doll to make it seem like I'm still here!"

He slint in his eyes

Sunny covered his face with a palm for a … will fool anyone? Have you lost your lanced at hiot the last touch…"

With that, he raised his hands and clapped them a couple of times A moment later…

There were two sorcerers in the cha a fewat Sunny with an obnoxious sh he knew that the second one was just a Sailor Doll, he couldn't tell the difference

"How about now?"

Sunny gulped

"Yeah… it looks fine"

The Sailor Doll relass of wine to its lips, pretending to drink The likeness was uncanny… but more than that, Sunny could feel that the real enchantment went much deeper than just looks He could actually feel a suffocating presence radiating from the mannequin, similar to what he had felt on the Iron Hand island fro beneath the surface of the Sailor Doll, he was stunned to see so that looked exactly like a Transcendent soul core burning in its chest Sunny slowly inhaled

If Cassie were to look at the mannequin, would she have seen an Aspect Name and a list of Attributes?