Chapter 734: Final Obstacle (1/2)

Chapter 734: Final Obstacle

The Ivory Island was separated from the rest of the city by a wide chasm Once, it had been connected to seven islands by seven unbreakable chains

Now, only two rees leading to it, as well, butand monumental, built of pristine white stone

An oldon the steps leading to the bridge, dressed in a white tunic It was different fro that of a priest The man had a frail body and pale blue eyes

The oldcity with soleht of years h his world was ending, the elder re the approaching devil, the old man tiredly leaned on his cane

"Stop, creature! This is a sacred land… you are not allowed to go further"

Sunny stopped a few er and studied hihed and said, his voice even:

"Why the charade? Drop it, Mordret"

The old rinned His whole presence suddenly shi+fted, becohed dryly, and then shook his head

"Ah, what a pity What gave ed

"I knew that you would show up sooner or later And there's not much of later left"

Mordret, who inhabited the old and frail body, smiled

"True, true Thank you very much, Sunless! You have fulfilled my request to keep Noctis alive very well In fact…"

His face darkened a little

"I'd say that you even perforht that the Beast of Twilight would still win, despite not having the Night Oracle's support? That… ah, it h all my ordeals in the north were a bit silly"

The old ain

"Well, no ed… however, I was very serious Sorry to say this, but you can't go any further, Sunless"

Sunny tilted his head a little, staring at Mordret with a dark expression

"Oh, yeah? How are you going to kill that daon without my knife? I am sure you know that I visited the Teave him a polite nod

"Oh, I do! That was rather spectacular But, Sunless… you see, that is exactly why I can't allow you to cross that bridge"

Sunny frowned

"What do you mean? Why?"

Mordret looked at him with surprise

"Well… because I need Sevras alive, of course! Killing hi everything Re in this feeble body all that time was not very pleasant, you know… but there are very few people that the Ivory Lord allows to tend to hiritted his teeth, then uttered with frustration:

"Keep Noctis alive… keep Sevras alive… damn it! What the hell do you actually hope to achieve, Mordret? You are clearly not planning to free Hope… what else can end this Nightmare? What do you want?!"

The oldon his face