Lonely No Longer

So Isaac found out new things about his new friend.

One was a woman.

Two she is Fire which is a result of her flaw.

Three her name is Electra.

Isaac and Electra are currently walking through the forgotten shore trying their best to find other people.

Isaac knew they would most likely not find anyone.

But even then Isaac kept moving.

Electra just followed.

As soon as they left the familiar confines of the labyrinth and stepped into the vast expanse of the ashen wasteland.

Isaac felt strangely uncomfortable.

It was as though he had known this place.

Then it hit.

Soul Devouring Tree.

It was a mind control tree.

But there was something else.

Weavers Lineage.

Or at least a partial one.

Isaac was now in a dilemma.

Does he steal Weavers Lineage or does he let Sunny keep it?

Sighing he walked towards a hill.

'I will think about it later'.

As he kept walking he finally saw something.

A tree.

The Soul Devouring Tree.

He then turned towards Electra.

"Hide".

Isaac said sincerely.

Electra immediately moved behind a bolder.

Isaac's eyes laid upon something.

Already some distance away, the dead walls of the labyrinth rose from the grey sand.

Suddenly, one of them collapsed, knocked over by a massive figure.

Surrounded by the cloud of ashen sand, the figure moved forward.

Stepping onto the flat surface of the wasteland.

Eight legs, two terrifying bone scythes, a black and crimson carapace that looked like ancient armor that had been splattered with blood... another centurion.

Isaac silently cursed.

"Looks like it's heading for the Ashen Barrow. If we stay hidden behind this knoll and it doesn't change course, there's a high chance that it won't notice us."

Isaac spoke to Electra.

Electra thought for a second and then nodded.

Trying to become as small and silent as possible, the two of them pressed their bodies to the knoll.

There wasn't a lot of space to hide, so they had to endure being cramped against each other.

And painful for Isaac.

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Sunny woke up from the insistent sense of alarm coming from his shadow.

Groggy and disoriented, he opened his eyes and sat up.

'Wh—what's wrong?'

He looked down at the shadow and saw it repeatedly pointing right with a tense expression on its... well, it didn't have a face.

He could just tell that it was nervous.

'Trouble?'

Sunny looked and saw nothing.

The sky was hidden, but he could easily tell that the sun was still up.

It seemed that he was asleep for just a few hours.

There was no threat anywhere in sight.

He frowned.

'What got you so spooked?'

The shadow just pointed right again, seemingly irritated by his stupidity.

Sunny blinked a couple of times.

Annoyed, the shadow crossed its arms.

Before he could retort he heard a voice.

"Yo, Cute Little Sunny how are you doing".

Sunny jumped up.

Turning around he saw someone he had not seen in a month.

"Isaac".

It had been only a short while since he had seen the crazy bastard yet he had not changed.

He still had black hair and gray eyes.

His skin was rather pale close to his own though it did not have his doll-like texture.

He enviously was a strapping lad in his early teens, with long limbs and chiseled features.

His looks aesthetically pleasing to the eyes.

He still seemed to have a mischievous attitude even in the Dream Realm.

"Like what you see~".

Stopping his inner monologue Sunny snapped back to reality.

Caught off guard he spoke unintentionally.

"Yes...".

The camp went silent.

Everybody looked at Sunny.

That's when he noticed Nephis and Cassia were awake.

They say next to a flame-like... humanoid?

Before Sunny's thoughts could go any farther a hand landed on his cheek, caressing it.

"I think you're cute yourself but try to hold yourself back Sunny-".

Isaac then leaned closer.

"-I am not as lenient as I am now in bed~".