Shadow Slave

Chapter 48

"We need to move, now."

As Nephis turned to him, Sunny grabbed Cassie and helped her stand up. His face was even paler than usual, and there was a panicked look in his eyes.

"Now! Help me get her back on the scavenger!"

The silver-haired girl raised her head and looked at the sky. Soon, her expression darkened. Without saying anything, she did as he had asked.

Cassie seemed a bit disoriented. She grabbed the reins and helplessly turned to her friend:

"Neph? What is going on?"

Changing Star glanced at her. When she eventually spoke, her voice sounded heavy.

"A storm is coming."

Meanwhile, Sunny sent his shadow to climb on top of a tall pillar of coral and looked ahead, trying to understand how far the cliffs they were aiming for were. From the look of it, there was still a considerable distance to go. However, the giant statue was already much further away.

Going back now would have been suicide.

He turned to Nephis:

"We're about three or four kilometers away from the cliffs. Do… do you think we can make it?"

She scowled.

"If we take the most direct route. Maybe."

Sunny hesitated, then asked:

"What about the monsters?"

Changing Star looked ahead and gritted her teeth.

to cut

it? That's

with some devious trick to save them,

are you waiting

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coral blades, sending bits of

small group, choosing the straightest path toward the cliffs with

death breathing down their necks, they moved with amazing speed. Side passages and crimson walls were flashing past them in a blur. There was no need to hold back and conserve strength for the long run — if they were late to reach the cliffs by a minute, their lives would

to his surprise, the inhabitants of the labyrinth did not give them much trouble.

a quick slash of the sword or a

matter how fast they were moving, the storm was faster. The rain quickly turned into a pelting downpour, each drop becoming a torrent. The winds grew in strength, striking against their bodies

through the darkness, followed

He rolled in the mud and tried to stand up, but slipped and fell again. Someone's

saw Changing Star's

"Don't stop! Run!"

her behind the

move, the dark, salty water was already as

sea was

coming from, but with each minute, it was rising higher. Soon, it was up to his knee, then up to his waist, making running almost impossible. The speed of

flash of lightning, when they saw a dark

had made it to

the crimson forest. Some distance away, a tardy scavenger was caught by it and thrown against the coral walls.

'Curses!'

He turned to Nephis:

up! Start

him by

"Dismiss your Echo!"

scale the cliff. In any case, Cassie wouldn't have been able to hold on if it did. He helped the blind girl get down and then sent

them together with the golden rope. Not wasting any time, she gritted her

high as possible

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