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

That's the

he was fruitlessly trying to come up with some devious trick to save them, Nephis turned her head and glanced at

you

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between the coral blades, sending

choosing the straightest path toward the cliffs with the help of his shadow. Nephis was a step behind him. The scavenger carrying Cassie was stomping

blur. There was no need to hold back and conserve strength for the long run — if they were late to

surprise, the inhabitants of the labyrinth did not give them much trouble. The scavengers seemed to be as panicked as they were. The bulky beasts were busy trying to hide inside the

quick slash of the sword or a threatening clack of a pincer was enough to make

they were moving, the storm was faster. The rain quickly turned into a pelting downpour, each drop becoming a torrent. The winds

through the darkness, followed almost

mud and tried to stand up, but slipped and fell again. Someone's arm grabbed him by the shoulder

darkness of the storm, Sunny saw Changing Star's face. She opened

"Don't stop! Run!"

couldn't hear her behind the roaring wind

the dark, salty water was already

sea was

up to his knee, then

in a sudden flash of lightning, when they saw a dark mass

it

Turning back, Sunny saw a colossal, crushing torrent of black water rushing through the crimson forest. Some distance away, a tardy scavenger was caught by it and thrown against the coral walls. The unbreakable carapace of the mighty

'Curses!'

He turned to Nephis:

is up! Start

caught him by

"Dismiss your Echo!"

been able to hold on if it did. He helped the blind girl

lowered herself to let Cassie climb on her back, then tied them together with the golden rope. Not wasting any time, she gritted her teeth and

to get as high as possible before the black torrent hit. Some time later, Sunny

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