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.

have to

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up with some devious trick to save

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ground. Strong winds were howling between the coral blades, sending bits of mud and

was leading their small group, choosing the straightest path toward the cliffs with the

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

of the labyrinth did not give them much

of the sword or a threatening clack of a pincer was enough

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 with enough force to make them stumble. The light dimmed even

a blinding bolt of lightning tore through the darkness,

balance and fall. He rolled in the mud and tried to stand up, but slipped and fell

Changing Star's

"Don't stop! Run!"

her behind

move, the dark, salty water was already as

sea was coming

determine where the water was coming from, but with each minute, it was rising higher. Soon, it was up to his knee, then up to his waist, making

sudden flash of lightning, when

it to the

same time, a terrible rumbling sound came from the depths of the labyrinth. 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 creature cracked and burst open

'Curses!'

He turned to Nephis:

is up!

caught him by

"Dismiss your Echo!"

scavenger could scale the cliff. In any case, Cassie wouldn't have been able to hold on if it did. He helped the blind

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

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

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