Shadow Slave

Chapter 64

"Let me guess. You want to kill it…"

Nephis continued to stare at him with her usual unreadable expression. After a while, Sunny chuckled and shook his head in disbelief.

"You really are crazy. That's… that's an awakened demon we're talking about, remember? Have you forgotten that we're just Sleepers?"

Then he frowned and scratched his head.

"W—wait a second. I feel like we already had this conversation before. Doesn't it feel familiar?"

Cassie glanced at the two of them and politely cleared her throat.

"Actually, you had said pretty much the exact same thing right before we decided to attack that first carapace centurion."

Sunny beamed.

"Yes! Exactly! And how did that end up? I almost got killed!"

Nephis shrugged indifferently.

"You survived, didn't you?"

He froze with his mouth open, too flabbergasted by the sheer audacity of her remark to answer immediately. A few seconds later, Sunny was finally able to speak again.

"That's not the point!"

Cassie gently touched her friend on the shoulder and whispered.

"Neph! That's not a very nice thing to say."

Changing Star's face flushed a little. Glancing aside, she hesitated and said:

is… uh… we've won in the end, didn't we? It was a risk we had to take, and it paid off. We've grown stronger since

the fight against the Carapace Demon was already inevitable, but couldn't

won't even be able to poke it with your sword! What are we going to do, ask the bastard politely to lower itself

looked at him with

"It's just an…"

"...awakened demon, I know!"

his head again, feeling like he was talking to

He had realized a long time ago that there was a deep dark well hidden behind her seemingly radiant exterior. No one pushed themselves that hard, endured that much, went that far unless they were being pursued by

Nephis was, her personal demons were especially dreadful. Much more dreadful than the terrifying Carapace Demon, at least. But although Sunny understood that she was running from

come back to reality and rip all the rewards that the world owed him was so intense that it would frighten most people to death. There were very few things that he wasn't

life. Why else would she be so willing to risk it? Sunny just couldn't understand that logic. It was irrational and paradoxical! What can be more important than your life? If

in the

we agreed to fight the carapace centurion, we did so because there was no other choice. We were literally stuck on a rock with it. What about now? Don't we

him for a while and

only way

Sunny laughed.

the truth, I'll give you

wiped the corner of

it, as the only one who actually saw the Carapace Demon… we won't be able

Nephis scowled.

"Your point?"

Sunny spread his hands.

Yes, we can't defeat it.

dark smile appeared on his

that we

about it, then raised an eyebrow

"You have a plan?"

Sunny shook his head.

not entirely. Let me sleep on it. However, there's one thing I know

bestial face. In the ensuing silence,

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