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:

to say 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

was already inevitable, but couldn't bring himself to stop

thing… it's huge! It's so tall you won't even be able to poke it with your

frowned and looked at

"It's just an…"

"...awakened demon, I know!"

his head again, feeling like he was talking to a stone

hidden behind her seemingly radiant exterior. No one pushed themselves that hard, endured that much, went that far

dreadful than the terrifying Carapace Demon, at least. But although Sunny understood that she was running from something, he had no idea what destination she was so desperate to

His burning desire to 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.

it only had meaning for as long as he stayed alive. Nephis, on the other hand, seemed to pursue a goal that held more meaning than her 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 you die,

Nephis in the eyes and

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 have a choice to avoid the Ashen

stared at him for a while and

the only

Sunny laughed.

the truth,

he wiped the corner of his eye and

one who actually saw the Carapace Demon… we won't be able to defeat it

Nephis scowled.

"Your point?"

Sunny spread his hands.

Yes, we

dark smile appeared on

doesn't mean that we can't

thought about it, then raised an eyebrow and

"You have a plan?"

Sunny shook his head.

not entirely. Let me sleep on it.

west, remembering the Carapace Demon's disturbing, bestial face. In the ensuing silence, Cassie turned her

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