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:

meant to say is… uh… we've won in the end, didn't we? It was a risk we had to take,

a feeling that the fight against the Carapace Demon was already inevitable, but couldn't bring himself to stop protesting, solely out of

able to poke it with your sword! What are we going to do, ask the bastard politely

and looked

"It's just an…"

"...awakened demon, I know!"

and shook his head again, feeling like he was talking to

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,

everyone he had ever known 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 something, he had no idea

all the rewards that the world owed him was so intense that it would frighten most people to death. There were

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, you won't be able to enjoy the fruits of your

Nephis in the eyes and

fight the carapace centurion, we did so because there was no other choice. We were literally stuck on a rock with

him for a

only way

Sunny laughed.

is the truth, I'll

down, he wiped the corner of

makes sense. But believe me when I say it, as the only one who actually saw the Carapace Demon… we won't be able to defeat it

Nephis scowled.

"Your point?"

Sunny spread his hands.

misunderstand. Yes, we

smile appeared on his

that we

it, then raised an eyebrow and

"You have a plan?"

Sunny shook his head.

on it. However, there's one thing I

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

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