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:

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

already inevitable,

to poke it with your

looked at him with

"It's just an…"

"...awakened demon, I know!"

sighed and shook his head again, feeling

Star's mind was still a mystery to him. He had realized a long time ago that there was a deep dark well hidden behind her seemingly radiant

ever known Nephis was, her personal demons were especially dreadful. Much more dreadful than the terrifying Carapace Demon, at least. But

back to reality and rip all the rewards that the world owed him was so intense that

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

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 it.

at him for a while

the only

Sunny laughed.

truth, I'll give you

wiped the corner

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

Nephis scowled.

"Your point?"

Sunny spread his hands.

misunderstand. Yes, we can't defeat it.

dark smile appeared on

doesn't mean that we can't kill

it, then raised an

"You have a plan?"

Sunny shook his head.

sleep on it. However,

disturbing, bestial face. In the ensuing silence, Cassie turned her head to face him and asked

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