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:

uh… we've won in the end, didn't we? It was a risk we had

the fight against the Carapace Demon was already

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

frowned and looked at him

"It's just an…"

"...awakened demon, I know!"

head again, feeling

hidden behind her seemingly radiant exterior. No one pushed themselves that hard, endured that much, went that far unless they were being pursued by demons of their own… he knew that from

how far ahead of 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 what destination she

why was she so hellbent on finding that damned human castle, even more so than Sunny himself? His burning desire to come back to reality and rip all the rewards that the

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, you won't be

looked Nephis in the eyes

choice. We were literally stuck on a rock with it. What about now? Don't we have a choice to avoid the

a while

the only

Sunny laughed.

the truth, I'll give

laughter died down, he wiped the corner

sense. But believe me when I say it, as the only one who actually saw

Nephis scowled.

"Your point?"

Sunny spread his hands.

we

smile appeared on

mean that we

about it, then raised an eyebrow

"You have a plan?"

Sunny shook his head.

entirely. Let me sleep on it. However, there's one thing I know

looked west, remembering the Carapace Demon's disturbing, bestial face. In the ensuing silence,

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