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:

in the end, didn't we? It was a risk we had to take,

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

able to poke it with your sword! What are we going

frowned and looked at him with

"It's just an…"

"...awakened demon, I know!"

sighed and shook his head again, feeling like 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 demons of

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

and rip all the rewards that the world owed him was so intense that it would

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

Nephis in the

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

a while and

only

Sunny laughed.

truth, I'll give you

he wiped the corner of his eye and

the only one who actually saw the Carapace

Nephis scowled.

"Your point?"

Sunny spread his hands.

Yes, we can't defeat it.

smile appeared on

doesn't mean that

thought 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 for

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

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