"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:
end, didn't we? It was a risk we had to take, and it paid off. We've grown stronger
already
able to poke it with your sword! What are
frowned and looked
"It's just an…"
"...awakened demon, I know!"
and shook his head again, feeling like he was talking to a stone
radiant
demons were especially dreadful. Much more dreadful than the terrifying
rip all the rewards that the world owed him was so intense that it would frighten most people to death. There were very few things that
to risk it? Sunny just couldn't understand that logic. It was irrational and paradoxical! What can be
in
because there was no other choice. We were literally stuck on
at him for a while and
the only way
Sunny laughed.
the truth, I'll give
laughter died down, he wiped the corner of his eye
when I say it, as the only one who actually saw the Carapace Demon… we won't be able to defeat
Nephis scowled.
"Your point?"
Sunny spread his hands.
Yes, we can't
dark smile appeared on his
mean that we can't kill
it, then raised an eyebrow
"You have a plan?"
Sunny shook his head.
me sleep on it. However,
Carapace Demon's disturbing, bestial face. In the ensuing silence,
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