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:

end, didn't we? It was a risk we had to take, and it

against the Carapace Demon was already inevitable, but couldn't bring himself to stop protesting, solely

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

looked

"It's just an…"

"...awakened demon, I know!"

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

ago that there was a deep dark well hidden behind her seemingly radiant

especially dreadful. Much more dreadful than the terrifying Carapace Demon, at least. But although Sunny understood

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

on the other hand, seemed to pursue a goal that held more 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

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

him for a while and then simply

the only

Sunny laughed.

truth, I'll give you

down, he wiped the corner of his eye

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.

we

smile appeared on

doesn't mean that we

thought about it, then raised an

"You have a plan?"

Sunny shook his head.

me sleep on it. However, there's one thing

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

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