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

a feeling that the fight against the Carapace Demon was already inevitable, but couldn't bring himself to

your

looked at him with

"It's just an…"

"...awakened demon, I know!"

shook his head again, feeling like he

behind her seemingly radiant

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

Sunny himself? His burning desire to come back to reality and 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 he

only had meaning for as long as he stayed alive. 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 risk it? Sunny just couldn't understand that logic. It was irrational and paradoxical! What can be more important than your life?

Nephis in the eyes and

we agreed to fight the carapace centurion, we did so because there was no other choice. We were literally stuck on a rock with it. What about now? Don't we have

stared at him for a

only

Sunny laughed.

the truth, I'll give

he wiped the

Alright. That makes sense. But believe me when I say it, as the only one

Nephis scowled.

"Your point?"

Sunny spread his hands.

we can't defeat it.

appeared on his

doesn't mean that we

about it, then raised an

"You have a plan?"

Sunny shook his head.

entirely. Let me sleep on it. However,

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

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