Shadow Slave

A few minutes later, Sunny heard a noise coming from somewhere above. Looking in that direction, he noticed that Cassie was standing at the edge of the wide branch, gripping the golden rope in her hands.

Before he could react, the blind girl was already climbing down. She was very cautious, but also quite nimble for someone without sight.

He blinked.

'Is she crazy? That's dangerous!'

But he was worried for nothing. Cassie quickly reached the ground and let go of the rope, safe and sound. She then summoned her staff and took a hesitant step, trying to remember where his shout had come from.

Sunny made his presence known and guided her by saying:

"I'm here!"

The blind girl turned her head in his direction and walked forward, carefully feeling the ground in front of her with the staff. Because of how uneven the surface of the island had become, it took her longer than usual to reach him.

Just as she was about to walk past, Sunny spoke again:

"Hey, Cas."

Cassie stopped and lowered her head with a surprised expression. Then, she asked:

"Why are you lying on the ground?"

He smiled weakly.

"Ah, it's very comfortable."

Suddenly, the blind girl frowned and asked in a worried tone:

"Are you hurt?"

Sunny shook his head with a sigh. His sense of humor was not always appreciated. In fact, it had often landed him in hot water in the past.

"Just bruised all over. Nothing serious. I'm just really tired… that one was really intense."

Since Cassie was still frowning, he thought for a moment and added:

"Neph is also fine. She's resting a bit further away."

Finally, the delicate girl relaxed. Her face cleared, and she offered him a hesitant smile.

"You really killed that demon?"

Sunny cast a gaze at the giant corpse and closed his eyes.

"Yeah. He's very dead."

Both of them were silent for some time. Sunny was on the verge of falling asleep when Cassie carefully asked:

just going to continue lying

and blinked, trying

There are things we have to

execute the plan, race to the top of the hill, climb the great tree, hide themselves in its branches, risk

was not time to rest yet. They

hand on it,

them with

"Good morning."

to force a polite

I give it 3.6 out of ten. Not great, not

glass bottle full of cold, refreshing

Neph attacked. She used her Aspect Ability to ignite her sword and struck at the weakened patch of armor on the demon's chest, the one you told us about. It really was not

trick. Either she knew all along because Nephis

the thing from the sea, so it

her head

Sleepers killing an awakened demon! I thought that stuff like that only happens in

Nephis corrected her:

advice, we wouldn't have been able to

lowered her face,

it doesn't really change a lot, does

one girl to

cook demon meat

already tasting the juicy, tender meat in his mouth. However, Cassie suddenly

I don't

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

it was evil. I didn't think about

it either. In retrospect, the idea of making steaks out of a creature whose intelligence was comparable to theirs did seem a little wrong. Even if that creature was a bloodthirsty demon who would have

Monsters devoured humans, and humans devoured monsters. It was the circle of life... death? The

Demon was not only smart. He had his own thoughts and personality. Even though Nightmare Creatures were universally insane

he did not hesitate to stand his ground, refusing to surrender. Cooking the meat of someone like that could

come Teacher Julius did not educate me on the ethics of eating your enemies? What an

silence, Cassie blushed

know it seems ridiculous, but that's just how I feel. You and Neph don't have to

Sunny shook his head.

any supplies with us, so we won't

sighed. Then, her

about the great tree's

at her in

"Are you serious?"

confused by

"Uh… yes? Why?"

blinked a couple of

is it able to grow here when nothing else can? I'm pretty sure that it's the reason why all the coral around the Ashen Barrow is dead. Have you seen anything else capable of damaging the