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

and blinked, trying to remember what was

There are things we have to

to make preparations to execute the plan, race to the top of the hill, climb the great tree, hide themselves in its branches, risk their lives to set the demon on

it was not time to rest yet. They had to take basic precautions,

and offered Cassie his shoulder. After she placed her hand on it, he walked over to the Carapace

greeted them with a tired

"Good morning."

to force a polite smile. However, today it did

it 3.6 out of ten. Not great,

the glass bottle full of cold, refreshing water. Sunny was in the middle of describing their fight with the

patch of armor on the demon's chest, the one you told us about. It really was not

Star's new trick. Either she knew all along because Nephis had told her, or she saw something in one of

from his fight with the… the thing from the sea, so it was enough to finish

her head

is… incredible. Two Sleepers killing an awakened demon! I

Nephis corrected her:

we wouldn't have been able to do

lowered her face, a little

doesn't really

to another, then

anyway… I promised to cook demon meat for you after this is over, didn't I? Are you ready

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

don't know about

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

Even if it was evil. I didn't think about it before, but now… uh. It just doesn't seem

of a creature whose intelligence was comparable to theirs did seem a little wrong.

how things worked in the Dream Realm. Monsters devoured humans, and humans devoured monsters. It was

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

terrifying monsters of the dark sea, he did not hesitate to stand his ground,

on the ethics of eating your enemies? What

Cassie blushed

that's just how I feel. You and Neph don't have to do

Sunny shook his head.

we didn't bring any supplies with us, so

Then, her face brightened and she

great tree's fruits? I bet they're

looked at

"Are you serious?"

confused by

"Uh… yes? Why?"

blinked a couple

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