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:

going to

and blinked, trying to remember what was going

morning. There are things

They had 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

was not time to rest yet. They had to take basic

Sunny stood up and offered Cassie his shoulder. After she placed her hand on it, he walked over to the Carapace Demon's

greeted them with

"Good morning."

tried to force a polite smile. However, today

give it 3.6 out of ten. Not great,

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

patch of armor on the demon's chest, the one you told us about. It really was not as strong as the rest of his carapace, so the sword went through and

knew all along because Nephis had told

was already severely wounded from his fight with the… the thing from the sea, so it was enough to

her head

I thought that stuff like

Nephis corrected her:

and advice, we wouldn't have been

girl lowered her

or three, it doesn't really change a lot,

from one girl to another, then

not something one would expect to happen. But, anyway… I promised to cook demon meat for you after this

juicy, tender meat in his mouth. However, Cassie suddenly frowned, a hesitant expression appearing on

I don't

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

seems weird to eat the meat of an intelligent creature. Even if it was evil. I didn't think about it before, but now… uh. It just doesn't seem

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

Realm. Monsters devoured humans, and humans devoured

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

fearless, even valiant. When fighting against the terrifying monsters of the dark sea, he did not hesitate to stand his ground, refusing to surrender. Cooking the meat of someone like that could indeed be considered…

did not educate me on the

silence, Cassie

just how I

Sunny shook his head.

any supplies with us, so

blind girl sighed. Then, her face brightened

tree's fruits?

at

"Are you serious?"

visibly confused by his

"Uh… yes? Why?"

blinked a couple

here when nothing else can? I'm pretty sure that it's