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

opened his eyes and blinked, trying to

It's morning. There are things we

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

it was not time to rest yet. They had to

she placed her hand on it, he walked over to the Carapace Demon's corpse, stopping at the spot where Nephis was

greeted them with

"Good morning."

of habit, Changing Star tried to force a polite smile. However, today it did not

give it 3.6 out of

of cold, refreshing water. Sunny was in

sword and struck at the weakened patch of armor on the demon's chest,

mention of Changing Star's new trick. Either she knew all along because Nephis had told

with the… the thing from the sea, so it was enough to finish him off. A few seconds later, he was

shook her head

killing an awakened demon! I thought that stuff like

Nephis corrected her:

Without your vision and advice, we wouldn't have been able

lowered her face,

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

girl to another, then finally

But, anyway… I promised to cook demon meat for

mouth. However, Cassie suddenly frowned, a hesitant

don't know about

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

creature. Even if it was evil. I didn't

making steaks out of a creature whose intelligence was comparable to theirs did seem a

Realm. Monsters devoured humans, and humans devoured

only smart. He had his own thoughts and personality. Even though Nightmare Creatures were universally

proud 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

Julius did not educate me on the ethics of

Sunny's silence, Cassie

just how I feel. You and Neph

Sunny shook his head.

sort of. It's just that we didn't bring any supplies with us,

Then, her face brightened

great tree's fruits? I

looked at her

"Are you serious?"

confused by his

"Uh… yes? Why?"

couple of times

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