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

trying to remember

There are things

themselves in its branches, risk their lives to set the demon

not time to rest yet. They had to

she placed her hand on it, he walked over to the Carapace Demon's corpse,

greeted them with a

"Good morning."

Star tried to force a polite smile. However, today it

give it 3.6 out of ten. Not

of cold, refreshing water. Sunny was in the

the weakened 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

Changing Star's new trick. Either she knew all along because Nephis had told her, or

fight with the… the thing from the sea, so it was enough to finish him off. A

her head

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

Nephis corrected her:

your vision and advice, we wouldn't

girl lowered her face,

Two or three, it doesn't really change

to another, then finally turned to

right, it's not something one would expect to happen. But, anyway… I promised to cook demon meat for

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

don't know about

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

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

devoured humans, and

personality. Even though Nightmare Creatures were universally insane and obsessed

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

on the ethics

Sunny's silence, Cassie

how I feel. You and Neph don't have

Sunny shook his head.

you might be right. I understand… sort of. It's just that we didn't bring any supplies with us, so we won't be able to eat anything

her face brightened and

about the great tree's

at her

"Are you serious?"

visibly confused by

"Uh… yes? Why?"

couple of

very strange and suspicious. Why is it able to grow here when nothing else can? I'm pretty sure that it's the reason why all