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:

you're just going to

his eyes and blinked, trying to remember what was going

It's morning. There are things we

to the top of the hill, climb the great tree, hide themselves in its branches, risk their lives to set the demon on fire, not

to rest yet. They

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

with a tired

"Good morning."

a polite smile. However, today it did not look

I give it 3.6 out

bottle full of cold,

weakened patch of armor on the demon's chest, the one you

Changing Star's new trick. Either she knew all along because Nephis had told her, or she saw something in one of her visions. Regardless, he decided not

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

her

I thought that stuff like that only happens

Nephis corrected her:

Sleepers. Without your vision and advice, we wouldn't have been able to do

girl lowered her face, a

it doesn't

one girl to another, then finally turned

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

meat in his mouth. However, Cassie suddenly frowned, a

don't know about

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

it was

a creature whose intelligence was comparable to theirs did seem a

devoured humans, and humans devoured monsters. It

Demon was not only smart. He had his own thoughts and personality. Even though Nightmare Creatures were universally insane and obsessed with murder and destruction, just

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

not educate me on the ethics of eating

Cassie

how I feel.

Sunny shook his head.

didn't bring any supplies with us, so we

her face brightened and

about the great tree's fruits? I

looked at her in

"Are you serious?"

was visibly confused by his

"Uh… yes? Why?"

a couple of

and pretty, but it's also 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 the coral around the Ashen Barrow is dead. Have you seen