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 remember

It's morning. There are things

the great tree, hide themselves in its branches, risk their lives to set the demon on fire, not to mention the…

yet.

his exhausted body, Sunny stood up and offered Cassie his shoulder. After she placed her hand on it, he walked over to the Carapace Demon's corpse, stopping at the spot where Nephis was sprawled in

greeted them with

"Good morning."

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

I give it 3.6 out of ten. Not great, not

were sitting in a circle, passing around the glass bottle full of

used her Aspect Ability to ignite her sword and struck at the weakened patch of armor on the demon's chest,

trick. Either she knew all along because Nephis had told her, or she saw something in one of her visions. Regardless, he decided

from the sea, so it was enough

her head in

is… incredible. Two Sleepers killing an awakened demon! I thought that stuff like that

Nephis corrected her:

your vision and advice, we wouldn't have been able to

girl lowered her face, a

it doesn't really change a lot,

one girl to

right, it's not something one would expect to happen. But, anyway… I promised to cook demon meat for you after this is over, didn't I? Are you ready to witness my incredible culinary

tasting the juicy, tender meat in his mouth. However, Cassie suddenly frowned, a

I don't

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

an intelligent creature. Even if it was evil. I didn't think about it before, but now… uh.

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

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

Even though Nightmare Creatures were universally insane and obsessed with murder and destruction, just like he was, there were also other qualities to

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…

come Teacher Julius did not educate me on the ethics of

Sunny's silence, Cassie

how I feel. You and Neph don't have to do the

Sunny shook his head.

right. I understand… sort of. It's just that we didn't bring any supplies with

sighed. Then, her

great tree's fruits? I bet they're

at her in

"Are you serious?"

was visibly confused

"Uh… yes? Why?"

blinked a couple of times

else can? I'm pretty sure that it's the reason why all the coral around the