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

opened his eyes and blinked, trying to remember what

right. It's morning. There are things we have

last day was excruciatingly long and exhausting. 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 on fire, not to

was not time to rest yet. They had to take

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 the

them with a

"Good morning."

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

give it 3.6 out of ten.

of them were sitting in a circle, passing around the glass bottle full of cold, refreshing water. Sunny was

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

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

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

shook her head

I thought

Nephis corrected her:

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

lowered her face,

doesn't

from one girl to another, then finally turned to

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

already tasting the juicy, tender meat in his mouth. However, Cassie

I don't know about

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

it was evil. I didn't think about

either. 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

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

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

sea, he did not hesitate to

me on the ethics of

silence, Cassie blushed and

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 unless we

sighed. Then, her face brightened and she

the great tree's fruits? I

looked at her in

"Are you serious?"

was visibly confused by

"Uh… yes? Why?"

a couple of times

Why is it able to grow here when nothing else can? I'm pretty sure that