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 continue lying

opened his eyes and blinked, trying

morning. There are things

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

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 sprawled in the

with

"Good morning."

Star tried to force a polite smile.

I give it 3.6 out of ten.

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

Aspect Ability to ignite her sword and struck at the weakened patch of armor on the demon's chest, the one you told us about. It really was not as strong as the

at the mention of Changing Star's new trick. Either she knew all along because Nephis had told her, or she saw something in one of her

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

shook her head

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

Nephis corrected her:

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

girl lowered her

doesn't really change a lot,

from one girl to another, then

I promised to cook demon meat for you after this is over,

smiled, already tasting the juicy, tender meat in his mouth. However, Cassie suddenly frowned, a hesitant expression appearing on

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

blinked. Actually, he did not think about it 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 a bloodthirsty demon

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

own thoughts and personality. Even though Nightmare Creatures were universally

fighting against the terrifying monsters of the dark sea, he did not hesitate to stand his ground,

not educate me on the

silence, Cassie

I know it seems ridiculous, but that's just how I feel. You and Neph don't have to do the

Sunny shook his head.

sort of. It's just that we didn't bring any supplies with us, so we won't be able to eat

sighed. Then, her face brightened and

about the great tree's

at her in

"Are you serious?"

was visibly confused by his

"Uh… yes? Why?"

couple of

pretty sure that it's the reason why all the coral around the Ashen