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

blinked, trying to remember

It's morning. There are things

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 mention the… all the stuff that happened after. All culminating in the short

was not time to rest yet. They had to take basic precautions,

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

with a tired

"Good morning."

to force a polite smile. However, today it did

give it 3.6 out of ten.

three of them were sitting in a circle, passing around the glass bottle full of cold, refreshing water. Sunny was in the middle of describing their fight with

Neph attacked. She used her 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 rest of his carapace, so

Either she knew all along because Nephis had told

from the sea, so it was enough to finish him off. A few seconds later, he

her head

I thought that stuff like that

Nephis corrected her:

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

blind girl lowered her

or three, it doesn't really

from one girl to another, then finally

anyway… I promised to cook demon meat for you after this is over, didn't I? Are

mouth. However, Cassie suddenly frowned, a hesitant expression

I don't know about

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

just seems weird to eat the meat of an intelligent creature. Even if it was evil. I didn't think about it before, but now… uh. It just doesn't

a creature whose intelligence was comparable to

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

personality. Even though Nightmare Creatures were universally insane and obsessed with murder and destruction, just like

the dark sea, he did not hesitate to stand his ground, refusing to surrender. Cooking the meat of someone like

educate me on the ethics of eating your enemies? What an

silence, Cassie blushed and

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

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

blind girl sighed. Then, her

about the great tree's

at

"Are you serious?"

visibly confused

"Uh… yes? Why?"

blinked a couple of times

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.