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

his eyes and blinked, trying to remember what was

are things we have

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,

to rest yet. They had to take basic

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

with a

"Good morning."

tried to force a polite smile. However, today

give it 3.6 out of ten. Not great, not

circle, passing around the glass bottle full of cold, refreshing water. Sunny was in the middle of describing their fight with the Carapace

few moments. That's when 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 the sword went through and pierced the

she knew all along because Nephis

his fight with the… the thing from the sea, so it was enough to finish him off. A few seconds

shook her head

an awakened demon! I thought

Nephis corrected her:

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

girl lowered her face, a little

or three, it doesn't

looked from one girl to

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

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

don't know about

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

it was evil. I didn't think about it before, but now… uh. It just doesn't seem right,

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

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

though Nightmare Creatures were universally insane and obsessed with

did not hesitate to stand his ground, refusing to surrender. Cooking the

me on the

Sunny's silence, Cassie blushed

but that's just how I feel. You and Neph

Sunny shook his head.

we didn't bring any supplies with us,

sighed. Then, her face brightened and

great tree's fruits? I bet

looked at

"Are you serious?"

confused by his

"Uh… yes? Why?"

a couple

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