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:

just going

trying

are things we have to

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

yet. They had to take basic

she placed her hand on it, he

with a tired

"Good morning."

force a polite

give it 3.6 out of ten. Not great,

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

weakened patch of armor on the demon's chest,

seem surprised at the mention of Changing Star's new trick. Either she knew all along because Nephis had told her, or she

sea, so it was enough to finish him off.

shook her

Two Sleepers killing an awakened demon! I thought that stuff like

Nephis corrected her:

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

her

or three, it doesn't really change

to another, then

not something one would expect to happen. But, anyway… I promised to cook demon meat for you after this is over, didn't

juicy, tender meat in his mouth. However, Cassie suddenly frowned, a hesitant expression

don't

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

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

whose intelligence was comparable to theirs did seem a

was just how things worked in the Dream Realm. Monsters devoured humans, and humans devoured monsters. It was the circle of life... death? The circle

his own thoughts and personality. Even though Nightmare Creatures were universally insane

fearless, even valiant. When fighting against the terrifying monsters of the dark sea, he did not hesitate to stand his ground, refusing

on the ethics

Cassie blushed

just how I feel. You and Neph don't have

Sunny shook his head.

any supplies with

Then, her

the great tree's fruits?

looked at her

"Are you serious?"

confused by his

"Uh… yes? Why?"

blinked a couple of

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 the Ashen Barrow is dead. Have you seen anything else capable of damaging