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

trying to remember what was

morning. There are things we have to

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 mention the… all the stuff that happened after.

to rest yet. They had to take basic precautions, at

his shoulder. 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 tired

"Good morning."

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

give it 3.6 out of ten.

passing around the glass bottle full of cold, refreshing

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

knew all along because Nephis had told her, or she saw

with the… the thing from the sea, so it was enough

her

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

Nephis corrected her:

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

blind girl lowered her face, a little

Two or three, it doesn't

looked from one girl to another, then finally turned to

right, it's not something one would expect to happen. But, anyway… I promised to cook demon meat for you

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

don't

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

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

how things worked in the Dream Realm. Monsters devoured humans, and

Carapace Demon was not only smart. He had his own thoughts and personality. Even though Nightmare Creatures were universally insane and obsessed with murder and destruction, just like he was, there

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

not educate me on the ethics of eating your enemies?

silence, Cassie blushed

but that's just how I feel. You and Neph don't

Sunny shook his head.

I understand… sort of. It's just that we didn't bring any supplies with us,

her face brightened and

tree's fruits? I bet they're

at her

"Are you serious?"

confused by his

"Uh… yes? Why?"

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