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

and blinked, trying to remember what

morning. There are things we

the top of the hill, climb the great tree, hide themselves in its branches,

to rest yet.

she placed her hand on it,

greeted them with a

"Good morning."

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

I give it 3.6 out of ten. Not

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

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

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

demon was already severely wounded from his fight with the… the thing from the sea, so it was enough to finish

shook her

incredible. Two Sleepers killing an awakened demon! I

Nephis corrected her:

vision and advice, we wouldn't

her face,

doesn't really

from one girl to another,

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

the juicy, tender meat in his mouth. However, Cassie suddenly

don't know

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

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

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 who would have swallowed them whole without a second

humans, and humans devoured monsters. It was the

the 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

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

did not educate me on the ethics of eating

Cassie blushed

but that's just how I

Sunny shook his head.

any supplies with us,

her face

the great tree's fruits? I bet

at

"Are you serious?"

visibly confused by his

"Uh… yes? Why?"

a couple of

nothing else can? I'm pretty sure that it's the reason why all the coral