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

his eyes and blinked, trying to remember what was going

are things we

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

yet, it was not time to rest yet. They had

she placed her hand on it, he walked over

with

"Good morning."

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

I give it 3.6 out of ten. Not great,

the glass bottle full of cold, refreshing water. Sunny was in

at the weakened patch of armor on the demon's chest, the one you told us about. It really was not as strong as

she knew all along because Nephis had told her, or she saw something in one of her visions. Regardless, he decided not

the thing from the sea, so it

shook her head

I thought that stuff like that

Nephis corrected her:

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

lowered her face,

Two or three, it doesn't really change a lot, does

one girl to another, then finally

demon meat

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

I don't know about

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

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

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 that creature was a bloodthirsty demon who would have swallowed

Monsters devoured humans, and humans devoured monsters. It was the circle of life... death?

Nightmare Creatures were universally insane and obsessed with murder and destruction, just like

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

me on the ethics of eating your enemies? What an

Cassie blushed

how I feel. You and Neph don't have to do the

Sunny shook his head.

right. I understand… sort of. It's just that we didn't bring any supplies with us, so we won't be able to eat anything

blind girl sighed. Then, her face brightened and

the great tree's fruits? I bet

looked at her in

"Are you serious?"

visibly confused by

"Uh… yes? Why?"

a couple of

else can? I'm pretty sure that it's the reason why all the coral