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 to continue

trying to remember what

morning. There are

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.

was not time to rest yet. They had to

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

them with a tired

"Good morning."

a polite smile. However, today it did not look

I give it 3.6 out of ten. Not

the glass bottle full of cold, refreshing water.

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

surprised at 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

the… the thing from the sea, so it was enough to finish him off. A

her head

demon! I thought

Nephis corrected her:

advice, we wouldn't have been

girl lowered her face,

doesn't really

one girl to another, then finally turned

to happen. But, anyway… I promised to cook demon meat for you after this is over, didn't I? Are you

his mouth. However, Cassie suddenly frowned, a hesitant expression appearing

I don't

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

Even if it was evil. I didn't think

intelligence was comparable to theirs did seem a little wrong.

in the Dream Realm. Monsters devoured humans, and humans devoured monsters.

own thoughts and personality. Even though Nightmare Creatures were universally insane and obsessed with murder and destruction, just

dark sea, he did not hesitate to stand his ground, refusing to

did not educate me on the ethics of eating your

Sunny's silence, Cassie

that's just how I feel. You and Neph don't have to do

Sunny shook his head.

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

Then, her face brightened and

about the great tree's fruits? I bet

looked at her in

"Are you serious?"

was visibly confused by his

"Uh… yes? Why?"

a couple of times

it able to grow here when nothing else can? I'm pretty sure that it's the reason why all the