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

eyes and blinked, trying to remember what was going

are things we

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. All culminating

yet, it was not time to rest yet. They

Sunny stood up and offered Cassie his shoulder. After she placed her hand on it, he walked over to the Carapace Demon's corpse, stopping

them with a

"Good morning."

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

out of ten.

full of

at the weakened patch of armor on the demon's chest, the one you told

knew all along because Nephis had told her, or she

already severely wounded from his fight with the… the thing from the sea, so it was enough to finish him off. A few seconds later,

her head in

incredible. Two Sleepers killing an awakened demon! I

Nephis corrected her:

vision and advice, we wouldn't have

girl lowered her face, a little

it doesn't really change

from one girl to another, then

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

tender meat in his mouth.

I don't

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

of an intelligent creature. Even if it was evil. I didn't think about

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.

the Dream Realm. Monsters devoured humans, and humans

though Nightmare Creatures were universally insane and obsessed with murder and destruction, just like he was, there

the dark sea, he did not hesitate to stand

come Teacher Julius did not educate me on the ethics of eating your

Sunny's silence, Cassie blushed and

ridiculous, but that's just how I feel.

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 unless we go

her

great tree's

looked at her

"Are you serious?"

confused

"Uh… yes? Why?"

a couple

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