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

trying to

are things we

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. All culminating in the short but terrifying

not time to rest yet. They had

shoulder. After she placed her hand on it, he walked over to

with

"Good morning."

polite smile. However, today it did not look very

it 3.6 out of ten. Not

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

ignite her sword and struck at the weakened patch of armor on the demon's chest, the one you told us about.

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 her visions. Regardless, he

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

shook her head

demon! I thought that stuff like that only

Nephis corrected her:

and advice, we wouldn't have been able

girl lowered her face,

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

from one girl to another, then finally turned to

to cook demon meat for you after this is

meat in his mouth. However, Cassie suddenly frowned,

I don't know

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

just seems weird 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 doesn't seem right, I

did not think about it either. In retrospect, the idea of making steaks out of a creature whose intelligence was comparable to

Realm. Monsters devoured humans, and humans devoured monsters. It was

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 were also other qualities to the

proud and fearless, even valiant. When fighting against the terrifying monsters of the dark sea, he did not hesitate

not educate me on the ethics of eating your

Sunny's silence, Cassie blushed and

I know it seems ridiculous, but that's just how I feel. You and Neph don't have

Sunny shook his head.

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

Then, her face

the great tree's fruits? I bet

at her

"Are you serious?"

was visibly confused

"Uh… yes? Why?"

blinked a couple of times

and pretty, but it's also very strange and suspicious. Why is it able to grow here when nothing else can? I'm pretty sure that it's the reason