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:

going to continue lying

trying

morning. There are

tree, hide themselves in its branches, risk their lives to set the demon on fire, not to mention the… all the stuff

it was not time to rest yet. They had to take basic precautions,

on it, he walked over to the Carapace Demon's corpse, stopping at the spot where Nephis was sprawled in

with

"Good morning."

habit, Changing Star tried to force a polite smile. However, today it did not

give it 3.6 out of ten. Not great, not

sitting in a circle, passing around the glass bottle full of cold, refreshing

for a 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 was not as strong as the rest of his carapace, so the sword went through

seem 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 her visions.

from the sea, so it was enough to

shook her head

Two Sleepers killing an awakened demon! I thought that stuff like that only happens in

Nephis corrected her:

vision and advice, we wouldn't have been able

girl lowered her face, a little

or three, it doesn't really change

looked from one girl to another, then finally

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

juicy, tender meat in his mouth. However, Cassie

don't know about

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

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. Even if that creature was a

in the Dream Realm. Monsters devoured humans, and humans devoured monsters. It was the circle of life...

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 like

the dark sea, he did not hesitate to stand his ground, refusing to surrender. Cooking the

educate me on the ethics of eating your enemies?

Sunny's silence, Cassie blushed and

I know it seems ridiculous, but that's just 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

her face brightened and she

great tree's

looked at her

"Are you serious?"

confused by

"Uh… yes? Why?"

blinked a couple of

is magnificent 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