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 remember what was going

right. It's morning. There are things

day was 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

not time to rest yet.

Sunny stood up and offered Cassie his shoulder. After she placed her hand on it, he walked over to the

with a tired

"Good morning."

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

3.6 out of ten. Not great, not

in a circle, passing around the glass bottle full of cold, refreshing water. Sunny was in

Neph attacked. She used her Aspect Ability to ignite her sword and struck at the weakened patch of armor on the demon's

trick. Either she knew all along because Nephis had told her, or she saw something in one of her visions. Regardless, he

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

her head in

an awakened demon! I thought that stuff like

Nephis corrected her:

Sleepers. Without your vision and advice, we

girl lowered her

or three, it doesn't

from one girl to another, then finally

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

already tasting the juicy, tender meat in his mouth. However, Cassie suddenly frowned, a hesitant expression appearing on her

don't know

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

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

it either. In retrospect, the idea of making steaks out of a creature whose intelligence was comparable to theirs did

humans, and humans

were universally insane and obsessed with murder and destruction, just like he was, there were also other qualities to the ironclad

sea, he did not hesitate to stand his ground, refusing to surrender. Cooking the meat of someone like

on the ethics of eating your

silence, Cassie blushed

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

Sunny shook his head.

that we didn't bring any supplies with us, so we won't be able to eat anything

girl sighed. Then, her face brightened and she

great tree's fruits? I

looked at

"Are you serious?"

was visibly confused by his

"Uh… yes? Why?"

blinked a couple of

strange and suspicious. Why is it able 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 you seen anything else capable of damaging the