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

eyes and blinked, trying to

are things

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

it was not time to rest yet.

on it, he walked over to the Carapace Demon's corpse,

with a

"Good morning."

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

give it 3.6 out of ten. Not great,

passing around the glass bottle full of cold, refreshing water. Sunny was in the middle of describing their fight with

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

she knew all along because Nephis had told

from his fight with the… the thing from the sea, so it

her head

killing an awakened demon! I thought that stuff

Nephis corrected her:

advice, we wouldn't have been able

blind girl lowered her face, a little

three, it doesn't really change a lot, does

girl to another, then finally

one would expect to happen. But, anyway… I promised to cook demon meat for you after this

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

I don't know about

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

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

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 bloodthirsty demon who would

Realm. Monsters devoured humans, and humans devoured monsters.

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

even valiant. When fighting against the terrifying monsters of the dark sea, he did not hesitate to stand his ground, refusing to surrender. Cooking the meat

Julius did not educate me on the ethics of

silence, Cassie blushed

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

Sunny shook his head.

right. I understand… sort of. It's just that we didn't bring any supplies

girl sighed. Then, her face brightened

tree's fruits? I bet

looked at her in

"Are you serious?"

was visibly confused by

"Uh… yes? Why?"

a couple of times

when nothing else can? I'm pretty sure that