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:

just going to continue

eyes and blinked, trying to remember

There are things we have to

the plan, race to the top of the hill, climb the great tree, hide themselves in its

yet. They had to

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

them with a tired

"Good morning."

to force a polite

out

of cold, refreshing water.

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

along because Nephis had told her, or she saw something in one

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

shook her

demon! I thought that stuff like

Nephis corrected her:

your vision and advice, we wouldn't have been able to do

lowered her

doesn't really change a lot, does

looked from one girl to

cook demon meat for you after this is over, didn't I?

his mouth. However,

I don't

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

eat the meat of an intelligent creature. Even if it was evil. I didn't

steaks out of a creature whose intelligence was comparable to theirs did seem a little wrong. Even if that creature

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

not only smart. He had his own thoughts and personality. Even though Nightmare Creatures were universally

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

on the ethics of

Sunny's silence, Cassie blushed and

that's just how I

Sunny shook his head.

bring any supplies with us, so we

sighed. Then, her face

the great tree's

at her in

"Are you serious?"

was visibly confused

"Uh… yes? Why?"

blinked a couple of times

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 why all the coral around the Ashen Barrow