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

opened his eyes and blinked, trying to remember

right. It's morning. There are

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

rest yet. They had

his shoulder. After she placed her hand on it, he walked over to the Carapace Demon's corpse, stopping at the spot where Nephis

with

"Good morning."

a polite smile.

3.6 out of

full of cold, refreshing water.

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,

because Nephis had told her, or she

sea, so it was enough to finish him off. A few seconds

her head in

demon! I thought that stuff like that only happens in

Nephis corrected her:

advice, we wouldn't have been

lowered her face, a little

three, it doesn't really change a

girl to another, then

something one would expect to happen. But, anyway… I promised to cook demon meat for you after this is over, didn't I? Are you

mouth. However,

don't know about

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

to eat the meat of an intelligent creature. Even if it was evil.

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

how things worked in the Dream Realm. Monsters devoured humans, and humans devoured monsters. It was the circle of life... death? The circle

Nightmare Creatures were universally insane and obsessed

terrifying monsters of the dark sea, he did not hesitate to stand his ground, refusing to surrender. Cooking the meat of someone like that could indeed

me on the ethics of eating your enemies? What

silence, Cassie

seems ridiculous, but that's just how I feel. You and Neph

Sunny shook his head.

that we didn't bring any supplies with us,

her face brightened

great tree's fruits? I

looked at

"Are you serious?"

visibly confused

"Uh… yes? Why?"

blinked a couple of

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