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

It's morning. There are

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 short but terrifying battle

it was not time to rest yet. They had to take

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

them with

"Good morning."

habit, Changing Star tried to force a polite smile.

it 3.6 out of

bottle full of cold, refreshing water. Sunny was in the

armor on the demon's chest, the

of Changing Star's new trick. Either she knew all along because Nephis had

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

her head in

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

Nephis corrected her:

Sleepers. Without your vision and advice, we wouldn't have

lowered her

Two or three, it doesn't really

looked from one girl to another, then finally turned to

it's not something one would expect to happen. But, anyway… I promised to cook demon meat

tasting the juicy, tender meat in his mouth. However, Cassie

I don't know about

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

Even if it was evil. I didn't think

blinked. Actually, 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

just how things worked in the Dream Realm. Monsters devoured humans, and humans devoured monsters. It was the

were universally insane and obsessed with murder and destruction, just

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

Julius did not educate me on the ethics of

silence, Cassie

just how I feel. You

Sunny shook his head.

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

sighed. Then, her face brightened

great tree's fruits? I

looked at

"Are you serious?"

visibly confused

"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