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 to

blinked, trying

There are things

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

yet. They had to take

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

them with

"Good morning."

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

give it 3.6 out of ten. Not

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

moments. That's when Neph attacked. She used her Aspect Ability 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 rest of his carapace, so the sword went through and pierced the bastard's

new trick. Either she knew all along because Nephis had told her, or she saw something in

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

her head

Sleepers killing an awakened demon! I thought

Nephis corrected her:

we

girl lowered her

or three, it doesn't really change a

from one girl to

right, it's not something one would expect to happen. But, anyway… I promised to cook demon meat for you after this is

meat in his mouth. However, Cassie suddenly frowned, a hesitant

I don't know

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

Even if it was evil. I

making steaks out of a creature whose intelligence was comparable to theirs did seem

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

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

the terrifying monsters of the dark sea, he did not hesitate to stand his ground, refusing to

Teacher Julius did not educate me on the ethics of eating your enemies?

Cassie

how I feel. You and Neph don't have to

Sunny shook his head.

be right. I understand… sort of. It's just that we didn't bring any supplies with us, so we won't be able to eat anything unless we

blind girl sighed. Then, her face brightened

the great tree's fruits? I

looked at

"Are you serious?"

confused by

"Uh… yes? Why?"

a couple

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