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

blinked, trying to

are things we have

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 fire, not to mention the… all

it was not time to rest yet. They had to take basic precautions,

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

greeted them with

"Good morning."

Star tried to force a polite smile. However,

out of

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

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

Changing Star's new trick. Either she knew all along because Nephis had told her, or she

severely wounded from his fight with the… the thing from the sea, so it was

shook her head in

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

Nephis corrected her:

advice, we wouldn't have been able to do

her face, a

or three, it doesn't really

from one girl to

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

tender meat in his mouth.

I don't know

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

Even if it was evil. I didn't think about

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

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

were universally insane and obsessed with murder and destruction, just

against the terrifying monsters of the dark sea, he did not hesitate to stand

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

silence, Cassie

how I feel. You and Neph don't have

Sunny shook his head.

might 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

Then, her face brightened and she

about the great tree's fruits? I

at her

"Are you serious?"

confused

"Uh… yes? Why?"

couple of times

is it able to grow here when nothing else can? I'm pretty sure that it's the reason why all the