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:

you're just going to continue

his eyes and blinked, trying to remember what was going

are things we have

in its branches, risk their lives to set the demon on fire, not to

to rest yet. They had to take basic precautions, at

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

greeted them with a tired

"Good morning."

Changing Star tried to force a polite smile. However, today it did

it 3.6 out of ten. Not great, not

in a circle, passing around the glass bottle full of cold, refreshing water.

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

she knew all along because Nephis had told her, or she saw something in one of her visions. Regardless, he decided not to press

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

shook her head in

killing an awakened demon! I thought that stuff like

Nephis corrected her:

and advice, we wouldn't

girl lowered her face, a

doesn't really

looked from one girl to

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

his mouth. However, Cassie suddenly frowned,

don't know about

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

creature. Even if it was evil.

whose intelligence was comparable to theirs did seem a little wrong. Even if that creature was a bloodthirsty demon who would have swallowed them

devoured humans, and humans devoured

Even though Nightmare Creatures were universally insane

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

did not educate me on the ethics

Cassie

I know it seems ridiculous, but that's just how I feel. You and Neph don't have to do the

Sunny shook his head.

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

Then, her face brightened and she

about the great tree's fruits? I bet they're

looked at her

"Are you serious?"

visibly confused by

"Uh… yes? Why?"

blinked a couple of

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 the reason why all the coral around the Ashen Barrow is dead. Have you seen anything else capable of damaging