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

blinked, trying

right. It's morning. There are things we have

the hill, climb the great tree, hide themselves in its branches, risk their lives to set the demon on fire, not

yet. They

Cassie his shoulder. After she placed her hand on it,

them with a tired

"Good morning."

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

3.6 out of ten. Not great,

of cold, refreshing water. Sunny was in the middle of

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

she knew all along because Nephis had

the thing from the sea, so it was enough to finish him

her

demon! I

Nephis corrected her:

advice, we wouldn't have been able to do

girl lowered her face,

three, it doesn't

from one girl to another, then finally

to cook demon meat

already tasting the juicy, tender meat in his mouth. However, Cassie suddenly frowned, a hesitant

I don't know

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

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

of making steaks out of a creature whose intelligence was comparable to theirs did seem a little wrong. Even if that creature was

humans, and humans devoured monsters. It was

own thoughts and personality. Even though Nightmare Creatures were universally insane and obsessed with murder and destruction, just like he was, there were

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

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

silence, Cassie

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

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

blind girl sighed. Then, her face brightened

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

at

"Are you serious?"

was visibly confused by

"Uh… yes? Why?"

couple of times before

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 the