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

trying to remember what was

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

hill, climb the great tree, hide themselves in its branches, risk their lives to set the

not time to rest yet. They had

she placed her hand on it, he walked over to the Carapace Demon's corpse, stopping at the spot where Nephis

with a tired

"Good morning."

to force a polite smile. However, today it did not

give it 3.6 out of ten. Not

around the glass bottle full of cold, refreshing water.

so he got distracted for a few 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

Cassie did not seem surprised at the mention of Changing Star's new trick. Either she knew all along because Nephis had told her, or she saw something in one of her visions. Regardless, he decided not

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

her head

killing an awakened demon! I thought that stuff like

Nephis corrected her:

your vision and advice, we wouldn't have

her face, a

or three, it doesn't really change a lot,

girl to another, then

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

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

I don't know about

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

meat of an intelligent creature. Even if it was evil. I didn't think about it before, but now… uh.

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

Dream Realm. Monsters devoured humans, and humans devoured monsters. It was

the Carapace Demon was not only smart. He had his own thoughts and personality. Even though Nightmare Creatures were universally insane and obsessed with murder and destruction, just like he was, there were also other qualities to the

proud and fearless, even valiant. When fighting against the terrifying monsters of the dark sea, he did not hesitate to stand his ground, refusing to surrender. Cooking the meat of someone like that could

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

silence, Cassie

just how I feel. You and

Sunny shook his head.

sort of. It's just that we didn't bring any supplies with

sighed. Then, her face

about the great tree's fruits? I bet

at her

"Are you serious?"

was visibly confused by his

"Uh… yes? Why?"

couple

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