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

eyes and blinked, trying to remember what was going

morning. There are

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 fire, not to mention the… all

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

on it, he walked over to the Carapace Demon's corpse, stopping at the spot where Nephis was sprawled in the

them with

"Good morning."

polite smile. However, today it did not

it 3.6 out of ten. Not great,

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

at the weakened patch of armor on the demon's chest, the one you told us about. It

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

sea, so it was

her head in

incredible. Two Sleepers killing an awakened demon! I thought that stuff

Nephis corrected her:

vision and advice, we wouldn't

blind girl lowered her face,

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

looked from one girl to

not something one would expect to happen. But, anyway… I promised to cook demon meat for you

smiled, already tasting the juicy, tender meat in his mouth. However, Cassie suddenly

I don't know about

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

Even if it was evil. I didn't

a creature whose intelligence was comparable to theirs did seem a little wrong. Even if that creature was a bloodthirsty demon who would have swallowed them whole without

and humans devoured

had his own thoughts and personality. Even though Nightmare Creatures were universally

of the dark sea, he did not hesitate to

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

silence, Cassie blushed and

I feel. You and Neph

Sunny shook his head.

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

sighed. Then, her face brightened

tree's fruits?

looked at

"Are you serious?"

visibly confused by his

"Uh… yes? Why?"

couple of times before

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