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 lying

eyes and blinked, trying to

right. It's morning. There are

long and exhausting. They had to make preparations to execute the plan, race to the top of the hill, climb the great tree, hide themselves in its

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

his shoulder. After she placed her hand on it, he walked over to the Carapace Demon's corpse, stopping at the spot where Nephis was sprawled in the

greeted them with a tired

"Good morning."

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

out of

them were sitting in a circle, passing around the glass bottle full of cold, refreshing water. Sunny was in the middle of

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

that 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

the thing from the sea, so it was enough to finish him off. A few seconds later, he was

her

awakened demon! I thought that stuff like that only happens

Nephis corrected her:

advice, we

girl lowered her

three, it doesn't really change a lot,

from one girl to another, then finally turned

meat for you

his mouth. However, Cassie suddenly frowned, a hesitant expression appearing

I don't

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

if it was evil. I didn't think about it before, but now… uh. It just doesn't seem right,

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 wrong. Even if that creature

the Dream Realm. Monsters devoured humans, and humans devoured monsters. It was the circle of

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

dark sea, he did not hesitate to stand his ground, refusing to surrender. Cooking the meat

educate me on the ethics of eating

Sunny's silence, Cassie blushed

I know it seems ridiculous, but that's just how I feel. You

Sunny shook his head.

might be right. I understand… sort of. It's just that we didn't bring any supplies

Then, her face

tree's

looked at her in

"Are you serious?"

confused by

"Uh… yes? Why?"

a couple

when nothing else can? I'm pretty sure that it's the reason why all the coral around the Ashen Barrow is