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 remember what was

are things we have

was excruciatingly 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 branches, risk their lives to set the demon

yet. They

and offered Cassie his shoulder. After she placed her hand on it, he walked over to the Carapace

greeted them with a tired

"Good morning."

polite smile. However, today it did

out of

of cold, refreshing water. Sunny was in the middle of describing their fight with

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 his carapace, so the sword

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 to press the

his fight with the… the thing from the sea, so

her

killing an awakened demon! I thought that stuff like that

Nephis corrected her:

your vision and advice, we wouldn't have been

girl lowered her face, a

three, it doesn't really change a

girl to another, then finally turned to

expect to happen. But, anyway… I promised to cook demon meat for you after this is over, didn't I? Are

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.

to eat the meat of an intelligent creature. Even if it was evil. I didn't think about it

a creature whose intelligence was comparable to theirs did seem a

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

Nightmare Creatures were universally insane and obsessed with murder

fighting against the terrifying monsters of the dark sea, he did not hesitate to stand his ground,

Julius did not educate me on the

Cassie blushed and

how I feel. You and Neph don't have to

Sunny shook his head.

right. I understand… sort of. It's just that we didn't bring any supplies with us,

sighed. Then, her face brightened

tree's fruits? I bet

looked at her

"Are you serious?"

confused by

"Uh… yes? Why?"

blinked a couple of

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