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

blinked, trying to remember

are things we

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 the stuff that happened after. All culminating in the short but terrifying

to rest yet. They had to take basic

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

them with a

"Good morning."

tried to force a polite smile. However,

out of ten. Not great,

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

her sword and struck at the weakened patch of armor on the demon's chest, the one

because Nephis had told her, or

from the sea, so it was enough to finish him off.

shook her head

awakened demon! I

Nephis corrected her:

your vision and advice, we wouldn't

her face, a little

Two or three, it doesn't really change a

one girl to another, then finally turned to

I promised to cook demon meat for

tender meat in his mouth. However, Cassie suddenly frowned, a hesitant expression appearing on her

don't know about

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

eat the meat of an intelligent creature. Even if it was evil. I didn't think about it before, but now… uh. It just doesn't seem

making steaks out of 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 a

devoured humans, and humans

though Nightmare Creatures were universally insane and obsessed with murder

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

me on the ethics of eating your enemies? What an

Cassie

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

Sunny shook his head.

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

sighed. Then, her face

tree's fruits? I bet

at

"Are you serious?"

confused by his

"Uh… yes? Why?"

couple

pretty sure that it's the reason why all