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:

you're just going to

his eyes and blinked, trying to

It's morning. There are things we

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 the stuff that happened after.

it was not time to rest yet. They had to

shoulder. After she placed her hand on it, he walked over to the Carapace Demon's

greeted them with

"Good morning."

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

I give it 3.6 out of ten. Not

in a circle, passing around the glass bottle full of cold, refreshing

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

because Nephis had told her,

was already severely wounded from his fight with the… the thing from the sea, so it was enough to finish him off.

her head in

Two Sleepers killing an awakened demon! I thought that stuff like

Nephis corrected her:

we wouldn't have been able

lowered her face, a

it doesn't really change a

girl to another, then

But, anyway… I promised to cook demon meat for you

mouth. However, Cassie suddenly frowned,

don't

He raised his eyebrows.

"What? Why?"

She lingered before answering.

meat of an intelligent creature. Even if it was evil. I

of a creature whose intelligence was comparable to theirs did seem a little wrong. Even if that creature was a bloodthirsty

was just how things worked in the Dream Realm. Monsters devoured humans, and humans devoured monsters. It was

and personality. Even though Nightmare Creatures were universally insane and obsessed with murder and destruction, just

sea, he did not hesitate

did not educate me on the ethics

Cassie

it seems ridiculous, but that's just how I feel. You and Neph don't have to do the

Sunny shook his head.

bring any supplies with us, so we won't be able to eat

sighed. Then, her face brightened

great tree's fruits? I bet they're

at her in

"Are you serious?"

visibly confused by

"Uh… yes? Why?"

a couple of

here when nothing else can? I'm pretty sure that it's the reason why all the coral around the Ashen Barrow is dead. Have you seen anything