Shadow Slave

It happened on the day they killed the Carapace Demon. Back then, all three of them were utterly exhausted. After moving away from the corpse of the giant creature and finding a good hiding spot, they fell to the ground and immediately fell asleep.

But they didn't stay asleep for long.

An hour or two later, Sunny was shaken awake by Cassie, who was holding him by the shoulders. There was an expression of terror written clearly on her face.

"Sunny! Sunny! Wake up!"

Instantly coming back to his senses, he jumped to his feet and summoned the Midnight Shard, afraid that they were under attack.

However, there was no one around except for panicked Cassie and wary Nephis, who was in a similar pose, her sword raised and ready to strike.

Confused, Sunny looked at the blind girl.

"Cassie? What's the matter?"

Grabbing him by the shoulders again, she brought her face close and whispered in a begging tone:

"Sunny, you have to stop it! Please! You are the only one who can!"

He frowned, failing to understand what exactly he was supposed to stop.

'Did she see another vision?'

Trying to calm her, he said in a measured tone:

"It's alright, Cassie. Slow down, breathe. Tell us what happened. Start from the beginning…"

She desperately shook her head.

"There's no time! I will forget soon! We all will! But you, you have to remember!"

'We will all forget soon? What does she mean?'

Not able to see Sunny's dazed expression, Cassie yelled:

"You have to remember, Sunny! Five! It's five! Remember! You have to remember! It's five!"

Remember… five?

making any sense. Sunny carefully put his arm around her, feeling how scared

I promise I'll remember. Five, right? See, it's pretty hard to

at them with a frown, not neglecting to scan the surroundings for any signs of danger from time to

was it that she thought Sunny could do,

answer, the blind girl calmed down a little. However, she was still

Good. Remember, it's

voice sounded quieter and quieter, as though she was not sure of what she was saying. Sunny was barely able to discern

hold on to it. That's why I can only tell you this one word, the simplest thing to impart… when the right time comes, it

choosing his words, Sunny hesitantly

tell us

voice, the blind girl flinched and raised her head

in her eyes, but mostly, it

"Huh? Did something happen?"

Sunny blinked.

she the one who woke them up in

wake

past few minutes. The conversation they just had was already hazy in his

still groggy from waking up

wanted to tell us something. It had to do with the… uh…

Cassie raised her eyebrows.

"Five? Why five?"

what to say. He

"I have no clue."

looked at Nephis, hoping that she will be able to clear

was standing a few steps away with a distracted expression on her face. Sensing his gaze, she stared at

do you have your

to remember what had caused him to summon the

not sure. Why did

noticing the sword in her hands for the first time. An expression of doubt appeared on

wrong with our heads

expect help from

you see

trembled. Her eyes opened wide,

yes, I saw a vision. An awful,

"What did you see?"

remember. A deep frown