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?

put his arm around her, feeling how scared she

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

was looking at them with a frown, not neglecting to scan the surroundings for any signs of danger from time to time. For some

it that she thought Sunny could do, but Changing

the blind girl calmed down a little. However, she

Good. Remember, it's five. You

not sure of what she was saying. Sunny was

harder it will be to hold on to it. That's why I can only

words, Sunny

you tell us what happened,

the blind girl flinched and raised her

still traces of fear in her eyes, but mostly, it had been replaced

"Huh? Did something happen?"

Sunny blinked.

the one who woke them up

wake us up,

few minutes. The conversation they just had was already

waking up so abruptly. Lack

wanted to tell us something. It had to do with

Cassie raised her eyebrows.

"Five? Why five?"

know what to say. He was going to

"I have no clue."

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

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

you have

Midnight Shard and tried to remember what had caused

not sure. Why did you summon

the sword in her hands for

with our heads

from Nephis, Sunny sighed and turned

you see another

girl trembled. Her eyes opened

yes, I saw a vision. An awful,

"What did you see?"

moments, trying to remember. A deep frown appeared on her face. Finally,