Shadow Slave

Trying to gather his courage, Sunny looked into the distance and said in a raspy voice:

"You've seen the creatures that dwell under these waves. Do you really want to swim across them?"

Changing Star was silent for a few seconds, then sighed.

"We are damned either way, Sunny. What do we have to lose?"

She fell silent for a moment and grimaced, pale flames dancing in her eyes. Then, in a quiet voice, she added:

"We will not light any fires, relying on your eyes to guide us west. We will hope that Cassie's armor will protect us. Maybe it will be enough."

Sunny glanced at Neph and asked:

"What's so special about Cassie's armor?"

She hesitated for a moment, then answered without looking at him:

"It's a tier six awakened Memory. One of its traits is to make the wearer less likely to draw the enemy's attention."

While Sunny was digesting this information, Nephis suddenly trembled. Closing her eyes, she said through gritted teeth:

"I am at my limit. My mind is… fading. If you have any questions left… better… ask them fast."

He blinked, startled. Then, knowing that there was not much time left, Sunny asked the first thing that came to his mind:

"Do you even know how to build a boat?"

Changing Star simply nodded, letting him know that she did. Her expression was slowly turning lost and dull again.

Racing against time, Sunny frantically thought of another question.

to leave the

looked at him, struggling to hold onto the last shreds of lucidity. For a moment, her eyes became clear again. White flames ignited

those words to me, and I will

away and added after a short pause,

Cassie and

and soon, Changing Star was

for some time, waiting. After a while, he

"Hey, Neph."

him, her face bleak and

when did you

"A while ago."

he smiled and said in

can I ask you something? Do you know

***

boat, dodging the questions with practiced finesse. His Flaw

everything once again would have taken too much

not much time left. With every

was beginning to slip, he had to inflict pain on himself

soon as possible. Sunny was

away from Nephis to not let her see the pained expression on his face, Sunny bit his hand once again. Feeling the bitter taste of blood on his tongue, he let the wave of pain clear his mind and blinked, amused at the irony of the

to prevent himself from being eaten. What

bleeding hand behind his back, Sunny turned

going to

about it for some time,

will have to use the materials at hand. For the hull, we will have to use the dead demon's carapace. We can strip several armor plates of suitable shape and tie

Sunny raised his eyebrows:

armor? It's made out of

glanced at him

sure that you're displacing more water than the weight of the

He blinked.