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.

I convince you to leave

lucidity. For a moment, her eyes became

Vale. Say those words to me, and

she turned away and added after a short pause, her voice

take Cassie and flee.

and soon, Changing Star was staring west once again, all memory of their conversation gone from her

her side for some time, waiting. After a while, he shifted a

"Hey, Neph."

to him, her face bleak and

when did you get

"A while ago."

and said

you something? Do you know

***

wanted to build a boat, dodging the questions with practiced finesse.

taken too much time. Not to mention that he wasn't sure that it

there was not much time left. With every hour, their

had to inflict pain on himself to get a few moments of reprieve. Even so,

had to flee the island as soon as possible. Sunny was determined to be ready by

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

to prevent himself from being

behind his back, Sunny turned

we going to make the

about it for

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

Sunny raised his eyebrows:

the Carapace Demon's armor? It's made out of some strange steel.

glanced at

that you're displacing

He blinked.