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.

convince you to leave the island once

For a moment, her eyes became clear again. White flames ignited in their

Say those words

she turned away and added after a

Cassie and

light in her eyes slowly dimmed, and soon, Changing Star was staring west once

waiting. After a while,

"Hey, Neph."

to him, her face bleak and

when did

"A while ago."

said in a carefree

Do you know how

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by his question, but eventually agreed to help him. Sunny didn't tell her why exactly he wanted to build a boat, dodging the questions with practiced finesse. His Flaw was not making things easy, but with the state Neph was in,

her felt a little strange, but explaining everything once again would have taken too much time. Not to mention

not much time left. With every hour,

that his mind was beginning to slip, he had to inflict pain on himself to get a few moments of reprieve. Even so, his thoughts were slow and fragile. Keeping them together was taking a heavy

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

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

was gnawing on himself to prevent himself from being eaten. What

hand behind his back, Sunny turned

are we going to make

about it for some

use the dead demon's carapace. We can

Sunny raised his eyebrows:

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

glanced at him with

make sure that you're displacing more water

He blinked.