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.

leave the

For a moment, her eyes became clear again. White

Vale. Say those words to

grip on her thoughts, she turned away and

anything happens, take Cassie and flee.

Star was staring west once again, all memory of

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

"Hey, Neph."

her face bleak and full of

Oh… when did you

"A while ago."

and said

can I ask you something? Do you know how

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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,

again would have taken too much time. Not to mention that he

much time left. With

Sunny was having trouble keeping his lucidity intact. Every time he felt that his mind was beginning to slip, he had to inflict pain on himself to get a few moments of reprieve. Even so,

Sunny was determined to be ready by the time the dark

Feeling the bitter taste of

himself to prevent himself from

hand behind his back, Sunny turned to Neph and

going to make the

for some time,

hand. For the hull, we will have to use the dead demon's carapace. We

Sunny raised his eyebrows:

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

glanced at him with

Sunny. You just have to make sure that you're displacing more water than the

He blinked.