Shadow Slave

Sunny stared at the blind girl with surprise clearly written on his face. Allowing this surprise to seep into his voice, he asked:

"The vine creature? You want to kill that thing?"

Why would she want to attempt to do something that dangerous?

Cassie nodded.

"Yes."

He shook his head.

"That bastard sprawls through the entire island, its vines buried underground. It is Corrupted, which means that our weapons will barely be able to cut it. And, if that was not bad enough, the vines produce clouds of deadly poison. Are you sure that you want to attack it?"

The blind girl lingered for a few moments, then answered calmly:

"It is a Corrupted Monster, indeed. It is terrifying and lethal, yes. But I am sure that we can destroy it, with enough preparation. Everyone has weaknesses, after all. That creature is susceptible to fire, for example. There must be other things we might be able to exploit, too."

Sunny thought for a while, then shrugged.

"Fine. I will help your cohort fight the monstrosity on the Shipwreck Island. I will not promise that we will succeed, though."

Cassie sighed.

"Then we have a deal. My cohort and I will remain in the Desecrated Growth until our business here is done. I expect it to take a month, at least. Maybe more. After, we will return to the Sanctuary, recuperate, and proceed to the Shipwreck Island."

She paused for a moment, and then added:

"And then, I will help you challenge the Second Nightmare."

Sunny smiled.

we don't die

blind girl turned back to the

don't

***

back to the Sanctuary,

with Cassie again, which made him feel all sorts of complicated emotions. The manner of

mutual benefit. After all, Sunny could be a

the ancient ship, this time to do battle with the vine monster that ruled over the island. Sunny knew very well how dangerous that thing was, so he had a lot

of the Cruel Sight, however, was going to come in

Or falling into the Sky Below, at least. That… he didn't even know what to think about that. However, Sunny was not going to let this vision affect his decisions. The last time he had tried to act on the knowledge received through

in his mind, but continue to act as if nothing had changed. At least

the Sanctuary of Noctis in the middle of the night. His shadow essence reserves

the familiar sound of water falling over

about it, for now.

high in the sky, which meant that he was finally going

coins the dead Chain Worm had brought with it to the

waiting for him up

a couple of moments to make sure that no one was watching him, he then crossed the stone

an ancient tree, and an

'The moment of truth…'

the Covetous Coffer, took out one of the gold coins out of it,

reflecting the moonlight, and

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

smile appeared on Sunny's

the runes, he

Shadow Fragments: [224/2000].

'It works!'

the altar each time he had to return to the real world — to minimize the chances of being noticed and well as arising

reward was in his sight, he