Shadow Slave

Chapter 698

Sunny landed on the very edge of the island and froze there, looking forward with a dark expression on his bestial face. The others remained silent, too, feeling his unease and tension.

The land in front of them seemed tranquil… beautiful, even. There was an expanse of vibrant green grass, and some distance away, it made way for the calm waters of a vast lake. Its surface was perfectly still and reflective, making it seem as though a piece of the blue sky above had somehow gotten embedded into the ground.

A gentle wind caressed their faces, and nothing broke the peaceful silence except for the rustle of grass and the distant rattling of chains.

…And yet, Sunny couldn't help but feel a sense of imminent danger.

He sighed, and then glanced at his friends with uncertainty.

"...Should we summon our armor and weapons?"

Kai hesitated for a moment, then said:

"Wouldn't that be seen as a sign of distrust and hostility? Pure heart, pure thoughts… whatever that means… does not seem to fit with being armed and ready for a fight."

Sunny grimaced.

"Yeah… however, what if we do have to fight?"

Effie smiled.

"The four of us should be able to at least retreat safely, should things go wrong. I mean, how terrible can that thing be?"

Sunny shivered, then shook his head.

"Terrible enough for Saints to fear it. I've… I've been to this island a few times, in the future, but stuck to the edges, never approaching the lake. So I don't actually know what kind of a creature lives in its depths. However… I did see bones laying on the shore. And just those bones alone looked like they had belonged to things I would not want to meet."

He hesitated for a while, then glanced at Cassie.

"What do you think?"

The young woman tilted her head a little, then said calmly:

"I don't feel any danger. Maybe Noctis was honest, this time."

Sunny sighed. Cassie's intuition had guided each of them through countless dangers unscathed… if she felt that it was safe, there was a good reason to listen.

mean that he had to be happy about

armor, for now.

water. Because of how still

He shivered.

cleared his throat and, feeling extremely stupid, addressed the

the Ruby Knife. Please…

a gust of wind…

it because of Harper? Or all the things I've

moments later,

guess you are not pure, Sunny… who would

teeth, then growled at her

try yourself,

shook her

accused

thought for a bit, and then

am in the body of a

girl climbed down from Sunny's shoulders, approached the water, and stretched out a

knife,

Effie remained there for a few moments, then sighed and took a

"...Figures."

turned and

for a few

think Cassie

and Effie glanced at each other, a little surprised, then shrugged and made way for the blind girl to approach the water. There was no

and walked toward the shore. Stopping mere centimeters from the calm water, she lowered

here for

well… but then, the young woman suddenly paled and

surface of the lake… and although the vast shadow

long knife, which seemed

Cassie, who suddenly trembled with her whole body and took

bloodless lips turned into a straight line, and, gritting her teeth, the young woman returned to the shore. There, she knelt and leaned forward, taking the Ruby

back into the water, and soon, nothing but a slowly dissipating ripple remained to remind

observed all of

didn't move… the shadow did not

moved toward Cassie, then rose, and softly caressed her cheek. The young woman flinched

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