Shadow Slave

So... this is it, then.

The Tomb of Ariel had been built from the remains of the Stone Titan, while the Great River created from its blood was contained within it, illuminated by the seven suns made from its broken soul cores.

The secret hidden at the Estuary was the truth that Ariel had wished to forget. The Nightmare Desert was the result of the battle between him and the unholy creature.

Looking at the blue sky above them, Sunny couldn't help but wonder...

So the daemons were capable of creating artificial worlds?

Then, a sudden thought made him shiver.

What is the difference between a real world and an artificial one, though?

Was there even a difference? And if there was not... had the rest of the worlds been created by someone, as well? The daemons? The gods? The unknown?

He sighed, then shook his head.

Do I really have time to ponder the cosmic origins of the world?

Right now, they had more practical questions to answer. Many of the mysteries of the Third Nightmare had been revealed to them, but many more remained. At least they now knew where they were, and what their next step had to be.

Travel downstream, find the syblis, and learn how to conquer this Seed.

Well... that is easier said than done, though.

sharp blades of the azure serpent's dorsal fin

expression appeared

silence, he said: "Neph... do you think we can

faintly. Sunny had expected to hear some kind of a crazy answer,

would usually mean that there is no hope. But then again, we did eventually kill a few Fallen

the difference between a Fallen creature and an Awakened one... while the gap between a Great abomination and a Corrupted one is even greater still. Worse yet, this Great Beast is in its natural element in the water, while we are not. My Aspect will also be weakened there, in the

Sunny slowly nodded. Everything she

I can

his unexpected words, Nephis

confident, but he also did not think that their chances were close to zero. Both of them were strong, and they were even stronger

of all kinds of devious schemes,

were perilous,

won't need to gamble with our lives. There might not be a need to

lingered for a while, then

those humans who had escaped the war between the gods and the daemons by

shelter, meanwhile, was being slowly dragged in that same direction by

that could very well take them all the way to their destination. Since that was the case, there was no reason to battle the

moment. The future was unclear, and there was no way to tell what would

are moving downstream, wouldn't it be the past that is

Nephis: "What do we do, then? What

the Great River, and the dawn of the eastern horizon was slowly fading into the

Nephis lowered her gaze.

late. We should probably rest and take another look at the situation in the morning, with fresh eyes. I don't know about you, but I am

Sunny smiled crookedly.

drift through the sky, but as it turned out, doing nothing was very exhausting. Especially when one was suspended