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.

the azure serpent's dorsal fin break its surface as the great abomination hungrily circled the corpse

appeared on his

of silence, he said: "Neph... do

to hear some kind of a crazy answer, like always, but she unexpectedly gave

is two whole Ranks above us, which would usually mean that there is no hope. But then again, we did eventually kill a

Corrupted creature and a Fallen one is much greater than the difference between a Fallen creature and an Awakened

the serpent intensely, Sunny slowly

I can still kill

his unexpected words,

they were even stronger together. There were his

full of all kinds of

were perilous, but

need to gamble with our lives. There might

a while, then

Their current goal was to travel downstream, far into the past, and find those humans who had escaped the war between the gods and the daemons by entering the

were using as shelter, meanwhile, was

them all the way to their destination. Since that was the case, there was no reason to battle the azure serpent,

future was

we are moving downstream, wouldn't it be the past that is unclear? Ah...

and glanced at Nephis: "What do we do,

already starting to drown in the radiant waters of the Great River, and the dawn of the eastern horizon was slowly fading into

Nephis lowered her gaze.

take another look at the situation in the morning, with fresh eyes. I don't know about you, but I am thoroughly exhausted. I haven't slept in a long while, and the battle

Sunny smiled crookedly.

out, doing nothing was very exhausting. Especially when one was suspended between the surface of a mystical river and the sky, having to keep an eye on both lest some terrible creature swallow them whole in