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 break its surface as the great abomination hungrily circled the corpse

expression appeared on

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

a crazy answer, like always, but she unexpectedly gave him

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

added somberly: "However, the gap between Ranks grows much wider the higher those Ranks are. The difference between a Corrupted creature and a Fallen one is much greater than 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

at the serpent intensely, Sunny slowly

I can

his unexpected words, Nephis

were close to zero. Both of them were strong, and they were even stronger

kinds of

were perilous, but not impossible

to gamble with our lives. There might not be

a while, then

travel downstream, far into the past, and find those humans who had escaped the war between the gods and the daemons

were using as shelter, meanwhile, was being slowly dragged in that same

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

at any moment. The future was unclear, and there was no way

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

and glanced at Nephis: "What do we do, then?

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

Nephis lowered her gaze.

don't know about you, but I am thoroughly exhausted. I haven't slept in a long while, and the

Sunny smiled crookedly.

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