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

appeared on his

he said: "Neph... do you think we can kill this

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

above us, which would usually mean that there is no hope. But then again, we did

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

at the serpent intensely, Sunny slowly nodded. Everything she said was

can still kill

unexpected words,

close to zero. Both of them were strong, and they were even stronger together. There were his Shadows, and the

of devious schemes, with Nephis trailing not far

were perilous,

sighed. "Maybe... but maybe we won't need to gamble with our lives. There might not be a need to fight it at

a

far into the past, and find those humans who had escaped the war between the gods and the daemons by entering the Tomb

the Great Monster they were using as shelter, meanwhile, was being slowly dragged in that same direction

titanic carcass of the Black Turtle was like a ship that could very well take them all the way to their destination. Since that was the case,

future was unclear, and there was no way

downstream, wouldn't it be

at Nephis: "What do we do,

drown in the radiant waters of the Great River, and the dawn of the eastern horizon was

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

Sunny smiled crookedly.

turned 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