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.

blades of the azure serpent's dorsal

dark expression appeared

"Neph... do you think we can

kind of a crazy answer, like always, but

is... not impossible. This Beast is two whole Ranks 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...

slowly nodded. Everything she said

bet I can still kill

his unexpected words, Nephis

not think that their chances were close to zero. Both of them were strong, and they were even stronger together. There were his Shadows, and the powerful Memories they possessed. Most importantly, the

of all kinds of devious

odds were perilous, but not

to gamble with our lives. There

lingered for a while, then

goal was to travel downstream, far into the past, and find those humans who had escaped the war

were using as shelter, meanwhile, was

was like 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 azure serpent, or anything

things could change for the worse at any moment. The future was unclear, and there was

since we are moving downstream, wouldn't it be the

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

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

Nephis lowered her gaze.

I don't know about you, but I am thoroughly exhausted. I haven't slept in a long while, and the battle between the turtle and the snake took a lot out of

Sunny smiled crookedly.

had not done anything in the last couple of days except drift through the sky, but as it 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