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

expression appeared on his

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

kind of a crazy answer,

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

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

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

bet I can

his unexpected words,

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

of

odds were perilous, but not

but maybe we won't need to gamble with our lives. There might not be

lingered for a

and find those humans who had escaped the war between the gods and

the Great Monster they were using as shelter, meanwhile, was

to their

the worse at any moment. The future was unclear, and there

it be the

Nephis: "What do we do, then? What is our

waters of the Great River, and the

Nephis lowered her gaze.

eyes. I don't know about you, but I am thoroughly exhausted. I haven't slept

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 one