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

appeared on his

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

had expected to hear some kind of a crazy

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

the difference between a Fallen creature and an Awakened one... while

serpent intensely, Sunny slowly nodded. Everything she said was

bet I can still kill it,

his unexpected

serious. He was not 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 were his Shadows, and the powerful Memories

Sunny was full of all kinds of devious schemes, with Nephis trailing not

odds were perilous, but

our lives. There might not be a need to

a while,

those humans who had

using as shelter, meanwhile, was being slowly dragged in that same direction by the

to their destination. Since that was the case, there was no reason to battle the azure

change for the worse at any moment. The future was unclear, and there was no way to

it be the past that is unclear? Ah... my head

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

Great River, and the dawn of the eastern horizon was slowly fading into the pitch

Nephis lowered her gaze.

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

Sunny smiled crookedly.

as it turned out, doing nothing was very exhausting. Especially when one was suspended between the surface of a mystical river and the