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.

serpent's dorsal fin break its surface as the

dark expression appeared on

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

smiled faintly. Sunny had expected to hear some kind of a crazy answer, like always, but

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

than the difference between a Fallen creature and an Awakened one... while the gap between a Great abomination

serpent intensely, Sunny slowly nodded. Everything she said was

I can still kill

his unexpected words,

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

of all kinds of devious

odds were perilous,

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

for a while, then

Their current goal was to travel downstream, far into the past, and find those humans who

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

the Black Turtle was like a ship that could very well take them all the way to their destination.

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

wouldn't it be the past that

sighed and glanced at Nephis: "What do we do, then? What is our next

the Great River, and the dawn of the eastern horizon was

Nephis lowered her gaze.

with fresh eyes. 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.

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