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.

of the azure serpent's dorsal fin break its surface as the great abomination hungrily circled the

expression appeared on

"Neph... do you think we can kill

of a crazy answer, like always,

would usually mean that there is no

creature and an

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

I can

his unexpected words,

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 they possessed. Most importantly, the azure serpent was a mere Beast...

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

perilous, but not impossible

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

lingered for a while, then

was right. Their current goal was to travel downstream, far into the past, and find those humans who had escaped the war between the gods and the daemons by entering the Tomb of

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

to their destination. Since that was the

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

wouldn't it be the

do we do, then? What

radiant waters of the Great River, and the dawn of the eastern

Nephis lowered her gaze.

don't know about you, but I am

Sunny smiled crookedly.

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