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 as the

expression appeared

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

Sunny had expected to hear some kind of a crazy answer, like

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

and then added somberly: "However, the gap between 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 Awakened one... while the gap between a Great abomination and a Corrupted one is even greater still. Worse yet, this Great Beast is in its natural element in the water, while we are not. My Aspect will also be weakened there,

slowly

can still

unexpected words, Nephis

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,

was full of all kinds of devious schemes,

perilous, but

won't need to gamble with our

lingered for a while,

far into the past, and find those humans who

of the Great Monster they were using as shelter, meanwhile, was being slowly dragged in

carcass of the Black Turtle 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

The future

moving downstream, wouldn't it be

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

up. The seven suns were already starting to drown in the radiant waters of the Great River, and the dawn of the eastern

Nephis lowered her gaze.

another look at the situation in the morning, with fresh eyes. I don't know about you, but I am thoroughly

Sunny smiled crookedly.

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