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.

stared at the waters of the Great River and saw the sharp blades of the azure serpent's dorsal

appeared on his

a bit of silence, he said: "Neph...

of a crazy answer, like

mean that there is no hope. But then

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

slowly nodded. Everything she said

I can still kill it,

unexpected words, Nephis

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... no matter how harrowing its

of all kinds of devious schemes, with Nephis trailing

perilous, but not impossible

"Maybe... but maybe we won't need to gamble with our lives. There might

for a while,

into the past, and find those humans who had escaped the war between the gods and the daemons by entering the Tomb of

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

all the way to their destination. Since

The future was unclear, and there was no way to tell what would

it be the past

sighed and glanced at Nephis: "What do we do,

The seven suns were already starting to drown in the radiant waters of the 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

Sunny smiled crookedly.

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