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 Great River and saw the sharp blades of the azure serpent's dorsal fin break its surface as the great abomination hungrily circled the corpse of the titanic

expression appeared on his

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

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

there is no hope. But then again, we did eventually kill a few Fallen abominations as Sleepers, back

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, in

Sunny slowly

can still

unexpected words,

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

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

perilous, but

gamble with our lives. There might

a while, then

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

Great Monster they were using as shelter, meanwhile, was being slowly

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 to battle the azure

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

since we are moving downstream, wouldn't it be

"What do we

already starting to drown in the radiant waters of the Great River, and the dawn of the eastern horizon was slowly

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 exhausted. I haven't slept

Sunny smiled crookedly.

was tired, too... he had not done 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 suspended between the surface of a mystical river and