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.

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

dark expression appeared on

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

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

whole Ranks above us, which would usually mean that there is no hope. But then again,

for a moment, 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

slowly nodded. Everything she said

bet I can still kill it,

unexpected words,

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... no matter how harrowing

Sunny was full of all kinds of

odds were perilous, but not

need to gamble with our lives. There

lingered for a while,

past, and find those humans who had escaped the war between

meanwhile,

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 future

wait... since we are moving downstream, wouldn't it be the past that is unclear? Ah...

glanced at Nephis: "What do we

waters of the Great River, and the dawn of

Nephis lowered her gaze.

about you, but I

Sunny smiled crookedly.

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 an eye on both lest some terrible creature swallow them whole in one