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

appeared on his

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

some kind of a crazy answer, like always, but she unexpectedly gave him a sober one

two whole Ranks above us, which would usually mean that there is no hope. But then again, we did eventually kill a few Fallen abominations as

is much greater than the difference between a Fallen creature and an Awakened one... while the

Sunny slowly nodded. Everything she said

I can still kill

unexpected words,

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

of devious schemes, with Nephis

perilous, but

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

a

those humans who had escaped the war between the gods

corpse of the Great Monster they were using as shelter, meanwhile, was being

ship that could very well take them all the way to their destination. Since that was the case, there was no reason

moment. The future was unclear, and there

it be the past that is unclear? Ah...

sighed and glanced at Nephis: "What do

the radiant waters of the Great River,

Nephis lowered her gaze.

rest and take 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 in

Sunny smiled crookedly.

the last couple of days except drift through the sky, but as it turned out, doing nothing was very exhausting. Especially when one