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.

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

appeared on

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

Sunny had expected to hear some kind of a crazy answer, like always, but she unexpectedly gave him a sober

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

"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 the

serpent intensely, Sunny slowly nodded.

I can

his unexpected

zero. Both of them were strong, and they were even stronger together. There were his

full of all kinds of devious

perilous, but not impossible

won't need to gamble with our lives. There might not be a need to fight

lingered for a

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

using as shelter, meanwhile,

was like a ship that could very well take them all the way to their destination.

worse at any moment. The future was unclear, and there was no way

be the past that is unclear?

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

of the Great River, and the dawn of the

Nephis lowered her gaze.

but I am thoroughly exhausted. I haven't slept in a long while, and the battle

Sunny smiled crookedly.

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