Shadow Slave

Chapter 32

With an empty stomach and a head full of thoughts, Sunny returned to the center of the platform and sat down. After a while, he beckoned to his shadow and said:

“Wake me up if anything happens.”

Then, he closed his eyes and tried to fall asleep. His consciousness quickly slid into the sweet embrace of darkness, giving Sunny some well-needed rest.

In the middle of the night, however, a sudden impulse stirred him awake. Sunny jumped to his feet, his groggy mind full of tense apprehension. He was afraid that the owner of the giant tentacle had come back to finish the job.

Or maybe some other horror from the depths had sensed him and decided to snack on human meat.

However, the sea was quiet and calm. He didn’t hear any abnormalities around the knight’s statue.

“What is it?” Sunny whispered, addressing the shadow.

The shadow silently pointed him in a particular direction.

Turning his head, Sunny squinted. He quickly understood why it was a good idea to wake up. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to see…

Out there in the distance, a few kilometers away, a small orange light was shimmering in the darkness. Its reflections were rising and falling with the movement of waves.

It was too far away to make out any details, so Sunny just stared at it for a while. Pretty soon, the light disappeared.

“Other Sleepers? Natural phenomenon? Or some monster laying a trap?”

Memories of nightmarish deepwater creatures immediately came to his mind.

Shaking his head, Sunny lay back down and attempted to return to his slumber. However, this time sleep was escaping him. Pangs of hunger were still not unbearable, but slowly becoming more and more intense. The thirst, however, was worse.

In the end, he remained awake up until the sun rose again, sending the dark sea in retreat.

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came, the pincer monsters crawled back from their hiding spots and

to the opposite side of the platform to take a look in

naturally and formed something akin to a hill. On top

upper branches were just high enough to stay above

Sunny’s head, but at the

more importantly, should he

make a choice, Sunny settled back to study the monsters. He did, however, send the shadow to investigate as far into the labyrinth as

as he probably could be in this

much everywhere in the Dream Realm. He could also prepare traps and hunt a pincer monster to eat.

day, returning to the statue at the approach of the night. It

the potential for improvement. It was well suited for keeping Sunny alive, but had no way of giving him hope. If he was destined to spend the rest of his life in the small

rather just jump

reach the source of the orange light. And if Sunny was really trying

least, the surrounding segment of the labyrinth was

choice, Sunny decided to leave the headless statue the next morning. He would spend the rest of today

and concentrated his

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descended upon the dark sea. Sunny was stirred awake by the shadow in time to prepare himself for the

as to not be blown over the edge of the platform, Sunny cupped his hands and waited

lightning illuminated everything above the churning sea. If anyone were to see Sunny

the middle of the platform, enduring its rage. More than once, a tall wave would crash into the headless knight’s neck, threatening to wash him away. But Sunny held

dissipated, all of his muscles were

was no time to

to the carcass, with a few stragglers quickly following behind, he slid over the edge of the platform and began

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