Shadow Slave

Chapter 48

“We need to move, now.”

As Nephis turned to him, Sunny grabbed Cassie and helped her stand up. His face was even paler than usual, and there was a panicked look in his eyes.

“Now! Help me get her back on the scavenger!”

The silver-haired girl raised her head and looked at the sky. Soon, her expression darkened. Without saying anything, she did as he had asked.

Cassie seemed a bit disoriented. She grabbed the reins and helplessly turned to her friend:

“Neph? What is going on?”

Changing Star glanced at her. When she eventually spoke, her voice sounded heavy.

“A storm is coming.”

Meanwhile, Sunny sent his shadow to climb on top of a tall pillar of coral and looked ahead, trying to understand how far the cliffs they were aiming for were. From the look of it, there was still a considerable distance to go. However, the giant statue was already much further away.

Going back now would have been suicide.

He turned to Nephis:

“We’re about three or four kilometers away from the cliffs. Do… do you think we can make it?”

She scowled.

“If we take the most direct route. Maybe.”

Sunny hesitated, then asked:

“What about the monsters?”

Changing Star looked ahead and gritted her teeth.

have to

it? That’s the

up with some devious trick to save them, Nephis turned

you

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Strong winds were howling between the coral blades, sending bits of mud

it actually did. He was leading their small group, choosing the straightest path toward the cliffs with the help

to hold back and conserve strength for the long run — if they were late to reach the cliffs by a minute, their lives

surprise, the inhabitants of the labyrinth did not give them much trouble. The scavengers seemed to be as panicked as

of them showed aggression, a quick slash of the sword or a threatening clack of a pincer was enough to

were moving, the storm was faster. The rain quickly turned into a pelting downpour, each drop becoming a torrent. The winds grew in

lightning tore through the darkness, followed almost immediately by a deafening

lose balance and fall. He rolled in the mud and tried to stand up, but slipped and

storm, Sunny saw Changing Star’s face. She opened her

“Don’t stop! Run!”

behind the roaring wind and

salty water was already as high

was

higher. Soon, it was up to his knee, then up to his waist, making running almost impossible.

flash of lightning, when they saw a dark mass of stone

it to

Sunny saw a colossal, crushing torrent of black water rushing through the crimson forest. Some distance away, a tardy scavenger was caught by it and thrown against the coral walls. The unbreakable carapace of

‘Curses!’

He turned to Nephis:

up!

him by

“Dismiss your Echo!”

know whether the scavenger could scale the cliff. In any case, Cassie wouldn’t have been able to hold on if it did. He helped

the golden rope. Not wasting any time, she gritted her teeth and stepped forward to grab onto the wet

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