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

trying to come up with some devious trick to save them, Nephis

are you waiting for?

***

to fall on the ground. Strong winds were howling between the coral blades, sending bits of mud and seaweed flying. With storm

group, choosing the straightest path toward the cliffs with the help

to avoid monsters and death breathing down their necks, they moved with amazing speed. Side passages and crimson walls were flashing past them in a blur. There was no need to hold back and conserve strength for the long run — if they were late to reach the cliffs by a minute, their lives would be over. They had to give

but, to his surprise, the inhabitants of the labyrinth did not give them much trouble. The scavengers seemed to be as panicked as they were. The bulky beasts were busy trying to hide inside the coral mounds

the rare occasions when one of them showed aggression, a quick slash of the sword or a threatening clack

into a pelting downpour, each drop becoming a torrent. The winds grew in strength, striking against their bodies with enough force to make them stumble. The light dimmed even further,

through the darkness, followed almost immediately by a

mud and tried to stand up, but slipped

Changing Star’s

“Don’t stop! Run!”

couldn’t hear her behind the roaring

the time Sunny began to move, the dark, salty water was already as high as his

sea was coming

couldn’t determine where the water was coming from, but with each minute, it was rising higher. Soon, it was up to his

in a sudden flash of lightning, when they saw a dark mass of

had made it

the crimson forest. Some distance away, a tardy scavenger was caught by

‘Curses!’

He turned to Nephis:

is up! Start

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 blind girl

wasting any

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