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.

to

That’s

to come up with some devious trick to save them, Nephis turned her head and glanced

are you

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the coral blades, sending bits of mud and seaweed flying. With storm clouds gathering in the sky, sunlight dimmed, and a cold twilight

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

a blur. There was no need to hold back and conserve strength for the long run — if they were late

not give them much trouble. The scavengers seemed to be

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

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

of lightning tore through the darkness,

He rolled in the mud and tried to stand up, but slipped and fell again. Someone’s arm grabbed him by the shoulder and

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

“Don’t stop! Run!”

couldn’t hear her behind the

dark, salty water was already as high

sea was coming

was coming from, but with each minute, it was rising higher. Soon, it was up to his knee, then up to his waist,

lightning, when they

had made it to the

saw a colossal, crushing torrent of black water rushing through the crimson forest. Some distance away, a tardy scavenger was caught

‘Curses!’

He turned to Nephis:

up!

caught him by

“Dismiss your Echo!”

Cassie wouldn’t have been able to hold on if it did. He helped the blind girl get down and then sent the monster back to the Sea

Not wasting any time, she gritted her teeth and

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