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 cut

it? That’s the

he was fruitlessly trying to come up with some devious trick

you waiting

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sending bits of mud and

life depended on it — because it actually did. He was leading their small group, choosing the straightest path toward the cliffs with the help of his shadow. Nephis was a step behind him. The scavenger carrying Cassie was

Side passages and crimson walls were flashing past them in a blur. There was no need to hold back and conserve strength

did not give them much trouble. The scavengers seemed to be as panicked as they were. The bulky beasts

slash of the sword or a threatening clack of a pincer

into a pelting downpour, each drop becoming a torrent. The winds grew in strength, striking

lightning tore through the darkness, followed

him to lose balance and fall. He rolled in the mud and

the storm, Sunny saw Changing Star’s face.

“Don’t stop! Run!”

hear her behind the roaring wind and

the dark, salty water was already as high as his shins. He gritted his

was

with each minute, it was rising higher. Soon, it was up to his knee, then up to his waist, making running almost impossible. The speed

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

it

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 the mighty creature cracked and burst open like

‘Curses!’

He turned to Nephis:

up!

him by the

“Dismiss your Echo!”

hold on if it did. He helped the blind girl get down and then sent the monster back

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

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