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

That’s

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

you waiting

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the ground. Strong winds were howling between the coral blades, sending bits of mud and seaweed flying. With storm clouds gathering in the sky, sunlight dimmed,

depended on it — because it actually did. He was leading their small group, choosing the straightest path toward the cliffs with the

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 it

a series of bloody skirmishes all along the way, but, to his surprise, the inhabitants of the labyrinth did not give them

quick slash of the sword or a threatening clack of a

becoming a torrent. The winds

through the darkness, followed almost immediately by

under Sunny’s feet trembled, causing him to lose balance and fall. He rolled in the mud and tried to stand up, but slipped and fell again. Someone’s

the storm, Sunny saw Changing Star’s

“Don’t stop! Run!”

hear her behind the roaring wind and

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

was

determine where the water was coming from, but 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 of the group slowed down

of lightning, when they saw a dark mass of

made it to

crushing torrent of black water rushing through the crimson forest. Some distance away, a tardy scavenger was caught by it and thrown against

‘Curses!’

He turned to Nephis:

up! Start

caught him by

“Dismiss your Echo!”

have been able to hold on

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

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