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

it? That’s the

he was fruitlessly trying to come up with some devious trick to save them, Nephis turned her head

are you waiting for?

***

blades, sending bits of mud and seaweed flying. With storm

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

a blur. There was no need to hold back and conserve

the inhabitants of the labyrinth did not give them

of the sword or a threatening clack

the storm was faster. The rain quickly turned into a pelting downpour, each drop becoming a torrent. The winds grew in strength, striking against their bodies with enough

through the darkness, followed almost immediately by a

to lose balance and fall. 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 mouth and

“Don’t stop! Run!”

almost couldn’t hear her behind the roaring wind

dark, salty water was already as high

sea was coming

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

of lightning, when they saw a dark mass of stone

made it

Turning back, 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 the

‘Curses!’

He turned to Nephis:

up! Start

caught him by

“Dismiss your Echo!”

cliff. In any case, Cassie wouldn’t have been able to hold on if it did. He helped the blind girl get down and then

back, then tied them together with the golden rope. Not wasting any time, she gritted her teeth and stepped forward to grab onto the wet rocks of the

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