“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 cut
it? That’s the
to come up with some devious trick to save
are you waiting
***
forward, heavy drops of rain were starting to fall on the ground. Strong winds were howling between the coral blades, sending bits
group, choosing the straightest path toward the cliffs with the
There was no need to hold back and
along the way, 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.
when one of them showed aggression, a quick slash of the sword or a threatening clack of a pincer was enough to make the monster change
a torrent. The winds grew in strength, striking against their bodies with enough force to make them stumble.
lightning tore through the darkness, followed almost immediately
lose balance and fall. He rolled in the mud and tried
of the storm, Sunny saw Changing Star’s face. She
“Don’t stop! Run!”
her behind the roaring wind and
began to move, the dark, salty water was already as high as his shins. He
sea was coming
it was up to
in a sudden flash of lightning,
had made it to the
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:
is up! Start
caught him
“Dismiss your Echo!”
scavenger could scale the cliff. In any case, Cassie wouldn’t have been able to hold on if it
climb on her back, then tied them together with the golden rope. Not wasting any time, she gritted
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