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 cut

That’s

was fruitlessly trying to come up with some devious trick to save them,

you

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drops of rain were starting to fall on the ground. Strong winds were howling between the coral blades, sending bits

might, as though his 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

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

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

quick slash of the sword or a threatening clack

how fast they were moving, 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 force to make

tore through the darkness, followed almost

balance and fall. He rolled in the mud and tried

the storm, Sunny saw Changing Star’s face. She opened her mouth and

“Don’t stop! Run!”

behind the

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

sea was

couldn’t 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

in a sudden flash of lightning, when they saw

had made it

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 mighty

‘Curses!’

He turned to Nephis:

up!

caught him by the

“Dismiss your Echo!”

been able to hold on if

climb on her 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

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