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

That’s the

was fruitlessly trying 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

toward the cliffs with the help of his shadow. Nephis was a step behind him. The scavenger carrying Cassie

death breathing down their necks, they moved with amazing speed. Side passages and crimson walls were flashing past 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

was ready to fight a series of bloody skirmishes all 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. The bulky beasts were busy

the sword or a threatening clack of a pincer was enough to make the monster

faster. The rain quickly turned into a pelting downpour, each drop becoming a torrent. The winds grew in strength, striking against

through the darkness, followed almost

under Sunny’s feet trembled, causing him to lose balance and fall. He rolled in the mud and tried to stand

Sunny saw Changing Star’s face. She opened her

“Don’t stop! Run!”

couldn’t hear her behind the roaring wind

the time Sunny began to move, the dark, salty water was already as high

sea was

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

flash of lightning, when they saw a

made it to

depths of the labyrinth. 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

‘Curses!’

He turned to Nephis:

up!

him by the

“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 sent the monster back to the Sea of

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

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