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 cut

it? That’s

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

you waiting

***

sending bits of

group, choosing the straightest path toward the cliffs with the help of his shadow. Nephis

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

the labyrinth did not give them much trouble. The scavengers seemed

sword or a threatening clack of a pincer

a pelting downpour, each drop becoming a torrent. The winds grew in strength, striking against their bodies with enough force to make them stumble. The light dimmed even further, reducing visibility to almost

lightning tore through the darkness, followed

the ground 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 arm grabbed him by the shoulder and helped

Sunny saw Changing

“Don’t stop! Run!”

hear her behind the

Sunny began to move, the dark, salty water was

was coming

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

a sudden flash of lightning,

it to

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 mighty creature

‘Curses!’

He turned to Nephis:

up!

him by the

“Dismiss your Echo!”

to hold on

on her back, then tied them together with the golden rope. Not wasting

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