Shadow Slave

Chapter 32

With an empty stomach and a head full of thoughts, Sunny returned to the center of the platform and sat down. After a while, he beckoned to his shadow and said:

"Wake me up if anything happens."

Then, he closed his eyes and tried to fall asleep. His consciousness quickly slid into the sweet embrace of darkness, giving Sunny some well-needed rest.

In the middle of the night, however, a sudden impulse stirred him awake. Sunny jumped to his feet, his groggy mind full of tense apprehension. He was afraid that the owner of the giant tentacle had come back to finish the job.

Or maybe some other horror from the depths had sensed him and decided to snack on human meat.

However, the sea was quiet and calm. He didn't hear any abnormalities around the knight's statue.

"What is it?" Sunny whispered, addressing the shadow.

The shadow silently pointed him in a particular direction.

Turning his head, Sunny squinted. He quickly understood why it was a good idea to wake up. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to see…

Out there in the distance, a few kilometers away, a small orange light was shimmering in the darkness. Its reflections were rising and falling with the movement of waves.

It was too far away to make out any details, so Sunny just stared at it for a while. Pretty soon, the light disappeared.

"Other Sleepers? Natural phenomenon? Or some monster laying a trap?"

Memories of nightmarish deepwater creatures immediately came to his mind.

Shaking his head, Sunny lay back down and attempted to return to his slumber. However, this time sleep was escaping him. Pangs of hunger were still not unbearable, but slowly becoming more and more intense. The thirst, however, was worse.

awake up until the sun rose again, sending the

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soon as the morning came, the pincer monsters crawled back from their hiding spots and rushed to the giant carcass to continue their

walked to the opposite side of the platform to take a look in the direction where he had seen the mysterious light

considerable distance from the headless statue, five or six kilometers away, the ground rose naturally and formed something akin to

upper branches were just high enough to stay above water in the

head, but at the end of

the way through the labyrinth and cover that distance during the day? And more importantly, should he even attempt

study the monsters. He did, however, send the shadow to investigate as far into the labyrinth as the range of Shadow Control allowed, hoping to chart at least

the headless statue as he probably could be in this strange place. The only problem was, he

venture down. He could desalinate the seawater in a number of ways taught to him by Teacher Julius, with materials that were present pretty much everywhere in the Dream Realm. He could also prepare traps and hunt a pincer monster to

hunting by day, returning to the statue at the approach of the

hope. If he was

just jump down and

of the orange light. And if

the surrounding segment of the labyrinth was going

to leave the headless statue the next morning. He would

his eyes and concentrated his perception on

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the dark sea. Sunny was stirred awake by

as to not be blown over the edge of the platform, Sunny

were to see

enduring its rage. More than once, a tall wave would crash into the

the storm finally dissipated, all of his muscles were

no time

following behind, he slid over the edge of

Teacher Julius was adamant about giving his student a crash course in all possible forms of traversal. Additionally, Sunny had already scouted the optimal way down and memorized the best holds and indentions to grab

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