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.

up until the sun rose again, sending the dark

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from their hiding spots and rushed to the giant carcass to

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

formed

its upper branches were just high enough to stay

into Sunny's head, but at the end of it, only two

to find the way through the labyrinth and cover that distance during the day? And more importantly, should he even attempt to do it? After all, there was no indication that the source of the mysterious light was something beneficial, as

to 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

this strange place. The only problem was, he was going to die soon because of thirst or

were present pretty much everywhere in

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

was destined to spend the rest of his life

jump down and end it right

and reach the source of the orange light. And if

way, at least, the surrounding segment of the

Sunny decided to leave the headless statue the next morning. He would spend the rest of today

his eyes and concentrated his perception

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storm descended upon the dark sea. Sunny was stirred awake by the shadow in

low so as to not be blown over the edge of the platform, Sunny cupped his hands and waited

the churning sea. If anyone were to see Sunny now, they would have noticed a wide grin

wave would crash into the headless knight's neck, threatening to wash him away. But Sunny

morning, when the storm finally dissipated,

there was no time to

stragglers quickly following behind, he slid over the

Julius was adamant about giving his student a crash course in all possible forms of traversal. Additionally, Sunny had already scouted the

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