Jennifer Wilson
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The giant demon was engulfed in flames, shining like a bright beacon in the hungry darkness of the night. His polished armor blazed with reflected light, sending radiant glints in all directions. Drops of burning oil were falling to the ground, flaring up as they hit the ashen sand. For a second, it seemed as though time had stopped. Sunny was staring at the incandescent glow of the fire, his eyes wide, almost failing to believe that they had actually pulled this insanity off. Nephis was frozen by his…-
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Sunny, Nephis and Cassie sat on a branch of the great tree, waiting for the sun to set. The branch was wide enough to accommodate twice as many people, so they weren't worried about being spotted from the ground. Still, they remained silent and motionless, warry of the giant monster that sometimes appeared beneath their hiding place. The sound of his footsteps sent shivers through the tense bodies of the three Sleepers. Not once since coming to the Forgotten Shore had Sunny hoped for the night to…
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Sunny stumbled and almost fell. Cassie gripped his shoulders tightly and leaned back a little, trying to help him keep balance. With fallen leaves flying from under his feet, Sunny somehow managed to catch himself in time. 'No!' Anger and regret clouded his mind, but it was too late to do anything. His trusty scavenger was dead, sliced and torn apart by the giant creature. The ease and brutality with which the Carapace Demon had decimated the poor, brave beast would have been insulting... if it…
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Close to the evening, with the sun tiredly descending toward the horizon, a strange creature walked out of the colorless remains of the labyrinth. If "walking" was even the right word. Dragging its legs in the sand, the creature somehow floated forward without moving them. It looked like a carapace centurion, or at least a close approximation of one. All the necessary parts were in place. The creature had a black carapace with a menacing crimson pattern on it, a humanoid torso, eight segmented legs…
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Sunny was instantly wide awake. Sitting up, he hurriedly rubbed his eyes and then glanced at the blind girl, ready to listen. Nephis approached them and sat down, her face barely visible in the dim light of the early dawn. "Past or future?" Sunny blinked. 'Right. I should have asked myself.' Cassie thought for a bit and then hesitantly answered: "Past… I think." After a short pause, her expression changed to that of certainty. "No, I'm sure of it." Changing Star slightly tilted…
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"Let me guess. You want to kill it…" Nephis continued to stare at him with her usual unreadable expression. After a while, Sunny chuckled and shook his head in disbelief. "You really are crazy. That's… that's an awakened demon we're talking about, remember? Have you forgotten that we're just Sleepers?" Then he frowned and scratched his head. "W—wait a second. I feel like we already had this conversation before. Doesn't it feel familiar?" Cassie glanced at the two of them and politely…
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Moving through the ashen sand and piles of fallen leaves, a giant monster was coming down the hill. Sunny gulped, his expression turning dark. The creature was as large as a house, with its eight segmented legs resembling tall pillars. Its form was similar to that of scavengers and centurions, comprised of a crab-like carapace and a protruding, somewhat humanoid torso. However, this was where the similarities between them ended. Instead of chitin, the behemoth's shell was seemingly made out of…
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As soon as they left the familiar confines of the labyrinth and stepped into the vast expanse of the ashen wasteland, Sunny felt strangely uncomfortable. It was as though he had unknowingly turned slightly agoraphobic while traveling through the complicated madness of the crimson maze. He had grown accustomed to being surrounded by tall walls of coral, with endless tangled paths stretching in all directions for as far as he could see. Despite the fact that the labyrinth was hiding numerous dangers, it…
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In the morning, Sunny woke up feeling grim and uneasy. The memory of the frightening dark mirror was still fresh in his mind, making every shadow seem sinister and foreboding. He scowled sullenly. 'What the hell. I'm the Child of Shadows. Why do I have to be afraid of my own domain?' But then again, darkness and shadow were not the same, even if a lot of people tended to mistake one for another. Shadows were born from the absence of light. In a sense, they were manifestations of emptiness. True…
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Back then, it took him a couple of seconds to realize what she was talking about. "The spire from your vision? The one with seven seals?" Cassie nodded. "Yes. In my dream, it seemed to be as tall as a mountain. I could even see it from the walls of the human castle, looming in the distance like a crimson spear piercing the skies. When the sun sets, the Spire's vast shadow falls over the castle and stretches east, as far as you can see." She was silent for a moment, then added: "The feeling I…
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