The night passed with no incidents. In the morning, Sunny was woken up by the sound of the surging waves and opened his eyes to see the sun slowly rising from beyond the horizon.
Rubbing his face, he sat up and looked around, noticing that most of the cohort was still asleep. Only Kai, who had been the last one to stand watch, was awake, sitting on the edge of the arch and admiring the dawn with a dreamy look on his face.
Sunny wanted to call out to him and warn the charming archer not to sit this close to the edge, but then remembered that Kai could fly.
'Yeah. Like I would forget it again!'
Using the opportunity, he dove into the Soul Sea and summoned Stone Saint from the depths of the Shadow Core, where she was sleeping in the embrace of nurturing black flames. Just like before, the Shadow did not appear from a sphere of light like an Echo would, but stepped out from a whirlpool of dark fire.
Sorry if I was not reading and answering the comments these past few days. In fact, I've been busy doing something interesting - creating a Discord server for the fans of the Shadow Slave! :] It is almost ready, so I'll probably post a link with tomorrow's chapters.