Eru peered at the dark shadow laughing at him. "There is darkness in light, goddess, tsk, tsk, tsk, you forgot that," the shadow demon said in a crackling voice.
The dark shadow slowly crawled out of Deric and moved closer, but suddenly it glanced at the door and scoffed. "Pest after pests," it said, and disappeared.
All of a sudden, Deric collapsed on the bed.
"Deric! Hey, wake up," Eru patted his cheeks, but he was unresponsive. Even his berthing was very choppy. "DERIC!!!! Wake up…. help.. HELP!! MASTER!!" he shouted aloud.
The door right then the door banged open and their master ran in, followed by stunned Silas.
"Mas—master help him. He's barely breathing," he shouted aloud.
Lumian ran over to them and held Deric carefully in his arms. "What happened?" he peered at the sacred looking Eru.
"A… a shadow demon… it was a shadow demon," Eru cried aloud.
