This time, I won't be the devil.

This is a skill that few Dark Knights can master. With this skill, one can interfere with the enemy's judgment in battle. If the opponent's strength and skills are obviously weaker than one's own, he will be completely manipulated by the fake moves.

After releasing his killing intent, Van Dam used this skill to inflict the fear of death on Noelle.

But even so, Noelle still gritted his trembling teeth and persevered.

In the stretched time, a strong will emerged in her heart.

The reason why Noelle practiced swordplay so hard was because she wanted to become stronger as quickly as possible.

During the adventures of the past few months, Noelle has noticed that Frey seems to be upgrading faster than himself.

Obviously, she was of a higher level when they first met, but Frey quickly surpassed her.

Ever since that night when he revealed his identity as a dragon to Frey, Noelle has not gone to the maze again.

As of today, Noel's level is 22, which is 5 levels behind Frey.

Noelle was actually very clear that in her previous maze explorations, she relied on her extraordinary magic power.

But she doesn't have the talent to manipulate magic like Frey, she just has stronger magic power.

Without the Thunderfire Sword, she would be of no help to Frey.

But Frey himself can also use the Thunderfire Sword, and his magic value has been increasing with the increase of level. He will surely surpass Noel in the future.

What's more, Frey also invented a method of using a magic engine to charge the Thunder and Fire Sword.

The role Noelle can play is becoming increasingly limited.

Although Frey allowed her to stay and promised to protect her, Noelle knew that if she was of no use, she would become a dispensable burden.

She doesn't want to be a burden!

She wants to be indispensable!

For this, she needed strength.

Noelle recalled something Frey had said to her:

“I Need More Power…”

The next moment, the chains of terror were shattered by the outburst of intense emotions.

Noelle stopped her hands from shaking, gripped the hilt of her sword, and attacked Van Dam.

Van Dam couldn't help but feel relieved when he saw this. It seemed that the child had successfully overcome the first hurdle.

After that, the sword fighting competition officially began.

The flashes of swords and the sparks from the collision of weapons made this sword fight seem like a grand performance.

Among the audience, there was a woman with her eyes covered with a black veil, who was concentrating on "watching" everything happening on the training ground.

……

Meanwhile, Wright was taking Palu to the production base.

Today is the fifth day since Frey began his retreat.

Wright now knows how the Fulida puree is produced. Although he finds it somewhat difficult to agree with the use of maze monsters, he still chooses to trust Frey's judgment.

What's more, according to the signed contract, he cannot do anything bad to the two-thorn monkeys.

Now the leader of the two spiny apes named Xiaobai is staying on the 31st floor with Frey, so someone is needed to direct the production.

Wright naturally couldn't do this kind of work, so he brought Palu with him.

Unlike Wright, Palu is not only dexterous but also smart. Frey once praised him for his potential to become a manager.

Every morning, Palu would follow Wright to the production base of Fulida to supervise the production of the two spiny monkeys.

After transporting the raw pulp back to the ground at noon, Wright will go to the 31st floor in the afternoon to find Xiaobai to report various intelligence of the day.

The reason why the transportation of raw pulp, which originally took a day, was shortened to half a day was because Frey modified the passage under the production base.

Now Wright and his team no longer need to start from the entrance of the second level and run all the way to the base on the 20th level. They only need to enter the 3st level from the entrance of the third level, and after arriving at the bottom of the production base near the main road, they can contact the two spiny monkeys in the base through the communicator and ask them to lower the spiral staircase.

After that, you can go back and forth using the ladder and lower the iron bucket containing the raw pulp with a rope.

After completing the work at the base and transporting the raw pulp back to the surface, Palu couldn't help but sigh:

“It feels so quiet around here.”

"We're clearly near the main path, but there are no adventurers in sight. It's completely different from before."

Facing Palu's doubts, Wright answered:

"After all, many of the silver and gold-level adventurers who were originally exploring the third level have now joined the expedition."

When it comes to the expedition, Palu seems to have remembered the ridicule of Wright by the group of people from the YG Guild before, so he said indignantly:

"It doesn't matter what happens to those guys."

"By the way, how long will Boss Lei remain in seclusion?"

"The boss said it might take 10 days, but he's usually quite conservative. I think it should be done in two or three days..."

Just as they were talking about this, there was a sudden sound from below the ground.

At first they didn't pay much attention, but after a while, bursts of sounds like collapse came from under the ground.

Wright immediately pricked up his ears and determined that the sound came from the starting point of the main road.

The two soon arrived at the spiral path at the starting point of the main road, and the sound had already been heard several times.

To figure out the source of the sound, Palu put his ear to the ground.

But at this moment, the ground suddenly cracked and countless earth and rocks flew out.

At the critical moment, Lei pulled Palu up and jumped backwards. When they landed, the ground in front of them had completely collapsed, and the sound of falling earth and rocks echoed in their ears.

A giant insect tens of meters long crawled out from the pit below the collapse.

The giant insect's body is covered with yellow-brown shells and scales, which are covered with mottled textures. In the gaps between the shells, the green light condensed by the wind element can be vaguely seen.

Its head is like a drill, the tip of which is covered with extremely hard blue crystal, and the tail is forked into four parts.

Wright immediately recognized the monster's true identity.

It is the ruler of the desert, an elite monster born on the 29th floor - the wind-eroded sandworm.

The former YG president who was indebted to Wright died in the mission to defeat the wind-eroded sandworms a year ago.

The moment the wind-eroded sandworm appeared, Wright was stunned for a moment by the psychological trauma of the past.

The sandworm also saw Light, but it did not attack directly.

After making a sound unrecognizable to human ears, the sandworm continued to drill upwards.

After the sandworm disappeared, Wright realized the seriousness of the problem.

The collapse sound just now was nothing else but the sound made by the ground collapsing due to sandworms drilling into it.

Wright looked up and saw that the spiral passage leading to the ground had been completely destroyed.

Wright, who had experience fighting sandworms, knew well that wind-eroded sandworms were good at drilling holes and digging tunnels.

But as a monster, it should not be able to get close to the main road protected by the magic stone line.

But now it has not only entered the main road, but even destroyed the passage. This situation is really unheard of.

However, before Wright could mourn, a new change occurred.

There was a sound of dense footsteps in the distance, and a large group of monsters were rushing towards the right direction.

Now the spiral passage back to the ground has been destroyed, and the main path seems to have lost its effect in blocking monsters. This is an unprecedented desperate situation for adventurers.

Just when Wright was feeling overwhelmed, Palu came up with a solution.

"Anyway, let's retreat to the production base first!"

With Palu's reminder, Wright reacted, but it was too late.

Several desert butchers were standing in front of him, and behind them, hundreds of monsters were gathering here.

A moment later, they were surrounded by monsters, the number of which was far beyond what Wright could handle.

Realizing there was no way out, Wright made a decision.

"I'll hold them back, and you can escape!"

After saying that, Wright roared and released his taunting with all his strength.

The hatred of the surrounding monsters then shifted to Wright, and he was ready to die.

"What are you standing there for? Let's go!" Seeing that Palu was still there, Wright urged him hurriedly.

At this moment, a familiar voice sounded behind him.

"That's not necessary."

Frey used a grappling hook to climb out of the hole dug by the sandworm. He jumped in front of Wright and quickly opened his arms.

"Shinra Tenzheng!"

In an instant, a powerful air wave erupted and the monsters were blown away one after another.

Chapter 87 Sword of Damocles

Three hours ago, just as Frey was about to return to the ground, he noticed a strange noise coming from above.

In fact, the moment the magic power in the Blue Moon Cave suddenly became stronger, Frey became a little worried, so he chose to quickly evacuate the maze.

However, just as Frey reached the starting point of the main road on the 31st floor and was about to step onto the spiral passage, the passage above was drilled down and a wind-eroded sandworm appeared in front of him.

As an expert in intelligence, Frey had naturally investigated the information of the strongest monster in the third level. Before going into seclusion, he specially sent Xiaobai to conduct a reconnaissance on the 29th floor and confirmed that no new sandworms appeared.

This sandworm was obviously newly born, and the magic power that just helped Frey break through Magic Lv2 was probably the signal for the elite monster to refresh.

This monster was able to leave the level it was guarding without permission and come to the main road guarded by the magic stone line. This situation is unprecedented.

But now is not the time to be shocked. The most urgent task is to take countermeasures.

Based on the current situation, the sandworm should have rushed towards the spiral passage immediately after it was born on the 29th floor, thus destroying the passage before Frey evacuated.

Just as Frey was thinking about this, the sandworm noticed him and immediately launched an attack.