This time, I won't be the devil.

However, unexpectedly, the black dragon bypassed them directly, wrapped in black mist, and flew to the upper level of the maze.

From its roar, Leonard seemed to hear an excited voice.

"found it."

…………

When Noel's railgun finally died down, A Fei, struck by thousands of thunderbolts, completely lost his humanity and turned into a zombie.

After using his skills, Noelle immediately fell into a coma.

Even with the help of dragon scales, suddenly manipulating such a huge amount of unrefined magic power would inevitably cause great damage to the body.

At this time, Noelle's skin was covered with light blue magical lines, and the veins on his face were bulging.

Frey quickly picked up Noelle, her body was extremely hot.

Noelle's rapid heartbeat reached Frey's ears, and the strong pulsation of his blood vessels could be felt even through his clothes.

When Frey put his ear to Noelle's chest, he could even hear a sound similar to muscles and bones growing.

There was no doubt that after one-fifth of the dragon blood seal was lifted, some changes were taking place in her body.

Fortunately, at present, Noelle is at least not in danger of life, and there are no obvious dragon characteristics on his body.

After Ah Fei was eliminated, the other adventurers in the distance woke up one after another, but they were in a trance due to the impact of the memories brought by the Shadow of Eclipse.

There was only one exception, and that was Wright, who was seriously injured and unconscious. Thanks to his talent [Perseverance], he had barely regained his ability to move.

"Wright, take Palu and the remaining adventurers back to the base first, and take the zombie on the ground with you."

"how about you?"

"I have one more thing to do, don't mind me."

Wright, who had just woken up, was a little confused about the situation, but he still followed Frey's orders.

Just as he was moving, Wright noticed that Frey's eyes were staring into the void.

After everyone else left, only Frey and Noelle were left in this space.

The reason why Frey didn't leave was that at the moment when Noelle's railgun ended, a new black ghost rushed over and took away the fragment of the dark principle embedded in Afei's heart.

This ghost looked slightly different from the previous one. The black substance on its body was like layers of ribbons, wrapped around its body.

After the identification was strengthened, Frey saw the ghost's message.

Black Ghost

One of the powers of the Dark Principle is the ability to summon an avatar that is connected to one's senses. The ghost's image is a projection of the soul and will change depending on the summoner.

After taking away the fragments, the ghost quietly retreated to the side, and remained unmoved even when Wright and the others took away Ah Fei's body.

At this point, Frey was certain that the ghost's target was Noelle.

Through the battle with Alfie just now, Frey has realized that his ability was given by Jabba Walker.

Since Ah Fei can use the fragments of the Dark Principle to summon ghosts, it is obvious that Jabberwock, who holds power, can also do this.

With the seal loosened, Jabberwock may have regained his ability to summon ghosts, although his body is still bound to the 70th floor.

If this is the case, then this series of changes can be explained.

After analyzing all the currently known intelligence, Frey deduced Jabbawk's purpose.

The appearance of this ghost means that Jabba Worker has noticed the situation on Ah Fei's side.

Frey raised his hand and began to condense his magic power. Seeing this, the ghost immediately retreated.

And when Frey was about to leave, it followed him from a distance.

Given Frey's current condition, if he tries his best, he should be able to barely defeat it.

But this ghost was able to arrive so promptly, and considering its previous actions, Frey guessed that there was probably more than one ghost, and the guy in front of him was just a scout.

Frey had to admit that the existence of the black ghost was beyond his expectations.

Frey could not have anticipated the unknown power of the Dark Principle.

But "unknown" does not mean invincible.

Frey did not lie to Noelle. He did have one last plan.

However, to ensure the success of the plan, he had to first go to the stage he had set up in advance.

Frey carried the unconscious Noelle on his back and began to move.

However, given his current injuries, it would be more accurate to say that he was using his body to carry Noelle forward rather than carrying her on his back.

During this process, Frey always felt that Noelle's breasts seemed a little bigger than before.

Maybe one day when all five dragon scales disappear, she will turn back into the silver-scaled dragon princess with horns on her head, a tail behind her, and a big thunder on her chest.

The ghost has been following Frey closely, but when it gets close to the main road, Frey suddenly summons an air wave and starts to accelerate.

The Black Ghost immediately chased at full speed, and Frey also understood its maximum speed.

After confirming this, Frey jumped into the tunnel that the sandworm had come out of before, which led from the 21st floor to the 31st floor.

When the height dropped to the 30th floor, Frey climbed up with a grappling hook, then launched the grappling hook while spraying air currents, and began to run wildly in a posture similar to a three-dimensional maneuverable device.

When Frey finally arrived at a rock wall on the 30th floor of the maze, the black mist appeared in his sight again.

Under the protection of the fog, two black ghosts avoided [Shadow Perception] and rushed over at the same time. Together with the one at the beginning, a total of three ghosts surrounded Frey.

As time goes by, more and more ghosts gather here.

When the number of ghosts reached 10, they looked at each other, then transformed into blades, ready to kill Frey together.

However, at this moment, Frey took out the Shadow Blade and placed it on Noelle's neck.

"If you move again I'll kill her."

After seeing Frey's posture clearly, the ghost stopped moving.

Frey clenched his dagger and said expressionlessly:

"I speak to Jabberwock, the Dragon Lord."

The ghosts observed Frey, as if judging something.

"I know you can manipulate the mist to form words. I'll give you 40 seconds."

Frey knew that the senses of these ghosts were connected to those of their summoner, Jabbawk.

"If you don't respond in 40 seconds, I will swing the dagger immediately."

Looking at the scene before them, the ghosts looked at each other in bewilderment. They quickly determined that the knife in Frey's hand was faster than their own.

Then, 35 seconds later, the surrounding fog began to condense and form black text.

Put down the knife, we can talk.

Chapter 101 But for Your Majesty

Put down the knife, we can talk.

After seeing the black text, Frey realized that his intimidation had been successful, so he continued:

"Of course we can discuss it, but you have to satisfy my requirements first."

【State your requirements】

"Before that, you have to appear in my sight first. After all, if there is a huge black dragon lying in ambush in the distance, it will not make anyone feel at ease."

Long before he killed Ah Fei with the Flame Volt Slash, Frey sent Xiaobai and the two apes to monitor the undamaged fifth-level passage and reported the situation using the resonance bell's code. Only then did he discover the black dragon rushing up from the depths of the maze in advance.

Jabberwock seemed quite surprised to hear Frey say this. The black text twisted and displayed:

[I have done as you said. In three minutes, the black dragon will appear in front of you.]

Just as Jabba Walker said, more than two minutes later, Frey detected a black shadow moving at high speed.

"Stop, keep two kilometers away from me, and let the other ghosts gather around the black dragon."

The giant dragon wrapped in black fog stopped, and 10 ghosts moved to its side.

"Move five more meters to the left to disperse the fog."

After hearing Frey's words, the other party hesitated for a moment, but finally adjusted his position slightly as required, and then dispelled the black fog around him that hindered his cognition.

Without the interference of fog, Frey immediately activated [Identification] and determined that the black dragon and other ghosts were essentially the same thing.

I think we can start negotiations.

Frey nodded slightly, and Jabbawok dispelled the last wisp of mist that made up the words, then melted the bodies of the ten ghosts and reassembled them.

"It should be easier to communicate in this way." A sweet female voice came into Frey's ears.

Under Jabbawok's manipulation, the combined ghost transformed into a human form.

What caught Frey's eyes was a humanoid dragon wrapped in bandages. She had a pair of curved horns on her head, but they looked more like goat horns than dragon horns.

Her long, deathly gray hair hung down, and if one only looked at her facial features, she was a woman so beautiful that she could captivate the soul.

But in the middle of her face, there was a very deep wound, as if it had been cut by a sickle.

With the wound as the dividing line, one-third of her face had become necrotic and blackened, with dense sutures on the edges, which looked very creepy.

Not only his face, Jabberwock's entire body looked like a corpse that had been dismembered and then sewn back together. Under the bandages, dark red threads were interspersed between the pale skin and purple-black scales, and the skeleton of the wings behind him was covered with rotten and damaged flesh.

This look was indeed somewhat beyond Frey's expectations, but he still kept a stern face and a cold expression.

"If someone looks at me like that, I'll be sad~"

"Don't be so vigilant. Maybe we are not the enemy."

Jabberwock suddenly adopted a light-hearted tone like a sister next door and smiled at Frey.

If they hadn't known the information in advance, no one would have associated the image before them with the legendary evil dragon.

"Before you decide whether we are enemies or not, you have to answer my question first?"

"What do you want to know?"

"First, what is your purpose?"