This time, I won't be the devil.

Ability gained: [Golden Rule Lv1]

At the same time, fragments of Petrarch's memories appeared in Frey's mind like a movie.

A large amount of information poured in at the same time, making Frey feel dazed. But before he could sort out the information, he noticed the changes outside through shadow perception.

Guided by the farewell song, the souls of the 18 dead silver Hanis gathered on Hanizi.

After absorbing the souls of these fellow tribesmen, Hanizi's body emanated a silver-white light, and then he evolved from clay Hani to silver Hani.

Frey went outside to check the situation, and after Hanizi discovered Frey, he immediately moved to his side happily.

"Hani... roo..."

Although he had no skill in talking to animals, after spending some time together, Frey understood that Hanizi was thanking him for saving the souls of his fellow tribesmen who were tortured by the Skeleton King.

It seems that I have somehow gained some favorability from Hanizi.

Frey had originally planned to abandon Hanizi after meeting Silver Hani, but now it seems that this guy may have to continue to accompany him for a while.

Since it was impossible to move the coffin in a short time, the three decided to leave the maze first after recovering Petrarch's relics.

In order to ensure that the scene is not destroyed, Frey has one more thing to deal with before returning to the ground, and that is the Skeleton King's subordinate, the White Ape.

After returning to the cemetery via the elevator, Frey found the White Ape waiting alone in the tomb.

After seeing Frey, the white ape was shocked at first, then fell to the ground and spoke human language.

"I didn't expect you to actually defeat that monster. On behalf of the entire Two-Spider Ape Clan, I want to thank you..."

The White Ape explained to Frey the reason why he worked for the Skeleton King. At first, he was controlled by the effect of [Monster Domination]. Later, he actively cooperated only to protect his own people.

If we follow the conventional routine, Frey should understand the white ape's difficulties and give it a chance to reform.

But Frey has always had zero tolerance for traitors.

The white ape appeared here on its own initiative, obviously having made preparations.

Afterwards, the White Ape summoned the other two-thorned apes and took the initiative to confess his crime of colluding with the Skeleton King and regularly offering his tribesmen as sacrifices to the Skeleton King.

After learning the truth, the two apes were both angry and frightened. They were angry at the white ape's concealment and betrayal, but also afraid of the terrifying monster underground.

After learning that the Skeleton King had been defeated by Frey, the two spiny apes' admiration and respect for him deepened further.

Finally, Frey executed the white ape in front of the other two spiny apes, completely consolidating his leadership position.

In exchange, Frey promised the white ape that he would protect the other two-spined apes for him.

……

It was already evening when they left the maze. The three exhausted people decided to take a rest and deal with the remaining problems tomorrow.

Through Petrarch's memory, Frey had roughly understood the cause of the incident.

80 years ago, Petrarch mastered the rituals necessary to upgrade the Golden Rule after coming into contact with the Regressionists.

He initially believed the cultists' claims that Laura wanted to use him to earn the 10 million rupees needed to collect gold, and thus developed resentment.

But later, as time passed, Petrarch's ideas changed.

In Petrarch's view, no matter what Laura's purpose was, his life was given by her after all.

If Laura hopes to gain a longer life through the Golden Rule, then Petrarch wants to help her achieve this wish.

Although this was just wishful thinking, Petrarch made it his goal for the rest of his life.

So he reached an agreement with the Return Sect and prepared for this ceremony.

In the eyes of the Reversion Sect, all acts of repairing the fragments of the Law were a reappearance of the Law era, so they agreed to cooperate.

According to the original plan, once the Hayek Consortium delivered the gold to the cemetery as promised, the underground magic circle would be automatically triggered. Based on the fragments of the law in Petrarch's body and using the life crystal as a medium, the upgraded golden rule would be transferred to Laura.

But after entering the cemetery, Petrarch's body was assimilated by the skeleton troll. Although the gold embezzled by the Hayek Consortium was returned due to Jacob's skills, the ceremony ultimately failed.

In order to find out the mystery of Laura, the other protagonist of this incident, and the source of the law fragments, Frey knocked on Didoris's door that night.

After discovering that the other party was not in the house, Frey first returned to his room, and then climbed onto the roof along the eaves.

Just like the night they first met, Didoris was sitting alone on the roof.

The bright moonlight fell on her like fine sand, dyeing her shiny golden hair with a silver glow.

She had a somewhat lost expression on her face, observing the life crystal belonging to Laura in her hand through the moonlight.

After noticing Frey's arrival, Didoris spoke.

"Are you going to ask me how I guessed the password to the gate?"

After viewing Petrarch's memories, Frey already knew how the gate's code was generated.

In fact, this question is not about reading comprehension. The answer has been clear from the beginning. Anyone who has seen Laura's Life Crystal with their own eyes will try to input this word.

As for the elves' life crystal, he did have a few things to confirm with Didoris.

Frey nodded, and Didoris continued to explain:

"The life crystal of the elves, when magic power is injected into it, will reveal a word."

"Everyone's words are different. This is the motto given to each elf by the sacred tree, and it is also a unique identity mark."

"When I was little, I saw the words that belonged to Laura when she took off the crystal."

After that, Didoris handed Laura's crystal to Frey and asked him to check it personally.

After the magic power was injected, nine letters emitting a faint golden light appeared on the blue crystal - [Oblivious]

Chapter 47 Oblivious

Afterwards, Didoris explained the information about the Life Crystal to Frey in detail.

After an elf is born, it will obtain a life crystal from the tree hole of the sacred tree. It will serve as a symbol of the blessing of the sacred tree and accompany the elf throughout his life.

Obtaining the crystal is a ritual that every elf must go through. During the ceremony, the sacred tree will implant the crystal into the elf's body. The specific location varies from person to person. For example, Didoris implants the crystal on her forehead, while Laura implants the crystal on her chest.

If you're unlucky, the Holy Tree might install the crystal on your butt or some other bad spot.

Although elves have a lifespan five times that of humans, their growth rate during childhood is similar to that of humans, and they reach full maturity around the age of 5.

And when you turn 20 and enter the Holy Tree Hole for the coming-of-age ceremony, you can take the Life Crystal off your body.

When the life crystal that has accompanied the elves' growth is taken off for the first time, a word will be displayed on it.

This word is a motto given to the elf by the sacred tree, similar to fortune-telling and divination, and is a prophecy and advice for his life.

Each elf has a different idea of ​​how to view the words given to them by the sacred tree.

Depending on the meaning of the word, some people will use it as their goal or code of conduct, while others will use it as their code name or nickname.

Some people don't care at all, while others choose to conceal the word deliberately because of its bad meaning. Laura belongs to the latter category.

“I asked Laura several times as a child what her word was, but she never told me.”

"Later, I took advantage of her taking off her crystal to take a shower and peeked at her vocabulary."

"At that time, her crystal was still red..."

The question about the color change of the crystal was exactly what Frey wanted to ask.

"What causes crystals to change color?"

"This is a secret of our elves, and we generally don't tell others easily..."

"However, since you have completed this commission, you will be certified as a friend of the elves as agreed."

After a pause, Didoris explained:

"Elves don't age noticeably in appearance or body until death. You should understand what this means, right?"

In other words, unlike humans who have to go through birth, old age, sickness and death, elves do not have old age and sickness as a transition between life and death.

"Then how did you predict your own death?" Frey asked subconsciously.

But after reviewing the conversation just now, he quickly guessed the result.

"Could it be..." Frey looked at the blue crystal in his hand, then at the red crystal on Didoris's head.

After noticing Frey's gaze, Tidoris nodded and said:

"When we have only one percent left of our lifespan, which is the last five years, the color of the crystal will change from red to blue."

"Five years? The color won't change before then?"

"Yes."

Although Frey had guessed that the color of the life crystal was related to the remaining lifespan, he did not expect that the crystal would give a clue only at the last moment.

Currently, the lifespan of elves is between 300 and 400 years, with a gap of more than 100 years.

This means that in the last hundred years of their lives, they may suddenly meet their end at any time.

According to Petrarch's memory, he first discovered the blue crystal on Laura's chest in 905 of the Aiden calendar.

Since it was a secret of the elves, and Petrarch had not met any other elves since then, he did not know what the blue life crystal represented.

In other words, even if Petrarch's ceremony was successfully performed, he could not help Laura prolong her life because her life span ended in 910.

"Wait, wasn't Laura's body discovered three years ago?"

"The body was indeed discovered three years ago. Since there was no sign of decay, we initially thought she had died not long ago."

"But after being transported back to the Forest Kingdom, her body remained immortal, and the exact time of her death could not be determined."

"Is this the effect of the Golden Rule?" Frey asked.

Considering the state of Petrarch's remains, the Golden Rule, in addition to its superficial effects, should also have the characteristic of allowing the holder's body to remain immortal.

"I'm not very clear about the Golden Rule, but based on the information I have, Laura is very likely an elf who survived the Age of the Golden Rule."

In the Age of Law, the lifespan of elves was 500 years. If Laura really died in 910, then it is indeed possible that she was born in the Age of Law.

"A beautiful girl is always 17 years old. This is actually a line from Laura."

"She never told me her real age. Every time I asked, she would just laugh it off."

"Although I consider Laura a friend, it seems now that in her eyes I am just a child..."

According to Didoris's recollection, Laura returned to the Forest Kingdom 110 years ago, and no one among the elves in the Forest Kingdom knew her at that time.