The lightless hall dimmed, and only the corridor leading to the huge stone door still had a faint blue firelight, making the entire corridor look like it was leading to the netherworld.

"Are you asking us to go further inside?" Mai Jiudoku held the weapon at her waist cautiously, and slowly walked in front of Lu Mingfei to guard him.

Zero was also on guard with a military assassin in one hand and a gun in the other, and the expression on his already cold face became even more solemn.

Seeing the situation, Lu Mingfei took out two transparent glass balls with runes engraved on them again without changing his expression, gave one to each of Zero and Shutoku Mai, and said: "Crush it when in danger, and pay attention to the door when using it."

Are there any obstacles on the other side of the corridor?"

Mai Shutoku collected the things and put them in a convenient location, and then asked: "Now that things have happened, I won't ask questions like whether I want to go in again. I just want to know if you have any insurance means?"

"Yes, there is, but it is not necessarily guaranteed to be useful. This glass bead can buy you some time. Then think of other ways." Lu Mingfei did not promise them that there would be a way to get out, from the Kingdom of Shadows.

He has not tested whether the summoning spell will work when the connection with the real world is disconnected here. The same is true for the great magic of teleporting multiple people.

The rune stone he just threw out is a locator, and the one handed to them is the starter. After the starter is activated, the rune stones on both sides are activated at the same time, and the rune stone acting as the locator will generate a link between the two rune stones.

, which can force them away from the battlefield when they are in danger. This is one of the methods Lu Mingfei arranged on the Zero Viaduct, but it was not used in the end.

However, this thing also has flaws. For example, it is in mid-air when it is pulled back, making it easy to become a target. In addition, if there are obstacles, it may be hit.

After clearly explaining the precautions and usage methods to Shutoku Mai and Zero, Lu Mingfei summoned the shadow servants who had not yet materialized and put them back into the shadows. He did not step into the corridor that was reflected in blue.

He walked towards the side hall where the dragon corpses were found before.

…

"Why do you ask?" There was a little boy in a black formal suit sitting on the seat that was supposed to be empty. After he picked up the tea cup and took a sip, he put the cup down again as if he was dissatisfied with the taste of the tea.

"That place has nothing to do with our plan. Not only that, where did you take 'that' too." The old man looked at the boy with golden pupils in front of him and said, "The events there were not in their plan."

"You can't say that." The boy jumped out of his seat, walked to the wine cabinet next to the desk, picked a bottle of red wine with his eyes lit up, took the goblet, opened it and tasted it.

The old man did not stop the boy's movements, nor did he think about whether he was old enough to drink. He waited expressionlessly for the boy's answer.

"He lacks initiative." The boy shook the goblet in his hand and looked at the blood-red wine inside and said, "Although he showed a very positive attitude when he was in your school, this is just for the unknown.

It's just curiosity. Once he understands that these are just superficial things, he will lose interest in them. Although he will not turn back into the good-for-nothing who just eats and waits to die, it is not impossible to ignore these developments."

"So you asked me to give that to him to arouse his... desire to kill?" The old man nodded when he heard this. He remembered that the person they were talking about seemed peaceful in front of him, but was actually inaccessible.

The boy smiled slightly and did not directly explain the matter.

"But wouldn't it be too soon for him to directly confront the last generation-level existence?" the old man said, "I'm not doubting your and his abilities, but how could you do it when 'that' is there?"

Make sure the dragon inside doesn't recognize 'that'?"

"Don't worry." The boy smiled, "The owner inside has been away for more than two thousand years, and the inside is now ownerless. But..."

"But what?" the old man asked with a frown. The boy always spoke only half of his words.

"Oh, I almost said it. This is not part of our deal. I have no obligation to tell you this." The boy smiled slyly and changed the subject.

The old man looked at the man deeply without expression, and after a long time he asked: "I just want to know one thing." He looked at the photos on the table, "How many sacrifices will be made this time?"

"Oh? Do you care about this?" The boy glanced at the eight people in the photo with a strange expression, "I thought you were ready to do anything for revenge."

"I can let them die gloriously on the battlefield!" The old man stood up, put his hands on the table and looked directly at the boy, "but I can't let them make unnecessary sacrifices!"

"Pah, pah." Faced with the old man's threat, the boy clapped his hands and said, "That's right, that's what a person with power should say. It would be great if some guy was as enlightened as you."

"Answer my question!" the old man asked again, his deep silver-gray pupils turning into bright gold, like an old lion that was ready to pounce at any time, looking at the boy as if it were prey.

"Nice eyes, nice temperament." The boy praised with a smile on his golden eyes, not at all frightened by the old man's aura. "Looking at your nice aura, I will tell you this for free."

It’s a question.”

The boy adjusted his sitting posture and sat back casually on the expensive wood seat with armrests: "Originally, with your people, if you meet the one inside, it is basically like sending him off, even if he is not in the best condition now."

The old man also sat on a chair, but stared at the boy with undiminished intensity, waiting for his next words.

"But, the things inside are imprisoned by the original owner and cannot move freely. As long as your people don't go in, there won't be much damage." The boy said slowly, "The only way for the things inside to escape is

Lure people from outside in and help them get out of trouble by using their clan's innate ability to control their minds."

"Innate ability to control the mind..." The old man opened his eyes wide as if he thought of something, "Could it be?"

"That's right." The boy showed a devilish smile and saluted the red wine in the glass into the distance, as if to say hello or say goodbye, "It's the one you were thinking of."

…

The black key attached to the blue flame flew straight out, passed through the hollow head of a corpse guard about four meters high, and nailed it to the back. The faint blue flame spread out and gradually covered the whole body. If you look carefully, it was also covered.

There are two more corpse guards nailed like this.

Mai Shutoku swung two long alchemy knives backwards with great force. The broad back of the sword shattered the exposed dark golden skeleton of the corpse guard, destroying the skeleton of the corpse guard and making it unable to move anymore.

Zero pulled out the black key with blue flames that he had just thrown out. His petite body moved flexibly through a group of monsters, searching for the big dangerous targets and waving the black key to deal with them first.

The reason why this group of monsters appeared started when the torches disappeared in the hall just now.

Lu Mingfei, who was worried that he would be ridiculed by corpse guards and deadpools after entering the stone gate, planned to deal with those dangerous corpse guards first. After giving Zero and Shutoku Mai two black keys attached to the ghost lanterns that could burn for a period of time.

, Lu Mingfei asked them to deal with another side hall with a small corpse guard, while he went to the side hall with a large corpse guard.

Mai Shutoku, who came to the room as ordered, was shocked by the dark golden corpses in front of her. It was not clear how many there were, but she only knew that the number and scale were not comparable to those outside.

She secretly said, "Isn't this really the territory of the Dragon King?" She and Ling split up and started to use the black key given by Lu Mingfei to first find a slightly larger corpse guard and light it.

After the imprisoned people below knew what they wanted to do, they roared angrily and canceled the ability to suppress the corpse guard, allowing the corpse guard who should have been patrolling in the temple to wake up and confront the two who set the fire.

People attack.

The two men, who had long been prepared for the corpse guards to wake up, waved the black keys with blue flames to meet the enemy. When the corpse guards came into contact with the ghost lanterns, they did not dodge around like animals encountering open flames at first. But after several

After their companions were burned to death by the flames, they retained only a little bit of instinct and began to dodge the blue flames that could hurt them at some point.

After the big and dangerous target was eliminated, Mai Shutoku simply threw the black key like Lu Mingfei did. After hitting the two big corpse guards, she pulled out the long alchemy knives tied to the two long legs.

, swung at the small corpse guards. Unlike the group of executive department specialists outside, she couldn't do anything without heavy weapons.

Thanks to the flames set off before, there were not too many corpse guards left. With the help of the flames, these corpse guards, who were labeled as troublesome enemies because they did not suffer from pain, fatigue and fear, behaved the same as they had encountered before.

Just like the Dead Guards who have been there, with their abilities they can easily eliminate these remaining Corpse Guards.

"Huh~ Although these things are not difficult to deal with with the help of this flame, this number can still be busy for a while. I can only say that it is a temple built on the scale of the Dragon King's palace. The guarding force is also so powerful."

Mai Shutoku breathed out slightly. She had never encountered such high-intensity battles in her past experience, but in a temple on the scale of the Dragon King, fighting against such a large group of corpse guards was unprecedented.

Zero took back the black keys that had extinguished the blue flame one by one, came to Shutoku Mai's side and handed her the two keys given to her, and said with a cold face: "Don't lose this, he just lent it to her.

We just use it."

"You are really a considerate little cotton-padded jacket." Mai Shutoku joked, put away her alchemy sword, and held the black key in her hand, "But I also want to ask you, between the two of them, what do you think should be done?

Who do you listen to first?”

Mai Shutoku thinks this is a very important issue. Taking "that" above as an example, the boss will only use him as a tool. Although he may not care about his life or death, from the boss's attitude, he is still

It's better to die.

As for Lu Mingfei, judging from their information, it seems that a friendship has developed between him and "the one" above, which makes it a bit difficult for them. Originally, Lu Mingfei and the others only regarded Lu Mingfei as the object of support from the boss.

But now the boss, Lu Mingfei, is a little bit confused.

Although Mai Shutoku is more like the boss, Lu Mingfei, who has the same temperament as her boss, makes her unable to disobey him.

"There is no need to separate." Zero walked out of the side hall and walked towards the other side hall where it was also quiet. He recalled in his mind the figure holding her tightly in the snowstorm, "...there will no longer be a difference between them.

.”

Mai Shutoku was stunned when she heard this. As the boss's caring little cotton-padded jacket, and also the first person to follow the boss, it was not surprising that Zero would know something about the boss that they didn't know. Although she changed her mind after seeing Lu Mingfei's current changes.

She had already speculated whether there would be such a possibility, but the fact that Zero revealed the news was beyond her expectation.

"Is that so?" Mai Shutoku said in a daze. She felt something was leaving her, but also felt that something was coming back. This made her a little expectant and a little scared.

In the side hall on the other side, Lu Mingfei held a knife with both hands and swung it at the large corpse guard who was also about ten meters tall. This made Lu Mingfei, who was standing at its feet and less than one-fifth of its height,

Seems a bit unmatched.

The hand on one side of the corpse guard hung down naturally as if it was broken, and the wings on the other side were also drooped. This was naturally the injury caused by Lu Mingfei to the corpse guard.

Although he did not underestimate this large corpse guard, he failed to solve it quickly. There were multiple alchemy matrices on this large corpse guard. Before he could destroy all of these alchemy matrices, the imprisoned dragon activated these corpses.

Shou.

However, even though he had several combat experiences with dragons of similar size, he was also familiar with the weaknesses of these dragons, especially the zombie guards who had lost their minds and relied only on instinct to fight.

The blue fire light was successfully attached to the legs of the large corpse guard. Lu Mingfei rolled out sideways, avoiding the corpse guard who had lost its leg matrix and fell down.

The large corpse guard, unable to stand up again, opened its mouth wide enough to swallow half a lion and roared at him, but its vocal cords were completely rotted and it could not make any sound.

"It's so sad. Those wings should obviously fly in the sky." Lu Mingfei, whose golden pupils lit up at some point, lamented in an unusual tone that this dragon had been dead for a long time, but its body was still being used, indifferently.

There was a sad look on his expression, as if he was thinking of someone.

"Whoa!" The burning black key was thrown into the corpse guard's open mouth and inserted straight into his throat. The blue flame spread from the faucet like a cremation, gradually spreading to the torso and still struggling.

the tail of.

There was no movement from the corpse guard. Lu Mingfei waited for a while before approaching the dragon head and retrieved the black key.

Looking at the huge dragon corpse again, he took back the spirit-turned ghost, pushed open the huge bronze door and left.
Chapter completed!