The ice dragon's breath froze, and his eyes widened in disbelief.

The flames thundered softly and vanished without a trace, and a familiar figure instantly appeared on the ground—more than one person.

"Sweetheart!" Tates screamed in surprise and jumped to Naria, who was still coughing. Eth let out a low roar and flicked his tail over, pushing everyone away from the crater that was still emitting a blazing breath and a foul smell.

The air shook slightly, and some kind of huge force erupted from the bottom of the pit for a long time, and everything around it seemed to be strangely distorted, and the ground continued to whisper, and the invisible pressure made it impossible for everyone to make a sound, and they could only look at what they couldn't see at all.

When the cool air of dawn fell again, and the breeze dispelled the smoke and stench, a seemingly inhuman face poked out of the edge of the pit and shrank back in the first rays of sunlight.

“...... What the hell is that!" Tess cried out in disgust.

The white crow looked at Scott with a pale face and suddenly giggled, "Do you even know what you did?"

Scott didn't answer. He knew what he did...... He also knew who had forced him to get out this way.

His palms were downward, and at the sound of the incantation, the ground trembled and surged like waves, and the heaves of the rocks gradually closed in, sealing the pit tightly.

"That won't help. You know ......."

The mage's mocking voice broke in a low gasp.

Scott rushed to her in an instant and grabbed her neck with one hand. Pounding down on the ground without mercy - and she couldn't avoid it.

She fell to the ground, struggling in a panic to break the fingers that were clinging to her throat like iron hoops. Suddenly, the innate power seemed to disappear from her body—no. The power was still there, but she couldn't remember how to use it in her terror......

How many years have you not felt so helpless?

She looked into the man's eyes—golden eyes, fiery but merciless, not at all human eyes...... Were his eyes originally this color?

Blurred vision. She gave up her resistance, and under the cover of her long skirt, her fingers stiffly drew runes on the ground that no one could recognize, and a cold smile curled into her lips.

She's lived long enough. Death may be another beginning...... But she would be glad to have someone to accompany her to the funeral.

There was a faint exclamation with sobs in his ears, and someone rushed over and begged in a small voice: "Please let her go." My lord, my lord, don't kill her, she's not a bad person......"

The fingertips stopped moving.

Scott's hand suddenly relaxed. A little sanity came back to mind with the air. The white crow snapped his fingers without thinking.

Retract your hand. Scott stared at the empty ground, his face gloomy.

The woman fled pretty quickly.

He wasn't really going to kill her...... Although, perhaps, a stupid insistence, he didn't want to kill in front of Scott. But if you can get her back, maybe it will be useful, after all, the Black Gate is probably made by her......

His waist tightened, and something suddenly wrapped around his waist and lifted him into the air. Half a circle.

“...... Is. Scott slapped the long tail of the ice tornaise on him with a smile in his heart, a slight panic in his heart. "Don't mess around, let me go!"

The ice dragon glared at him angrily, clearly not intending to obey.

"Let him down!" another voice shouted, and Naria lifted her smoky face, "Sethyana is dying!"

The ice dragon blinked and obediently put Scott beside her.

The young sword dancer was angry, but since he was still alive, it would be easy to rescue him. Scott deliberately delayed the treatment, wondering what to do—he could feel it without looking back, Iss staring at his back.

It didn't even turn back into a human, presumably because it was easier to catch him in dragon form. If he wanted to leave, of course, it wouldn't be difficult, but ......

He had to cherish every unexpected reunion.

"Scott?"

Another unexpected voice rang out, and Fili Zeri, who had been thrown away, finally bypassed the obstacles and found it.

"Naria!" "Naria," he was visibly relieved to see the black-haired girl, "It's really good that you're okay! Ellen and the dragon ......" he looked at Is, closed his mouth, and continued to look around, "Hey, what about that beautiful lady crow?" and ...... Rosa."

"Rosa!" Naria jumped up, "Rosa is still in the castle!

"I can...... I can take you to her. Ivy timidly said, "There is only one passage in the castle that is safe, it doesn't change from place to place......

"Nothing will change anymore. Scott interrupted her and stood up.

The power that keeps everything moving has left here...... That would be a big hidden danger, but right now, he couldn't think of a way.

He avoided Is's gaze and looked back at the castle, which was still towering. Without the support of magic, the whole castle suddenly collapsed, and a few half-dead roses crawled on the gray walls, and the once vivid sculptures seemed to have survived hundreds of years of wind and rain, and the mottled surface was blurred.

Sesyana was still unconscious, but her breathing had calmed down, and Linde groaned and opened her eyes, looking dazed.

He was groggy from the dungeon to the end, and he was probably the luckiest of them all. The moment he saw Lance, his eyes widened in horror, and he almost jumped as if he had seen a ghost: "Lance ......"

Lance?Sunchaser smiled coldly at him, "That's right, I'm still alive...... Isn't that a bit of a surprise?"

Naria looked back and forth at them, completely confused.

"Go find Rosa. Norway smiled wryly at her, "Leave the elves' business to the elves...... I'm waiting here for Akhan. ”.

It was Rosa who found them.

Scott had just pushed open the castle's half-decayed gate when he had to dodge the oncoming daggers, and then Rosa came out of the darkness apologetically: "I'm sorry...... I was a little too nervous. ”

Behind her, several young girls looked out tremblingly.

"Rosa!" Tess happily pounced on the female warrior and hung on her, "Naria said you were controlled by that 'too beautiful' female mage...... Do you want to kill me?"

"Honestly, kind of like to think. Rosa smiled wryly. This will probably become a stain on her for the rest of her life...... Tess would never forget it, and even if she didn't see it with her own eyes, she would tell the story to her father, her siblings, and everyone they knew at Downtown Butch...... Yes, Tess Shepard is such a cute friend that makes you gnash your teeth.

She didn't know when she had returned to her room, but she suddenly came to her senses when the castle suddenly seemed to have traveled hundreds of years in the blink of an eye.

Not long after leaving the room, she met the panicked maids in the hallway, and had to carefully lead them out of the castle, which was beginning to decay everywhere.

"Was everything before an illusion?" Naria looked at the haunted castle with some emotion, and couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic for the flawless white and flawless city of dreams in the moonlight when they first met.

"Yes or no, I just want to get out of this place as soon as possible. Rosa said with a sigh. She went out as a mercenary when she was a teenager, and she has experienced a lot of adventures, big and small, and has never lost so completely.

"There is no danger here. Scott told her, "You can go to the backyard and stay with Norway and them...... Fili and I still have some things to do. ”

In fact, it was him, Fili, who followed closely behind him with a cold face like the shadow.

"You guys quarreled?" Filly asked in a curious whisper in Scott's ear, "I heard he had a fight with Ed as well...... Is it a late rebellious period?"

“...... He could hear it. Scott said.

Fili shrugged and shut his mouth.

After a while, he was in no mood to joke anymore - Scott whispered to him about the dark door underground, the demons that could not be completely destroyed, and his ominous speculations.

"Gates of Hell...... Are you sure the gates of hell?" he repeated in disbelief until Scott glared at him impatiently, "I can show you the monsters...... There's no way out of the underground, they'll be sealed there temporarily, and you'd better tell Sean as soon as possible...... I'm afraid this is going to be a bit tricky. ”

"It's more than tricky!" cried Fili, "it's going to be a disaster like never before...... Nothing is wrong with what is going on in this world! Who have I provoked, can't I live peacefully until I die of old age? Goddess, I have always been so loyal and brave, is this too much to ask?!"

Scott raised his leg and kicked him, but he couldn't help but laugh.

"It's better not to tell Sean that I'm the one who kept Kuromen out of sight...... He's going to kill me. He sighed and touched his neck, as if he could feel Sean's shining blade.

He was sure that he was now far more powerful than Sean Fletcher, but he was still in awe of the always serious-looking Uncle Sean.

"He's got a lot of reasons to kill you, and this one isn't bad. Fili scratched his head, "I think he knows everything...... Besides, how did you let me hide from him? You got out of a hole in the ground! I'm going to tell him that Naria did it?"

Scott's expression froze slightly. He knew that they had found the bones of the ice mangs missing, and that they had all been to the cave at the bottom of the lake that had once been frozen...... Filly just rubbed his nose and sighed half-truthfully, this innocent guy, even if the truth is right in front of him, will not doubt his trusted friend, but Sean ...... Sean always sees through everything with ease.

- He did have countless reasons to kill him.

And Is......

Before he got here, he got the news - "That ice dragon is frantically looking for you. ”

At this moment, Isis was behind him, but he didn't dare to turn around and ask him "why".

(To be continued......)