Clara Baker District, Alice's residence.

It was noon, and the sun was blazing outside, shining on the earth, but almost no sunlight could penetrate Alice's house, as if it had some kind of enchantment.

Alice's residence was still bright, with only a few not-so-bright kerosene lamps flickering.

Xia Zuo fiddled with the only remaining black crystal fragment in his hand, and from time to time turned his gaze to the room where Alice was, as if he was thinking about when the other party would come out.

Xia Zuo was also curious about whether the origin of these black crystals was actually the same origin as the scales on the ghost's body, as he had guessed.

As for the people in the Dark Night Veil, everyone either closed their eyes to rest their minds, or took out a book from the space savings prop or something to pass the time.

Xia Zuo lowered his head and took the black crystal in his hand for a long time, and just when Xia Zuo began to feel a little impatient, there was a squeak, and the sound of a door being opened suddenly sounded, attracting the attention of Xia Zuo and the others.

Xia Zuo involuntarily raised his head, and his golden eyes looked at the door that had been opened: a figure appeared in Xia Zuo's line of sight.

It is a mechanical creation made by Alice.

It seems that the results are in.

Xia Zuo thought.

Fred couldn't help but smile and took the lead to meet him.

"Alice, how's it going?" Fred asked with a smile, "What's the result?"

"There are results. Alice's mechanical creature bowed slightly.

"How's that?" everyone's eyes couldn't help but focus on Alice's mechanical creation, and there was more or less curiosity in their eyes.

"Are you sure you want to know the outcome?"

"The origin of these black crystals, maybe you still don't want to know. ”

"Then you might be better off. Alice said lightly, "After all, there are some things...... It's not something you small city soul hunters can solve. ”

Small city??

Obviously, I already think Clara's city is pretty good.

Xia Zuo couldn't cry or laugh.

This is one of the economic powerhouses of the Neutral Kingdom of Norris, although overall, it is indeed a little smaller than the other major cities of Norris, and it is relatively far from the political center of Norris, the royal capital "Axas".

However, even so, the soul hunting team stationed here, that is, our Night Veil, may not be much weaker than those soul hunting teams in real big cities.

Xia Zuo still believes in this very much.

Xia Zuo: He believes in everyone's strength.

Therefore, when Alice said that this matter could not be solved by a soul hunting team like Night Veil, Xia Zuo was a little displeased.

What are you kidding, are these black crystals really that big, so big that we can't do anything about the entire curtain of the night? Could it be that these scale-like black crystals actually come from a dragon?

Xia Zuo couldn't help complaining.

Before Xia Zuo could refute Alice, Arnos, as the leader of the team, stood up first.

"All you have to do is tell us the results, Miss Alice. Anos replied to Alice in a calm voice.

"As to whether we should continue with this action, I have my own measure. ”

Seeing the approval of the captain of the dark night curtain, the mechanical creature couldn't help but pause slightly.

"That's good. Alice's voice contained a hint of helplessness and early knowledge.

In fact, Alice is still a little concerned about the safety of the Night Curtain, so she hopes that the Night Curtain is better not to be involved in this matter, but with her understanding of the Night Veil, presumably they will not give up easily.

Even if they don't tell them, they will probably find a way to investigate, so it is better to tell them now.

"Dragons. Alice finally spoke the result.

"Dragons. Alice's voice began to grow heavy, "These black crystals must have come from a black dragon. ”

"The Black Dragon. ”

"Or should we call it: 'subspecies black dragon'. ”

Xia Zuo couldn't help but look shocked.

Dare me casually say at that time, "Could it be that the black crystals will come from a dragon?", this sentence actually came true?

Are these black crystals really related to a giant dragon?

Subspecies Black Dragon.

Also known as the black dragon, the black dragon, in a few cases people will simply call it the black dragon, but this is only a few cases.

The subspecies of black dragon belongs to a kind of dragon phantom beast, and in the classification of soul creatures, it is generally a beast-like type - high-altitude system (some soul scholars will classify the subspecies of black dragon into the land line, but generally divide the subspecies black dragon into the high-altitude system, after all, compared with land walking, high-altitude flight is a more important activity mode for the subspecies black dragon) - dark species.

The subspecies of black dragon is not a real black dragon in the strict sense, in this world, from ancient times to the present, from myths and legends to the real world, there is only one real black dragon.

Black dragon "Nidhogg".

Myths and legends say that destroying the World Tree brought about "Ragnarok" and thus bringing the end of the First Age to the Calamity of the Black Dragon.

It is the ancestor of all black dragons, the dragon of despair, the dragon of dusk, the only true black dragon, the embodiment of despair and calamity, who will one day tear apart the World Tree and bring the twilight of the gods.

This is also the reason why few people refer to the subspecies of black dragon as a black dragon, because people generally refer to Nidhogg as a black dragon.

Only Nidhogg is truly worthy of the title of Black Dragon, and the other black dragons are actually nothing more than half-blood subspecies that contain some of Nidhogg's bloodline or strength.

The black dragon belongs to the god-like soul creature in the classification of soul descendants, that is, the ancient god species, which is the soul creature of the ancient god species that destroys the ancient gods, and like the ancient gods of other mythological eras, they are all primordial and true gods, and their power is beyond imagination.

The subspecies of the black dragon inherited part of the power of the black dragon Nidhogg, although it is not a real black dragon, not even a real dragon, it can only be regarded as a wurm, but with the bloodline of the black dragon Nidhogg, its strength is not weaker than other normal dragons at all.

Even above ordinary dragons.

Ordinary normal adult dragons have extremely strong bodies, strong spiritual power and huge soul quality, and are good at manipulating various elemental energy, their energy is no less than that of demon spirits, and they can easily kill any level of soul hunters under the soul hunter master, even the real soul hunter master has to be afraid of three points when encountering dragons.

And the power of the subspecies black dragon is even above this.

This is definitely not the level that the Night Veil, a squad whose entire rank is lower than that of the Soul Hunter Master, can compete with.

These black crystals are related to the subspecies of black dragons, and if the Night Veil continues to investigate, it may encounter the source of these crystals, the subspecies black dragons, and thus fall into trouble.

It's no wonder that Alice thinks it's better not to be involved in this matter.

"These black crystals are actually transformed by the dragon scales on the body of this subspecies of black dragon, containing powerful dark elemental energy, which can be absorbed by soul creatures, and soul creatures that absorb black crystals may weaken for a while, but after adapting to the crystal power, they will become more powerful, and may even have some characteristics similar to subspecies black dragons - such as black scales. ”

After listening to Alice's narration, everyone couldn't help but be quiet, and their thoughts fluctuated in their hearts.

"You mean to say...... These ghosts got some dragon scales from a subspecies of black dragon?" Fred paused, gathered his emotions, and asked Alice.

"So you got these black crystals from the ghosts. Alice said lightly, "But that's not something I can confirm." ”

"What I can only tell you is that it hasn't been long since these dragon scales detached from the subspecies black dragon, and the time to transform into black crystals is likely to be in the last few days, what does this mean, you should know in your hearts, right?"

Everyone couldn't help but glance at each other.

This means that these spirits most likely recently obtained dragon scales from a subspecies of black dragon, though somehow they were obtained, either through trading or through engagement.

After obtaining the dragon scales, in order to obtain stronger power, these ghosts transformed the dragon scales into black crystals, hoping to strengthen their own power by absorbing the power of the crystals, but they were accidentally discovered by the Night Curtain and the Shadow Order, and finally fled.

And it was obviously impossible for the ghosts to get these dragon scales from out of town in a few days and then rush to Clara's side.

This means that there is a good chance that this subspecies of black dragon is actually hidden in Clara!

A subspecies of black dragon that can hunt the Soulborn and destroy the city in turn is hidden in Clara!

The subspecies black dragon is usually ferocious and brutal, and if this subspecies black dragon harbors ill will towards Clara's humans, then Clara is undoubtedly in an extremely dangerous situation right now - this subspecies black dragon could destroy this city at any time, and the subspecies black dragon has such power and wisdom.

"Are you going to get involved now?" asked Alice calmly.

The crowd was silent for a while.

Even Fred, who usually looked like he was always smiling, frowned slightly.

It's a tough thing to do.

If you choose not to give up and continue to investigate, the Night Curtain may encounter this subspecies black dragon, and then it will not be as lucky as it was to deal with those tooth and blood souls before, and it is probably a kind of luck to be able to return with serious injuries.

Can you choose to give up...... And what about the people of this city?

Who will keep them safe, and who will fight the subspecies of black dragons that hide in the shadows?

Xia Zuo thought about it and couldn't help but look at everyone.

Looking at everyone in front of him, especially Jasmine among them, Xia Zuo also remembered what he had said during the previous griffin incident, and remembered the regret of that time, he wanted to protect everyone, and he never wanted that kind of thing to regret again.

Xia Zuo felt that he had no reason to back down so easily.

I'm sure everyone thinks the same way.

After a moment of thought, Anos, as the captain, looked at the rest of the team, and he found that everyone's eyes were unexpectedly determined, and there was no trace of retreat.

Even though it may be dangerous to continue the operation, "If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell?", if the subspecies black dragon unfolds the destruction of Clara, "under the nest, there will be no eggs?", so everyone decided not to give up this operation.

Anos read this information from everyone's eyes, and Anos couldn't help but bow his head slightly at Xia Zuo, showing a rare smile, and then looked at Alice's mechanical creation on the side.

"Thank you for your concern, Alice. "But I don't think we can give up so easily until things settle down." ”

"It's not my decision alone, it's a joint decision for all of us at the Curtain of the Night. ”

Alice's mechanical creature couldn't help but shake its head slightly, showing Alice's own helplessness.

"Sure enough, I still can't stop you. ”

"In that case, then go ahead. ”

"I can only give you one piece of advice. ”

"I'm sure you've already thought of it. ”

"What?" Xia Zuo asked involuntarily.

"Escalate and request assistance from the council headquarters. Alice glanced at Xia Zuo and replied lightly.