For every word spoken by the wizard in the trench coat, Maca had always listened attentively. Because Maca understands that maybe anyone can not care about it, but her advice must be carefully considered.

Therefore, when the other party said the phrase "wait a minute", even though he had already decided to kill the basilisk, he subconsciously stopped the movement of his hand.

The staff, which flickered with cooling runes, suddenly stopped on its way.

"What's wrong?"

Maca turned her head and glanced at the trench-clad wizard behind her, with a hint of doubt and deep thought on her face.

Of course, the perception of magic is not enough to even sense the expressions of others. In the darkness, the trench-robed wizard with her eyes slightly closed opened her mouth, but she never said what she wanted to say.

In her strange silence, the basilisk, grazed by Maca's beam of regular power, struggled and writhed again in the pain of frozen flesh.

There was no doubt that Maca's blow was extremely powerful—just in a moment, it was comparable to the damage inflicted on it by the Flame Wyvern that Willy's father had strengthened with a Mighty Flask earlier.

After all, the injury seemed to be only frosty white on the surface, but in fact, it froze along with some of the flesh underneath.

"Hiss-"

Maca, who hadn't waited for the windbreaker's next sentence, was again attracted by the basilisk's low hiss. And after noticing the state of the basilisk at this time, he frowned slightly.

"Huh?"

As far as Maca knows, the Basilisk has a low IQ. And because of this, except for their special magical powers, their behavior is actually closer to that of ordinary beasts.

And until just now, this basilisk's confrontation with the eight-eyed giant spider, the confrontation with him, etc., this series of actions basically did not deviate from his expectations.

But now, he is a little confused.

Generally speaking, when the beasts encounter a completely invincible opponent, they tend to choose to flee. So, when Maca stopped because of the trench coat wizard's words, the basilisk should have taken the opportunity to break into the encirclement of the eight-eyed spider.

As a basilisk, it is difficult for even the Alienated Eight-Eyed Giant Spider to deal damage to it, as evidenced by the previous siege of it by the spider swarm.

However, the basilisk entrenched opposite Maca shrank back a little, but it unusually showed the slightest intention of escaping.

That's right, just looking at the vigilant appearance of shrinking its head and brain, it doesn't even have the idea of going out to fight for its life.

"Could it be...... It judged the gap and knew that it couldn't escape at all, so it simply lost the will to fight? ”

In the mind of a beast, such thoughts rarely arise. Because for them, every battle will be a matter of life and death, and there is rarely a situation of sitting still and waiting for death, except for desperate escape.

Thus...... Honestly, this basilisk is a bit weird!

After perceiving this suspicion, Maca turned his head again, and his consciousness lingered for a moment at the source of magic that belonged to the trench coat wizard behind him.

"Did she notice this and let me stop?"

First he was asked to wait, but then he didn't say anything, which inevitably made people feel a little confused.

Suddenly, Maca shook the staff that was still half-held slightly, and the ice-blue rune on the top of the staff instantly turned into a wisp of fine ice crystals and dissipated. Immediately after, he held his staff flat in front of him again, and a wave of magic power spread out suddenly.

Suddenly, another translucent rune appeared and disappeared, it was undoubtedly the soul rule rune that Maca had mastered.

In the next moment, almost all the creatures swept by the magic wave left a slightly vague image in his mind one by one.

Not to mention those eight-eyed giant spiders, even the snakes, insects, rats and ants in other nearby sewers appeared in his perception one by one.

Obviously, it was one soul after another.

However, the wind-robed wizard closest to Maca had the least clear soul. The reason for this is probably that the other party has also mastered a certain branch of the soul rule.

Yes, it must have been a focus for Maca, but it wasn't what he was focusing on right now.

What he wanted to see at this moment was actually the basilisk!

When Maca "saw" the basilisk's soul, his expression suddenly became a little weird.

It's like buying potato chips at half price at the supermarket and only then looking to find out that they're about to expire – a little surprising, but in the end, it's expected.

"Humans? Woman? Maca frowned, and said secretly in her heart, "Hmph, should I say that it is worthy of Helbo?" Although he has long known that he is good at modifying creatures, there have been several times when he has transformed humans into magical creatures...... But turning a person into a real basilisk is a bit of an incredible. ”

Speaking of Maca, he himself has done a lot of research on biological modification and bloodline transformation. Not only these alienated eight-eyed giant spiders around him, but also the extraction of Willy's bloodline curse is also one of his research results.

But Maca now had to admit that he couldn't do such a thing as transforming people into basilisks.

Well, even the husband of Rowena, who had died at the hands of Helmo, Ewen Ravenclaw, was only able to temporarily turn a wizard into a magical creature after studying Merlin's notes for a long time.

But in front of Maca at the moment, it was a real basilisk. If he hadn't used the rules of the soul to probe his soul, he wouldn't even have found out that it was actually a living woman!

Thinking of this, Maca couldn't help but take a few steps forward and came to the center of the waterway that was closer to the basilisk.

"Since you were also human, then...... You should be able to understand what I'm saying, right? Maca could sense the basilisk moving back again as he approached, "Tell me, where is Helbo?" ”

As the words fell, the darkness fell into dead silence again.

The basilisk didn't speak, and didn't make any more humane moves...... No, perhaps the silence of "her" at the moment can actually be regarded as a human performance.

"Shhhh

Suddenly, a hiss rang out from in front of Maca, with some unknown connotation in it.

It's a pity that Maca is not a parseltongue, and I don't know what she wants to express. All he knew was that when he found out that it was supposed to be a human, things got even more complicated.

"Regent."

However, when Maca suddenly raised his staff, the power of the spell was further enhanced by his understanding of the rules of the soul, which might help him break through the powerful resistance of the basilisk.

Soon, however, he lowered his staff again, and shook his head gently.

The strength of the spell seems to be enough, but this spell needs to be in the eyes of the other person to be cast properly. He could forcibly use the Regent Mind Technique with his eyes closed, but when he faced the basilisk, he was somewhat reluctant.

"In that case...... Forget it, let's take her away first! When Harry comes out, he may be able to get some valuable information from her memories. ”

If it's really just a basilisk, it's probably not meaningful to look through its memories, but if it's a human, then it obviously can't be disposed of casually.

But just as Maca was thinking this, an extremely hedgehog spatial fluctuation suddenly came from behind the basilisk, followed by a ball of fire that illuminated the space.

At the same time, Maca instantly completed a high-speed movement, retreating dozens of feet from its original position.

It wasn't a long distance, but it was enough for him to dodge the magical flames that burst through the air.

The low hissing of the basilisk just now, was it actually a call for people? Maca couldn't say for sure if that was true, but for now, it didn't matter.

“…… Helbo. ”

After a slight pause, Maca couldn't help but pout, and said in an affirmative tone.

"McLean, we seem to have been gone for a while, huh? Do you know? I was pleasantly surprised to meet an inheritor of Spirit Summoning in France...... Unfortunately, I was a bit busy and couldn't try to see how much of the summoning he had inherited...... Hmph, it's a pity, it's a pity......"

The familiar voice sounded behind the basilisk and echoed in the vast sewers. Maca could hear it, and the other party's tone was full of lightness, as if he, Maca McLean, had never been regarded as an enemy by the other party.

Is this Helbo's reserve as an ancient wizard? Or did he already feel that Maca's strength was no longer enough to pose a threat to him?

On this point, Maca is not yet certain.

"It's true that we haven't seen each other in a while." Maka suddenly put away her expression and said lightly, "It's just that I really don't want to meet you again at all." Helmo, what are you planning this time? ”

As he spoke, the figure behind the basilisk slowly paced out from the side, bypassing the basilisk's massive body and coming to a position not far from Maca.

"Oh," Helmpo chuckled, "yes, I have a few 'little' plans, but now is not the time to say so. McLean, don't you think...... If you get all your thoughts out there in advance, will things change a lot more boring? ”

"Really?"

As for Helbo's interesting nonsense, Maca could only choose to be perfunctory, and then simply ignored it. As for Helbo's appearance at this point in time, Maca can only say that his grasp of the timing is really accurate enough!

If it had been too late, Maca would have taken the basilisk with her.

But now he knew that the possibility of bringing the basilisk back was not completely impossible, but the difficulty had increased greatly with the arrival of Helbo.

"Still don't want to say anything...... Helmo, it's not good for you to hold back like this! ”

Maca's staff shone brightly again.

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