"Well, haha...... 'as long as you don't cause so much chaos in the world'?"

Maca's more or less sincere remarks seemed to hit Helbo's laughter, making him laugh softly.

But soon, I saw Helbo shake his head, and then said:

"Sorry! I suddenly laughed, but it wasn't rude...... I can understand your feelings, McLean—yes, no one in this world, including me, likes to put yourself in the way of being in the driver's seat. And so far, many facts have proved that my existence is indeed a great trouble for you...... I really should say 'sorry' to you for causing you so much trouble. ”

No matter how you listen to it, it's a fake tone, but I have to admit that these words ...... Well, probably except for the two sentences of "sorry" before and after, the rest is indeed from Helbo's sincere speech.

After all, the two of them are very similar in their attitudes towards the study of magic. And none of the so-called "true wizards" like them, who try to take the path of magic to the extreme, are willing to waste time on useless things.

However, immediately after that, Helbo suddenly stretched out his hands slightly, looked at Maka and said:

"Unfortunately, though it wasn't my intention, the chaos I caused seemed inevitable. Let's say—"

At this point, he lowered his head slightly, and looked over and over at his now pitch-black demonic hand. Then I saw him suddenly raise his hand and stretch it out towards Maca.

"And voila! In order to get this 'forbidden' power, to feel the true meaning of the rules of the soul, I have to summon the demons, don't I? However, in order to complete the Demon Summoning Technique, it is necessary to sacrifice a huge amount of life and use the 'sin' in their souls...... How so? 'A tribute to the devil'? Well...... Perhaps the word 'food' would be more appropriate. ”

At this point, Helmbo smiled slightly again before continuing:

"In short, with what I gain comes sacrifice, and what I need, what I pursue, is what I can get by exchanging it for other costs...... That's why I just said that those chaos and commotion were not my original intention in the final analysis. McLean, I guess if it were you, you would understand me, right? ”

While Helpo was saying these words, Maca stood not far away, quietly listening. When the other party finally ended his remarks and asked him for sympathy, he shrugged his shoulders and responded.

"If you have to say it, your words...... Well, maybe it's not incomprehensible. If you don't mind, I'll summarize briefly—"

As he was talking, Maca spread her hands and said indifferently:

"To put it bluntly, it's 'selfish'!"

Before the words fell, before Helbo could interject, he followed the previous sentence:

"You are right as you say – 'what you gain must be sacrificed', and if you want to gain something, you often have to pay the same amount or even more price. However, your 'sacrifice' seems to be quite different from the 'sacrifice' in ordinary people's concepts? ”

However, after hearing Maca's thorny teasing, Helpo nodded as if he had suddenly realized.

"Oh! Yeah...... When you say that, it is true. He laughed, "But it's not like there's no way around it?" In ancient Greek, 'sacrifice' meant nothing more than 'sacrifice'! There has never been any concept of 'self-sacrifice' in my mind! ”

As the topic has deepened, the "real" part of Helbo's discourse has gradually disappeared. In particular, this last remark is a kind of sophistry at all.

This may indicate that Helmau may have had some interest in "talking to McLean" at first, but the interest he had quickly wore off.

Realizing this, Maca suddenly bowed slightly, and then suddenly closed her eyes and said in a high voice:

"Professor McGonagall, I don't think you have to come in."

As soon as he had said this, the staff appeared from his palm, and then slammed it to the ground.

"Bell—"

The clanging sound of the pestle at the end of the staff on the ground suddenly reverberated in the empty dragon's lair, and at once it spread throughout the cavern.

In the next moment, ninety percent of the ground in the dragon's lair instantly burst into a large number of cracks of varying thicknesses, revealing a large number of flowing magical symbols and zigzag lines with faint blue brilliance just below the surface rocky ground.

I remember that before Maca left Hogwarts, there was a long time when she would run to this dragon's lair and stay for half a day. And what he did in addition to conducting magic research here should be this huge rune array now.

When the faint light spread throughout the dragon's lair, Helbo was heard sighing slightly.

"Sure enough, it's McLean, an excellent self-created magic array...... If you were given a few more years, it's hard to imagine how far you'd go! Oh, if you had been born in our time, perhaps Master Andros would have been yours to be the 'Invincible' title! ”

With that, I saw that Helbo suddenly moved his arm as if he was about to break free.

And at that moment, the space around his body, which was originally empty and filled with only a faint blue light, suddenly appeared the outline of a large number of chains.

The magical chains seemed to be invisible in their normal state, and only showed up slightly when the tightly bound Helbo tried to struggle.

In other words, the moment the rune array hidden by Maca under the ground was activated, Helbo was already trapped by chains.

If it weren't for Helbo, the others would probably be tied up and would have been difficult to notice in the first place.

"Hmm...... There seem to be some familiar rules here! Helbo shook his arm again, feeling the power attached to the hidden chains, and said casually, "Oh, I remember, it's the sealing magic of that heir of ancient magic in France, right?" Call...... What's going on? ”

However, as he was talking and reminiscing, Maca frowned and said:

"Helmo, that's a rarity...... You seem to have a lot of words today, huh? ”

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly swung the staff in his hand from top to bottom, as if he was about to smash something heavy on the top of the opponent's head.

"I can't give you that mirror today, but there is a 'gift' that is somewhat similar to it, and it's up to you whether you like it or not."

As soon as he finished speaking, a loud "boom" resounded throughout the dragon's nest.