Richard's voice became sharp and harsh at this time, and it was very unpleasant.

Clusters of slender black feathers slowly grew from behind his silver hair, and a foul smell of decay emanated from him.

However, as he spoke, another strong roar came from behind.

And in the midst of this roar, there seemed to be the roar of some kind of beast.

'Roar!!'

Feeling the threat getting closer and closer behind him, Richard's white eyes narrowed slightly, and he quickly took out a small yellow ball from his waist and threw it directly behind him without looking.

'Bang!!'

The ball hit the stone wall of the tunnel and exploded, and then a large pile of colorful particles poured out of the ball and sprinkled on the ground.

As soon as the particles touched the ground, they quickly expanded into a ball the size of a human head, and in a short time completely blocked the tunnel.

Glancing at the corridor blocked by countless small balls, the black smoke behind Richard rose fiercely, and a pair of huge pitch-black crow wings were condensed by him again.

Immediately, Ron, who was caught by him, felt his breath suffocate violently, and the walls around him quickly retreated, and the strong wind pressure in front of him caused layers of fine ripples on his skin.

In Ron's field of vision, a large hole filled with white mist appeared in front of him.

Looking at the entrance to the maze of the foggy forest, Richard rushed into it with Ron.

'Wow!!'

The icy mist struck quickly, and in the hazy white mist of the woods, Richard moved like a dark shadow through the tall trees like black pillars.

A red point of light appeared in his white eyes, flickering a few times, as if he was correcting the direction.

The cold, bitter mist lapped Ron's cheeks, and for a moment his hair clung to his forehead as if it had been washed.

It's just that just as the two of them quickly fled towards the exit of the fog forest maze.

Suddenly, a chill suddenly rose in Ron's heart, and a depressed and dull feeling made the hairs on his body explode.

He subconsciously looked down at the ground.

'Whew!'

Foggy ground. A giant with a giant octopus head slowly emerges from the mist.

The giant was dark green, his strong body was covered with sarcoma-like dark yellow eyes, and the octopus seemed to have three narrow eyes on each side of his head, staring at Ron and the two in the sky with a cold and evil gaze.

And Richard's conjured crow was only the size of the giant's fist.

'Roar !!'

The myriad twisted tentacles on the octopus's head shook violently, and the large mouth with round and sharp teeth in the middle let out a fierce roar.

With a 'hiss', the giant stretched out his palm and pulled countless white air currents towards the two of them.

An unspeakable fear brought Ron's breathing to a virtual standstill.

And Richard, who also found the palm below, changed his face slightly.

"Damn, it's this guy again!"

He controlled the flight as he muttered an unknown language.

As the words were recited, the black smoke around him suddenly condensed, and then suddenly a large black flame burned.

The flames had no temperature, but Ron had a feeling of extreme danger in the face of the flames. It was as if the flame was something that could kill him.

"You can burn all the corrosive flames, go ahead. ”

The last sentence is a Gothic phrase that Ron is familiar with.

And after Richard's final remarks, the black flames burning on his body slammed towards the giant hand.

The black flames stained the giant hand and immediately spread, and layers of fine black ash rose from the giant hand.

'Roar!!'

The giant's octopus had an angry and pained look on his face, and he withdrew his flaming palm, then lifted his foot and stomped heavily on the ground.

'Boom!'

Another piercing roar was heard, and a circle of translucent ripples quickly spread around the giant's feet.

The white mist in the maze of the fog forest was suddenly emptied under this violent force.

With a 'click', countless dark green tentacles broke through the ground and rolled towards Richard and the others.

The number of these tentacles is extremely large, even denser than the trees in the labyrinth.

Stretching out together, there is an illusion that it will be destroyed in an instant.

I feel a strong sense of oppression. A hint of cruelty appeared on Richard's face, and a black crow sculpture appeared in his right hand at some point.

Without hesitation, he slammed the sculpture to pieces.

'Smack!'

There was a crisp sound, suddenly. A large gray shadow quickly appeared behind Richard.

The shadow was a crow with three heads, each with blood-red eyes, scanning the surroundings with a greedy look, and then quickly fixed on Richard.

"Oh, it's you, Richard. It's been thirteen years, and this is the second time you've summoned me as a contractor. What are your requests this time, is it the guy down there?"

The crow spoke, and his voice was unusually hoarse, like an old man who hadn't drunk water in years.

"Yes, Raven-sama, please. Richard hurried.

"No problem, but you know the price after that, I hope you don't miss anything. The three-headed crow standing behind Richard said in a cheerful tone.

"Of course, the price will be satisfactory to you. ”

"Hmm. ”

The raven's blood-red eyes bent, and then swooped through Richard towards the tentacles reaching for them.

'Poof!'

Before the crow could get closer, the dark green tentacles suddenly turned into black ashes and scattered in the air as if they had been burned.

Richard, who glanced at the tentacles that had been quickly resolved, turned around with a pale face and continued to fly out towards the exit of the fog forest maze......

Outside the huge stone gate.

In the calm blood-colored waters, a figure in a black robe was standing on the shore of the lake and waiting quietly.

The figure was a young man who looked to be in his twenties, with a handsome face and long, silky blond hair draped over his shoulders.

With a worried gaze, he stared at the huge stone gate suspended on the surface of the lake.

At this time, on both sides of the ancient stone gate, two huge stone doors were slowly moving towards the center, as if they were about to close.

The young man glanced down at a silver hourglass placed next to him, and the sand in the hourglass was still a little bit gone.

Retracting his gaze, the man pulled out a black sculpture from his waist with a solemn look on his face.

"Thirteen minutes left, if the teacher doesn't come out again"

However, before he could speak, a series of explosions suddenly came from the stone gate.

'Boom, boom!'

Then a thick puff of black smoke erupted from the crack in the stone door.

'Quack!!'

A huge black raven rolled out of the door screaming and smashed into the bloody lake, causing a wave.

And in the stone door behind the crow, a large number of dark green tentacles came out immediately.

Immediately, a large octopus's head poked out of the crack in the door. (To be continued.) )