When the drums of Dragon Sparrow Formation Breaker Song sounded again, the almost maddening terror in Sha Ke's heart finally returned to a barely bearable level.
There was nothing he could do. After all, he wasn't a member of Zhang Bolu's pirate crew and could hardly receive any of the positive blessings from Dragon Sparrow Formation Breaker Song.
Banicola, on the other hand, struggled to climb to its feet. Its eyes were filled with shock as it stared at everything before it... It knew that it had lost consciousness because it couldn't withstand the pressure, but... but what had happened during that time?
Yet no one explained it to Banicola. Zhang Bolu merely nodded slightly toward it.
Banicola drew a deep breath, forced down its mental discomfort, and instinctively pulled the saber from its waist.
"Did you kill the entire family of the Lord of R'lyeh or steal its wife back then... Why does it hate you so much?!" Golden Sha Ke had only just recovered a little, yet he couldn't help cursing loudly.
He felt that this suspicious fellow had dragged him into the mess.
"...It wasn't that exaggerated." Leizang gave an awkward smile. "Besides, considering what the Old Ones look like, even if the Lord of R'lyeh had a wife or something, I couldn't bring myself to do that with it, could I? I merely... merely conducted a few more experiments! Magic creation can't possibly succeed in one attempt. You obviously have to keep trying..."
Leizang's voice grew quieter and quieter.
Golden Sha Ke's gaze turned red with fury as he looked at Leizang, his imagination filling in the horrific tortures the Lord of R'lyeh must have suffered back then.
"Mr. Leizang, you said this maze is already complete?" Zhang Bolu asked abruptly. "What ability does this maze