This time, I won't be the devil.

After realizing this, Frey opened the "Maze Recipe" in his hand again.

"That's it, I understand."

Frey hurried back to the ground and dragged over the body of the poisonous chicken snake beast.

“That’s what we’re eating today.”

Seeing that Frey was planning to eat the monster that had just fought a bloody battle with them, everyone looked troubled.

"Is this...is this thing really edible?"

"I'm not sure, but in the manual left by the Evil Food King, on the page below where the evening primrose grows, there's a record of a dish related to the cockatrice. This is clearly not a coincidence."

After making up his mind, Frey used earth magic to create a large pot, as well as the tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks needed for eating.

First, cut off the tail and remove the claws of the chicken snake, soak it in hot water, pluck out the hair, take out the internal organs, wash them and put them in the pot.

Add the blue silver grass that can dissolve toxins, then put in the seasoning packet you brought with you, cover the pot and simmer...

After the stew was done, Frey served his dish to the table with satisfaction.

"Haha, here comes the chicken soup."

Due to the addition of blue silver grass, the chicken soup is blue and bubbling, looking very creepy.

"After exercising for most of the day, everyone must be starving. Let's eat quickly."

At his urging, Shiloh took the lead in scooping out a bowl of soup and placed it in front of Frey.

"Mr. Frey, you've worked the hardest today, so you should drink first."

Hearing what Shiloh said, Frey quickly declined:

"This chicken soup is very precious. Everyone should drink it first. I'll just let it go."

Seeing Frey's unnatural behavior, Shiloh asked:

"Mr. Frey, you are hiding something from me, right?"

Shiloh moved closer to Frey and placed her finger on his lips. She had noticed that Frey's lips were a little swollen.

Seeing that the matter was exposed, Frey could only sigh:

"Since you already know, I won't act anymore."

He opened his mouth and showed his wound.

When carrying Shiloh, Frey bit his inner lip to suppress the extra emotions in his heart.

Thanks to the golden rule in his body, his recovery ability is slightly higher than that of ordinary people, but he cannot heal so quickly, so he cannot drink hot soup to stimulate the wound.

Frey thought that Shiloh would take the opportunity to laugh at him after seeing the wound, but this did not happen.

Shiloh just showed a somewhat distressed look, and then released magic:

"Healing magic, Gulu Lingbo."

With the infusion of gentle light waves, the wound on Frey's mouth healed quickly.

"If you feel uncomfortable, you must speak out honestly. It's not good to hold it in alone."

After saying this, she gave Frey a loving, motherly smile.

"Okay, let's eat quickly."

After treating Frey's wound, Shiloh took out the lunch box that had just been heated in the big pot. It contained the staple food she had prepared in advance before entering the maze.

After seeing the contents inside, Frey was shocked.

"Because I heard that you, Mr. Frey, are from the Eastern Empire, so I thought of making some traditional food from the Empire."

In the pink lunch box, there are 10 golden chive dumplings, just enough for two per person to eat to fill their stomachs.

After taking a bite of the chive dumplings, the familiar taste made Frey feel nostalgic.

Shiloh considerately served everyone a bowl of chicken soup, then blew on the spoon to his lips.

Looking at this scene full of family atmosphere, Frey couldn't help but sigh in his heart:

"Shiloh is the woman who could be my mother."

After tasting the chicken soup in the bowl, everyone was shocked by its delicious taste.

“It’s neither salty nor bland, and tastes really good…”

After the meal, a few people started chatting, and the topic soon turned to the foodie Wang A Fei who invented the cocktail soup.

"If I remember correctly, the Evil Food King died in the great disaster 4 years ago... now it should be 5 years ago." Wright said.

"The area of ​​vengeful spirits we passed through during the day was only formed five years ago..."

Jabbawk's underground labyrinth is still full of unsolved mysteries.

Although the current ecological environment in the maze was created under the influence of the corpse dragon, to be precise, this place has existed as a relic as early as 500 years ago.

There is no exact record about the origin of the maze. The current mainstream speculation is that the maze was originally a relic left by the dragon clan, but it underwent further mutations after sealing Jabberwock, and eventually became what it is today.

500年前，英雄格林将贾巴沃克封印到了迷宫的第70层，而后迷宫中的前60层里分别诞生出了6名阶层守护者，这6名守护者在100年内被相继讨伐。

In the following 400 years, no new guardian appeared, and people gradually regarded it as a distant legend.

Until 5 years ago.

In the year 995 of the Aiden calendar, as the lease of the Labyrinth City was about to expire, the Federation relaxed the restrictions on entering the Labyrinth in order to obtain more magic stones.

At that time, some businessmen broke the long-standing rule for the sake of profit: blessed ones above level 30 were not allowed to enter the upper level (the first 20 levels), and chosen ones above level 50 were not allowed to enter the middle level (the first 40 levels).

They let the strong enter the lower level, relying on overwhelming force to quickly clear the monsters and create a safe zone, and then hired workers to enter the maze to mine, thereby obtaining a large amount of magic stones and resources within the maze.

But this action soon backfired. The massacre of maze monsters triggered the maze's self-defense mechanism, and then an extremely powerful monster was born on the 30th floor of the maze.

Since the monster could not be defined using the existing hierarchy system, people called it the New Guardian of the Wind based on a legend from over 400 years ago.

The guardians killed all the uninvited guests who entered the maze, causing countless casualties.

Later, during the campaign against the guardians, more than 5000 adventurers died, and the gathering area of ​​vengeful spirits on the 30th floor was formed at that time.

This major accident also caused great damage to the Federation's reputation and power in the Labyrinth City, which was one of the reasons why the Federation agreed to the Holy See's early takeover of the Labyrinth City.

The Federation did not disclose the specific information and process of the Guardian's subjugation, and all adventurers who had seen the Guardian's true form died without exception.

Ah Fei also died in this disaster. After investigating and analyzing the battle scene, the Federation announced that it was Ah Fei who finally defeated the Guardian, so he was posthumously named a legendary adventurer.

Through this accident, people realized the horror of the maze again and began to strictly enforce the maze grading system.

"Guardians sound so scary. Fortunately, they have been defeated." Palu sighed with some fear.

What he didn't know was that the future Guardian of Thunder, who was far more powerful than the Guardian of Wind, was sitting next to him.

Thinking of this, Frey looked at Noelle. While they were chatting, she had fallen asleep unknowingly.

At this moment, she was leaning on the stone behind her, snoring cutely.

Chapter 78: Long-awaited Bed

"Noelle."

"Hey, Noelle."

Seeing that she didn't respond, Frey shook her shoulders, and Noelle finally opened her sleepy eyes.

"Did I fall asleep?" Noelle, who had just woken up, was still a little dazed.

"You fell asleep right after dinner. Are you feeling unwell?"

According to Frey's observation, Noel's condition was indeed a bit bad today. He was also stunned for a short time when facing the magic of the Ice Wand Crocodile.

"Hmm... I feel a little dizzy after entering this cave."

"Then you must be dizzy with magic."

The concentration of magic power in the maze is higher than that in the outside world, and it gets higher the deeper you go, especially in this cave, where the magic power is extremely abundant.

Similar to motion sickness, some people experience vertigo in high-magic environments.

Although Noelle has a large amount of magic power, her magic adaptability is not strong, which is why she can never learn magic and can only use magic to release it.

After waking up, Noelle wanted to get up, but found that he was covered with a white blanket.

"This is?"

"Shiloh covered you up, saying he was afraid you'd catch a cold."

Looking at the blanket on herself, Noelle had a complicated expression.

"Miss Shiloh is a very gentle person, considerate and attentive, and she can also cook."

"I didn't even notice the wound on your mouth, Frey, but she spotted it right away..." There was a hint of unwillingness in Noelle's tone.

"Speaking of which, where has everyone gone?"

"I've rested. I built two houses."

Frey pointed to the distance where there were two stone huts.

The good thing about being a Tumu guy is that they only want land and don’t charge any money, so they will never lack a place to live wherever they go.

"Everyone is exhausted. Let's take a nap now to restore our physical strength and magic power to ensure a safe return trip."

"If you're still sleepy, go to sleep in the house. Shiloh is in the room on the right."

The two rooms were naturally divided by gender. Noelle thought for a moment, then said:

"Isn't it inappropriate for me, a man, to sleep in the same room with Miss Shiloh?"

Hearing Noelle say that, Frey finally remembered this.

To this day, Noelle still does not acknowledge her true gender.

Although Frey tried to remind her, Noelle always laughed it off.

Since no one really treats her as a man, it doesn't have much of an impact normally, but when it comes to the time when gender distinction is needed, it becomes a bit difficult.

It seems that I have to find an opportunity to explain this matter to her clearly later.

Under the current circumstances, it is obviously inappropriate to let her sleep with Shiloh.