This time, I won't be the devil.

Frey picked up the sword on the ground and stabbed A Fei, but at this moment, he found a high-energy reaction in the direction of Noel.

The magic power in the entire space is gathering towards her.

Noelle, who had collapsed on the ground, suddenly sat up, and the five dragon scales on her chest emitted a strong light.

Through [Identification], Frey discovered that her magic power had undergone incredible changes.

[Magic 60], [Magic 65], [Magic 70]... Noelle's magic value is constantly rising.

The majestic magic power soon became visible to the naked eye, the crackling sound of electricity began to sound, and a moment later, dazzling electric light appeared around her.

The lightning illuminated the black fog, and Frey finally saw Noelle's current condition.

She held her hands to her head, her expression twisted in pain, and her eyes completely lost their luster.

Although I don’t know what memory Noelle saw, it’s probably not a pleasant one.

As lightning appeared around Noelle, the entire space began to tremble.

One of the huge bolts of lightning shot directly in the direction of Frey.

Frey quickly jumped away and barely avoided the attack, but the electric current passing through his body still made him feel paralyzed.

At this time, the magic power in the entire space began to transform into lightning, forming a huge electric grid with no dead angles in all directions, covering everyone.

Frey immediately made a judgment. There were only two choices at the moment. Either break through the electric fence and escape, or find a way to stop Noel's rampage.

In the end, Frey chose the latter.

At this moment, another bolt of lightning struck. Frey, unable to dodge, released Hanizi from his space ring to block the attack.

"Hani, let's go!"

"Haniho~!"

After saying that, Frey stabbed Ah Fei with the sword again, then dragged one leg, raised Hanizi, and rushed towards Noel.

If the human body could conduct electricity, he would have wanted to use Ah Fei as a shield as well.

At this moment, a circle of electric field began to appear on the ground with Noelle's body as the center. The dense thunderstorm formed a cage, surrounding her inside and blocking anything that approached.

Outside the cage, countless violent lightning bolts shot out and began to indiscriminately destroy everything around them.

Frey once again used 4 attribute points to strengthen his magic power and tried to use Sand Coffin on Noelle, but the lightning cage blocked the transmission of magic power, making him unsuccessful.

And as if sensing Frey's approach, the lightning began to attack him.

Although Hanizi could block the lightning from the front, he was helpless against some attacks coming from behind.

Facing the attack from two lightning bolts from the front and back, if it were in the past, Frey might have been able to dodge it directly.

But now, in addition to the injuries to his hands and feet, Frey's physical strength has been almost exhausted due to a series of battles, and the act of forcibly restoring magic power by relying on attribute points has also placed a huge burden on his body.

Frey had no choice but to summon a wall of sand to resist, and then use air waves to bounce in the gaps between lightning strikes to shorten the distance between himself and Noelle.

However, due to the interference of the surrounding black fog, several lightning bolts still successfully hit Frey, causing him great damage.

But even though his skin turned black from the lightning strike and his bones screamed from the impact of the air waves, Frey still did not stop.

When the distance was shortened to a certain extent, Frey directly wrapped his body with sand, forcibly broke through the thunder prison, and came to Noel.

At this moment, Noelle was groaning in pain, and Frey could feel that she seemed to be dominated by fear and anger at the same time.

"Noelle, cheer up!" Frey tried to call her.

Hearing this, Noelle raised his head slightly, but the rampage did not stop and lightning was about to strike again.

According to the traditional routine, Frey should now use the art of verbal persuasion, relying on courage, bonds and the call of love to make Noelle wake up.

Frey didn't deny the possibility that playing the emotional card could be effective, but that wasn't his style.

Taking advantage of the moment Noelle reacted, Frey grabbed her chin and lifted her face.

Frey stared at Noelle's lips, but he wasn't going for a love kiss.

He took out a small bottle from the space ring, and inside the bottle was a golden liquid.

[Saint's Blessing: A liquid created by the Saint of Light. This holy water is extremely precious. As for its creation method, just like the source of the Saint's power, it is little known.]

[Effect: The holy water contains the power of the light principle. After taking it, it can resist most negative states for a period of time.]

This bottle of [Blessing of the Saint] that Frey has kept until now is the only item whose appraisal results have changed. Information about the principle of light has been added to its effect description.

This means that this bottle of holy water has the ability to break the shadow of eclipse.

Frey forced Noelle's mouth open and poured the holy water in.

As the dazzling light appeared, the Dark Shadow's mental control was lifted.

Soon, Noelle's eyes regained their luster.

The violent thunder and lightning quickly subsided, and the rampage finally ended.

……

When the dark light condensed from the black fog shone on him, countless fragments of memories emerged in Noelle's mind.

On April 999, 4 of the Aiden calendar, when Noelle woke up from the endless darkness, what appeared before her was a snowy field.

"You must reach the deepest level, retrieve the Holy Grail, and then..."

Guided by the voice in her head and driven by her yearning for the Sword Saint and adventure, Noelle spent over a month walking south across the snowy plains.

During this process, she felt fear and anxiety more than once.

After arriving in the labyrinth city of Grimgar, all that awaited her was ridicule and contempt.

It can be said that in Noelle's memory of only 10 months, she lived in loneliness and confusion for the first five months.

Under the influence of the Shadow of Eclipse, Noelle was trapped in a cage made up of these memories.

In this cage, the pain and sadness of the past were infinitely magnified, and all kinds of negative emotions seemed to be swallowing Noelle like mud.

But Noelle was not defeated.

Because she knew very well that she was not unfortunate.

Ever since meeting Frey in early September, Noelle has no longer been alone for the past five months.

With this half-happy memory, she has enough to fight against those negative emotions.

Seeing that it couldn't break Noelle's spirit, Shadow of Eclipse began to search for new materials.

And when it touched the blank space in Noelle's memory, a somewhat familiar voice sounded in his mind.

"found it……"

The next moment, the black light broke through the shackles of memory, and the scene hidden in the deepest part of memory appeared.

Noelle knew very well that this was not her memory.

But everything is so vivid, as if it is happening right before your eyes.

It was a burning snowfield, the place where the Dragon King Norton and the Sword Saint Norman had their final battle, and the final battlefield between humans and dragons.

Endless flames and the sword energy in the sky continued to collide, as if to tear the entire world apart.

Finally, the Dragon Poetry War came to an end as the Sword Saint Norman stabbed the bronze sword named Rage into the body of the King of Bronze and Fire.

Afterwards, the Sword Master and the Dragon King seemed to have a conversation, but Noelle couldn't hear what they were saying.

All she could feel was the wrath of Dragon King Norton.

This anger made him forcibly use a power that did not belong to him at the cost of his soul.

I saw the space around me began to distort and the speed of time flow also changed.

"Impossible, these two powers have clearly already..."

"The power of time and space is something that humans cannot usurp."

At the last moment, the dying Dragon King roared with a roar powerful enough to shock the soul, and cursed the Sword Saint:

"You will repay your transgression with pain."

"You must repay your arrogance with tears."

"You must pay for your betrayal with blood!"

After that, Noelle's consciousness fell into darkness.

This darkness was like a nightmare from which it was difficult to wake up. It seemed to exist for only a moment, yet it also seemed to have lasted for a thousand years.

But unlike before, this time Noelle finally heard the voice in his head clearly.

"You must reach the deepest level, retrieve the Holy Grail, and then..."

"Kill that traitor Nowen!"

After realizing this, Noelle's admiration for the Sword Saint and her yearning for adventure, the two pillars that supported her heart, shattered at the same time.

The wrath of the Dragon King, branded deep within Noelle's soul, was magnified by the Shadow of Eclipse and completely swallowed up her sanity.

Noelle didn't know what happened afterwards. She just vaguely felt that some kind of power in her body was running wild, intending to destroy everything around her.

"Noelle, cheer up!"

Even though Noelle faintly heard Frey's voice, she was unable to respond at this moment.

Until she felt some warm liquid soaking her lips.

She first saw a beam of light, and under the guidance of the light, she regained consciousness.

Afterwards, Noelle hears singing, which dispels all negative emotions and begins to soothe Noelle's heart.

Finally, the Saint's blessing lifted the shadow of eclipse from Noelle.

Then, Noelle opened her eyes.

"F…Ray?"

The first thing she saw was Frey, who was covered in bruises.

Noelle vaguely understood that Frey's injuries were caused by himself, which made her feel a pang of pain in her heart.

Hearing Noelle's call, Frey looked at her and gave her a reassuring smile.

However, at this moment, the surrounding black fog once again condensed into a string of words.