This time, I won't be the devil.

If you look closely, you can see that they are not human.

Goblins, trolls, orcs...those working in the mines are all low-level demons.

They were slaves that were delivered to humans after the demons were defeated, and most of them were sent to the magic stone mines.

These demon slaves work day and night in the mines that originally belonged to the demons, continuously creating wealth for mankind.

"If the Demon King hadn't died, how could they have ended up like this?"

"I agree with you."

"Actually, I'm also from the kingdom, though I'm just a minority in the desert, on the edge of the rule."

"After the Zoroastrianism that sheltered the desert was wiped out, the royal government plundered the tribes there without any bottom line. That was when I fled to the Free Federation."

"I agree with you in my dislike of the Royal Government."

After the opening remarks, Sherlock stated his purpose:

"The Cinder King is now seriously ill, and the Church has been severely damaged by the operation to strengthen the seal of the Corpse Dragon. They have no time to care about the outside world."

"Faced with this rare opportunity, do you really have no ideas?"

"What do you want to say?"

"Nothing, I just want to make an investment in you..."

After the negotiations ended, Sherlock left quickly, while Grand Duke Mingyan continued to observe the group of demon slaves.

During the negotiations alone, several dead slaves were thrown into the crematorium.

"It is said that the demons are tenacious, but the result is just like this." said the Grand Duke's confidant.

Not only is the work of mining magic stones arduous, but the environment in the mines also corrodes the body, resulting in a high death rate among slaves.

"Sure enough, this kind of work still has to be done by the undead. It would be great if we could capture some new undead after the ruins are opened this time."

When mentioning the ruins, the confidant asked:

"What should we do with the group of adventurers who came from the Labyrinth City to explore the ruins this time?"

"At times like this, you know what to do to eliminate all unstable factors."

"My subordinate understands."

After his confidants left, Ifrit looked at the demon slaves in the mine and muttered absentmindedly:

"The Demon King..."

"A great being who has reached the pinnacle of magic."

"If that gentleman were still alive, I would really like to meet him..."

-

"I was blind and offended the [Ordinary Man], I hope you can forgive me."

In the Adventurer's Guild, the receptionist knelt before Frey in a dojo position.

The "ordinary person" she mentioned was Frey's newly acquired title of adventurer.

After the labyrinth incident ended, as the heroes who defeated the sandworms, Frey and others had their adventurer levels raised by one level.

After becoming a gold-level adventurer, Frey had to give himself a title as per convention.

As cautious as Frey is, he would not be like ordinary adventurers who would give himself a title that would reveal his abilities just to look cool.

After some thought, Frey gave himself a title that would not reveal any unnecessary information - [Ordinary Person].

The lady at the counter was none other than the one who charged Frey twice and recommended him to work as a civil engineer in the mines when he first arrived in the Labyrinth City.

Now half a year has passed, Frey has become a gold-level adventurer, and the counter girl has to kneel down in front of him in order to keep her job.

Arrogant at first and respectful at the end, it makes people laugh when they think about it.

The reason for this situation is that in the previous maze incident, almost all the adventurers in the expedition team were killed.

Although the Holy See has tried its best to make amends for this humiliating defeat, facts do not lie.

A large number of gold-level and diamond-level adventurers were killed, causing a huge blow to the entire maze city.

At this point, the Black Knights, with one diamond-level and two gold-level members, has become one of the most powerful guilds in the Labyrinth City.

After the disaster, the Church immediately sealed off the labyrinth.

As Father Mono has now returned to the capital, Gwangju, to report on his duties, no one knows how long the lockdown will last.

Even if it can be unsealed, the spiral passages on the 11th to 40th floors of the maze have been damaged, and repair work has not yet begun.

With the maze sealed off, many adventurers lost their livelihoods.

If the situation is allowed to continue, chaos will inevitably break out in the city. However, this time the Holy Light Knights have suffered such a great sacrifice that the Theocracy itself is already overwhelmed and naturally has no extra energy to care about the lives of the adventurers.

In order to solve the livelihood problems of the majority of adventurers, the Adventurer's Association wanted to give a commission to the Black Knights, and this scene happened.

It wasn't a good idea to just make the receptionist kneel in public, so Frey said to Wright beside him:

"Captain, what do you think?"

"If I just listen to the request, there's nothing to lose..."

Finally, the meeting time was set at 2 o'clock this afternoon.

On the Black Knights side, the four core members present were Frey, Noelle, Light, and Palu.

On the Adventurer's Guild side, in addition to the president, there was also a distinguished guest - Charles, the Governor of the Terra Federation.

Since the sovereignty of the Labyrinth City is currently in the hands of the Terra Federation, strictly speaking, Charles is the supreme leader of the city compared to Mono.

Although the Federation no longer interferes in the affairs of the Labyrinth City in principle, now that such a big chaos has occurred and the entire city is leaderless, the Holy See has agreed to the Federation's decision and is working with the Adventurer's Association to stabilize the situation.

At the appointed time, a dashing-looking man with short, neat blond hair and sunglasses walked into the meeting room on the second floor of the association.

He was wearing a red military uniform with a golden double-headed eagle embroidered on his chest, which was the flag of the Terra Federation.

"Who is this……"

The president of the Adventurer's Association was about to introduce them when Palu excitedly said:

"I've heard that the Governor of the Terra Federation's 11th District, the pilot of the 13th Mecha, the Red Comet, was nicknamed—"

"The lone crash king, Charles Reinhardt."

"Correction, it's the Shoot Down King."

Seeing that Palu had taken the initiative to announce his name, Charles asked:

"Are you interested in mecha soldiers?"

Palu nodded, and Charles continued:

"Then we are like-minded."

As a master of intelligence, Frey had naturally investigated the life of the Governor of the Shire.

Speaking of which, he has a certain connection with Wright, who was born in the Principality of Gigi.

In the year 979 of the Aiden calendar, the Terra Federation took only one year to annex the last territory of the Principality of Jiji and completely unified the southern continent.

In this war of annihilation, later known as the One Year War, Ciel, who was only a new recruit at the time, piloted a low-performance mass-produced magic mecha and single-handedly shot down a large number of the Principality's airships. He was able to escape and survive every time at the last moment, thus earning the title of "The Lone Shooting King".

It was precisely because of his outstanding achievements in the One Year War that Ciel eventually became the Governor-General of the Federation.

After greeting Palu, Charles looked at Frey.

"We meet again, Mr. Guitar Hero."

Before leaving Bandolim after resolving the typhoon crisis, Frey and Charles met at a celebration party.

"I never thought that just over a month later, the guitar hero who saved Bondorim from the storm would end the disaster in the maze again."

"If it were you, you might become a hero of the new era."

Frey ignored Charles' flattery and went straight to the point:

"Instead of exchanging pleasantries, let's get down to business."

Ciel and the president of the Adventurer's Association introduced the content of this commission to Frey and the others.

Simply put, they hope that Frey and his team will take some unemployed adventurers abroad to work before the roads in the maze are repaired.

On the border of the Kingdom of Kahn, adjacent to the Labyrinth City, there is a long-closed A-level ruins that is about to reopen for exploration, which can share the unemployment pressure in the city.

However, if adventurers were allowed to flee to the Kingdom of Kahn, they would inevitably be brutally exploited and it would easily cause public security problems.

After the association negotiated with the Kingdom of Kahn, the other party decided to first accept a group of adventurers for a pilot program before considering subsequent cooperation.

The association hoped to have a guild with sufficient strength to act as a representative and lead the adventurers in exploring the ruins, so they approached the Black Knights.

"It's true that more than half of the high-level adventurers were killed or wounded, but they are not all dead. Why do they have to come to us for this commission?" Frey asked.

"On the one hand, it's because of your strength, and on the other hand, it's for publicity and hype."

"In the face of a crisis, we need a hero to calm people's hearts, and you who have defeated the elite monsters are the most suitable candidates." Charles said without hesitation.

"As for the rewards, we will not be stingy..."

After listening to Ciel's explanation, Frey began to think.

Now that the maze was blocked, he really needed a new place to level up.

In addition to upgrading and becoming stronger, he now has another task.

In order to defeat Jabba Walker, Frey consumed some of his life, so he needs to quickly ensure that he can upgrade the Golden Rule to extend his life.

According to Petrarch's memories and the documents of the Return Sect, in order to upgrade the Golden Rule, in addition to 50 tons of gold, another item with immortality is also needed - the Indestructible Diamond.

The Indestructible Diamond is a kind of mysterious ice marrow that will never melt, and this relic in the Kingdom of Kahn is the only place where the Indestructible Diamond is produced.

In Petrarch's time, indestructible diamonds could be bought with money, but now they have become rare and priceless items.

This is because the kingdom closed the entrance to the ruins 30 years ago and only recently reopened it.

In other words, even without the commission, Frey would still participate in this exploration of the ruins.

From the perspective of interests, Frey had no reason to refuse.

But he still had one thing to confirm.