Chapter 635 The Joyful Journey Begins

The drow's raid was ineffective, so they were counterattacked. There were also powerful adventurers and mages among the travelers living in Black Oak. Perhaps they did not notice anything unusual at first, but when the battle officially started, everyone, unless they were blind or deaf, discovered the drow's attack, so they also hurriedly fought back.

The result was naturally predictable. When the city garrison arrived, the drow commando team was completely wiped out.

"This damn black bastard."

The garrison captain looked at the corpses on the ground with a sullen face, unable to suppress his anger. The drow's raids never left anyone alive. This time was no exception. Nearly half of the people in Black Oak, including staff and guests, were killed by the drow. Those who survived were basically experienced and battle-hardened.

"It's really strange. These black bastards rarely come to the ground."

A dwarf carrying a battle axe frowned and touched his beard. He was also one of the guests of this inn, and just now, he smashed the head of an unlucky drow with his axe.

"These fallen people never appear on the surface easily. They must have some plan when they come here."

Standing next to the dwarf was an elf ranger, whose delicate brows were tightly frowned and his face was solemn. Elves and drow are always mortal enemies.

"Isn't it coming for you? Skinny Bamboo?"

"I don't think I'm worth being attacked by a whole drow commando, but this is indeed a very strange thing."

Faced with the dwarf's joke, the elf ranger shook his head.

"Besides, we only killed the stragglers. Someone wiped out the main force of these fallen ones, otherwise things might be more troublesome."

"You mean that?"

The captain of the security team turned his head and looked at the end of the corridor not far away with some disgust. There, several bodies of drow elves were lying on the ground. However, their appearance was very strange. The muscles and bones of these drow elves had melted, and they looked like wax figures burned by fire, turning into a mass of "meat", and their expressions were even weirder. Half of their faces showed a kind of intoxication, as if they were immersed in supreme happiness, while the other half of their faces showed a twisted, horrified and weird fear.

These two expressions appeared on a melted face at the same time, which made people feel sick just by looking at it.

"Gods, I have never seen a guy who died so weirdly."

The dwarf also glanced over there, then retracted his gaze and shuddered.

"Although I don't know what these guys went through, my intuition tells me that they must have been in great pain before they died. Could it be that those wizards did this?"

"Unfortunately, I don't think there is any kind of magic that can cause such an effect."

At this moment, a middle-aged man in a white robe and holding a staff walked down the stairs. He came to the pile of corpses with interest and observed them carefully.

"It does look like they were attacked by some kind of illusion. I saw that illusions only attack the mind and will not affect the body. I don't remember any spell that can make a creature's body become so..."

While speaking, the wizard stretched out his staff and stirred the other's body. The dark elf's body was like fermented dough, and it began to wriggle.

"… So strange."

"Hey, do you wizards always have to make these weird things?"

Hearing the disgusting sound, the dwarf immediately protested, and the wizard spread his hands.

"I said, this is not the work of magic. Maybe the elves will have any opinion on this?"

"I don't know much..."

The elf ranger looked at the half-melted corpses with disgust.

"I only know that the evil god they believe in will indeed punish the drow when they don't please her, but it usually seems to be related to spiders..."

"Ah, then maybe that guy has a hobby of making human meat dough now."

The dwarf muttered.

"I don't think so. They are the main force, and from their current position, they seem to be planning to attack someone. Maybe the drow found their prey, attacked them, and then were destroyed by the other party..."

"Who did it then?"

Facing the quarrel between the elf ranger and the dwarf warrior, Duanmu Huai yawned.

"Maybe it was a handsome kind person who passed by without leaving his name?"

Casim and Luo Xia stood by blankly, unable to get a word in. Even if they were the heroes who saved Neverwinter, they were just rookies who had just started their adventure. Fortunately, the dark elves' attack was a step slower and they were discovered by them, so the two of them stood here instead of becoming corpses lying on the ground ready to be moved out.

As for Emilia, she knelt there and prayed for the bodies of the innocent victims, asking their souls to rest in peace soon, and did not join in this boring discussion.

After discussing for a while, they did not come up with any useful opinions. Even Duanmu Huai did not know why these drow came to the surface out of boredom. He did know that the drow had a tradition of attacking the elves on the surface, but that was usually in the deep mountains and forests. No matter how idle the drow were, they would not come to Waterdeep to cause trouble... Anyway, it should have nothing to do with him.

No useful evidence was found on the bodies of the drow elves. The drow elves would never be so foolish as to write down the mission objectives on paper. The captain of the security team searched and questioned everyone present, but finally found nothing and left in a rage. This happened on the night he was on duty. The captain of the security team could even foresee the tragic fate he would face next.

At the same time, the innkeeper also hurried over. Looking at the dilapidated inn in front of him, he almost fainted. As an apology, he announced that all the customers present would be exempted from the bill, and at the same time stated that the inn would be closed for repairs and rectification. Of course, the innkeeper could not go to the Underdark to claim compensation from the drow. This could almost be regarded as a pure loss.

The attack on Black Oak immediately became the headline news of the day. When Duanmu Huai and others were having breakfast in a nearby tavern, they could hear that many people had already started discussing the matter.

"Big cities are so terrible."

Cassim sighed while drinking soup.

"When I was in Neverwinter, I never thought I would be attacked in the inn."

"Generally speaking, drow rarely come to the surface, let alone places like Waterdeep where many races gather. They are not a race with a good reputation."

Duanmu Huai patted Ogis's little head beside him and said.

"But I didn't expect that group of drow elves were so cruel. They didn't even let go of the children of the helpers..."

Amelia clenched her fists. To be honest, she couldn't eat the bread in front of her at all.

"What else? Do you think the bad reputation of drow elves is made up out of thin air? They are not kind people. Basically, if you meet a drow elf, you will chop him without saying a word. One hundred times out of a hundred, you will not chop the wrong good people."

Duanmu Huai sneered, and then he looked at Kasim and Rosha.

"You should also remember that this is the style of the drow elves. This is still the surface, and they have no resistance to sunlight. But when we reach the Underdark, it will be the home of the dark elves. At that time, you will face this kind of intensive attacks and assassinations 24 hours a day."

"No way......"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, Luo Xia's face suddenly changed, and Kasim was not much better.

"This is the Underdark, otherwise you think this is an outing? If it were that simple, then those adventurers would not have been unable to come back."

The attack of the drow also made this group of surface rookies experience the horror and cruelty of the Underdark for the first time. Except for Duanmu Huai and Ogis, the other three did not get much benefit in the battle with the drow elves. It can be said that they tried their best to barely deal with the enemies they faced.

But they were only facing the scraps of the drow raiding team.

However, there are still many such enemies underground…

But no one retreated. Although the atmosphere at the table was a bit solemn during breakfast, after breakfast, Kasim, Rosha and Amelia went to buy items and made preparations to go underground.

"A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger."

Sitting on a chair, holding a cup of honey tea in his hand, Duanmu Huai shook his head. In fact, he really hopes that they can retreat now, but unfortunately these people will obviously not give up so easily. Young, hot-blooded, reckless————well, it’s not a bad thing.

But……………

"Okay, Ogis, it’s time for us to leave."

Duanmu Huai stood up.

He didn’t plan to continue to act with them, especially after experiencing his "triple killer move", Duanmu Huai couldn’t wait to go deep into the dark area to kill happily and increase his experience points so that [God of Joy] and [Old God Will] can be upgraded as soon as possible.

And if they follow him, it will be difficult to let go. Especially Amelia, the Paladin, who knows if she will say something troublesome to me.

So………………

"It's time for a happy outing, let's go."

Duanmu Huai lowered his head and said to Ogis, who also put down the book in her arms and climbed onto Duanmu Huai's shoulders. Then Duanmu Huai looked at the street and turned to the other side. Unlike others, he knew the situation in Waterdeep City and the entrance to the Underdark, so even if Duanmu Huai was alone, he would not encounter any danger.

As for the task of taking care of the rookie, it is better to ask someone else.