Chapter 649 Stone City

"I never thought the underground would be so dangerous."

Sitting on the chair and staring around, Emilia sighed, while Cassim and Rosha next to her also looked like they felt the same.

"Mr. Inquisitor told us before that it was difficult to walk underground, but we thought we could overcome it at the time. It was so...taken for granted."

It’s no wonder that the three of them were so exhausted. After they separated from Duanmu Huai, of course they also chose to enter the dark area, and then passed the underground maze with great effort, and then... For the three of them, the nightmare was here we go.

In the dark underground, the first and biggest problem is time. There is no such thing as a watch to tell time in this world, and in the dark underground world, fledgling adventurers have no way to tell the time. They don't even know how many days they have spent in this dark tunnel.

In addition, the monsters everywhere in the Underdark are equally dangerous as those terrifying plants.

For example, shiny moss can even emit poisonous gas, causing the inhaled creature to become stiff and fall to the ground unable to move. Cassim was accidentally attacked. If Emilia hadn't been a paladin, he might have died. Can't be saved.

At the same time, they also encountered a giant monster called an underground worm, which was about the same size as a subway train. If the three of them hadn't run so fast, they would have been eaten long ago.

Not to mention, when escaping from the underground worm, Luo Xia accidentally separated from the other two people. You can't tell the east, west, and south underground. You can only see one underground passage after another, and you can't even figure out what these passages are. Where it leads. Thanks to their good luck, they reunited again - otherwise they might have been completely lost in the Underdark.

In the end, the three finally encountered a patrol of deep gnomes. Fortunately, the deep gnomes were a rare and kind race in the Underdark. They invited the three of them to their city to rest, which somewhat allowed the three of them to finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"I never thought the Underdark could be so scary."

Luo Xia curled up in the chair, and the warm drink in her hand could not dispel the chill in her heart. She still remembers that when she was being chased by underground worms, she ran away desperately. When she came back to her senses, she found that there was no one around but her, and she didn't even know where she was.

Even if she gets lost in the forest or at sea, Rosia will not panic. She can identify the direction by looking at the sky or climbing a tree. But in the dark underground cave, Luo Xia felt a kind of desperate fear for the first time. She couldn't do anything and couldn't do anything. It was impossible for her to break through the thick crust, let alone distinguish east, west, north, south, up, down, left, and right, and there were so many passages around that she couldn't even confirm which passage she came from, because they all looked the same.

Even if Luo Xia summoned up the courage to shout, the echoes floating in the crypt made it impossible for her to tell where the sound came from.

"Now I know why so many adventurers died here."

Kasim also nodded, and the high spirits he had when he set out had long disappeared. He once naively believed that he had passed the test of Neverwinter, so he should be able to fight in the Underdark.

But the facts told him that was not the case.

This place is like a bottomless abyss, a huge mouth, mercilessly devouring all those who are stupid enough to dare to trespass.

"Then shall we continue with our mission?"

Emilia stared at the two companions and asked. They came here not for curiosity or simple adventure, but accepted the commission from the Black Rod of Kelburn, the Archmage of Waterdeep City, to save his nephew—— But to be honest, even Emilia felt that in a place like the Underdark, even Master Kelben's nephew would have a hard time surviving.

She had politely asked the underground dwarfs before, but was told that she had never seen such a group of people. The answers given by the underground gnomes to Emilia also made her a little helpless.

"This is the Underdark, surface people."

At this moment, an underground dwarf came over and placed the meal in his hand on their table.

"Adventurers often come here from the surface and then venture into the Underdark, but many of them never come back again."

"Then what will be their fate?"

"Perhaps he was captured as a slave by gray dwarves, drow and illithids, or he died in an unknown corner of the Underdark and became food for underground animals."

The underground dwarf looked at the three people and shook his head.

"If you ask me, you are still young. There is no need to waste time here. It is better to return to the surface."

"Hey, Dodrow, have you heard the recent news?"

While the dwarf waiter was chatting with them, another underground dwarf who was drinking next to him suddenly spoke.

"You are talking about the war between drow? The stone is above, isn't that just a rumor?"

"Hey, that's not just a rumor!"

The deep dwarf seemed very excited. He took a big gulp of wine and then patted the table.

"The expedition leader took his exploration team to see it! According to him, the drow city has been completely destroyed!"

"Destroyed?"

"That's right, it burned everything down! Not a single drow was left inside!"

"Is there such a thing?"

Hearing this, other underground gnomes also came over one after another. Underground gnomes and drow usually keep their distance, but the reason for this is that the Underdark itself is very dangerous and complicated, unless the Spider Queen personally orders it. Otherwise, the drow would not be bored and cross the underground passages to launch an attack on the underground dwarf city.

But the underground gnomes have never liked their dangerous and cunning neighbors. At this moment, they were surprised to hear the news that the drow city was destroyed.

Of course, it's more of a blessing.

"That's a good thing!"

"I don't think this is a good thing. We all know how terrible the drow are. Even they were destroyed. What if the other party attacks us?"

"I think we should send someone to investigate what is going on... At least we should find out who attacked and destroyed the drow city."

Soon, the underground gnomes in the tavern divided into two groups. One group raised their wine glasses and loudly celebrated the destruction of their evil neighbor. The other faction is worried. After all, since the other party can destroy the drow city, the underground dwarf city may also face the same danger.

Because this is the Underdark.

“Dong dong dong dong!!!”

At this moment, rapid footsteps suddenly sounded, and then an underground dwarf gasped and pushed open the door of the tavern.

"Drow!! They are coming this way!"

This sound suddenly made the noisy tavern fall silent. The next moment, the underground gnomes bravely left the tavern, and Emilia, Cassim and Rosha also stood up. They all know how brutal and terrifying the drow are. In any case, this underground dwarf city saved them when they were in trouble. If the drow really planned to attack this city, then they would also help.

Soon, the three of them followed a group of underground gnomes and rushed towards the gate. However, what surprised them was that although there were underground gnomes on guard at the gate, they did not see the imaginary army of drow. On the contrary, they I only saw a bloodstained drow - judging from his appearance, he should be a warrior. At this moment, he was standing in front of the fully armed underground dwarf guards who were staring at him intently, gesticulating and talking. What.

Well, it's no wonder that the underground gnomes would gather around to watch the fun. It was a rare thing for a lone drow warrior to come to the city of the underground gnomes.

"What happened??"

Cassim stared at the drow in confusion. Of course he couldn't understand the drow language, and in fact most of the underground gnomes were the same, but they could all see that the drow was very scared. He screamed something and turned his head to look behind him in fear, as if some terrible monster was chasing him.

"I don't know, but he looked really scared."

Emilia looked at the drow vigilantly, and then she looked into the dark passage behind her—it seemed like there was nothing in the darkness.

However, at this moment, Emilia suddenly heard a voice.

"Got you."

"——————!"

Almost at the same time, the drow seemed to have heard this voice. He drew out his rapier in horror and rushed towards the underground gnomes - which immediately surprised the underground gnomes and guards who were watching nearby. However, the drow only took one step, and the next moment his head flew out, and his unbalanced body fell to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, a petite figure appeared behind the drow soldier.

"Miss Ogis?!"

Looking at the petite figure, Emilia suddenly screamed. It was obvious that the girl with long silver-white hair, wearing a black dress, as delicate and cute as a doll appeared there——Emilia Of course you know who she is.

However, Amelia soon discovered that she had guessed wrong.

"Ogis?"

Hearing the name, the silver-haired girl turned the dagger in her hand and stared at Emilia dissatisfied. Only then did Emilia realize that although this girl looked very similar to Ogis, they both had the same temperament. completely different. Ogis usually gives people a quiet and well-behaved impression, but this girl is filled with a sense of unruly detachment.

"I'm not onee-sama."

"Are you Ogis' sister?"

I have to say that this answer also surprised Amelia.

"That's right, you are... ah, are you the guys who went on adventures in the Dark Territory as the master said?"

"Is Mr. Duanmu here too?"

Emilia breathed a sigh of relief when she heard what the silver-haired girl said.

No matter what, Duanmuhuai is still very reliable.

"That's right, but the master is busy now and doesn't plan to go with you... Well, you'd better return to the surface as soon as possible."

"Is it related to the war with the drow?"

"This has nothing to do with you."

As she spoke, the silver-haired girl stepped back and then snapped her fingers. Then a burst of flame suddenly erupted, completely devouring the drow body, and then she floated backwards like a ghost.

"The Underdark is not peaceful now. I advise you to leave as soon as possible, or... it is best not to have anything to do with the drow."

After saying this, the figure of the silver-haired girl completely disappeared into the darkness.

Only Emilia and the other two were left standing there in a daze, looking at each other.

"What should we do next?"

Kasim swallowed his saliva. It was obvious that Duanmu Huai had also come to the Underdark, but it seemed that... he didn't seem as embarrassed as he and the others.

"I will try harder to see if I can find clues about Master Khelbourne's nephew at the designated location."

Although Emilia didn't care about returning to the surface, she had no choice but to take on a political mission this time - Master Khelbourne saved Neverwinter. As a Tyr Knight of Neverwinter, she certainly couldn't run away because she was afraid of death, so she had to continue.

"But I will follow Mr. Duanmu's words and stay away from the drow elves... After all, Mr. Duanmu said so."

"……………………"

Hearing Emilia's answer, the other two nodded.

At least, past lessons have taught them not to take Duanmu Huai's warnings lightly.