Chapter 199: Discovering the Target

() "She is a senior member of the Dark Council."

"What is the Dark Council?" Kristina asked doubtfully.

"The Dark Council is a religious organization shared by the underground world and the above-ground world. Its main body is a variety of biological groups from the underground world, mainly dominated by black elves. The original Dark Council should be regarded as part of the Dark Temple, but like The European Light Temple is now divided into the Light Temple Orthodox Church and the New Light Temple. Similar splits occurred in the Dark Temple a long time ago, but the difference from the Light Temple is that the Dark Temple split people rather than gods. "

"You mean the Dark Council is actually just another branch of the faith organization of the God of Darkness." Persephone asked.

"Yes at first, but later after being classified, the connection with the Lord of Darkness was severed, and with the addition of a large number of new races after being forced to go underground, the organizational structure and even the doctrine of the Dark Council have undergone tremendous changes. The current darkness In fact, the Council can no longer be said to be a purely religious organization. It is more like a military organization with religious ties. In fact, it no longer believes in any actual gods, but instead believes in some kind of power. According to The Dark Temple’s investigation of the Dark Council shows that the current Dark Council is actually a political organization under the banner of faith, and it can be understood as a loose alliance of religious countries.”

"If the Dark Council is a religious country, then what is going on in the country of the black elves?" Kristina asked.

"The country of the black elves is a du li country. There is no problem with this. But as I just said, this dark council is equivalent to a loose alliance of religious countries, and its essence is a large-scale military alliance. It's just a religion. The Dark Elf Nation is an important part of it. The person we rescued probably has some special status in the Dark Elf Empire, so he became a senior member of the Dark Council. Councilor, her status as a councilor should come from a fixed seat in the Black Elf Empire. But the fact that she can obtain such a seat shows her power in the Black Elf Empire. Unfortunately, there is no memory about her in the Empire just now. If you need the identity information inside, I can try to read some more content."

I nodded and said: "Then go ahead. I want to know her exact identity. This will be very useful to us."

Ling nodded and continued to read the information. As a result, as soon as Ling's finger pressed the black elf's forehead, the other party suddenly jumped up from the ground and shouted at the same time: "Don't come here...everyone, run away..."

The black elf who woke up first shouted in panic, and then suddenly realized that the surrounding situation was not her previous state, but after sniffing her nose suddenly, she suddenly smelled the stench, so she jumped up and shouted: " Run quickly, the rot monster is coming!"

"Don't worry. That monster that looked like a pile of rotten leaves has been killed by us." Persephone stopped the frightened black elf in front of her and said.

The black elf who was blocked first looked at Persephone in horror, then turned around and saw us people, and then she closed her eyes and fainted again.

"Holy crap, what kind of situation is this?" Kristina couldn't help but ask, "What should we do now?"

"Take her with us for the time being. Our first task cannot be delayed. This black elf's status is extraordinary. If necessary, she can be used as a bargaining chip to exchange hostages with the other party."

"That makes sense." Kristina said, "We'd better go find the White Elf princess first."

"In that case. Let's continue the search."

Temporarily, Ling returned to the training space, summoned Bai Lang again and released Ye Ying at the same time. Throw the black elf princess on Yeying's back, and then we continue to search.

After walking along this honeycomb-like passage full of holes for several kilometers, we turned off from a fork in the road and then walked about five or six kilometers through a bunch of messy passages. When the passage ahead ended, we finally entered a vast underground world.

Although it is an underground world, the environment here is not much different from that on the ground. There is a large red luminous cloud above the head, entrenched on the roof of the cave, just like the sun, but because the cloud almost covers the entire ceiling of this huge underground world, there is no such thing as a shadow here. After all, the area of ​​the light source is too large, and the effect is the same as the shadowless lamp on the hospital operating table, as if there is no shadow area.

Because there is a suitable light source above the head, there will naturally be plants on the ground. Moreover, the plants here are not only as lush as on the ground, but also extremely dense. Our entrance to this underground world was much higher than the ground, so we were lucky enough to see the general situation around here, but when we got down to the ground, we were completely swallowed up by the jungle. There are huge and dense plants everywhere. Even with such a large area of ​​light above the head, there is still almost no direct light on the ground below. It can only barely guarantee a glimmer of light with the help of a ray of light cast by the leaves of the plant.

Kristina obviously didn't like this environment with overly lush vegetation. So she took the initiative to open the road, and she did it in a destructive way. Just walk forward with a fire element shield in front of you, and all plants that come into contact with the shield will be burned to ashes.

Although the method is a bit violent, thanks to this violent way of opening a path, our movement speed is much faster. After all, the entire front has been burned into a passage. If we can't move faster, there will be problems.

After moving a certain distance in the forest, we found that this underground world was strange, that is, we had walked so far without seeing a single animal. Not only were there no large animals, there were not even any small creatures, including insects. This phenomenon is very abnormal. It doesn’t make sense that you can’t even see an insect in such a large forest, right?

Although it was strange that there were only plants and no other living things in this place, we didn't encounter any danger anyway, so we went to investigate and followed the scent signal all the way forward. After almost three or four kilometers into the forest, Bailang suddenly listened and said to me: "Master, I think we are very close to the goal."

Kristina immediately put away the fire elemental shield after hearing Bai Lang's words. Although she didn't like such an environment with too lush vegetation, she was still an elite player anyway, and she still had some feelings for this environment. understood. It didn't matter that it was still far away before, but now it's close to the target, so of course it has to stay hidden. If you can't use magic or anything like that, of course it's best not to use it.

Without Kristina's fire shield, our advancement speed naturally slowed down, and because of the close distance, we did not dare to go too fast, and we were very careful with every step. Of course, we are only careful not to make too much noise, not because we are afraid of suddenly bumping into the enemy. In fact, after Bailang woke us up and we were close to the target, I had already released a large group of ghost bugs and sent Bailang and Dart to the front to explore the path for us. With so many reconnaissance units, we certainly don’t have to worry about suddenly running into any enemies.

Just like this, I carefully continued to advance for about two kilometers. Bai Lang and Fei Dart, who were responsible for the reconnaissance in front, suddenly reported to me that they had found the target at the same time. I quickly switched to Bai Lang's visual signal, and then through Bai Lang's eyes I saw not far ahead, on the edge of this underground world, there was a not-so-big hole on the wall of a cave. Although there are many plants blocking the entrance of the cave, clear traces of the road are still left on the ground. This means that people often come and go from this place, so they have stepped on a path on the ground.

After confirming the exact location of the target, I asked the ghost bugs to disperse and search the environment near the cave entrance. The results proved that there was no such thing as a hidden whistle near the cave entrance. Since the other party did not set up a secret sentinel, it means that they did not expect anyone to come here to rescue the hostages, which saved a lot of trouble for our operation.

Since there were no guards around, we no longer had to proceed cautiously. We quickly rushed to the entrance of the cave to join Bailang and the others, and then began to direct the ghost worms to infiltrate into the cave. According to the information obtained by Bailang's nose, the hostages we are looking for should be in this hole, and this hole should not be deep.

The ghost bugs were the first reconnaissance units and quickly climbed into the passage along the top of the cave entrance. Because I was worried about being discovered by the opponent, I only sent out two ghost bugs and collected the others.

Through shared vision, I can clearly see what the ghost bug sees. The initial entrance part is nothing special, and there are still some vine roots on this wall. After going about five meters deep, there was a small bend. After turning around, a door immediately appeared in the sight of the ghost bug.

This door is not made of high-end materials, it is just a simple wooden door, but it looks quite thick. Of course, no matter how thick the wood is, it will all become dregs in the face of our destructive power. But this is reconnaissance, and we cannot use violence to destroy it. After all, we are performing a rescue mission. If the other party threatens us with hostages, it will be difficult to handle.

Although they cannot destroy this door, ghost bugs can transform themselves into ghost forms, which means they can pass through walls. It's just a door, it can't stop my ghost bug.

Since there is a door in this place, it means that there are people inside, so I did not dare to let the ghost bugs infiltrate in a big way. Instead, I only sent one ghost bug along the top of the passage through the wooden door and entered the room. As the ghost bug penetrated The door regained my sight, but I was stunned by the situation inside.