Dark Shadow Shrine

Halis is a female drow who believes in dark maidens. As a sacrifice for Itiya, the devourer of elves, she almost became a snack for ancient evil beasts.

Compared to being eaten by Itiya, the pain he suffered before is nothing. Before worshiping the Dark Maiden, she lived a filthy life as the martial master of a small Menzoberranzan family.

She was lucky, at least luckier than many of her companions who were trying to escape the Underdark with her. She reached the ground alive, enjoyed the sunshine alive, and even stayed here, at most she would be pointed at by those humans, but no human would dare to attack her and her companions.

This is the blessing of Raven, the half-elf god, god of death and shadow!

She didn't know how the dark girl she believed in got on the line with Lei Wen. Whether it was a game between the gods or a transaction, she didn't know. She just knows that now she is having a good time.

She only needs five afternoons a week to help train those poor human farmers, and the rest of the time is arranged by herself.

"Is it Miss Harris?"

Halis was dancing when a priest of death and shadow called her.

The priestesses who welcomed her into the circle often danced. They form different groups with specific women and dance in both sacred and profane places; usually naked, occasionally fully clothed; sometimes fully armed with armor and weapons, sometimes with sacrificial artwork or Fruit; twirling around the campfire, dancing in the snow; they danced in the night... Although Holly still felt more comfortable at night, they also danced in the daytime. She is still learning what each different dance location represents, the subtle changes and footwork, rhythm and movement in the composition.

When called to stop, Helisite couldn't help but stop dancing. The other priestesses didn't notice her, no one stopped dancing, and the cheerful ceremony continued.

soon. She met Raven, the strange new god in the legend.

She knelt down on both knees and worshiped Raven devoutly. This was out of etiquette to the savior, and also out of etiquette to a powerful new god who could thwart Rose's schemes many times.

Then she was stunned to find that the avatar of Eilistraee, whom she believed in, was standing beside Raven.

"My lord..."

"There is no time, you follow the arrangement of God Yunfield."

"yes!"

Raven threw out a reason she couldn't refuse: "The Underdark is about to undergo drastic changes, and both Eilistraee and I need you to return to the Underdark again. Guide a new path for those who yearn for the light in the dark drow clan. Path of Light."

Although it was only a few days since she came to the splendid ground, Hollis felt that she was happier than the previous hundred years. There was no discrimination, no pain, and only endless joy.

Reluctance is certain, but I think it is the order of Eilistraee that I believe in. Hollis is full of power.

Raven raised his hand, and a beautiful vampire handed over a plate with a piece of paper filled with various points.

"After reading it, remember it, and follow it. When everything is finished, you can withdraw to the Phantom Knight City. Don't worry, I have let the phantom goddess Laila cast the [Phantom Fog] magic on you. Your disguise identity is perfect Yes. As long as your own words don’t reveal flaws. Not even the First Mistress of Menzoberranzan’s first family can see through your disguise.”

"Really?" There aren't many gods who are good at illusion in the Underdark, and it's normal for Hollis not to know.

"Well, as long as you don't run into the incarnations of the three gods Velen, Kiaran Sari, and Selvetam at close range, you are safe." Eilistraee affirmed.

"As I command. My lord."

On January 8, Hollys returned to Ked, a city controlled by the dark drow in the Underdark.

The Underdark is located at the bottom of Ultron Continent. It is a general term for the world under the feet of the surface residents of the entire continent. Monstrous, evil creatures live here to hide from the sun. The Underdark is populated by cities and kingdoms of derro, dark elves, duergar, and mind flayers.

After the dark drow led by Rose lost the "Crown War" with the elves, the dark drow who withdrew into the Underdark became an important race here.

Apart from the most famous city of Menzoberranzan, there are many other underground cities like Ked that are controlled by dark elves.

Chide is a lively city, with drows and duergars everywhere, and even occasional illithids.

Hollis felt that it was too crowded here, and she didn't know why. There are three times more creatures here than usual. The roads were thronged with desperate, hungry masses, pushing and shoving with deafening noise. Bad smell.

Looking back at her own team, she felt extremely weird.

A half-bearman with black fur who paints his fur black and wears a collar to pretend to be a slave warrior.

A high priest of the Henet family who was once ranked sixth in Menzoberranzan. Now taking refuge in Raven's rebellious priest Kundna, she poses as a low-level priest Dena.

A strange bald-headed human monk named Arvin and a mysterious shadowy assassin named Rex serve as her mercenaries.

"What exactly do we want to confirm?" Hollis asked the assassin named Rex. God Raven has ordered, and this Rex's order is the main one.

"No, what we're going to do for the time being is watch a play."

"Watching a play?"

"Yes! Watch a play!"

In the downtown area, there was a sudden commotion. For unknown reasons, four hobgoblins started attacking a low-level priest of Rose who was buying wine.

This would have been completely unimaginable a month ago.

The hobgoblin kicked the drow priestess to the ground.

However, the priest did not fight back immediately, but muttered to himself.

"I implore you, our Matron Rose, answer me. Give me your blessing. Do not forsake me, I am your faithful... Ah!"

Then a hobgoblin stabbed her with a sharp stick, and she jumped up screaming, and the bottle fell from her hand on the limestone floor, shattering and splashing the remaining liquid.

"Damn slave!" she yelled at the hobgoblin who teased her, holding out her arms and trying to move forward as if to strangle him.

The second hobgoblin casually stretched out the short spear in his hand, tripped the priest, and fell to the ground again.

She knelt on the ground, raised her hands, and shouted: "My goddess, please take care of me and help me! Don't abandon me, your faithful servant, she is willing to obey..."

"Your goddess is dead," growled the first hobgoblin, kicking the drow.

She was kicked to one side, grabbing the whip with a grunt.

"No!" she screamed. "Rose will not give up on us! She is strong, and her disciples are strong!"

Four hobgoblins stepped forward, and the drow priests tried to kick them, but they dodged easily and thrust their spears at her. Hollis saw a line of blood gushing from the dark elf priest's thigh.

"Master?" The half-bear man seemed to be asking Dena, who was theoretically the master, if she wanted to do something?

Arwen clenched his fists, as if ready to strike at any moment.

The former high priest put both hands on the arms of the two temporary partners, telling them not to worry.

Dena gestured to the sidelines.

Heimao immediately realized that there was no Drow in the past to help her. Immediately, Hei Mao saw that there were several drow in the crowd she was pointing at, and they just watched coldly.

Seeing Rex next to her also cast a questioning look, Kundna could only advise her companions in a low voice: "She who cannot perform divine magic is considered to have lost her faith and lost Rose's favor, and she deserves what she deserves."

In fact, when she said this, didn't she think that she had lost Rose's favor? Thinking of this, she also shivered.

However, it was clear that Rose was silent, and the news that Rose might have fallen spread in the Underdark Region. Otherwise, those slave races would not be so presumptuous.

"Let's go, a storm is already brewing." Rex's words suddenly reminded everyone.

If even the slaves dared to attack a drow priest recklessly, then their team, which seemed to be mainly composed of drow priests, was likely to be targeted as well.

Several people nodded at the same time and quickly retreated to the hotel.

In fact, just as they began to evacuate, the drow priest let out a death cry. She was stabbed hundreds of times quickly and accurately with short spears by the hobgoblins, and she seemed to be dead.

Behind them, the surrounding crowd became more and more excited and violent. Several drow in the crowd felt constantly being pushed and thwarted by hard objects as they tried to escape from the restless crowd.

After witnessing the killing of a drow, the other races also emboldened. The curses against the drow and their missing goddesses grew louder. In the end, the dark elves hurriedly rose from the crowd with levitation spells, or rushed to the more open streets. The atmosphere in the entire Cheddar City is getting worse and worse, more and more violent!

In the Flaming Lizard Hotel, the broken Awen closed the door of the hotel room, Helisi closed the window, and Kundna deftly used her newly mastered illusion spell to block the surrounding sounds.

Hollis asked Rex: "Obviously, we are in trouble. If this is the information you want to know, then I suggest leaving this riot-spreading city as soon as possible, before we get involved in another slave riot or worse. Enter Menzoberranzan City. Regarding this point, I think it is a wise choice."

"In this kind of matter, of course I listen to the experts. You two have no objection, so be it."

Hollis and Kundna looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

A group of people left Ked.

A few kilometers from the city, they stood in the darkness, looking down at their feet on the undulating rocky plain that stretched beyond the limits of their darkvision.

In the distance, acidic lakes poured smoke into the air. Huge deep pits and canyons split the terrain like scars, and the depth of the open-air wounds on the surface cannot be detected from a distance. The land is littered with caves, pits, and craters that look like bursting abscesses, or screaming mouths.

Hollis saw no vegetation of any kind, not even shrubs or fungi. The land was dead silent, as if it had suffered a catastrophe and was completely destroyed.

"My God, is this still the Underdark I know?" The two native drow were stunned by the unfamiliar scene before them. (to be continued ~^~)

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