Chapter 633: The Shadow of the Dark City
Here, we must first explain the history of Waterdeep City.
??Waterdeep was not originally a city of humans, but a city of elves and dwarves. Later, due to conflicts between the two parties, the elves left the city, while the dwarves dug tunnels and disappeared without a trace.
So when humans came to the Northland and found that there was such a fully functional and uninhabited uninhabited city, they naturally happily accepted it.
Facts have proved that the approach of the elves and dwarves is correct. Ever since humans lived in Waterdeep City, troubles have occurred here every day, and there are little monsters that want to destroy them at every turn.
Okay, I digress.
After humans occupied Waterdeep City, they naturally discovered the underground tunnels dug by the dwarves and spread all over Waterdeep City. No one knows where these underground tunnels lead. There was once a mage named Helferson who took his apprentice into the underground passage to investigate, but later disappeared. Many people said that he was lost in the depths of the dark area and turned into a mad mage. Among humans, After living in Waterdeep, countless adventurers went to explore the depths of the Underdark, but few of them came back alive.
There are also legends that this tunnel leads to hell, because there are many monsters that have never been seen underground, and they will come to the surface of Waterdeep City through these tunnels anytime and anywhere late at night, killing people in Waterdeep City in the dark. Residents - Of course, this is just a legend.
Okay, that’s it for the background, and the commission brought by Emilia is also related to the tunnels all over Waterdeep City. To put it simply - an adventure team disappeared deep into the tunnel, and Master Kelben hopes that all adventurers can find that adventure team and bring them back.
Of course, as one of the masked lords of Waterdeep City, Master Kelben will not pay attention to those ordinary adventure teams. The reason why he pays attention to this adventure team is that it includes his students and his nephews. Danilo Sann.
With Kelben''s identity, it is certainly impossible for him to leave Waterdeep City and go to the Dark Territory, but he cannot just find other people to help deal with this matter. After all, one of his identities is the masked lord of Waterdeep City and his nephew. The disappearance of the apprentice might attract the attention of some interested people.
?So when Emilia came to visit on behalf of Neverwinter and thanked Kelben for providing the Black Rod with the antidote to the plague, Kelben immediately thought of this solution.
So he asked Emilia for help and led the adventure team deep underground to find his missing nephew.
As a Paladin of Tyr, Emilia is naturally bound to do this, and then it depends on what other people think.
“I agree too, and I haven’t been to the Underdark yet.”
Touching the red and swollen face beaten by Rosia, Kasim said pitifully - Indeed, the Underdark is one of the legends passed down by adventurers. After all, gray dwarves, illithid, drow and so on. Of... but they are all famous.
Let alone the Hell of Baator.
Although from a physical point of view, no matter how hard you dig, you cannot reach Baator Hell.
?Rosha glanced at Kasim with some worry, then looked away angrily, and then nodded.
“Okay…I’m fine too.”
“That Mr. Duanmu...”
“I don’t really like going underground, but it’s okay to be idle…”
? Duanmu Huai also had no objection. In fact, he could be said to be very excited at the moment. After all, Duanmu Huai also wanted to test whether his Pink Book worked.
"But I want to make it clear in advance that as a judge, I will not let those underground heretics go. As long as they are discovered by me, they will only die. Even their city will be completely destroyed."
??Whether they are gray dwarves, drow, illithids or any other mess, from the perspective of the Inquisition, they are all heretics, and they will all be killed on sight.
"Well………"
Hearing Duanmuhuai''s answer, Amelia felt a little uneasy. Of course, as a Paladin of Tyr, she also hopes that justice will be served, but...to be honest, Emilia is not confident that she can kill the entire Underdark.
After all, there are only five of them.
“But there are only five of us, so we are weak. Wouldn’t it be a little bit..."
“Something?”
Duanmuhuai glanced at Amelia.
"Why, you think there is a disparity in strength and you won''t fight? Then as a paladin of Tyr, if you encounter a Balor Balrog, do you have to kneel down and surrender?"
“Of course not!”
Speaking of this, as a paladin, Emilia naturally couldn''t bear it.
“I just feel like our mission is to... well, I’m not going to back down.”
??If Emilia says no at this time, then she won’t be a paladin.
“We want to help too!”
Kasim on the other side fully explained what it means that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers.
“Although the Underdark is very scary, as adventurers, we will never back down like this!”
“I hope you won’t blame me when the time comes. This is not going to hunt wild wolves in the forest, novice.”
Duanmuhuai looked at the high-spirited Kassim and curled his lips. Rookies are like this. In the beginning, they all imagine that they can kill everyone. But in fact - the only ones in this team who can really kill everyone are Duanmu Huai and Ojisi, and the others will only die if they are beaten. Especially these two, they are the weaknesses of the team at first glance. In a place like the Underdark, it would be strange not to deal with them to death.
?But this has nothing to do with Duanmuhuai, he has already reminded him.
“I will try my best not to hold you back!”
Although Duanmuhuai poured cold water on him, Cassim still did not flinch. Having said that, he and Luo Xia also recovered the missing ingredients for the plague antidote in Neverwinter City. Although they didn''t know how dangerous their journey was, they certainly wouldn''t. It would be as easy as finding kittens and puppies. It seems... they are somewhat capable.
“Then come on.”
Since they decided to go to the Dark Territory, they naturally had to prepare food and various equipment, so everyone decided to go shopping tomorrow before setting off.
At the same time, deep in the dark underground...
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Angest opened her eyes suddenly and sat up. Her eyes were red, her whole body was shaking, and she let out an almost silent roar.
“Mother of the House!”
A drow guard pushed the door open and walked in - but the next moment, a negative energy ray shot out from the woman''s fingertips and hit the nosy guard. The next moment he fell directly to the ground, and then quickly Was dragged out.
No one spoke, no one made a sound, and the whole room was quiet, as if nothing had happened.
?After a while, Angost put on the priest''s robe, then she stood up and walked out of the bedroom. There, the heavily armed drow guards quietly waited for her orders, like long swords unsheathed. Angest stared at the guard beside her coldly, and then looked away.
“Inform everyone to assemble in the audience room.”
After saying this, she walked forward coldly.
??The dim audience room was still breathless as usual. Angost was sitting on the throne on top of the spider icon, and beside her stood several high-ranking priests.
“Mother, at your request, we have all gathered.”
"Um."
Mother Angst nodded, and then she glanced at the people below.
“Just now, the great Spider Goddess gave me an oracle.”
Having said this, several high-ranking priests nearby were keenly aware that Mother Angst''s voice no longer seemed as steady and domineering as usual, but was trembling slightly, and even her body became tense.
"In the omen given to me by the great gods, we saw destruction, the destruction of our family, and the destruction of this city. Everything will be swallowed up by flames. No one can be spared, not even Our souls will not be able to return to the embrace of the great goddess, but will be howled into ashes in the fire..."
"this………"
I have to say that everyone was shocked when they heard this.
"Mistress? Are you sure...? No, I am not doubting the future foreseen by the great Spider Goddess, but...who will it be? We are the most powerful family in this area. The city is also an incomparable and unconquerable fortress, and it is favored by the Spider Goddess..."
“I don’t need you to explain!”
??Mother Angst directly slapped the high-ranking priest who dared to stand up and ask questions in the face, knocking her to the ground. Seeing this scene, the martial arts commander next to him frowned slightly. He could feel the anger and fear of Mother Angst - yes, she was afraid, and she was angry because of this fear. The martial arts master can understand the thoughts of Matron Angst. As the matron of the Brewster family, she has ruled this family and this city for more than five hundred years. Deeply favored by the Spider Goddess, she has never felt fear or fear. She is proud of her identity, her family, and this city.
But now, she felt fear that she should not have felt.
?What exactly did she see?
Is it a disaster? An irresistible natural disaster?
“Martial Arts Master!”
??However, at this moment, Matron Angst turned her attention to the martial arts master.
“I order to lead one of the most elite teams to the surface as quickly as possible, to a hotel called the ‘Black Oak’ in Waterdeep City, and kill everyone there, leaving no one behind!”
?
Hearing this, the martial arts commander''s first reaction was disbelief, because the meaning of Mother Angst''s words was already clear. The existence that was about to bring destruction to this family and this city was in Waterdeep City. inside.
“As you command, my mistress.”
?However, the martial master did not put forward his own opinions. For the drow, the opinions of men are irrelevant. So he lowered his head to accept the order, then quickly turned around and left.
??But at this moment, the martial arts commander is still confused.
What on earth - what did Mistress Angst see that made her so frightened?
What is there in that hotel?
(End of this chapter)