Chapter 635 The happy journey begins
The drow's raid did not work, and they were naturally counterattacked - there were also powerful adventurers and mages among the travelers living in Black Oak. Perhaps they did not notice the difference at first, but when the battle officially started, unless it was The blind and deaf, otherwise everyone would have noticed the drow attack, so they also hurriedly fought back.
The result was naturally predictable. When the city guard arrived, the group of drow commandos were completely wiped out.
"These damn black bastards."
The guard captain looked at the corpses on the ground with a livid face, unable to restrain his anger. The drow raids never left anyone alive. It was the same this time. Nearly half of the staff and guests in Black Oak were killed by the drow. Those who survived were basically experienced people who had experienced hundreds of battles.
"It's really strange. These black bastards rarely come to the ground."
A dwarf carrying a battle ax frowned and touched his beard - he was also one of the guests of this hotel, and just now, he used his ax to smash through an unlucky drow. 's head.
"These degenerates never appear on the surface easily. When they come here, they must have some agenda."
Standing next to the dwarf was an elf ranger. The latter's delicate brows were furrowed tightly and his face was solemn - elves and drow are mortal enemies at all times.
"Isn't this coming for you? Skinny bamboo pole?"
"I don't think I deserve to be attacked by an entire drow commando team, but this is indeed a very weird thing."
Faced with the dwarf's joke, the elf ranger shook his head.
"Moreover, we only killed stragglers. Someone has eliminated the main force of these fallen ones, otherwise things might be more troublesome."
"You mean that?"
The guard captain turned his head and looked with a bit of disgust at the end of the corridor not far away - there, the corpses of several drow elves were lying on the ground. However, their appearance is very strange. The muscles and bones of these drow elves have melted, and they look like wax figures that have been burned by fire and turned into balls of "meat", and their expressions are even weirder. ——Half of their faces showed a certain kind of intoxication, a smile that seemed to be immersed in supreme happiness, while the other half of their faces showed a kind of twisted, frightened and weird fear.
These two expressions appear simultaneously on a melted face, which makes people feel sick just to see it.
"By the gods, I have never seen such a strange death."
The dwarf also looked over there, then looked back 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. It couldn't be those mages who did this."
"Unfortunately, I don't think there is any spell that can cause such an effect."
At this moment, a middle-aged man wearing 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 seem like it has been attacked by some kind of illusion. I see that the illusion only attacks the spirit and does not affect the body. I don't remember any spell that can make a creature's body become like this..."
As he spoke, the mage stretched out his staff and stirred the opponent's body - the dark elf's body was squirming like fermented dough.
"...So strange."
"Hey, do you mages always do these weird things?"
Hearing the sickening sound, the dwarf immediately protested, and the mage spread his hands.
"I said, this was not done by magic. Maybe the elves would have something to say about this?"
"I don't know much..."
The Elf Ranger looked at the pile of half-melted corpses with disgust.
"I only know that the evil gods they believe in will indeed impose some kind of punishment when the drow does not please her, but it usually seems to be related to spiders..."
"Ah, then maybe that guy has a hobby of making human dough now."
The dwarf muttered.
"I don't think so. They are the main force, and judging from their current position, they seem to be planning to attack someone. Maybe the drow found their prey, attacked the prey, and were then eliminated by the opponent..." < br>
"Then who did it?"
Facing the quarrel between the elf ranger and the dwarf warrior, Duanmu Huai yawned.
"Maybe a handsome and kind-hearted person who passed by without leaving his name?"
Cassim and Rosha stood aside blankly, a little unable to get in the conversation. Even if they were the heroes who saved Neverwinter, they were only rookies who had just started taking risks. Fortunately, the dark elves' attack was slowed down. They were discovered, so the two of them stood here instead of becoming corpses lying on the ground ready to be moved out. As for Amelia, she knelt there and prayed for the corpses of the innocent victims, asking for their souls to rest in peace as soon as possible, and did not join in this boring discussion.
Everyone discussed for a while, but did not come up with any useful opinions. Even Duanmu Huai actually didn't know what these group of drow were doing on the surface when they were bored. He did know that drow had a tradition of attacking the elves on the surface, but that was usually in the deep mountains and old forests. No matter how free the drow were, they would not go to Deepwater City to cause trouble... Anyway, it should have nothing to do with him.
No useful evidence was found from the corpses of those drow elves. Drow elves would never be stupid enough to write mission objectives on paper. The guard captain searched it again and asked everyone present, but found nothing in the end. Leaving in a rage - this happened to him on the night he was on duty. The guard captain could even foresee the tragic fate he would face next.
At the same time, the hotel owner also hurried over. Looking at the dilapidated hotel in front of him, he almost fainted. As an apology, he announced that all customers present would be exempted from the bill, and at the same time said that the hotel would be closed immediately for repairs and rectifications - of course the hotel owner would not be able to go to the Dark Area to seek compensation from Zhuoer. This could almost be regarded as a pure loss.
The attack on Black Oak immediately became the headline news of the day. When Duanmuhuai and others were having breakfast at a nearby tavern, you could hear that many people were already discussing the matter.
"Big cities are so scary."
Kasim sighed while drinking the soup.
"When I was in Neverwinter, I never thought I would be attacked in the hotel."
"Generally speaking, drow rarely go to the ground, let alone a place like Waterdeep City where many races gather. They are not a race with a good reputation."
Duanmuhuai patted the little head of Ojis beside him and said.
"But I didn't expect that group of drow elves to be so cruel. They didn't even spare the children of their helpers..."
Amelia clenched her fists. To be honest, looking at the bread in front of her now, she couldn't eat it at all.
"Otherwise? Do you think that the bad reputation of drow is just made up out of thin air? They are not kind people. Basically, when you encounter a drow, you will kill it without saying a word. One hundred times out of a hundred, You won’t kill the wrong guy.”
Duanmuhuai sneered, and then he looked at Kasim and Luo Xia.
"You also have to remember that this is the way the drow behave. This is still the surface, and they have no resistance to sunlight. But when we get to the Underdark, it will be the home ground of the dark elves. At that time, you will have to face But it’s such intense attacks and assassinations 24 hours a day, 24 hours a day.”
"No way..."
Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, Luo Xia's expression suddenly changed, and Kasim was not much better either.
"This is the Underdark. Otherwise, do you think this is an outing? If it were that simple, then those adventurers wouldn't be unable to come back."
The drow attack was the first time for these surface rookies to experience the horror and cruelty of the Underdark. Except for Duanmuhuai and Ogis, the other three people did not gain much in the battle with the drow elves. With many advantages, it can be said that they spent all their efforts to barely defeat the enemies they faced.
But what they faced was just scraps from the Drow Raiders.
However, there are still many such enemies underground...
However, no one flinched. Although the atmosphere on the table was a bit solemn during breakfast, after finishing the meal, Cassim, Rosha and Emilia all went to purchase items and started preparations for going underground.
"Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers."
Sitting on the 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 obviously will not give up so easily. Young, passionate, and reckless—well, that’s not a bad thing.
But…………
"Okay, Ogis, it's time for us to leave."
Duanmuhuai stood up.
He does not intend to continue to act with them, especially after experiencing his "triple killing moves", Duanmu Huai can't wait to go deep into the dark area to kill and increase his experience value. Upgrade [God of Joy] and [Will of the Old God] as soon as possible.
And if you let them follow you, it will be difficult to let go. Especially Emilia, the paladin, who knows if she will say anything troublesome to him.
So…………
"It's time for a happy outing, let's go."
Duanmuhuai lowered his head and said something to Ogis. The latter also put down the book in her arms, and then climbed onto Duanmuhuai's shoulder in a familiar manner. Then Duanmuhuai glanced at the street, turned around and walked to the other side - unlike others, he knew the situation in Waterdeep City and the entrance to the dark area, so even if Duanmuhuai was alone , and it is impossible to encounter any danger.
As for the task of taking care of the rookies, let's hire someone else.
(End of chapter)