Chapter 640 The Rise and Fall of the Tide
Mistress Angst sat on a chair with a gloomy expression.
The raiding team did not return at the agreed time, and even now, the martial arts commander has not been able to step into the hall to apologize to her, which only means one thing, that is, the raiding team has been completely wiped out.
This is rare in the history of drow. Generally speaking, drow will hardly suffer any losses when fighting on the surface. They were masters of stealth, but... they were wiped out.
Considering that the other party even posed a threat to the city, this seemed to be a reasonable thing. In fact, this made Matron Angst relax. As a woman who relied on conspiracy and trickery to rule the city The drow mistress has been here for thousands of years, and what she hates most is secret arrows and conspiracies from other places. If her martial arts master returns to the city with a confident smile and reports to her that the mission has been completed, then Mother Angst will become suspicious.
But now...the martial arts commander and the team he led have proven that the threat does exist and is huge.
So, should we encourage other families to go to Waterdeep City again?
Mother Angst knocked on the armrest of the chair and thought about it. The leading family matrons in this city were all high priests who were loved by the Spider Goddess. As long as she leaked a little bit of news, in order to gain Rose's Blessings and joy, these families will surely succeed one after another.
But this would also annoy the group of surface humans in Waterdeep City. Although Matron Angst is confident that the other party will not be able to attack her city with an army, she does not want to quarrel with a huge surface force - after all, she also knows the terrifying aspects of powerful human mages, even in the dark. In this region, human mages are also difficult to provoke.
Just do it.
Thinking of this, Angst made a decision.
It would be unwise to attack Waterdeep City rashly again, but she could spread some rumors to indicate that the Spider Goddess had given her a sign that the city was about to suffer some kind of devastating disaster. As long as we can find the source of the disaster and eliminate it, we can win the favor of the Spider Goddess - this is enough for a large number of drow families in the city to take the initiative and search the dark areas around the city.
This is enough. As long as they take action, they will form a huge and dense spider web centered on the entire city. At that time, once the prey steps into it, they will get the news immediately.
As for what to do next…………
The corners of Angost's mouth raised slightly, and a smile appeared.
Everything is under control, don’t worry.
Duanmuhuai didn't know the vicious conspiracy of the drow elf mistress at the moment, because he had more important things to do at the moment.
"A pair of kings! Exploded!"
Duanmu Huai threw the cards in his hand to the ground and raised his hands high.
"I won!"
"I lost."
Ogis put down the cards in her hand and whispered.
"Then it's your turn Ogis, go find something fun nearby."
"Okay, Master."
Ogis nodded, then stood up, and disappeared into the dark tunnel a moment later.
"Such a boring game, I'm sorry you guys are so dedicated to playing it."
Qiang Wei sat next to him, looking at the cards in his hand with disgust.
"After all, there's nothing to do, so it's good to take a break."
Duanmu Huai stretched and looked at Qiu Wei.
"What? Still not getting along with Ogis?"
"What do you think?"
"Hahahaha, don't be angry. Ogis wants to be a good sister, so she imitates the content in the books she has read."
"If she really wants to be a good sister, then please at least listen to me!"
"Hahaha... So you haven't noticed it yet?"
"What did you find?"
Hearing Duanmu Huai's voice turn serious, Qian Wei frowned and stared at him.
"You always thought Ogis was a perfect doll, so you always wanted to replace her, right."
"That's right."
"But I think you can see that she is not perfect."
Duanmu Huai spread his hands.
"If Ogis is really a perfect doll, then she can completely imitate the attitudes of the sisters in the books she reads and treat you, right? A perfect doll must She obeys and executes orders perfectly, but do you think Ogis behaves like a sister perfectly now? ”
Even as a little cotton-padded jacket, she was leaky and had anti-armor. Every time she was stabbed in the back, Duanmu Huai was severely injured. Where can I find such a perfect doll? The perfect DISS master doll?
“This………………”
Hearing Duanmu Huai's question, Qianwei was speechless for a moment. Indeed, if she thought about it carefully, her initial resentment towards Ogis came from the fact that she was just a replica created by the maker to imitate Ogis, and because of her The Maker felt that he was not as perfect as Ogis, so he threw himself aside.
Because of this, Qianwei has always hated Ogis. The reason why she attacked Ogis was because she felt that as long as she could defeat Ogis, she would be able to prove that she was far better than Ogis and that she was the best. A perfect doll.
But…………Perfect?
After carefully recalling Ogis's performance during this period, and then looking at it from the perspective of her own maker, Qiangwei suddenly discovered that Ogis was far from perfect. It's even possible that his maker would be disappointed if he saw Ogis now.
After thinking of this, Qianwei suddenly felt as if she had lost all her strength. She had always regarded defeating Ojis as her primary goal. After all, in Qianwei's thinking logic, as long as she defeated Ojis, If he proves that he is stronger than her, then he can prove that he is the perfect doll. But now it seems that Ogis is far from perfect, so even if she defeats Ogis, she still cannot become a perfect doll.
This means that Qiaowei's goal cannot be achieved.
So what is left of her?
"The ambiguous concept of perfection is actually meaningless."
Duanmu Huai patted Qi Wei on the head.
"You can be whoever you want to be, just like Ogis - to tell you the truth, when she first followed me, she was far more taciturn than she is now, like a walking doll. . It’s only after she has gone through so much that she has these emotions and feelings and becomes what she is now. Let me state in advance that I didn’t make her become like this.”
Duanmuhuai also hopes that his little cutie will be a caring little cotton-padded jacket.
Unfortunately, this is a leaky one.
"Don't you wish she would be more obedient?"
"Everyone has their own ideas and personalities. It's not fun to force everyone to think the same as you do. Although I also hope that Ogis will be a more considerate little cotton-padded jacket... But this is also quite interesting."
"Really......"
After hearing Duanmuhuai's answer, Qiangwei thought for a moment, and then her eyes lit up, as if she thought of something. Then Qiangwei looked at Duanmuhuai, showed a smile, and then came to his side.
"Then, let me serve you instead of my useless sister. Master, I am not like my sister. I am very obedient."
"Well.........then first..."
"First?"
"You have to learn to make tea."
"…………I will try my best."
"Poof."
At this moment, Ogis came back, and at the same time she stretched out her hand, and then, whether intentionally or unintentionally, a black shadow flew out from behind and hit Duanmu Huai and Qiu Wei in front of them.
"I was over there and it suddenly appeared and tried to attack me."
Ogis explained lightly.
"Then I thought the owner might need it, so I brought it back."
Under the firelight, you can see that what is tied up by Ogis is a monster that is slightly taller than a human and wearing a robe. Its most obvious feature is its face - it is a face that looks like an octopus. The mouth part also shook like the tentacles of an octopus, and the two eyeless dead fish eyes shone dimly in the firelight.
This is an illithid.
"Well done! Ogis."
Duanmuhuai was overjoyed to see this illithid. The illithid is one of the ugliest monsters in the Underdark and even the entire world. It is famous for eating the brains of its prey. Of course, the illithid is most famous for its psychic power. , they can easily control the brains and minds of other creatures, which is why all creatures avoid illithids.
What's even more terrible is that when an illithid controls you, you won't feel anything strange. No matter what kind of character you were, what beliefs and goals you had, when an illithid controls you, you You will feel that everything you do exists for the illithid, and you will serve the illithid. If the illithid is satisfied with your service, it will emit a sense of satisfaction and joy, allowing the manipulated The person shed tears of gratitude, as if he had been rewarded by the emperor.
But if the illithid is dissatisfied, the person being manipulated will also feel a deep sense of guilt, as uneasy as when a licking dog displeases the goddess, and vows to use everything he has to make up for the mistake - they will become The illithid's most loyal servant, and it seems like it comes from the heart.
More importantly, illithids are cautious by nature, and they rarely move in the depths of the underdark far away from their own cities. Ogis caught an illithid, which means that there must be an illithid city nearby.
At this moment, the illithid lying on the ground was also confused. It discovered Ogis accidentally. At that time, the illithid thought that this kind of lone prey was very easy to deal with, so it did not hesitate. He started teleportation, came to Ogis, and then sent a psychic shock to her.
The illithid was confident that the opponent would fall unconscious under the impact of its own mind. However, Ogis just looked at it in confusion and did not show anything strange. On the contrary, the illithid was struck by Ogis. The silk threads were tied up instantly and then dragged all the way here.
how so?
Until now, the illithid cannot figure out why his psychic shock cannot have an effect on the human girl in front of him - but in fact this is a matter of course. After all, whether it is Ogis or Qiuwei, no matter what they look like on the surface, How much like humans, they are just dolls after all. Dolls made of inorganic materials do not have the brain response of humans or other creatures, let alone the spirit.
Therefore, the mental shock of the illithid hitting Ogis is almost the same as hitting a stone.
But things are different now.
The illithid stared at the huge armored warrior, his eyes lit up.
According to the experience of illithids, huge creatures are generally easier to manipulate. Especially since the black-armored warrior in front of him looks like a melee barbarian, it means that his will and spirit are definitely not strong.
Judging from the attitudes of these two human girls, this black-armored warrior is their master, so as long as he can control this black-armored warrior————!
However, the illithid did not take action immediately. Of course it saw the terrifying and weird set of power armor on the other party. The illithid could not recognize what it was, but it still had to be on guard against the possibility that it might be some kind of armor that was immune to mind control. Magical equipment. So it just fell to the ground, looking helpless and weak.
Well, if you don't count the tyrannical mental power of illithids, from a purely physical perspective, their bodies are indeed weak and helpless.
Duanmuhuai was happy not only because the city of illithids was in sight, but also because he had a perfect experimental subject.
The illithid master the power of the mind, and the will of the Old God destroys all spirit.
So, who is stronger?
"Let's compare."
Duanmuhuai grabbed the illithid and lifted it up. Then he took off his helmet and showed a ferocious and evil smile to the illithid.
(End of chapter)