Chapter 650 Justice and Responsibility
After that, Emilia and others carried out supplies in the underground dwarf city, and then set off on the road again. Fortunately, with the guidance of the underground gnome, at least they would no longer be confused about the Underdark, and The other party also gave them a nearby map. So Emilia and others packed up and set out again on their journey to find Master Kelben's nephew.
"How long are we until our destination?"
Cassim clenched the sword in his hand, looked at Emilia and asked, of course they were not running around like headless flies. After all, finding someone in the Dark Area without any clues was like finding a needle in a haystack. Fortunately, Master Kelben also knew this. He gave Emilia a magic compass, which would point out the location of Kelbourne's nephew, and the closer he got, the compass would start to tremble slightly. The closer it gets, the faster it trembles.
They had relied on this compass to find someone before, but... they couldn't find the person, but they encountered a lot of trouble.
"I think it should be soon."
Emilia was also vigilantly holding the long sword and holding the compass on her waist with one hand. She could feel the compass trembling slightly, indicating that they were heading in the right direction.
But at the same time, the three of them were also very nervous, because according to the map given to them by the underground gnomes, this place was close to the city limits of the drow. Although according to the underground gnomes, that city had been destroyed, but... considering Despite Duanmu Huai's previous warning, they still had to be careful.
“————!!”
The further they walked forward, the more the compass trembled, which cheered up the three of them. They looked around cautiously. Fortunately, the luminous moss in this area illuminated the surrounding scenery, so that the three of them did not need to If you take the risk of lighting a torch, you can clearly see the surrounding scenery.
"Right here."
At the entrance of a cave, Emilia also took a deep breath and whispered to the two of them. Then she cautiously stuck her head out and looked into the cave.
Under the illumination of fluorescent moss, Amelia could clearly see a flowing stream in the cave, and there were some huge underground mushrooms next to it. However, Amelia soon noticed that there were many giant underground mushrooms beside the stream. In a clearing in the distance, there was a tent and an extinguished campfire. It was obvious that someone had lived here.
"Right there?"
"We'll find out when we go over there and take a look."
Although she saw the tent, Amelia felt a little strange because no one was keeping vigil nearby. It seemed that everyone was sleeping in the tent, which was obviously not right. That's all on the ground, but until now when they go deep into the Dark Territory, Emilia and others take turns changing guards when they rest, and they have never dared to do this.
But here...could it be said that there is no one there?
But the mark clearly points to this place...
While thinking about it, Emilia led Cassim and Rosia to cautiously approach the camp. Then she stretched out her sword and struck hard at the camp tent!
"————!"
Perhaps it was Emilia's good luck. At this moment, Emilia noticed a shadow appearing behind them. Emilia hurriedly turned around and swung her sword, just blocking the attack from behind. attack. At the same time, she also saw clearly the true face of the attacker - he was completely black, wearing strange leather armor, holding a rapier, with white hair and red eyes...
"It's a drow, be careful!"
Emilia was shocked inside. She yelled loudly to remind the two of them, and swayed away the drow attack. At the same time, Cassim and Rosha also took out their weapons, and Cassim saw Mu drew out his sword and swung it forward. The whistling sword energy swept directly across the entire camp, forcing the other two drows back. Soon, several more figures appeared from all directions, surrounding the three of them. .
Misstep!
Looking at the drow elves surrounding her, Emilia gritted her teeth. She didn't expect to meet this group of the most notorious guys in the Underdark... There were nine people on the other side, and only three on her side, but ……………
"In the name of Tyr, I will never fall here! Suffer death, evil drow! The light of justice will completely destroy you!"
As she spoke, Emilia raised her sword high. The next moment, a dazzling light burst out from her sword. This sudden bright light shocked the drow elves, who were most afraid of living underground. The light was bright, and the holy light erupted by Emilia at this moment had an extra layer of divine power, causing these drow elves to cover their eyes and retreat in pain, while Emilia took the opportunity to hold on tightly. With the long sword, he rushed towards the enemy in front of him...!
"Wait a minute!"
At this moment, a man suddenly appeared in front of Emilia and stopped her action.
"I don't know who you are, but this is a misunderstanding!"
"Misunderstanding?"
Hearing the man's words, Emilia paused for a moment, but she did not put down her sword. Instead, she stared at the man who suddenly appeared in front of her with vigilance - he was not a drow, judging from his appearance. He should be an adventurer from the surface, but this man's appearance is a bit messy, he has a big beard, and his leather armor is in tatters...
At this moment, the bright light dissipated, and Cassim and Rosia also resumed their fighting stance, surrounding Emilia vigilantly.
"Who are you?"
Amelia stared at the man and asked, and the latter bowed to her respectfully.
"Hello, Paladin of Tire, I am Danilo Sarn, a Harper."
"Huh?"
Amelia was stunned when she heard the man's words.
"You are Danilo Sarn? Master Kelben's nephew?"
"That's right."
Danilo nodded towards Emilia.
"Since you know my identity, you must not have come here by chance..."
"I won't answer your questions, especially since you are protecting the drow."
Emilia clenched her sword again. She was not the kind of paladin who stuck to the rules. Taking a step back, even if the opponent was really Danilo Sarn, why would he protect the drow? Could it be that he was controlled by the drow? Manipulated? Brainwashed? Or has he fallen so far as to become a lackey of the drow?
If it was the latter, then Emilia had no choice but to uphold her responsibility as a Paladin of Tyr and eradicate evil.
After all... When Master Kelben gave him the commission, he didn't say it had to be a living person.
It should be okay to take your head back.
"They are indeed drow, but they are not evil drow."
"???"
Hearing Danilo's answer, everyone became more and more confused, and at this moment, one of the drow stepped forward.
"We are not drow who believe in the spider evil god. We believe in the dark girl Eilistraee, so we are not your enemies."
"But that's not what you just did."
Of course, Emilia would not be stupid enough to let down her guard just because of a few words from the other party, not to mention that the attacks of these drows at that time were inherently dangerous.
"Because we thought you were Mr. Danilo's enemies, we took action to control you."
"I don't understand what you mean."
"Let me explain it."
At this time Danilo also spoke hurriedly, and then he explained clearly the cause and effect of the matter to Emilia.
It turned out that the drow elves discovered Emilia and others several days ago. At that time, they thought it was just a coincidence, so they just secretly monitored them. But soon they discovered that Emilia and others were obviously heading for Danilo. No matter how they changed direction, Emilia and others would catch up.
As mentioned before, as one of the masked lords of Waterdeep City and the nephew of Kelburn Blackstaff, he himself also has certain political value. Therefore, Danilo suspected that the person who came wanted to hunt him down, so they specially designed this trap and then lured Emilia and others over.
The reason why Danilo jumped out to stop him later was because he saw the holy light emanating from Emilia - that is a powerful power that only the knights of the gods possess, not to mention that Emilia is also a follower of Tyr. , Danilo is not a very evil person, obviously Emilia and others cannot come here to hunt him down, so he dared to show up to stop them.
"But you still haven't explained why you were with a group of drow."
Although Danilo said this, Emilia still would not let down her guard so easily.
"It's a long story...but let me explain it to you."
Danilo smiled bitterly, and then began to explain to Emilia.
At first, they sneaked into the Underdark just for adventure, but then they were attacked by the drow. Danilo's adventure team was almost completely wiped out. Only a few people survived and were captured and sent to the drow. The city of elves.
At that time, Danilo thought he was dead, but on the way, another group of drow suddenly attacked the team and rescued Danilo and two other adventurers. At that time, Danilo knew that the drow who attacked the slave team were followers of the dark girl Eilistraee - she was also the god of the drow, but she protected those kind-hearted drow who resisted the Spider Queen. Elf.
After that, Danilo acted with them. Originally, Danilo wanted to return to the surface immediately, but after learning about the civil strife caused by the drow clan, he decided to stay with the drow. Investigating this matter, as a Harper, Danilo instinctively felt that something was not quite right about this matter.
That's why they came to this destroyed drow city to see if they could find any useful clues. As a result, they met Emilia and others... "I understand."
Emilia put down her sword. She had just used the magic of "detecting lies" on Danilo, but there was no change, which meant that everything Danilo said was the truth.
"Then we don't have to hide it. In fact, we came to the Underdark to look for you in the name of Master Kelben. Master Kelben also gave me a compass..."
"That's it."
Danilo was speechless when he saw the compass in Emilia's hand.
"No wonder he finds me wherever I go..."
While muttering to himself, Danilo sighed, then he raised his head and stared at Emilia seriously.
"I'm grateful that you are willing to risk going deep into the Underdark to save me, but I'm sorry, I can't leave now. The civil strife of the drow elves is unexpected, and there must be some secrets hidden in it that we haven't learned yet. Maybe This will also pose a threat to Waterdeep and the human world on the surface, and I must investigate.”
"This..."
Hearing Danilo's answer, Emilia was speechless for a moment. Of course she had heard of the mysterious organization called the Harpers. It was rumored that they were always active in the dark and eliminated all evil threats. However, there are also many people who don't have a good opinion of the Harpers, because the Harpers are not as rule-abiding as the Paladins of Tyr. They often act on their own initiative, so that leaders in many places hate these elusive people. Guy.
As a Paladin of Tyr, there is no grudge between Emilia and the Harper, and strictly speaking, they are both fighting for justice. Logically, Emilia should also join in the investigation, but... …
"Regarding this drow civil strife, someone once gave us advice, asking us to stay away as much as possible."
"What?"
Upon hearing this, the expressions of Danilo and the drow changed.
"Where did you hear that?"
"It can be said that he is our companion... We still have great trust in him. Since he asked us to stay as far away as possible, I think we... it is best not to continue to participate."
Emilia still has a high degree of trust in Duanmu Huai. Just like in Neverwinter, he saw that there was something wrong with Deszell at the first sight. At that time, even Emilia and Aribes didn't think so. , and it turns out he was right. And this time in the Dark Territory, since he had sent someone to send a message, then... Amelia decided to comply with Duanmu Huai's request.
Although she didn't know what the problem was with Zhuoer, but since Duanmuhuai said it was best not to get close, then...
"Sorry, could you please elaborate further? This is very important to us."
"Even if you want me to explain..."
Looking at the eager drow, Emilia also frowned.
"I just received such a message. As for the specific situation, I don't know..."
"If possible, we hope to have a talk with your friend. This is related to the survival of the drow clan..."
"Hey..."
However, as soon as the drow finished speaking, a sigh suddenly sounded.
"Really, why is it so troublesome? Why don't you just leave here?"
The next moment, two petite figures descended from the sky and appeared in front of everyone. They were two girls with long silver-white hair and wearing black dresses.
"Miss Ogis?!"
"Hello."
Ogis nodded to Emilia.
"I think you should have heard the message from the master from Qiangwei."
"Ah, yes..."
"Please wait a moment, young lady."
At this time Danilo stood up again and looked at Ogis and Qiu Wei. The former had an expressionless face, while the latter stared at him unhappily.
"Do you know what happened? Please tell me..."
"………………"
Ogis was silent for a moment, then nodded.
"The master allows you to talk to him."
As she spoke, Ogis stretched out her arm and tapped it lightly. Soon everyone saw a strange rectangular screen appear, and Duanmu Huai's armor appeared in it.
"Hey, Emilia, Cassim, Rosha, are you still alive? How does it feel in the Underdark?"
Duanmuhuai waved his hands to the three of them as a greeting.
"It's really dangerous... Speaking of Mr. Duanmu, why did you leave us."
"I'm sorry, didn't I tell you, it's a little urgent? But I hope you're okay... So, who is looking for me?"
"Hello, I am Danilo Sann."
Danilo took a step forward and looked at Duanmuhuai's image.
"Concerning the recent drow civil war, may I ask..."
"Oh, I did it."
"…………Huh?"
Perhaps Duanmu Huai answered so casually that a group of people didn't react at all.
"You.........?"
"That's right, drow are just like cockroaches. If they are left alone, they will be a disaster, right? So I thought of a way to kill them all and that's it. Now I'm busy cleaning up the four pests."
"You, how could you do this!"
Hearing this, the drow behind him couldn't help but scolded.
"Even if most drow follow the Spider Queen's evil teachings, there are still some drow who are pure..."
"What does this have to do with me?"
But before the drow finished speaking, he was coldly interrupted by Duanmu Huai.
"I think you may not understand that our Tribunal never fights for justice, we fight to protect mankind. Any demons, heretics and aliens that threaten humanity will be wiped out by the Tribunal. Since the drow dare to act so arrogantly, The fact that they went to Waterdeep to launch an attack shows that drow are such The Tribunal does not care whether there are innocent, kind, and righteous drow among them, nor does it care as long as it poses a threat to humans, whether it is drow, illithids, dwarves, or even drows. Whether it’s an elf or an angel, we’ll kill them all.”
"You...what did you say..."
At this moment, even Danilo's expression changed drastically.
"It is our responsibility to eliminate aliens that threaten humanity, not to mention existences like drow that are like street rats. I advise you to stop here. If you are stupid enough to continue to get involved, then... don't blame me for not warning you. Pass you.”
After saying this, Duanmuhuai directly cut off the communication.
At this moment, everyone in the camp was stunned and completely speechless.
(End of chapter)