Chapter 323 The way of thinking of the dark elves
There is no doubt that the "small conflict" between the gray dwarf caravan and the Kuo-Toa fish people was obviously not the key to attracting the attention of the dark elf scouts.
Because situations like this kind of robbery or robbery are so common in the intricate tunnels of the Underdark, it is not a big deal at all.
Especially Vinal, the leader of the team, once sneak attacked and robbed no less than six caravans on their way to the surface, and successfully reached Qianfan by relying on the precious survival supplies they seized from the opponents. The city of Luskan.
What's more, the gray dwarves themselves are not a good thing.
Although they always behave well in front of the dark elves, and are even occasionally bullied, blackmailed, and blackmailed, they are out-and-out bullies in front of other races.
Some gray dwarf caravans that are large enough don't mind looting some small gathering places, turning the captured dwarfs, goblins and orcs into slaves and taking them to the next city to sell them. .
So even though the situation of the gray dwarf caravan seemed very bad, Zuo Si and Drizzt always stood aside and had no intention of intervening.
In addition to these two groups of people, there is also a group of monsters that look like a mixture of bulky beetles and apes hidden in the darkness.
These guys have a scientific name called "earth monsters", and they are one of the most dangerous monsters in the entire underdark.
Its hard shell is as protective as the strongest plate armor, and its barb-like claws can tear a person in half from the middle.
The reason why they were not controlled by the instinctive desire to eat and rushed directly to kill them was because behind the earth giant monster were seven or eight mind flayers waving tentacles like octopuses.
Obviously, this is a good show of the mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole behind.
When the kuo-toa and gray dwarves began to suffer a large number of casualties between each other, the mind flayers controlled the earth trolls to swarm forward, and without saying a word, they first threw a bunch of hearts towards the most densely populated areas. Blast.
As a result, the unprepared Kuo Tao fishmen were the first to be attacked, and they were all frightened by this psychic attack and were unable to move in place.
In contrast, since gray dwarves are born with a certain degree of psychic resistance, only about one-third of them are affected.
The rest hurriedly activated their innate ability [Great Transformation], which rapidly increased their size and strengthened their strength attributes to a certain extent. They all took the initiative to charge like little giants.
Because they all know very well that if they do not strike first when facing the mind flayer, they will soon be controlled and captured by powerful psychic powers, and eventually become slaves controlled by the other party. With the puppet.
Some gray dwarves also activated another innate ability [Invisibility], first disappearing from the opponent's sight, and then looking for opportunities to use the crossbows in their hands to launch cold arrows for sneak attacks.
Even the stingy caravan owner did not care about saving at this moment. He immediately took out a magic scroll exuding a strong elemental atmosphere from his pocket and chose to activate it without hesitation.
I saw a flash of dazzling earth-yellow light!
A huge stone elemental giant immediately rose from the ground, waving its fist as big as a sandbag and knocking the earth monster rushing to the ground with a bang.
Judging from the size and strength, this is at least a giant earth element that can only be summoned by sixth- or even seventh-ring magic.
With the addition of the giant earth element, the gray dwarf caravan, which was originally at an absolute disadvantage, immediately began to fight back crazily like a chicken.
The guys who had previously used invisibility to hide now emerged from the dark corners, aiming at the mind flayer and shooting crossbow arrows coated with poison.
Two mind flayers who had not blessed themselves with protective spells were struck by sharp crossbow bolts piercing their bodies and heads on the spot. They fell to the ground screaming and began to violently withdraw, and then breathed their last breath.
But the mind flayer was obviously not a vegetarian. He immediately began to activate his innate psychic abilities, either trying to invade and charm the gray dwarf warriors, or control the shocked Kou Tao. Murlocs, let them join the battle as cannon fodder.
Blood splattered all of a sudden, and the original confrontation between the two sides turned into a three-party melee. The scene was a complete mess.
“What are we going to do now?”
Vinal, the female leader of the dark elf team, asked Zuo Si in sign language.
"I think we should help the gray dwarves. At least these guys can still talk and communicate, but those terrible mind flayers are obviously only interested in capturing slaves and eating brains."
Drizzt also He quickly expressed his views in sign language.
In his opinion, although gray dwarves are not good things like dark elves, they can at least be classified as intelligent creatures.
As for the mind flayer, although it also possesses a very high level of intelligence, it has always been classified as a monster like the beholder.
"Help those gray dwarves? Don't be kidding me! There are at least eight earth trolls and almost ten mind flayers over there. If we really start to take action, even if we succeed in sneak attack first, we still can't do it. It will cost the lives of three to four people." Vinal rejected the ranger's proposal unceremoniously.
"What do dark elves usually do when they encounter this kind of situation?" Zuo Si asked with interest in sign language.
Wynal answered without thinking: "If we follow the way of thinking of the dark elves, we should sit here and wait patiently for them to fight until both of them are injured, and then kill them all in one fell swoop. Kill all the mind flayers. , and then turn the remaining gray dwarf prisoners into slaves and take away everything from the entire caravan."
Zuo Si rubbed his chin and thought for a few minutes, then quickly responded in sign language: "Since I am. We are now playing a group of dark elves, so just follow the way the dark elves act. Let your people prepare and follow my instructions later."
"As you wish. May, my master."
The corners of Vinal's mouth slightly raised, revealing a very evil and cruel smile, obviously very satisfied with Zuo Si's judgment and choice.
Because she knows very well that in the cruel underworld, only by completely abandoning unnecessary compassion and morality can she survive better.
What's more, this female drow has already obtained a promise from Zuo Si. As long as she completes the journey safely, she will be able to break away from the control of the Municipal Council and directly become a nominal subordinate in the Mage Tower after returning to Luskan. intelligence agencies.
Not only does he have more privileges, but he can also secretly recruit troops and give full play to his and his subordinates' specialties in stealth, tracking and assassination.
So Vinal hopes to reduce and avoid dangers as much as possible and use the safest method to deal with all kinds of troubles more than anyone else.
Soon, under her command, a dozen dark elf warriors and assassins quickly gathered and began to quench the weapons in their hands.
The skilled movements of these people, as well as the strange light glowing from the poisoned weapons, made Drizzt, a ranger, unable to help but frown.
But he was not a paladin after all, so he did not stop this despicable act in the eyes of a paladin.
When almost half of the gray dwarf warriors on the battlefield were dead or injured, and the entire front was about to collapse, Zuo Si, who had watched the show for a long time, finally gave all the dark elves a sign to prepare for an attack.
Then, under the stunned gaze of everyone around him, he completed a large number of strengthening magic and divine blessings at an extremely fast speed.
[Blessing Technique]!
[The tenacity of the group bear]!
【The power of group cattle】!
【The elegance of group cats】!
[Anti-evil magic circle]!
[Group advanced magic weapon]!
[Group advanced demonized armor]!
[Group Mage Armor]!
【Group Stoneskin Technique】!
[Group Acceleration Technique]!
……
In just a few seconds, the dark elves present realized that they were strengthened by various powerful magical powers.
The level of some divine spells is so high that even the family matrons and high-level priestesses they once loyal to were unable to perform it, so they all showed expressions of shock and disbelief.
After all, any magic with the prefix "group" is basically not lower than the sixth ring.
Because spell slots are often very tight and scarce whether it is magic or divine spells above the sixth level.
Most high-level mages and priests will choose to memorize more powerful spells instead of memorizing a bunch of group strengthening magic that they don't know whether they will be useful.
What's more, in the eyes of spellcasters, the profession of warrior is basically equated with "cannon fodder".
Except for a very small number of high-level warriors, ordinary warriors are not qualified to enjoy the blessings of divine magic. But Zuo Si was good. He armed everyone from head to toe with just one spell cast before the battle. At the same time, he also fully displayed his powerful arcane and divine spell-casting abilities.
“Attack!”
Feeling the body becoming extremely powerful under the influence of magical power, Vinal gave instructions in sign language to all his subordinates without saying a word instructions.
The dark elf warriors and assassins quickly took advantage of their racial advantages, dispersed at an extremely fast speed, and used their powerful stealth skills to quietly approach their chosen targets.
When they reach the designated location, they immediately release their own spell-like ability - demon fire, marking the enemy with purple flames without any damage ability.
Following this, another racial spell-like ability was released - darkness, which completely shrouded the enemy in darkness that made them unable to see their fingers.
In this way, these natural assassins and killers can not only easily hide all their whereabouts, but also use the light produced by the demon fire to locate the enemy.
As a result, in the first round of fatal sneak attacks, the hearts and heads of four mind flayers were penetrated, and they died on the spot before they could even scream.
As for the remaining mind flayers, they relied on their psychic powers to sense the thoughts of the dark elves in advance and successfully avoided these deadly poison weapons. In turn, they wanted to use their tentacles to pry open the attacker's skull to taste it. Those delicious brains.
But unfortunately, with the blessing of protective magic such as mage armor and stone skin, they could not even pierce the outermost stone skin, and were greatly strengthened by their strength and agility attributes. The dark elf kicked it away or tore off the tentacles.
As for the legendary ranger Drizzt, he rushed into the middle of the earth monster immediately, brandishing two magic scimitars, and turned on the violent mode as if the god of death was coming.
Because when he escaped from Menzoberranzan in his early years, he lived in the Underdark as a barbarian for a period of time, he mastered the special ability that allowed him to actively enter the violent state without any teacher. .
Although his basic strength attribute is only thirteen points, with the additional four points of Fury, it reaches seventeen points. With the four points of Bull Strength, it reaches an astonishing twenty points. a little.
You must know that this level of power has surpassed that of ogres and reached the level of hill giants.
The strength of an adult giant monster is only twenty points.
So Drizzt was surprised to find that for the first time in the battle, he had the upper hand in a confrontation with strength attributes. He did not need to defend or dodge at all. He could defeat him with just the strength of one arm. The behemoth that was more than two and a half meters tall in front of him was repelled.
No!
More than just repelling!
With the enchantment levels of the two magic scimitars and the blessing of high-level demonized weapons, he could actually tear the hard shell of the opponent directly.
Ever since, his dance of death, which was originally full of dexterity and elegance, unknowingly evolved into a brutal meat grinder.
In just ten seconds, three giant earth monsters fell into a pool of blood. Not only were their limbs brutally dismembered, but the carapace in front of the chest was also chopped to pieces. Stop spraying blood and minced flesh from the wound.
Power!
Powerful power!
Unrivaled power!
For the first time, Drizzt was strengthened by so many magic and divine spells, feeling like a tireless and omnipotent god of war.
At this moment, he truly realized how reckless and ignorant it was for him and his friends to travel and take risks without the help of any spellcasters in the team.
If there is a spellcaster like Zuo Si who knows how to cooperate with warriors among the enemies, the result will be disastrous.
Of course, Drizzt obviously enjoys this greatly strengthened feeling now.
In particular, the effect brought by the acceleration technique allowed him to swing the scimitar faster and more quickly, slicing through the gaps in the hard shell of the earth monster at a speed that was almost indistinguishable to the naked eye.
A mind flayer apparently noticed the invincible appearance of the dark elf ranger killing people, and immediately released powerful psychic powers in an attempt to invade his spiritual world.
But before Drizzt felt like he was in a trance, he saw Zuo Si standing on a huge stalactite behind him, raising his hand and shooting a small red fireball.
The next second...
Boom! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Dazzling white fire shot into the sky.
The mind flayer didn't even have time to react, and his entire body was instantly evaporated by the terrifying high temperature.
What makes the surrounding dark elves even more unbelievable is that this amazingly powerful fireball did not cause any accidental damage.
The terrifying high-temperature flames and heat waves are like eyes, precisely avoiding everyone within its range of influence.
There is no doubt that this is a fireball technique that uses the metamagic technique "Spell Power" plus "Spell Maximum Effect", and also uses the Archmage's professional advanced arcane ability - Shape Control. The scope of influence has been changed and controlled.
Its operation difficulty is so high that it has already surpassed the level of three-ring magic.
Let alone an ordinary mind flayer, even a giant mind flayer would be seriously injured if hit by one.
Smelling the pungent burnt smell in the air, Drizzt shook off the blood on his scimitar and couldn't help but whisper: "Damn it! I actually started to feel a little sympathy for these octopus heads. Because they encountered a real monster."
"Hehe! I really like this feeling now. With the powerful magic power possessed by the master, he can easily enter Menzoberranzan. Wandering among the major families, because no matron would easily give up recruiting such talents into her family," Vinal said in a tone full of excitement and expectation.
"Yes! I can already foresee that entering Menzoberranzan will inevitably trigger a bloody storm."
After saying that, Drizzt couldn't help but sigh slightly, and casually chopped off the head of the last earth monster.
The battle started quickly and ended quickly.
When the last mind flayer was stabbed through the heart by the dark elf, the drama of the mantis stalking the cicada finally came to an end.
All the mind flayers and the earth trolls they brought were killed.
Although two of the mind flayers expressed their intention to surrender, Zuo Si obviously did not want any prisoners, especially the mind flayers with the ability to spy on memories and minds, so he ordered the dark elf warriors to chop them down. Their heads.
As for the Kuo-Toa, most of them died as cannon fodder under the control of the mind flayers. The rest jumped into underground rivers and pools and escaped after regaining consciousness.
Seeing that all the enemies were killed by the dark elves that suddenly appeared, the gray dwarf caravan guards who were more than half killed or injured did not even resist, and directly chose to put down their weapons and surrender.
They are not stupid. They understand how powerful the dark elf team in front of them is. With their own small number of people, they are afraid that they will all die in one encounter.
Being a slave is better than being a dead person. Gray dwarves have always been very aware of current affairs in this regard.
At first, the caravan owner wanted to redeem the carts and the goods on them by paying money, especially his personal freedom.
But after getting a big mouthful and having all his valuables and magic items stripped off, he silently accepted the cruel reality that he was already a slave...
(End of Chapter)
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