Chapter 903 Father and Daughter (a 10,000-word chapter, please subscribe)
Oops!
Realizing how dangerous her reckless move would put her into, Lirael immediately wanted to activate teleportation magic to escape.
Because her biological father, the chief mage of Menzoberranzan, Gromph Baenre, emphasized in the first lesson of magic that mages are not barbarians who simply wield magical power wantonly, but It is to use wisdom to control the power of the magic network and make it work for oneself.
Especially when facing multiple strong enemies, there is no need to fight head-on with the opponent. Instead, you should retreat decisively and look for more appropriate opportunities to defeat them one by one.
Therefore, drow girls do not have any psychological resistance to running away, and they will not be competitive or save face like many human teenagers.
But the problem was that before she could activate the magic teleportation, a beam of light representing the [Dimensional Anchor] hit her.
In an instant!
All teleportation abilities will no longer have any effect until this spell expires.
Because this spell, just like the name, will firmly anchor the target in the existing spatial position and cannot move, even if it is a nine-ring or even legendary spell.
What's even worse is that the warriors wielding swords have already charged forward.
Lirael didn’t have time to think too much and subconsciously pulled out the sharp sword Apostle carried behind her back to parry and block.
As the chosen one of the dark girl Eilistraee, although her swordsmanship may not be as good as Kui Lu, it is definitely not bad.
At least it is not easy for ordinary dark elf warriors to capture her.
What's more, her profession is a mage, and she has many unpredictable methods that she can use in close combat.
clang! clang! clang!
With the crisp sound of the collision of sword blades, Lirael was forced back by the opponent's powerful and heavy moves, and almost lost her balance and fell to the ground.
Obviously, compared with those high-level drow warriors who have experienced hundreds of battles, her poor melee ability is obviously not enough. She was almost beheaded several times in just a few rounds.
You must know that Drow's martial arts style basically emphasizes ferocity and fatal blow.
Especially high-level warriors often have one or two secrets of their own, and are very good at relying on their dark skin with magic resistance to deal with spellcasters.
Neither arcane spellcasters nor divine spellcasters can take advantage of them.
Because they are usually better at killing their own compatriots than dealing with foreign enemies, they often imagine how to quickly kill a mage or priest during training.
But fortunately, Lirael is not a vegetarian.
Due to Zuo Si's personal support, she is also an out-and-out "Master", with countless magic equipment, potions, scrolls and other things on her body.
Just as a warrior brandished two swords and launched a surprise attack from the side, intending to capture the young drow girl, he suddenly saw a sheep head made of energy condensed appearing out of thin air.
The next second...
Boom! ! ! ! !
He was knocked out by the huge sheep head, climbed over the fence on both sides of the road, and fell down the steep cliff.
If there were no magic like Featherfall and Flying, it would probably not take long before it would be reduced to a puddle of meat.
As we all know, dark elf cities are usually built on huge stalagmites with easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain, and connect various platforms together through bridges to form a huge urban network.
These bridges are actually streets in a broad sense.
It is not as spacious as a real street, and there are often no houses or buildings on both sides, but fences and handrails, and a complete abyss below.
In this environment, even if an enemy breaks through the gate, they can only push forward one platform at a time, and during the attack, they will be limited by the width of the bridge and cannot maximize their troop deployment.
Generally speaking, the dark elves can rely on their terrain advantages to slowly wear down their opponents and eventually regain control of the city.
However, this design has a fatal drawback, that is, it is very prone to "accidental" falls.
The reason why the word "accident" is in quotation marks is because such accidents are basically deliberate murders disguised as accidents.
For example, if the second son of a certain family wants to get rid of his elder brother and replace him, he can suddenly push the other son off the bridge when he is alone, and then claim that the elder brother "accidentally" fell. Go down.
There are countless examples of "brothers and brothers respectfully" or "sisterly love" in Drow society.
Only this time, the bridge was successfully used by Lirael, and she killed a very threatening enemy with one shot of the Ring of the Ram.
Looking at the vigilant reactions of several other drow warriors, you will know how powerful this move is to them.
After all, warriors are not mages and have the ability to deal with various emergencies.
Once their feet leave the ground, they will basically lose 80% of their combat effectiveness.
What's more, with the way the dark elves behave, if they don't stab each other in the back, it's a sign of respect. You can't expect those male mages to catch up and add a flying or feather falling spell to you.
The unlucky guy who fell just now is a living example.
God knows if those mages did it on purpose. They wanted to kill a few more high-level warriors who had the right to speak, so that they could occupy more seats and have more say in the new parliament.
In this way, the originally aggressive siege suddenly turned into mutual suspicion, which fully demonstrated the chaotic and evil nature of the black elf like a demon.
Seeing that the warriors did not take action, the mages stopped chanting attack magic and began to provide themselves with various protections.
The scene suddenly fell into a strange stalemate.
Lirael obviously noticed this, and her eyes began to roll around.
It turns out that under the rule of Velen, the god of conspiracy, this group of men is not as good as the high priestesses during Lolth's reign.
At least under the latter's rule, the dark elf city still has the most basic execution ability.
When the city council gave the order, no family dared to cheat and cheat. They all had to rush up with all their strength, even if they died, they would die on the road of attack.
But now?
Just after one unlucky guy died, this group of guys who couldn’t hold themselves up from the wall began to be suspicious of each other and even refused to put in any effort.
You must know that there is only one drow girl standing in front of them at this moment.
Even if Lirael was Eilistraee's chosen one, she would never be able to stop the siege of so many people.
Just when the situation reached a stalemate, a scream suddenly made everyone alert.
I saw an afterimage flashing in the darkness, and then a soldier fell to the ground clutching his chest. Dark red blood quickly spurted out from his chest. It was obvious that his heart had been penetrated.
If it had been before, I would have called the priest to help with the treatment.
But the problem is that with Rose falling into silence and all her priestesses in the city being killed, there are not many priests available at the moment.
What's more, no one could see clearly who had done it just now.
So their first thought was their own safety.
As for the guy whose heart was stabbed, he ended up in this situation entirely because he accidentally deserved it.
Yes, this is the result-oriented style of typical dark elf society.
No matter how powerful, wise, or cunning you have been before, once you encounter setbacks or failures, you will immediately fall into a situation of no return.
There will be no tolerance!
There will be no second chance to make a comeback!
The indescribable cruelty is the most intuitive manifestation of the underlying operating logic of Drow society.
But before these followers of Velen could figure out what happened, the same afterimage suddenly appeared again, and began a horrific killing at an extremely alarming speed.
In less than a few seconds, more than forty people fell into a pool of blood one after another, dying.
Some of them had their hearts penetrated, some had their throats penetrated, and some had their eyes and the brain connected behind them penetrated.
Because everything happened so fast and suddenly, there was no time to react.
Even the mages blessed with protective magic were not spared.
"Damn it! An assassin has sneaked in! Hurry! Someone comes and seal this place off!"
"Where are the guards? I need protection now!"
"Disperse! Don't get together, those assassins will use our shadows to hide!"
"Ah!!!"
......
Accompanied by screams There were sounds and shouts, and the entire city council suddenly became a mess.
Since we had just seized power and a new power system had not yet been established in the game, when some important figures were assassinated and died violently, many people began to act like headless flies and didn't know what to do.
To put it bluntly, it is caused by too low social organization and too loose power structure.
Although Lirael didn't know exactly what happened, she knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for her, so she immediately activated her invisibility magic and slipped away among the crowd.
Just when she was about to return to the secret stronghold first, she suddenly felt someone stuffing something into her hand.
When I came back to my senses, I found that the other party had already left quietly, leaving only a bloody human head wrapped in cloth, with a small note thoughtfully attached to it, which read The name "Kusaler".
Obviously, this is the target that the drow girl asked to kill by name.
Combined with the previous assassinations and riots, Lirael immediately realized that someone was secretly helping her, and the other party knew about the secret stronghold belonging to the dark girl Eilistraee, and even knew about the current difficulties faced there.
It’s just that she doesn’t know who the other party is.
A spy planted by the Trade Alliance in the Underdark?
Or a believer of the goddess or other chosen people?
Or is it a conspiracy and trap created by Velen?
For the still slightly immature Lirael, this feeling of being in a black fog is really terrible, as if she is just a chess piece being controlled, and there are several big hands in the darkness trying to control her. Own.
It must be said that her perception is quite keen.
Because at this moment, the eyes of Velen, the dark elf god of conspiracy, are watching her.
But Velen also saw Viconia representing Zuo Si, so he was not in a hurry to take action.
In his opinion, by letting his good sister Eilistraee attract his mother's attention, he can accumulate more strength, and then find a way to deal with Selvettam and completely clear the way to the Spider Queen's throne. the final passage.
"We'll see, this time I will definitely seize the faith of the dark elves and become their master. Not only that, I will also change the status quo where women are superior to men, make men the dominant class of society again, and make those women become men's playthings forever. And fertility tools."
Velan's tone was full of hatred and resentment.
Because according to the principle of mutual influence and mutual achievement between believers and gods, he has actually been suppressed and cowardly for thousands or even tens of thousands of years. He has long fallen into madness in his heart, wishing he could not do it first. Killing his mother and then his sister directly seizes the monopoly on the faith of the dark elves.
But it's a pity that he can't beat Rose as a mother, nor can he beat Eilistraee with Corellon as the background.
The result is that just like those men in drow society, they are caught in the middle and are not human beings.
In the eyes of Corellon, his father, Velen was one of the culprits who helped Lolth launch the rebellion and was a heinous sinner.
In the eyes of his mother, Rose, he was a waste who failed to achieve anything but failed, which made the originally good situation fall short.
If one were to find the most disliked god in the Dark Elf pantheon, it would have to be Velen, the God of Conspiracy.
Over the years, he could only hide in the darkness like a rat in the gutter, quietly developing followers and secretly expanding his influence among men.
Now he finally had a golden opportunity, an opportunity to kill his mother and seize her position to completely turn over.
Not only Velen, but the entire Dark Elf pantheon became commotion due to Lolth's sudden silence.
Except for Ghaunadaur, the ooze god, everyone else is gearing up to replace the Spider Queen.
In other words, whoever can win the championship in this chicken-eating competition can be promoted to a powerful god with the help of the power that monopolizes the entire dark elf faith.
This naked temptation is irresistible even to God.
Even though everyone knew it might be a huge trap, they still couldn’t help but jump into it one after another.
In this way, a huge bet between gods was quietly formed.
Of course, Lirael doesn’t know these things.
At this moment, she has successfully completed the transaction with the previous drow girl, obtained the location of the secret warehouse, successfully solved the problem of so many people eating, drinking, and eating, and also obtained the mission item for this trip, a Sealed long box.
Feeling the weight of the box, she immediately asked in an uncertain tone: "I just need to send this thing to a person named Helister in Menzoberranzan City, right? Right?"
"That's right! That's what the goddess instructed."
The female pastor nodded vigorously, her eyes showing gratitude and admiration.
Although she was much older than the other person, she admired the girl for being able to escape unscathed after forcing her way into the city council and cutting off one of the people's heads.
As expected of the chosen one chosen by the goddess!
As everyone knows, even Lirael doesn’t know how she escaped from that dangerous situation.
“Okay, I get it.”
Although the drow girl wanted to open it and see what was in the box, she gave up the idea in the end.
Because basically anything involving gods is not something that mortals can easily interfere with.
Of course, except for magic goddesses like Elminster.
No hesitation!
After getting the things, Lirael immediately planned to leave this ghost place.
She is now more and more convinced that Velen, the god of conspiracy, and his followers will never succeed, and that the only person who can replace the Spider Queen is her own goddess Eilistraee.
Some optimistic people even think that Rose is dead, and they only need to find the hidden kingdom to obtain all the divine power and priesthood she left behind.
Yes, from the moment of falling into silence, Lolth stripped her kingdom from the bottomless abyss.
Because the Abyss is not a safe place, there are too many lunatics and lunatics who may take the opportunity to invade the Abyss Demonic Network to see if they can kill themselves.
After all, Demogorgon and Orcus have precedents for a demon lord to be a true god.
Therefore, as long as the spider queen still has some brains, she will temporarily move her kingdom out of the bottomless abyss before falling into silence, or at least isolate it.
This means that both Velen and Eilistraee need to find the entrance to the kingdom of Rose first.
So how to find it?
The answer is of course to go to those places with the largest number of dark elves, and then observe the whereabouts of the souls of the dead drow, especially the souls of priests.
You must know that accepting the souls of believers after death is a sacred contract between mortals and gods.
Unless a god really falls into the star realm and lies dead, he must fulfill this obligation.
Menzoberranzan fits the bill perfectly.
In this way, with the things designated by Eilistraee, Lirael left the city that fell into the hands of Velen and walked alone through the dangerous underdark.
About a few days later, we arrived at the entrance to Menzoberranzan.
As she expected, a rebellion should have broken out here, and the gates of the entire city have been completely closed.
Fortunately, she had prepared a secret passage for herself a long time ago, so she could bypass the gate and sneak out of the city.
Lirael bypassed the main entrance and found a strange-shaped stone in the passage near the side, and then began to wave her ten flexible fingers to recite a spell.
In a blink of an eye!
The originally natural rock wall suddenly began to shimmer, and then a secret door appeared out of thin air.
She dived right in and disappeared into the darkness without even a second's hesitation.
Then the whole person was like jumping off a cliff, falling, falling, and falling again.
Lirael counted to ten silently in her heart, and then blessed herself with the Feather Falling Technique.
The next second...
Her body became as light as a feather, and then her feet stepped firmly on the ground.
You know without asking that the drow girl is already familiar with this area, and she even feels like she is home.
Just when she stood firm, a ferocious Terrorclaw suddenly rushed out from the darkness and threw Lirael to the ground.
If it were a normal situation, it would be estimated that blood would have been splashing everywhere and residual limbs would have been flying around by now.
Because for the Terrorclaw, the dark elves have no other meaning than killing and eating them.
But what is incredible is that instead of killing Lirael, this direclaw monster kept hitting the opponent with its vulture-like head and made a weird cry.
Lirael patted the scary monster on the head and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I know you miss me very much. How are you doing, how have you been in the past few years since I was gone? ?" The Terrorclaw roared again to express the excitement in his heart.
You know without asking that it is not the insidious, cunning and cruel terrifying predator in the Underdark at all, but a "friend" of Lirael.
In fact, during the time when she was the little princess of the Baenre family, Lirael secretly made many aliens as her "friends", including even a real dragon.
I have to say that she actually has the talent to become a druid or ranger.
After all, even Cui Sanye, who has the Innate Ranger Holy Body, cannot communicate with the real Terrorclaw monsters, let alone understand what they want to express.
But none of this is a problem in front of Lirael.
Because she has a special hairpin she received from Gromph Baenre, she can communicate with any creature with sufficient intelligence at the spiritual level.
This is why she has so many "friends".
After all, compared to the cunning and cunning dark elves with various purposes, monsters are often simpler and more direct. At least they don’t talk and laugh on the surface but secretly harbor a certain intention. An ulterior evil purpose.
So when Lirael lived in Menzoberranzan, she had many more friends of different kinds than friends of the same kind.
Just as she was hugging and playing with her long-lost dinoclaw friend, a deep male voice suddenly interrupted this warm and harmonious scene.
"You shouldn't have come back!"
In an instant!
Lirael quickly got up from the ground and cast her gaze in the direction of the sound. A surprised expression soon appeared on her originally vigilant face.
"Father...Father! Why are you here?"
"You are not so naive as to think that no one knows about this secret passage, are you?"
Gonf Baenre, the chief mage of Menzoberranzan, slowly walked through the narrow passage leading into the city. come out.
You must know that he was very fond of this daughter who had a rare mage talent. For this reason, he even killed Lirael's mother and snatched the custody rights.
This is an outright deviant behavior in the dark elf society dominated by the Priestess of Lolth.
If the Banrei family had not been the first family at that time, and the old matron, who had lived for thousands of years, was still alive and firmly in control of the power, even with his identity and status, he might have suffered for this. to backlash.
After all, the fact that women are more noble than men is endorsed by Rose.
So even though Gromph implemented a free-range strategy for Lirael during her childhood, this does not mean that he does not care about his daughter's safety and growth.
In fact, through powerful magical power, he can monitor Lirael’s every move at any time, including those secret passages that the latter thinks absolutely no one knows about and various things that are quite dangerous even in his eyes. friend".
But unlike other drow parents, he did not violently interfere in his daughter's life, he just remained an observer.
This is also the reason why Lirael was able to obtain a "happy" childhood that other drow could not have at all.
In her heart, Lirael has always respected and loved her father, unlike other families where father, daughter, and mother and daughter simply use each other.
Although the two met only a few times, in the drow girl's memory, as long as her father appeared, he would basically fulfill all her requests and wishes.
“Are you now a believer of the Dark Maiden Eilistraee?”
Gonfu obviously noticed the holy symbol worn by his daughter and frowned subconsciously.
Although he does not object to Lirael escaping Rose's control and believing in other gods, he does not want her to believe in Eilistraee.
The reason is simple!
He is not optimistic about the outcome of the battle between Eilistraee and Rose, and he does not think that this innocent and kind goddess can defeat the Spider Queen and pull the entire dark elf race out of the abyss of chaos and evil.
"No, I am now the chosen one of the goddess."
Lirael did not hide anything and spoke openly about her current special identity.
“Voters?!”
Gonfu's pupils suddenly dilated, and his face became extremely ugly.
Because what he was most worried about happened.
Lirael nodded seriously: "Yes, the chosen one."
Gonfu took a deep breath and forced himself not to show the anger in his heart, his face expressionless. Question: "So you returned to Menzoberranzan on a mission this time? Are you meddling in the war between the two goddesses?"
"I'm sorry, you should know that I can't answer this question. ”
Lirael was very cautious and did not make a clear response.
Because she knew that her father was a believer of Rose. Although he may not be religious, he was a typical traditional dark elf.
The most important thing is that all of Gromph Baenre's power and status come from Menzoberranzan and the Baenre family, so it is unlikely that he will betray his family and Menzoberranzan's choice. Faith in Eilistraee.
But this obviously does not trouble the Archmage.
In other words, he already knew the answer from the moment his daughter chose not to answer.
silence!
The terrible silence!
Even the direclaw felt the pressure from the chief mage of Menzoberranzan and began to knock on the surrounding ground and rocks, making harsh noises.
This is a "language" that only they understand, and it also sends threats and warnings.
"Calm down, father is not my enemy."
Lirael quickly stopped her friend's reckless move.
She understood that perhaps Gonfu would not attack her daughter, but he would definitely not show mercy to an irrelevant monster.
As long as it feels threatened, it will not hesitate to use powerful magical power to tear the Terrorclaw into pieces, maybe even the body will not be left behind.
The father and daughter stared at each other's eyes for half a minute before Gromph said: "Go back and leave here. Menzoberranzan is not the place you should come to. It's up to you to choose From the moment you escape, it has completely closed the door to you."
"What if I insist on going in?"
Lirael probed cautiously.
"Then you must pass my test. Because the current situation in Menzoberranzan is very special and dangerous, more dangerous than ever before."
Said, Gonfu raised his arms to reveal his carefully maintained hands.
Obviously, this is a very obvious signal for a spell duel.
Unless his daughter can defeat him, she will have to be kept out.
But Lirael did not want to engage in a spell duel with her father. Instead, she took out a piece of dark green metal from her backpack and asked with a smile: "Can I make a deal with you?"
"Trade?"
Gonfu's originally tense face showed a faint smile, and then he asked: "Isn't your so-called transaction the piece of metal in your hand?"< br>
“Yes, it’s this piece of metal.
Its name is Saronite, which is a mineral from another universe that was contaminated by the blood of the ancient gods.
The biggest feature is that it can block almost all magical power and physical attacks.
I believe that with your level of magic, you should be able to understand the meaning of this, right? "
When saying these words, Lirael showed the same sly smile as when she was a child, obviously knowing what kind of reaction her father would have next.
" Stop Cut off all magical power and physical attacks? ! ”
Gonfu was obviously shocked and unbelievable.
Because in the universe where the planet Toril is located, although there are many magic metals and special materials, there has never been anything that can have the above two effects at the same time.
Take fine gold, which is known as the hardest metal, as an example. It is difficult to carry out high-level complex enchantments on it.
Even the most skilled dark elf blacksmith can only turn it into adamantine powder through magic, and then reshape it through evil dark magic.
In other words, the swords and armors that Drow admired throughout the entire Faerûn continent were actually not forged, but shaped.
Those people are not so much blacksmiths as they are a group of alchemists or mages who can wield hammers.
And the entire shaping process requires the help of a high-level mage to complete.
If there is a substance that can have both properties, then it would definitely be an extremely precious gift from heaven for mages.
"If you don't believe it, you can try it yourself."
Lirael threw the small piece of Saronite iron in her hand very generously.
The cautious Archmage did not directly pick it up with his hand, but used a mage's hand.
Although he didn't think that his daughter would want to kill him, the possibility of doing something small or using a paralyzing toxin was still quite possible.
However, after doing a simple detection, his face quickly became serious.
Because all detection magic has no effect on this small piece of dark green metal.
In order to prove his conjecture, Gonfu quickly conducted various energy tests on Saronite, including fire, electric shock, strong acid, cold, sound waves, etc., and even took out the +5 he carried with him. The adamantine dagger stabbed hard twice.
It turned out that no magic or physical attacks could leave even the slightest trace on it.
This metal substance really blocks all magic and physical attacks.
“Where did you get it?”
The Archmage asked with slightly shining eyes.
"It was given to me by Soth.
If you are willing to step aside and act as if you didn't see anything, I can provide you with a thirty kilogram size Saronite iron ingot.
How about it, it’s a good deal, isn’t it?
With these metals, you can build yourself some special magic equipment, and even use it to strengthen those golems.
Of course, if one day you want to leave Menzoberranzan,"
Lirael seduces the Archmage naked and unabashedly.
She is obviously very Understand his father's profit-seeking nature and his strong desire for magical knowledge and power.
But Gonfu was obviously not so easily tempted. Instead, he narrowed his eyes and looked at his daughter who was becoming more and more courageous, and asked in a tentative tone: "Is that man very good to you? Or... you have become Her lover? "
"No, not yet, at least. But he is indeed very kind to me and allows me to enter his private library."
The drow girl said first. He immediately denied it, followed by a hint of shyness.
"Haha, okay, I think I understand what's going on. I agree to the deal, and you can now enter Menzoberranzan."
Gonph chuckled He turned sideways to get out of the narrow passage.
Because he was very sure that his daughter had been protected by the lord of the ninth level of Baator Hell, a man who even the gods were careful to treat.
This kind of protection is enough to ensure Lirael's safety from any external threats.
Even if you die accidentally, you will be resurrected afterwards.
Since there is no life-threatening danger, why stop it?
What's more, the Archmage is really interested in metals like Saronite, and has already begun to plan in his mind how to research and utilize it.
For a mage who has reached his level, there is nothing more exciting and thrilling than finding a new research topic.
That means you can take a step further on the path of magic.
Lirael noticed the change in her father's attitude, and walked forward cautiously, and stopped when she passed Gonfu, and confirmed again: "I really want to enter the devil. Sobrei City?”
This time the Archmage just smiled and made a gesture of invitation, seeming to urge his daughter to hurry over and hand over the promised Saronite.
In the end, the father and daughter completed a secret transaction that no one knew about in a narrow secret passage.
After truly entering the familiar streets of Menzoberranzan, Lirael finally let go of her hanging heart, and began to appreciate with great interest the changes she had made in the years since she left.
The most obvious one is that there are fewer pedestrians on the street.
Perhaps due to the previous outbreak of rebellion, even the gray dwarves and drow merchants were very nervous. They would often raise their heads without warning and patrol around vigilantly, as if to confirm that there was no danger nearby. and abnormal conditions.
In addition, the places where noble families live have also stepped up their vigilance, and many of them have even turned on a 24-hour detection invisible circle if conditions permit.
Many of the slaves responsible for cleaning could often be seen in the past, but now they have basically disappeared.
Even in the bustling pubs and hotels, there were only a few scattered people going in and out.
Just when Lirael was about to go to the tavern to find out what happened recently, a big hand suddenly pulled her from the street into a deserted alley.
As a subconscious first reaction, she immediately wanted to use magic items to knock the opponent away.
Because being close is a very dangerous thing for a mage.
But after seeing the other party's appearance clearly, the drow girl gave up the idea, and asked with a surprised look on her face: "Drizzt! Why are you here?"
"Shh! Don't make a sound! I've been waiting for you here for a while.",
The ranger put his finger on his lips to signal silence, then turned his head and stared at the person who just passed by. That road.
About two or three minutes later, a man suspected of being a thief emerged from the darkness and carefully checked the temperature of the footprints on the ground.
Obviously, he followed Lirael all the way here.
When Drizzt saw this, he didn’t hesitate for even a second. He immediately picked up the girl and ran towards the dripping stalagmite forest not far away, hiding together behind a huge stalagmite.
Accompanied by the sound of dripping water, the running water on the ground quickly took away the remaining warmth when they passed by.
By the time the male drow followed enough, no useful clues could be found.
Although he looked very angry and unwilling, and even searched around for several times, he had no choice but to give up in the end.
When this guy of unknown origin was completely gone, Drizzt breathed a sigh of relief and said to the girl next to him: "Do you know how dangerous you were just now? Right now, the entire city of Menzoberranzan is everywhere. They are all spies. They will track every suspicious or unidentified outsider and they will be arrested soon."
"Are those matrons crazy? Aren’t they afraid of causing riots?”
Lirael's eyes widened in surprise.
You must know that Menzoberranzan is a "big city" with a population of tens of thousands. There are more than 20,000 adult dark elves who can be counted as warriors.
This does not include the equally astonishing number of slaves.
So it needs to consume a lot of food every day.
However, these mushrooms grown by the city itself and the Los beasts raised cannot be fully satisfied, and outsiders like the gray dwarf caravans are needed to provide them.
Especially since the Trade Alliance began to open restrictions to the underground world, many gray dwarf caravans have become second-tier traders, selling specialties from the Underdark to the surface world, and then selling food, alcoholic beverages and other scarce materials from the surface world to the underground. City.
Especially the most scarce food, vegetables, fruits and processed meats, are in a state of supply exceeding demand in various dark elf cities.
After all, the drow matrons know how much nutritious and sufficient food can greatly increase their own population and strength.
So from Lirael's point of view, this kind of behavior that may interrupt trade is tantamount to suicide.
It won’t be long before Menzoberranzan’s food reserves are exhausted.
When slaves could not be provided with enough food to survive, even the most obedient slaves would start large-scale riots in order to survive.
"Crazy?
Maybe.
Two riots have broken out in Menzoberranzan since Lolth fell silent.
One of them Once it was a slave, and the other time it was a male mercenary suspected of being a follower of Velen
Today’s mistresses are very nervous.
Because they no longer have access to divine magic, they must be extra vigilant to ensure that their rule will not be overthrown. ”
Drizzt gave the answer straightforwardly.
If he had not had the experience of surviving alone in the Underdark when he was young, and knew many hiding places in Menzoberranzan, It may be difficult for him to avoid the ubiquitous spy