Chapter 96 Council of Scholars
Jip, the derro dwarf, found a small hole in the stone wall. He took off the mini dagger on his necklace, separated it, took out a key from it, and then inserted the key into the small hole. .
A door wrapped in black light appeared on the wall.
Jip rolled his pure white pupils, raised his thin lips, and walked straight into the secret door.
As his figure disappeared, the door immediately closed.
Suddenly, an ominous premonition filled the derro dwarf's heart.
The moment he entered the door, he felt something getting in together.
No!
This door can only be seen with enlightened eyes. He must have made a mistake. Jip, who was confused, thought that he must have had some hallucination due to his paranoia.
He walked in the long tunnel, deeply tasting the atmosphere of darkness, letting the darkness wrap and engulf him.
The lingering smells of blood, sweat, incense and carrion, the air tainted by evil rituals.
Jip knows that the steps lead to a mysterious cave, and in the cave, the ceremony will be held tonight.
"Jip, my slave." A chilling female voice came from the shadow of the cave.
A chill rose up the Derro dwarf's back, and he turned around to see a woman wearing a black cloak with exposed curves.
She was looking at him with a pair of scarlet eyes.
"Chosen Xinaya." He whispered: "May the blessing of the Demon King."
"The blessing has been bestowed upon me." Xinaya showed her sharp teeth and said coldly. , "You're late."
Jip looked directly into her eyes as always. He felt that his head was swollen and his vision was blurred. He explained with difficulty:
"Jip was The dark elves caught it, so it was delayed for a long time, but Jeep did bring back what the Demon King wanted."
"It's not over yet," the shadow-shrouded Xinaya said with unmistakable words. The coercive force, "Keep talking, I want to hear the detailed process!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Derro dwarf suddenly had his head held down by the palm of his hand.
Jip stared in horror. He realized that he should resist, but the temptation of her touch magic invaded his soul, took control of his thinking, and made him go against his will.
He saw with fear on his face that her face became half human and half cat-like, and her eyes suddenly became extremely dark.
He fell into the deep pool in his eyes, sinking in unconsciously until darkness completely enveloped him.
Jip could no longer control himself and told the whole story: the encounter on the silk trail, the strange situation in the lightless woodland, and the surprising changes in the Kuo Tao fishman town
After a long silence, Xinaya's eyes shone brightly and she showed a greedy smile.
Although he was still a little confused, Jeep still felt relieved.
“Interesting.”
Xinaya’s fingers traced across Jip’s fearful face, “Criminals, mercenaries, businessmen, and maids are all good sacrifices, but For my Lord, He prefers wizards and beautiful girls with outstanding magical talents."
She looked up and down at the frightened Derro dwarf again.
Jeep found a group of expressionless cultists wearing pure black cloaks, surrounding him.
They are all his people, wizards from the Council of Scholars.
Xinaya's figure seemed to be particularly tall, "However, I am very dissatisfied with your dishonest behavior, so you must be severely punished."
"Jip. No! Jeep didn't Lie, you promised Jip." Jip's pure white pupils widened and he screamed. He wanted to escape, but found that he was restrained by a powerful force and could not move.
“I know, child.” Xinaya smiled and said: “I never care about such things, and neither does my Lord. Severil, tie him up.”
As they descended into darkness, Kip heard Xinaya humming a series of demonic lows.
When he opened his eyes again, he found in despair that his hands and feet were chained. He was lying on the altar of the devil, and a Quasai demon was flying above his head. .
Jip wanted to shout, but suddenly realized that he had been shouting from the beginning.
His blood seemed to be burning, and his chest was rising and falling rapidly with his rapid breathing.
The chanting sounded again:
"Sa, Graz'zt, Saza, Saza, Graz'zt, Saza, Saza! Saza, Saza!"
Evil chants as low as ghosts came from all directions.
He heard that it was the Abyssal language, but it had been artificially modified, as if the dark shadow had distorted their language.
The feeling of fear gradually increased, as if the executioner's machete was coming mercilessly. Jipp used all his strength to scream the most desperate scream in his life.
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The weird soft light produced by the radiation from the earth's veins filled the entire cave. It twisted into a vortex shape and extended along the cave wall. The shadows cast by the rugged stone pillars danced constantly, becoming strange decorations on the cave wall. Brian's fingers found a groove and a gap in the stone wall. He took out a roll of copper wire for lockpicking from his dimensional bag and whispered a spell.
In the blink of an eye, the stone wall trembled, and the secret door slid open.
Hisaya quickly came to him and admired his unlocking masterpiece. She saw a faint light coming from inside the door, but the smell of rotting flesh and blood came up from the ground.
In response to the situation, she frowned, thinking: She has to endure this disgusting nausea again.
"Remember."
Brian warned her with a solemn expression, "The derro dwarves here worship demons of seduction, betrayal, and distortion. Their purpose is to obtain dark power and overthrow the rule of the gray dwarves."
"What the Derro dwarves hate most is humans, especially these cultists, who are the lowest race you can imagine."
Hisaya nodded and followed Bu. Ryan's footsteps.
Brian took the lead in entering the dark passage, searching for traps along the way, and casting detection spells from time to time.
The sword mage's hand never left the hilt of the sword, trailing behind to alert the guards.
As they gradually went deeper, Brian felt that the temperature was increasing, and sweat even appeared on his forehead.
He walked carefully and slowly, always checking the wall with his fingertips and eyes for any abnormalities.
After all, they were heading to the ‘Holy Law Auditorium’.
It is the place where members of the Derro Council of Scholars meet and spy. It is also the luxurious apartment where these scholars enjoy life without telling other derro dwarves.
The Council of Scholars is a small circle of derro scholars.
In fact, it can also be called the Wizards' Council, because the Derro dwarves like to call the profession of wizards scholars.
Although the derro dwarves generally live in squalid conditions, members of the Council enjoy the robes and privileges of the leadership.
Among the derro dwarf scholars, only the thirty-six strongest can attend the Scholars Council. The appointment of new members of parliament is often accompanied by the death of old members.
Scholars worship demons and try to control members of the duergar clan through evil magic and trickery, and then try to expand the influence of this council.
Therefore, evil rituals of worshiping demons are held secretly here.
While carefully checking the magic traps secretly set around him, Brian signaled Hesiah to avoid certain steps or stay away from a certain wall.
Occasionally, he would stop and take out a bunch of tools to disarm traps or magic barriers.
As a wizard, he is very good at dealing with magic traps through magic, even better than those self-taught thieves.
About half an hour later, they arrived at the end of the cave without any danger.
Brian stood in front of the cave wall, staring thoughtfully at a high and narrow crack, lost in thought.
"You can't even put your arm through such a small crack, so we can only rely on teleportation spells." Hesiah walked up to Brian who was deep in thought and muttered: "It's strange, why are there weird things growing here? Small grass and big mushroom. "
"This is the territory of the Council of Scholars. Blindly using teleportation spells may attract their attention and lead to falling into a trap." Brian retracted his gaze and looked down at the ground. Weird grass and big mushrooms.
"That's it." Seeing the familiar plants, he nodded thoughtfully and smiled.
The so-called grass in Hesiah's mouth is pygmy grass. Its stipe is only one inch high, and its short, solid blue cap has white spots growing on it.
This magical mushroom is affected by the radiation of the earth's veins. As long as you take a small bite and do not resist the power, the body can shrink to a certain size within 5 minutes.
Those big mushrooms with thin stipes and purple caps are called giant mushrooms. Their effect is exactly the opposite, similar to the effect of the enlargement technique, and it is also the antidote for the restoration of the shrinkage technique.
Brian still threw a detection magic at the crack out of caution. After confirming that it was correct, he squatted down and picked a few mushrooms, handed two to Hesiah, and explained the reason to her.
Hesiah blinked at him curiously, followed Brian's instructions, and took a small bite of the cap of the Pygmy straw mushroom.
It won’t take a while.
The two of them became as big as chickens and carefully passed through the crack.
After his body returned to its original state, Brian immediately discovered that not far ahead, a huge hollowed-out stalagmite was located in a shimmering fungus forest.
Three derro are on patrol.
Two of them were wearing black armor and holding flaming swords, while the third derro dwarf, wearing black robes, was holding a black wooden cane that shone with evil energy.
Bryan motioned for Hesiah to follow him, preparing to deal with the three derro dwarves first.
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(End of this chapter)