Chapter 501 Preparations in the Underdark
Due to these sudden unexpected circumstances, Nohir had to postpone their release again. He issued a death order to Asdalen and the others, unless those who fell into The spawn with deeper blood thirst can restrain their greed, otherwise they will never let them go without authorization.
Asdalen and the others are not dissatisfied, because as vampire spawns, they know clearly that it is normal for those spawns to be stimulated to a deeper blood thirst.
This situation usually only occurs when the vampire spawn sucks blood for the first time. For vampires, the process of sucking blood is an extremely wonderful experience. Blood is not only their food, but also exciting. Drugs are drugs. If the willpower of the spawn is not strong enough, symptoms similar to withdrawal reactions will often appear after he sucks blood for the first time. The solution is also very simple, that is, no matter how much they are, Just starve them for a few meals until you regain your senses.
For untrained spawn, this process of forced fasting may last for several months. The spawn must be able to withstand the impact of hunger and thirst during these months, so that Only after the fast is over can they control their appetite, and the whole process seems very troublesome.
However, that is a standard only for ordinary spawns. After hundreds of years of imprisonment and torture, most of the spawns here have already met that condition. Asdalen believes that their loss of control will only be a temporary thing. , they will return to normal soon, and the fact is exactly as they expected.
On the second day after they went crazy, one after another the spawns gradually returned to their senses. On the fifth day of this period, almost all the spawns had completely returned to normal.
Because these spawns have already had a good meal, thanks to their undead nature, vampires only need one good meal to go without food for half a month, and During this period, except for a vague hunger and thirst, there will be no discomfort at all.
Until then, these spawns finally barely met the targets given to them by Nohill. Nohill also kept his promise and used the power of the staff to gradually remove all the magic cages. Open it and let the unlucky ones led by Asdalen and others, who have not seen the light of day for who knows how many years, slowly move forward along the safe route that Nohir has opened up alone during this period of time when he went to the Dark Territory.
While waiting for the suddenly crazy spawn to calm down, Nohill has not been idle. He made the most of his time and took the first step alone to go to the Dark Territory. Fang Fang conducted an exploration in the hope of finding a place for these spawns to settle during this period.
It's hard... in fact, it should be said to be very difficult.
The Underdark has a unique underground ecological environment. For the indigenous people living underground, the biggest source of food supply is the various mushrooms and moss produced in the Underdark.
They dried, baked, and cooked these materials as the most basic food. These ordinary, unspectacular mushrooms fed most of the races in the Dark Territory.
It even includes the three main races of drow, gray dwarves and underground gnomes. In the underground world where supplies are scarce, mushrooms and moss are the best supplies they can find. However, it is a pity that , these things can feed other races, but they cannot feed nearly 7,000 hungry vampire spawns. They must live on blood.
The Underdark is a barbaric land that is not fully civilized. It is lacking in materials, sparsely populated, and full of dangerous monsters. There is almost no place that can meet the survival needs of these nearly 7,000 spawns. He could not find enough wild animal communities to serve as food sources for the vampires. The Underdark is rich in monsters and dangers, but it is not rich in livestock. In this ghost place, you may encounter minotaurs and direclaws even if you take two steps. , shark lizards, basilisks, beholder, and even a series of monsters such as Medusa. This kind of thing will only bring danger to them, but it is almost impossible to fill the stomachs of the spawn, because even if it costs a heavy price Knock them down, and there will be too little blood they can produce.
It is almost impossible to find a sufficient source of blood in such a ghost place to satisfy such a large number of vampires, but Nohill still found two ways to deal with the vampires. food conundrum.
One is a slave. As Nohill said before, the Underdark is a barbaric land that is not fully civilized. In this place, you can see slave catching teams from other races everywhere. Among them, gray dwarves and drow are the most popular.
The popularity of the drow slave-keeping tradition is comparable to the danger of this area. Every gathering place of drow has a large and endless slave trade.
In those so-called big cities, such as Menzoberranzan, the lives of slaves are so short that it makes people feel cruel. The corpses of dead slaves can often pile up in a month. hill.
If done properly, the corpses of these slaves can definitely solve the vampires' food problem to the greatest extent, but this is a deal that Nohill will never consider.
The second one is the Underland Loth Beast. As the most versatile camel beast in the Underdark, almost every race will actively raise a batch of useful Underland Loth Beasts in large gathering points to pull goods. Or to satisfy the appetites of the upper class rulers.
Nohill's method is to find such a city in the Dark Hell, and then use the existing conditions to develop a closer cooperative relationship with the city's ruler so that the vampire spawns can attach themselves to the Dark Territory Under a certain city, they can exchange for food that can feed themselves through labor or other methods.
In fact, on this point, Nohill has found a very suitable partner.
The name of that place is Blingden Stone City, a city built by the underground gnomes. Compared with the drow and gray dwarves, two races that cannot be trusted at all, the reputation of the underground gnomes Although it's not very good, it's conscientious enough in the Underdark, a place full of monsters and monsters.
Of course, conscience alone is not enough. The most important thing is that there must be the possibility of mutual cooperation between the two. In Nohill's eyes, Bullingdon Stone City can establish sufficient mutual benefits with the vampire spawn. The key to the treaty.
(End of this chapter)