Chapter 564 The Goddess’ Sacred Object
On both sides of the passage with obvious dwarf characteristics, two rows of light blue flame torches were burning. Instead of bringing warmth, their dim light made people feel a bit chilly.
The vague voice echoed along the passage. Although it was vague, it was definitely coming from the left side of the passage.
——Because the right side is a dead end.
The light blue torch is a torch enchanted with eternal flame. The characteristic of this spell is that it can illuminate for a particularly long time. It looks like a flame, but in fact it is just a flame-type light.
However, it is impossible for the dwarven ruins from the Five Kings Mountains period to have eternal flames. The dwarves at that time preferred to use their own mechanical lighting devices.
Besides, even if it is the Eternal Flame, it is unlikely that it burned from thousands of years ago to now. Someone must have been active here recently, and judging from the number, maybe the temporary stronghold is nearby.
I had just come down from the second level, and had just gotten the map. Things were getting better, and then came the bad news.
Aldai took out the map again and looked at it carefully by the light.
If you don't go this way, you have to go around in a big circle to get to the entrance to the next floor. I'm afraid it's unlikely that you'll be able to go around it all day long, and there's no guarantee of what you'll encounter on the way.
Speed is very important. There are now three waves of forces in this ruins, excluding the paladin Andy we met before. Whether there are more, no one can guarantee.
If they were all heading for the Demon King's Ring, it would be difficult to resist.
The three of them discussed in a low voice and decided that it was too early to go back and circle around now. In short, they should walk forward and take a look. If it was not possible, they would go around again.
In order to avoid being discovered, Aldai had to turn off his dancing light spell, re-enable the dark vision spell, and continue to move forward with the light of the eternal flame.
The Eternal Flame is like an energy-saving lamp with super energy-saving performance. It is very long-lasting, but the brightness is really unsatisfactory and just usable.
It would be better to use the dark vision spell, but the duration of this spell is not long, and repeated casting will only increase the magic power consumption.
Fortunately, this passage is not long. The three of them had walked for less than three minutes when they saw a broken doorway on the wall on the right side of the passage. The vague voices they just heard came from this doorway. .
It was Nemea who stepped forward first to explore the path and made sure it was OK. When she saw her gesturing to follow, Zola and Aldee approached.
Through the doorway, you can see what was supposed to be the dwarf's factory workshop.
This huge room is a two-story building, but there is no floor between the two floors. The location where Aldai and the others appeared is exactly the entrance to the second floor. They can see a crane similar to a crane and a large number of chains. Hang from the ceiling.
On the first floor, you can see a large number of forging platforms, conveyor belts, and things like small furnaces or crucibles. It is not clear what the dwarves were building here.
And the voice of speaking...
Nemea pointed to a furnace, and Zora and Aldai noticed that there was a row of drow behind it.
Dark vision is not a night vision device. Its effect is just to brighten the picture seen in the eyes of the subject. The black skin of the dark elf is stuck together with the decaying and dusty machine, which is almost like a protective color. .
Is this ghost place a temporary stronghold for the drow?
In a sense, this is good news.
Among the three forces, the drow have the smallest number. Although they are strong individually, they are not enough to make up for the huge gap in numbers, so the drow will command a large group of spiders to help fight. Compared to the other two forces, the drow are easier to deal with. of.
Aldee lightly touched Zola and Nemea. When the two looked over, she immediately cast the Invisibility Sphere and pointed to a row of things that looked like broken gas bottles placed on the other side. .
The three of them sneaked over carefully. Under the protection of the invisible sphere, the drow didn't even notice that there were three more people above them. Looking down from behind the exhaust bottle, you can see it more clearly.
There were about five or six female drow priests. The leader among them was a guy with five snake whips in his hands. He was sitting on what was supposed to be a forging platform but had been temporarily transformed into a chair. The other women The priests lined up behind her.
The male drow all stood opposite with their heads lowered, looking a little downcast.
The fierce curse came from the mouth of the female drow with the highest status. This guy must be a keyboard warrior on the Internet and also a powerful troll.
The beauty of elves is well-known in the multiverse world. You will rarely find ugly people among elves or half-elves with elven blood. However, the emotional excitement of the drow female priest and the distorted face made people feel that she did not feel the same at all. Despite her beauty, she was a little worried that she would spray him in the face.
Aldai and the others came at just the right time. Zhuoer was probably tired of spraying, and it was coming to an end.
"What a bunch of trash! If I can't retrieve the goddess's sacred object, I will use you to hatch spiders!"
The goddess's sacred object?
Oh, isn’t it for the Demon King’s Ring?
How many good things are there in this ruins? How come there are even sacred objects of the Spider Goddess?
Speaking of which, the spider goddess’s sacred object...
Aldai couldn't think of any specific name, mainly because the drow did not operate in the realm of demons, and her knowledge of the Spider Goddess was limited to a few sentences mentioned in books.
However, Aldai knew very well the reason why these drow were in a hurry to find the holy objects. It must be because their prayers were not answered and they could no longer use magic. They were all in a panic. Thinking that he had been abandoned by the spider goddess, he hurriedly ran to find the holy object in an attempt to regain the goddess' favor.
This is a typical unequal information. The drow do not know that the Spider Goddess did not abandon them, but that the gods have fallen.
The consequences of losing the favor of the goddess are very serious for the drow. After all, their society itself is based on the absolute authority of the goddess. Without divine magic, the drow female priests will lose their lofty social status, and women will be superior to men. Society will soon collapse.
No wonder the drow are so anxious.
"Now, come here and get whipped!"
The male drow who were standing there being trained were very cooperative, as if they were queuing up. They stepped up one by one with their backs to the female drow priests. The female drow behind the chairs took off their snake-headed whips and pointed them at the male drow. My back was slapped three times, and then I switched to the next one and continued three times.
After being beaten, the drow couldn't say anything, but he couldn't remain expressionless. He had to show the pain without moaning, otherwise he would make the female priests unhappy, and he would be whipped a few more times.
——It looks like they are playing some alphabet game.
Being whipped is the lightest punishment for drow. They will even reward slaves with whipping, which is simply unreasonable.
The snake-headed whip is much more powerful than ordinary whips and is a symbol of status for the drow priests. Except for the one sitting on the chair with five snake-headed whips, the others all have three or one.
It seems that this should be a Drow family that is not too strong.
The society of the drow is very sophisticated and orderly. In a drow city, while ensuring that the priests occupy a dominant position, several families will jointly manage the city and divide the interests of the entire city.
A strong family will naturally get more, while a weak family will have to work hard just to drink the soup. Whether it is strong or not mainly depends on whether there are high-level priests, the number of high-level priests, and how much they are favored by the goddess.
Men as the main fighting force and slaves as cannon fodder are secondary. As long as there are enough priests, a large number of men will naturally join them. With men, it is easy to capture or buy slaves.
Aldai and the three of them just watched the drow priest whipping the male drow one by one. To be honest, they were a little excited. They didn't know if they had awakened some not-so-good interests.
(End of chapter)