Chapter 565: Strike first to gain the upper hand
The society of drow is an obviously deformed society, and everything about them revolves around the Spider Goddess.
The goddess does not accept men as priests, so drow only respect women. The goddess believes that all races except drow are inferior creatures, and drow reject all non-drow creatures.
The goddess said that conspiracy and assassination are the best ways to rise to power, so there are countless assassinations within the drow. Even your own daughter must be careful. Once you become old and weak, there will soon be someone more ambitious. The drow took their place.
It seems that the drow have always maintained their strongest state. In fact, they have fallen into serious internal strife, and a large number of drow have died unexpectedly.
This is why Eilistraee is obviously Rose's daughter, but she is committed to letting the drow escape the poison of the Spider Goddess, and she does not hesitate to go against her mother.
But Rose's control over the drow has reached a terrifying level, and they even think that Eilistraee is the one with a sick mind.
Drow is so dependent on Rose that he can't do anything without her. Let's put it this way, Drow's way of telling time is different from ordinary people.
Others would say what time it was, but they would say that Rose killed so-and-so, and then say what time it was.
Rose has twelve enemies (all gods), and the drow divide the twenty-four hours equally among these 12 enemies. It is roughly similar to the hours in the Celestial Dynasty, but the name is a bit weird.
By the way, these 12 enemies include Rose's original husband Corellon and her biological daughter Eilistraee.
No matter who makes the evaluation, they will clearly realize that the Spider Goddess is a crazy woman, vicious and sinister. But this crazy woman turned out to be powerful.
Precisely because the Spider Goddess does not accept male priests, male drow can reach the highest position, which is the chief mage of a family.
"Sir, my positioning has responded."
A male drow dressed as a mage came out of the shadows next to him and respectfully handed a piece of parchment to the female drow priest on the chair.
Master Fa's status is relatively high, which is the same everywhere in the multiverse world.
Even the drow who are priests and mages do have a higher status than the warriors who adventurers claim to be two-legged animals, and they have not been whipped at all.
It is said that there are also cities founded by male drow mages, where clerics are placed in a secondary position and even mock the belief in Lolth.
But Rose did not get angry about this, and even ignored this deviant drow city. Perhaps for Rose, this kind of deviance can be regarded as a manifestation of her teachings.
The priest on the chair looked at the parchment, and his long face finally relaxed a little.
This is not an expression of true feelings. Every expression of Zhuoer is carefully calculated, even now.
When the priests who were whipping the men saw this, they all stopped and understood the boss's hint.
"You are lucky. Now, go throw the prisoners into the spider nest, then go and rest. We will set off early tomorrow morning."
Of course, it was good news that they didn't need to be beaten. The male drow stood in a row and bowed their heads to thank the female priests. Even if bending down would affect the wounds on their backs, they must not show it.
——It really looks a bit perverted.
Then the group of male drow walked towards the other side in a neat queue and quickly disappeared into the darkness.
When the male drow disappeared, the female priests dispersed and found a place nearby to sit down. They held Rose's holy symbol in their hands and seemed to be praying.
But judging from their appearance, it must not be going well.
Seeing this, there is no need to continue reading.
Aldai nodded to Zola and Neemia, and the three of them gently left the place.
This room is a structure similar to a factory workshop. Aldai and the others are moving forward on the second floor without going down at all. They are far away from the drow and they should not be discovered.
As long as we can bypass this group of drow and return to the passage of the dwarf ruins, it won't take long to find the entrance to the fourth floor. There is still a lot of depth below, so there is no time to waste time with the drow
If Is it some other organization, or simply an adventurer? Aldai and the others might be able to cooperate as long as they explain the situation. But creatures like drow are simply synonymous with untrustworthiness. It is better to seek skin from tigers than to cooperate with them. Therefore, even if you know that the target of drow is not the Demon King's Ring, it is best not to be discovered and go around it.
The three of them followed the edge all the way around to the other end of the room, where they could see a staircase connecting to the first floor. After going down and passing through a doorway, they should be able to escape from the drow's temporary stronghold.
The invisible sphere still lasts for a long time, which is enough for the three of them to get around.
But when they just stepped on the stairs, a drow suddenly ran in from the doorway:
"Report! The group of mercenaries are approaching!"
Just when we needed to be careful, someone suddenly jumped out and shouted loudly, making everyone tremble.
This voice frightened Aldai. Her feet shook and she almost fell off the steps. Zola and Nemea quickly supported her.
Upon hearing the arrival of the group of mercenaries, the drow priests stood up one after another, but at the same time, they also focused on the steps connecting the second floor.
Aldai almost fell just now. Her feet collided with the steps and made a slight sound, which was sensed by the drow priests.
In the entire multi-distant universe, the most rigorous treasure trove is not the treasury of a certain king, but the treasure trove of a church.
It's because the pastors in the church are so damn sensitive that they will notice the slightest sign of trouble.
The priests put their hands on the snake-head whips and approached the steps step by step. The male drow who had just reported the news also drew out the long sword at his waist and stood guard against the steps.
This grandson just blocked the path of Aldai and the others.
What to do?
Go back and use evade detection?
No, no, if the drow priest uses dispel magic, evasion of detection will be dispelled along with the invisibility.
Now that the location has been exposed, the drow clearly discovered that someone was invisible nearby, which was completely different from when they took advantage of the chaos to fish in troubled waters before escaping.
Zora and Nemea both looked at Aldai and nodded to her.
The meaning is very clear.
Fuck you!
Anyway, if you go back, you will probably be broken by the priests. Rather than passively waiting to be caught, it is better to take a preemptive strike.
When the priests were still about fifteen meters away from the three of them, Aldai stretched out his hand and grasped it, as if crushing the invisible magic ball.
Immediately in the field of vision of the drows, three women they had never seen before emerged from the air.
"She's an inferior creature! Kill her...!"
Before the drow female priest could finish her words, Aldai pointed at the priest with her finger:
"Fireball!"
If you don't know how to use the big fireball when something happens, just blow it up first and that's it.
Fireball and magic missile can be said to be the most popular spells. The former is powerful and has a wide range, while the latter has its own tracking, and it is still difficult to encounter resistance force field damage.
Flames as big as broad beans shot out from Aldai's fingertips and hit the priests' feet with a whoosh.
--boom!
A terrible explosion accompanied by rising flames dancing in the darkness.
(End of chapter)