Uster Nassar, according to legend, was the first city that the dark elves arrived and established when they settled in the Underdark 10,000 years ago. It was also the starting point for their establishment of hegemony in the underground world.

The pronunciation of "Uster Nassa" means "first" in the dark elf language.

Therefore, although it is far from being a large city among the many dark elf cities and strongholds today, it has extraordinary historical and political significance.

Many of the most important and powerful ruling families in famous dark elf cities came out of here.

In particular, the nearest city of Ched Nashad is basically a vassal of Uster Nassar, and has followed the latter's footsteps in many wars against other races on the surface world and underground.

Although in the eyes of outsiders, the evil and cruel drow should usually be hostile to each other and kill each other.

But in fact, when facing powerful foreign enemies, even two dark elf cities will form a temporary alliance under the instruction of the spider goddess Rose.

This is particularly evident in the "Great Schism Period" in the history of the Dark Elves.

It is said that after these dark-skinned elves came to the Underdark, they used their powerful magical power to invade and expand wildly.

Among them, what they were most envious of and desired was the largest cave occupied by the dwarves at that time - Bell Linden.

In order to capture there and obtain enough resources and living space, the drow can be said to do whatever they can to show their darkest, most evil, and most bloodthirsty side. They even used old, young, women and children to deal with the dwarves.

Genocide strategy to stay.

I don’t know if it’s because of the excessive use of dangerous magic power, or because it angered the dwarf gods.

In short, when they were about to achieve their wish, a huge collapse occurred that was rare even in the long history of Faerûn.

In the entire huge underground kingdom called "Bell Linden", the rocks and soil above the head cracked at an unimaginable speed, and then sloped down to bury thousands of dark elves who invaded this place.

Only a few lucky ones, said to be blessed by Lolth, escaped.

It was these guys who survived who began to gather together for self-preservation and survival, looking for new settlements in other parts of the Underdark, and established one city after another that was relatively independent in terms of politics and economy, and finally formed the modern city.

Today’s landscape.

This incident was also called the "Great Schism" by the Drow.

Because before that, when they first settled in the Underdark, they were actually an empire with a complete organizational structure and governance system united under the leadership of the Church of the Spider Goddess Rose.

When this disaster occurred, Ust Nasa, as the first city, happened to be located in the rear area and was not affected. It sheltered many compatriots who fled at that time, and strongly repelled those who wanted to take advantage of the situation to rob and kill the darkness.

Elf beholders and murlocs.

As for the city of Ched Nashad, it was established by some families who sought larger living space and plundered more resources under the will of the goddess after passing through the most dangerous period.

The nobles among them are inextricably linked to the ruling family of Uster Nasa.

Some are simply the second, third, and fourth daughters of the matriarch of the Uster Nasa ruling family. Even the family name has not changed much, just adding a letter or a word to the middle name to distinguish them.
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At this moment, in the huge temple of this city, more than a dozen tied-up surface elves were neatly pressed in front of the huge statue of the spider goddess Rose, and were forced to kneel down to this chaotic and evil goddess.<

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In front of them, there were several cold corpses lying strewn about, and the blood flowing to the ground had solidified into a semi-viscous solid state.

There is no doubt that this is a very typical sacrificial ceremony.

Every few years, various dark elf cities will send hunting teams to the surface to take revenge on those cousins ​​they consider to be "insidious and evil". If there is a chance, they will capture a few relatively high-status captives and bring them to the temple to be given to the goddess first.

Gift.

This is a "sacred" religious activity that is very important in dark elf society and must not be perfunctory.

Anyone who makes a mistake during this period will not only bring huge disaster to himself, but may also implicate the family behind him.

Drizzt deliberately let the little elf girl go because he couldn't bear to do it, which ultimately led to the destruction of the Do'Urden family under Rose's wrath.

But today, in the huge temple of Uster Nasa, the number of surface elves being sacrificed was obviously a little too much.

If you include those who were sacrificed before, there are almost more than thirty people.

And no one is a civilian, they are all fully armed warriors, mages and priests.

Some of them are wearing exquisite magic chainmail, green cloaks that can hide their figures in the dense forest, and a pair of boots that don't make a sound even when they step on leaves.

, at first glance, he looks like an important role such as a patrol leader or commander.

Don't underestimate these three pieces of equipment, let alone think that they are standard equipment for all elf warriors, rangers and thieves.

Quite the opposite!

Their number can be said to be quite rare, and only captains and commanders who have reached a certain status and level are qualified to wear them.

And once equipped, it means that you can better sneak and hide in the dense forest, so as to give the enemy an unpredictable sneak attack.

In fact, since the end of the Crown War and human civilization began to rise like spring after the rain, the elves have lost the qualification to compete with the latter on the frontal battlefield.

Apart from anything else, the population losses after the war and the pitifully low fertility rate were enough to make them lose the capital to carry out large-scale wars.

So since then, the elves' tactics against foreign invasions have been moving towards sneak attacks and guerrilla attacks.

The three pieces of magic equipment, the Elf Chain Armor, the Elf Cloak and the Elf Boots, were invented to adapt to the new tactics.

Of course, the dark elves don't care at all what their relatives on the surface wear.

The male soldier responsible for escorting him even kicked one of the prisoners unceremoniously, and then walked straight to a beautiful woman with a cold and cruel smile, lowered his head and reported respectfully:

"Mother, this is the prisoner we captured in the battle recently.

The leader is said to be a high-status temple priest.

I think if we sacrifice it to the great God Queen, she will definitely bless us.

Moreover, our troops have invaded and defiled almost half of their temples. This joint operation can be said to have achieved unprecedented success."

"Haha, good job.

But this is not enough!

Because not long ago, the goddess just issued a new decree, asking us to completely destroy their city - Sodanisla.

Once we succeed, the great God Queen will grant us unprecedented glory.

As the first city, Uster Nasa will also gain a transcendent status over other Dark Elf cities."

The dark elf woman known as the Mistress raised her hands in the air and announced loudly to all the dark elf warriors, mages and priests present with a fanatical look on her face.

Instantly!

The pair of eyes flashing red reveal the burning light of ambition and desire.

After all, in the traditional dark elf society, the spider goddess Lolth is their belief and everything.

Whether you want to gain more power or strength, or advance your family's ranking, you need to first please and win the favor of this evil goddess.

However, there was one person who acted very coldly, and even showed a flash of contempt and disdain.

He is none other than Joan Irenicus, who is contacting allies everywhere to invade Sodanisla, absorb the power of the Tree of Life, and complete the process of becoming a god.

At this moment, this powerful legendary mage is wearing a cloak that the dark elves call a "guest cloak", standing only one step away from several matrons.

The so-called "guest cloak" is actually a piece of equipment with a special magical reflection spectrum.

It is a "little gift" specially prepared by the dark elves for visitors other than their own race.

No matter what the visitor's identity is, he must wear this cloak firmly when in the city, otherwise he will be attacked mercilessly or even massacred once discovered by the patrol.

As for the function, of course it is to make the "guest" shine like a bright light in the eyes of all drow.

Since the spectrum reflected by the cloaks can only be captured by the eyes of dark elves, visitors wearing these cloaks cannot hide at all and will be monitored by all dark elves in the entire city from the moment they enter.

But Irenicus obviously doesn't mind this.

In other words, with the powerful magic power, divinity, and divine power he now possesses, even if he destroys the city and kills all the dark elves, it will only take a few hours.

What's more, these guys are now the most important and hardest-working allies.

As long as the dark elves attract all the troops and mages from Soldanisla City, it will be easy for them to destroy the city's magic barrier and launch a surprise attack.

Even for this reason, Irenicus can tolerate the arrogance and rudeness displayed by the other party during the cooperation.

"Mother, what should I do with these prisoners? Sacrifice them all?"

Another young female priest stood up and asked cautiously.

"Of course!

Otherwise, what else can you do if you keep it?

Let them mate with goblins and orcs to produce slaves?

That ugly, dirty bastard makes me sick."

After saying that, the mistress pursed her lips and revealed a cold and cruel smile, as if she was expecting the screams and wails from the other party before she died.

But just when the priestess pulled out the eight-claw-shaped ceremonial dagger and was about to attack one by one, Irenekas suddenly stood up and suggested: "Honorable matron, I think these prisoners still have some value. Maybe you can consider treating them first

They conducted some torture to find out the military strength and deployment of Sodanisla."

There is no doubt that such an act of openly opposing the orders of the matron is undoubtedly a provocative act in the dark elf society.

If it were any other lowly dark elf male, his skin and flesh might have been torn to pieces by a whip that covered his face, or he might have been killed on the spot.
To be continued...