Eight creepy long legs, eight...

The stone was struck click-click, click-tock, click, click... gently and quietly.

This was the first horrifying sight that Brian, who was lying on the ground, saw when he raised his eyelids.

He shook his head and suppressed the churning in his stomach.

Just now, he jumped into a bottomless dark crevice.

At the moment when time seemed to freeze, he was ready to give up and use the teleportation scroll given to him by Santila, when he was finally brought here by a teleportation circle.

The fear of falling, coupled with the dizziness of the teleportation circle... He really didn't want to experience this feeling again. Just imagining it made his stomach twitch again.

He quickly stretched out his hands to support the cold rock ground and stood up.

"I'm sorry."

A hissing voice said, "It was my negligence that prolonged your fall. Please don't worry, this feeling will fade away soon. Of course, I will also take this situation into consideration to optimize my teleportation spell."

The aftereffects for the guests.”

While the other party was talking, Brian had already stood up, and the dizziness was gradually receding.

He found himself in a small, dark sealed stone room.

On the only stone table in the room, there were incense burners, books, magic scrolls, crystal balls, a pile of metal vessels used for magic experiments, and some unknown animal mummies.

The speaker was wrapped in a black robe, and his face was hidden behind a twisted and terrifying ebony mask. The eight softly tapping spider legs proved that the speaker was a spider elf.

"Hello, Your Excellency, Spider Wizard." Brian stretched out his arms, bent his elbows, folded his palms up and down in front of his chest, and bowed deeply.

Although his tone of voice was as calm as his eyes, his slightly trembling hands betrayed his inner uneasiness.

A burst of suppressed laughter came from the mask.

"It turns out he is a half-elf from the surface, which is interesting. So, before we trade, I ask you to relax. I risked exposing my identity to save you, not to destroy you again."

Brian stared at him, deliberately staying vigilant, and said tentatively, "So, I'm safe now?"

"You can think so." The spider wizard laughed strangely again, "After all, here, as long as I am willing, not even 'her' can notice it."

Brian wisely did not mention who that 'she' was.

"Half-elf from the surface, you not only know how to contact me, but you are also able to find this place yourself. I don't think this is a coincidence." The spider wizard whispered: "I am very curious about what you rely on.

."

"Darkness is not necessarily an abyss, it may also be a ladder of help." Brian took a deep breath and said the words he had been brewing for a long time.

After all, he knew the person in front of him quite well.

As one of the most powerful wizards in the ancient city of Orens, the Spider Wizard hides his power behind his carefully cultivated crazy reputation and his fanatical devotion to Lolth.

But these are just illusions.

In fact, he hated Lolth's tyranny and chaos, and believed that the twisted and cruel drow shaped by Lolth should become a truly noble race.

The spider wizard not only hates what Lolth has done to him, but also hates Lolth for making the drow into a vicious, evil, hateful, and ruthless tool.

He believed that before the drow were driven into the Underdark, they were once a noble race among the surface elves, who were civilized and compassionate.

But they were deceived by the web of lies spun by Rose, and they began to degenerate and never be satisfied.

Because for the Spider Queen, teasing the drow is just a cruel and repetitive game, and she has already mastered it.

Therefore, the spider wizard has been moving towards the great goal of liberating the drow clan from the control of the ruthless and grotesque goddess of chaos.

During the short period of time when Spider Queen Rose fell asleep.

The city of Ancient Orens was treated as a copy by a group of incarnations of demon kings, which eventually led to complete destruction, all at the hands of this crazy spider wizard in front of him.

After Brian finished speaking, he quietly maintained his silence and waited patiently.

The spider wizard was silent for a long time, with a hint of interest and confusion in his smoky gray eyes. He looked at him carefully and whispered softly, "I'm more curious, how do you know these things."

"On the face of the kingdoms, under the light of greatness."

Faced with the other party's suspicion, Brian had already responded. He pretended to be pious and replied, "A promised land is waiting for you, to return to the surface of the earth peacefully and bathe in the sun again, where trees and flowers grow.

."

"The Dark Maiden has always lived in my...faith." He paused for a moment and then made the final addition appropriately.

A long silence fell...

Silence is like a giant beast lurking in the shadows, hiding suffocating depression.

The spider wizard's eight long legs clicked against the floor, emitting a creepy echo, like the heartbeat of a beast, hitting the silent rocks, ticking, and falling into the cold underground lake in the Underdark.

I don't know how long it took.

The suppressed laughter that broke the silence came from the mask again, mocking but not malicious, "So, you are a wanderer."

In order not to expose even the slightest flaw in himself, Brian nodded calmly.

The so-called "Wanderer" is the name that the believers who lost their gods gave themselves again after the death of the Dark Maiden.

In addition to guarding and searching for the last Wandering Temple, their duties also include patiently waiting for the resurrection and return of the Dark Maiden Eilistraee.

The reason why he dared to pretend to be Wanderer and communicate with this crazy spider wizard was mainly because Wanderer, a secretive organization, would convey what Ancient Orens City said about this wizard to 'Wanderer'

bona fide.

Any 'wanderer' who comes here and uses a special docking method to contact the spider wizard will attract the other party's attention.

At the appropriate time, he will also provide needed assistance.

In other words, when Brian asked the halfling servant to do him a small favor, he had attracted the wizard's attention.

But he couldn't guarantee that the other party would definitely provide him with assistance, so he simply found the spider wizard's secluded place.

Of course, this is not free.

He must provide an action that can plunge the ancient city of Orens into temporary chaos, or information that the spider wizard thinks is of high value.

If he is very satisfied, the person who provides the information will receive a generous reward.

Because for the spider wizard, if he can foil any conspiracy of the Priestess of Lolth without being noticed, he will spare no effort to do it.

Facts have proved that this news is true.

In this case, a bold attempt suddenly appeared in Brian's mind.

He thought that since he had the ability to foresee things, why not take advantage of this opportunity and play a big game.

If his idea is in line with the terrorist's wishes, then he will naturally receive a reward from the legendary wizard.

"Very good." A soft smile came from the mask, and he extended his hand to signal.

"Please sit down. According to the rules I set, before we trade, I have to show you something. Maybe you don't want to see it, but the purpose of doing this is just to let you understand that I am not a hearsay."

It’s as horrific as described in.”

The so-called rumors are that many people believe that the spider wizard is the most notorious, mysterious and crazy wizard in ancient Orens City.

Rumor has it that his power is surpassed only by his passion for serving Rose, and rivaled only by his madness.

But judging from his every move, Brian had long known that the wizard in front of him was neither crazy nor Rose's most devout believer.

The wizard said no more, reached out and took off the ebony mask.

Brian greeted him curiously.

What he saw before him... was not a face.

Instead, the face is covered with dense mold, like mycotoxins growing on moldy bread...

In a trance, the dense mold transformed into countless tiny squirming spider legs, which was terrifying and disgusting.

Brian looked shocked, and quickly used his psychic powers to dispel the fear in his heart and the discomfort in his stomach, and then forcibly turned his face away.

A trail of cold sweat slipped silently from his forehead.

At this time, he was really glad that he was not a trypophobia patient. Otherwise, he would have been scared outright if it wasn't a heart attack.

Even so, he also forcibly mobilized his psychic powers, and then he could barely stabilize his mind.

After the mask was put back on, Brian mustered up the courage to look up and asked, pretending to be surprised, "Is this..."

It is said that when the spider wizard was young, he rejected a priestess, who tore his face in a rage and injected a corrosive distillate of spider venom into the wound.

His face turned into a purple, swollen ruin that looked like fungus was growing.

Then she transformed the unrecognizable young man into a spider elf, imprisoned him in her room, and used him as her personal slave, toying with and torturing him.

It took a long time before he found an opportunity for revenge.

His revenge would be fatal to the priestess who captured and tortured him.

He fled into the wilds of the Underdark, vowing that he would only return if he had enough magic to gain a foothold in the cruel city of ancient Orens.

Just twenty years later, the spider wizard is back.

He refused to reveal where he went or how he acquired magic and power.

When he returned, he was an accomplished wizard, and had proven his prowess by simultaneously defeating three wizards from the Academy of Warlocks during a pastime held by the matron of a noble family.

"I let 'her' down once, and this is the price I paid." A long sigh came from the suppressed mask, followed by a low sneer, "But... there won't be a second time.

"

Brian knew full well and didn't answer.

As a reborn person, he knew that the spider wizard's power actually came from his almost crazy loyalty to Rose.

"For us drow elves, openly provoking 'her' will result in death or being transformed into a spider." His whisper slowly became sharper, "If you want to defeat 'her', you can only do it when you belong to 'her'

'In the game, I slowly changed from a chess piece to a real game player.

So, I avoided 'her' scrutiny by pretending to be a true believer. But few people knew that even when I pretended to obey 'her', I was rebelling against 'her' all the time.

I use the power 'she' gave me to deal with 'her'. To do so, I must be very cunning, patient and cautious. This process may take hundreds or thousands of years...but slowly but surely, I

I firmly believe that I can gradually offset 'her' control over the drow race."

"You plan to overthrow 'her' chaos by serving 'her'." Brian said slowly.

"That's right." The spider wizard nodded slightly, "Once the right opportunity comes, I will definitely spare no effort to take action."

"Okay, our chat is over, otherwise it will affect my precious time to serve 'her'." He raised his hand to interrupt what Brian was about to say, and said softly:

"Tell me your purpose. I can help you escape from the city of Ancient Orens, and even open a portal to send you out of the underground world. And as a wizard, I also have the power to make any spellcaster feel...

The magical knowledge of temptation and my lifelong research. So, I am very curious, what kind of equivalent exchange can you bring to me?"

"Not only do I know the news about the 'Rose of Qilashar'." Brian raised his head, met the wizard's smoky gray eyes, and said calmly, "I also know that tomorrow is the 'City Founding Festival' that takes place once in a thousand years in the ancient city of Orens.

',so......"

He smiled slightly and paused appropriately, just to give the other party enough time to think about the 'suspense'.

Silence fell again.

At this moment, the air seemed to be frozen in the closed stone chamber.

There are only eight creepy long legs, eight...
Chapter completed!