Spiders and lizards can be regarded as domestic pets and means of transportation in drow families in the Underdark.
Therefore, relevant spellcasters have also developed a lot of spells and magical spells for spiders and lizard-like creatures.
Among them, the "Spider Holding Technique" is an extremely useful spell-casting method specially used to capture and tame wild spiders.
The second-level magic can even control a giant cave spider with challenge level 4 and personal level 7 for no less than one minute.
One minute is enough for the drow caster to use other means to stun the target or kill it.
Soon, on the edge of the foothills under the moonlight, a group of humanoid creatures slowly appeared in the gaps in the forest.
They are tall and tall, with silver-white hair, jade-colored skin, purple or red eyes, and iconic pointed ears.
Outstanding in appearance and full of evil charm!
Drow.
Except for the leading female drow, who was sitting on a two-meter-tall giant spider, the other male drow wearing leather armor followed behind her.
Obviously, the spell just now was cast by this female drow holding a dark golden scepter and wearing a dark red spider robe.
The female spider-formed drow, who was immobilized by magic, was quickly caught by a small group of drow warriors who came out from behind the drow priest, and several pairs of hind limbs on her abdomen were tied with strong white silk threads to prevent
Escape after the immobilization is released.
Woody left the place as soon as she saw the priest appear, and stayed until the priest came to the edge. With her senses, she would definitely be able to detect the person hiding in the shadows. Woody was not so curious.
Heart.
Although he had vaguely guessed in his mind that the spider-shaped drow in front of him was most likely a magical creation rather than a divine punishment.
The drow in the Underdark of Ashenlant do not believe in the famous "Queen of the Pit", "Conspiracy Weaver" and "Spider Goddess" Lolth on the 66th floor of the Abyss, but an evil one who worships the birth of faith.
Demigod.
——"Dark Call" and "Dark Queen" Kosust.
Her descendants are spread all over the underground of Asenland, and not only are the drow worshiped, but many other underground creatures, troglodytes and gray dwarves, also worship this demigod spirit, and she is also one of the rare demigods in Asenland.
In my memory, He also appeared once after the Year of Darkness.
Under the starry night, descendants all over the sky, accompanied by spider spirits larger than dragons, relentlessly attacked human cities. That night, no less than ten city-states fell in the spider sea.
However, after his appearance, he was quickly suppressed by several other forces on the ground.
The drow's counterattack only lasted a moment. Due to their natural photophobia and the fact that the number of advanced legendaries among their tribe was far lower than that of other races on land, they were quickly driven back underground by humans.
His priests are easy to identify, with dark red spider robes and an emblem on the chest that resembles three pairs of compound eyes of a spider.
Woody had dealt with them for a while.
This group of followers of the "Dark Queen" coincides with the ideas of the Spider Goddess Rose to a certain extent, but the followers of the Dark Queen prefer simple hunting or ambushes rather than enjoying betrayal and murder.
And to a certain extent, although it is a matriarchal society, the oppression of men is far less severe than that of Rose.
At least there are many male drows in his church. Although they are rare, at least they will not die because of it.
It is worth mentioning that because they believe in the Law of Darkness and the environment of the jungle, they worship any strong person who can live in the Dark Area, and regard mating with him as some kind of honor.
Therefore, in drow cities, you can see a variety of semi-drow creatures living in underground cities.
From the demon drow to the dragon-veined drow, as long as you can think of powerful creatures, drow have done it to some extent.
Whether they are forced or forced, they will try their best to drain your body and keep your essence in their next generation's bloodline.
One of them, a poor shadow dragon, was imprisoned by a drow family for several generations, adding many newcomers to the drow warlock career path.
Moreover, even if they cannot stay, they will use various magical means to create new creatures.
This is actually how the half-arachnians and spider-turned drow were born.
However, no matter how careful Woody was, he still heard the sound of a spell coming from behind him, and his experience in fighting the mage subconsciously saved him.
He rolled forward on the spot, ignoring the rustling of the trees and branches, and sprinted forward like a cheetah.
This priest obviously has other detection methods, otherwise no matter how high his perception is, he would not be able to detect signs of his departure from such a distance.
But now is naturally not the time to dwell on this, he has to leave here quickly.
The caster level of the drow caster in front of me is unclear, but judging from the black and red robe patterns on his body, he is at least a second-level priest with a personal career level of more than 5.
The combat power is not low, at least Woody will be disgraced by this priest before he gets close.
At this time, just as Woody rolled some distance away, a circular white spiderweb with a radius of 3 meters wide landed on his original location.
Sure enough, it was discovered!
Woody secretly shouted that it was safe, and then left without looking back.
The drow priest who released the magic didn't seem to realize that his magic was being dodged, and his expression suddenly changed.
After immediately telling the drow warriors around him, he rode the giant spider and rushed towards the direction where Woody disappeared.
Woody ran wildly through the woods.
He didn't believe that this group of drow dared to hunt down a human on the ground. This was not their dark place, as long as they escaped from this woodland.
He will be safe!
However, things always backfired. Perhaps due to the influence of the spider-turned drow, Woody discovered that there were many drow warriors and even drow lizard cavalry on the other side of the woodland.
Obviously, the escape of this spider-turned drow was a big deal. They chose the tactic of outflanking and closing the net.
At least two teams of five plus casters participated in this closing operation.
Not to mention just an ordinary spider drow, even catching a baby dragon is probably more than enough.
Unfortunately, he got into the webs of these spiders on the way down the mountain.
hateful!
Woody didn't have time to lament that he seemed to have never been favored by Tymora, the goddess of luck.
Not far away, a black figure appeared at the exit of the forest, blocking his path...
This is a fully armed male drow warrior, holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other. He wears a spider claw emblem on his dark leather armor.
He is tall and tall, with long silver-white hair tied up, and the elf's bony face is hidden under a black scarf, leaving only a pair of sharp crimson eyes staring at the human in front of him.
Stronger than ordinary drow warriors, they are at least 5 levels of professional warriors.
Woody's expression froze. While listening to the noise coming from behind, he had already begun to formulate tactics for the encounter in front of him.
The battle is inevitable for him now, either kill him or be dragged here.
We can only fight quickly!
When the drow priests and other reinforcements arrive later, and they are attacked from both sides, even if Woody is experienced in fighting, at his current level, he will be unable to defeat four people with just two fists.
Come on then! In the dark woodland, some broken moonlight shines on the thorns.
A long steel sword emitting cold light behind his back was unsheathed by Woody.
He does not lack the courage to draw his sword.
I was even lucky that I had dealt with the Profanity Cultists very quickly, and the magic effect exerted by the scroll was still there for half an hour.
To make him more confident in facing this sudden battle, the improvement of extraordinary agility is not just a little bit.
But having said that, if he was slower in solving the problem and caused him to go out later, he might pass by the group of dark elf guards who were arresting the spider drow...
But he is not a self-pitying character, and naturally he will not regret what he has experienced.
What he can hold now is his future! Instead of lamenting and wallowing in the regrets of the past.
The first time the drow warrior saw Woody, he immediately let out a strange insect chirp.
Woody naturally knew that this was him calling for reinforcements and notifying the target that he was here.
He did not hesitate, and quickly approached the heavily armed drow warrior in the gap through the shadows in the forest.
Be the first to attack!
The long sword glowing with cold light thrust out under the command of his right hand, aiming at the drow warrior's unprotected neck.
Facing Woody's attack, the heavily armed drow warrior just coldly raised it with the exquisite black shield in his hand.
--"rub"
The sword and shield collided and sparks flew everywhere.
Following the impact, the right hand of the drow warrior holding the sword was like a poisonous snake waiting for an opportunity, stabbing fiercely towards the chest of the human in front of him.
The blocking is good, and the shield counterattack is also very good. It is a very standard "military power" fighting style.
If any of the Drow warriors I led were able to graduate.
There was a time in his player career when he was an instructor at the Swordsmanship Academy in a drow city. Woody gave this outstanding graduate a high score of eight.
However, the shortcomings are obvious. The moves are stiff and not flexible enough. It may be more effective against some outsiders who don't know much about drow swordsmanship.
But for him, a swordsman with extensive experience in teaching combat, he was full of loopholes.
However, these will take a certain amount of time to expand the loopholes, and then kill them with one blow.
However, Woody did not have enough time.
Therefore, his tactics were planned from the beginning, showing the enemy's weakness first, and then making dangerous moves.
The steel sword in Woody's right hand slid down smoothly, just blocking the sword thrust by the drow warrior.
Then the sword blade pressed down, and taking advantage of the gap, the body took another half step forward.
A long-edged dagger suddenly appeared in his left hand and he swung it towards the wrist of the drow in front of him, as if he planned to use his hand first and then attack slowly.
Drow warriors also have considerable combat experience and can see the intentions of the humans in front of them.
He rolled his body sideways to avoid the dagger attack, and then used the shield in his hand to block the next attack from the human in front of him.
"Not too strong, not too weak."
A little fighting spirit ignited in his heart, and the two of them exchanged a few moves again.
——Clang!
In the crisp sound of weapons clashing, although the human's two-weapon fighting in front of him resembled the "double-blade" style of de la Villefort that only drow nobles can learn, his soft attacks increasingly made the drow who originally wanted to defend
The warrior felt a desire to attack.
Finally, he "found" the right moment, first turning sideways to avoid the daggers at close range, and then using his shield to defend against the long swords slashed by humans.
With one lean, the dagger was knocked out of the human's hand, and then his ferocious thin sword, as long and narrow as a bone spur, attacked the most fragile heart of the human in front of him like a tarsal maggot.
The human in front of him seemed to be stunned, and he only knew how to hide to the left. Seeing this, the drow warrior finally couldn't help but laugh. No matter how close he came in this direction, he still did not leave the attack range of his long sword.
As expected of a human being, he made the stupidest choice!
In his opinion, perhaps a back roll could save his life, or prolong his death time.
But it would be better if he had no choice. At least he could catch this human who was trying to escape before the priest came, which would be considered a small feat...
But just after the drow warrior thought that Woody had no weapons on his body, his left hand was empty with a ring.
Suddenly a blue sword blade appeared, exuding a cold glow under the moonlight.
——Extraordinary weapons!
"not good!"
The extraordinary long sword that suddenly appeared in the hand of a human suddenly disrupted the plan of the drow warrior. He cursed secretly in his heart, but now the long sword in his hand can no longer be taken back, and the shield can no longer release its force. In addition,
The posture of the body has eliminated the possibility of rolling.
Trading injury for injury?
The drow warriors could only grit their teeth and their offensive became more fierce, planning to use the ferocious offensive from one side to make the other side try to defend.
You must know that the blades of all drow warriors are painted with poison, but this time, in order to catch prey, the blades were only coated with paralyzing poison.
If you get stabbed yourself, the price is lighter than if he gets stabbed.
However, what he didn't expect was that the human in front of him did not retreat but advanced in the face of his fierce offensive, and took the initiative to bump into the trajectory of his sword move in advance.
It seemed that even his intention of attacking was predicted, and he was not at all as ignorant as before.
But he is obviously just a human, so why is he so familiar with drow's swordsmanship?
The drow warrior didn't know. The only thing he knew was that when the stabbing sword in his hand penetrated the flesh and blood, he felt a huge force coming from the left.
Then, the world turned upside down.
The last scene with his eyes widened, he saw his headless body...
…
——"You were attacked by drow warriors, and your health dropped by 5 points."
——"Paralysis check in progress...Paralysis check failed, saving throw succeeded!"
…
——"Shadow Ambush Launched."
——"Swordsmanship·Cut."
——"Successfully hits the vital point, causing 36 (+6) vital damage to the target."
-- "Target decapitated... death saving throw... death saving throw failed."
——"The target is dead, gain 410 experience points."
Phew, the battle is over.
Woody casually put the drow's weapons and shields into the dimensional ring, and then flew away from the forest.
However, no matter how fast he moved, the sound in his ears still followed him like a shadow. It was obvious that the priest riding the giant spider had arrived.
Along with an obscure spell sounded in the forest.
——"Poisonous Kiss."
Woody didn't dare to look back, so he could only continue running towards the end of the woodland, a river embankment.
He only felt a pain in his waist, and a line of data shocked him.
——"You are affected by toxins."
——"Lethal roll in progress."
Without any time to hesitate, Woody directly used the experience gained from killing the drow warrior just now together with the experience points given by the previous aberrations.
——"Consumption of 3000 experience points."
——"Improve the level of the demon hunter."
At the same time, his body jumped towards the river below the embankment.
