The death of the halfling Ard didn't even create a ripple in Raven's heart.
This is the price of risk.
Everyone has the right to stay at home, be a submissive citizen, and leave their destiny to others.
They also have the right to go out and give it a try to see if they can become a strong person who controls their own destiny.
In this cruel world, some people succeed and some people fail, that's all.
Raven never intended to save everyone. If he had such thoughts, then he would be a paladin rather than an assassin.
All he can do is keep getting stronger until he ignites the divine fire, has a floating continent of his own, and no longer has to look at anyone else's face.
The fifth hour into the Shadow Plane.
The surrounding situation has changed again, the sense of taste has failed, and the whole person seems to be in an ink landscape painting.
In fact, we have truly entered the Shadow Plane from now on. The previous one was at most a peripheral gap in the Shadow Plane. No, it is a bit inaccurate to say that it is true, because the Shadow Plain belongs to a smaller branch plane of the Shadow Plane.
It is impossible to support the entry of powerful people above the gold level here. Even if the strength is suppressed, it will not work.
Taking out the discolored [Red Knight Strategy Chessboard], Raven found that his prediction had taken effect, and even the two small white chessboards representing Ellison's reinforcements had collapsed.
This means there will be no more reinforcements for Ellison.
Even so, Ellison still had many chess pieces: a king, a queen, two bishops, two chariots, and five praetorians.
On the other hand, the black chess piece representing Raven has only two chess pieces, a king and a chariot.
The king is of course Raven, and the rope one represents the chariot.
The balance of power is still very different!
The Shadow Plane will exclude any creature that has nothing to do with the shadow. The Strangler Golem is not a creature, it is just a construct with a soul. In the eyes of shadow creatures, it is either the same kind or an existence equivalent to a stone.
In fact, not long after the large group of adventurers entered the shadow plane, Sheng Yi also entered and followed Raven's team about one kilometer behind.
Now that the outsiders have cleared the area, Sheng Yi naturally returns to Raven.
Raven said to the strategy chessboard: "Okay. Now that the actors are all here, let the show begin. I only have two predictions: First, Ellison is a person who pays great attention to long-term results, and he will be like a loser.
As a gambler, continue the plan; secondly, his team will be in trouble. As for the final prediction, I will wait until you are willing to open the third stage for me."
On the other hand, Ellison's face was extremely dark. Of course, it couldn't be seen in the shadow plane.
He suffered a huge loss.
All the temporary helpers he hired at a huge price, including two teams of silver-level adventurers, died.
In the end, it was his direct reports who made it through the first five hours.
However, under the repeated attacks of various shadow creatures, his men also suffered heavy losses.
The entire army of forty people now only has five Bronze-level Amn Shadow Thieves, two Silver-level Dark Guards, the old thief Vander Far and an Intermediate Silver-level Trickster, as well as Ellison's cronies——
Catrick, who has never made a move so far.
It is true that none of them have been to the Shadow Plane, but the only one who has been to the Shadow Plane is the old god thief. But the old god thief is not very familiar with this place. Including the old god thief, all the wanderers here are employed in the temple.
Open the shadow energy tank.
Now Ellison no longer cares about Raven, he just wants to get the Shadow Orb and leave this ghost place as soon as possible.
Like Raven, the old thief once proposed that he could have one chance to exit after entering the shadow plane for five hours. Ellison gave up.
The Shadow Orb is indispensable to him because it is so important to Ellison's future development.
In Raven's previous game, when Ellison first appeared, his perception was only 14 points.
As a businessman, his basic perception is not low, but that is only based on the standard of ordinary people. He knows that few priests who enter the holy realm have a basic perception of less than 20 points when they first debut. Those people are so-called born with extraordinary perception.
There seems to be a single-digit difference between 14 o'clock and 20 o'clock. But the gap becomes wider as you go further.
As a native of the Ultron world, Ellison certainly does not know the so-called data, but he can clearly feel the talent gap between himself and other priests of the Murder Church. If he continues his path as a priest at this pace, then
When entering the legendary realm, he will have many fewer divine spells than a priest of the same level.
This is absolutely unacceptable to Ellison.
When he was in the most troubled state, news came out that the old thief was carrying the Shadow Orb.
As long as he takes a job related to shadows, such as being promoted from priest to shadow priest, and then shadow master, the shadow orb can give Ellison a huge perception bonus along the way. And the subsequent snowball effect can perfectly compensate for it.
The gap between him and those pastors with outstanding talents.
That's why he had to come even though he knew Raven was tempting him to come to Shadow Valley.
This is conspiracy!
But after he arrived, he found that he still underestimated the shadow plane. He didn't have any high-level professionals who had used the shadow orb, which was his biggest mistake.
He had no choice but to bite the bullet and go all the way. If he went back with his tail between his legs, his loss would really be a loss.
"Powerful Dark Sun! Protect me!" After saying this, Ellison also smiled bitterly. Shadow is the priesthood of Mask, the god of thieves. Priests of the god of murder should not expect to be blessed here.
"Fander Far, where do we go now?"
The old thief recalled: "The Shadow Valley is in the southeast of Jueying Plain, so we have to look for the road to the lower right."
"Bottom right?"
"In the second stage, Jueying Plain is not a flat space. It seems that we are walking on the plain, but in fact we are walking inside a hanging painting. Going forward and backward is actually meaningless. In the spirit of the above
According to the map principle of going north, south, left, east, right and west, when we go to a place and see a passage to the right, we just have to go down it."
"What? Sorry, I don't understand."
"Then just take your people and follow me." The old thief didn't explain much.
Ellison just wanted to curse at his mother at this moment. This situation was beyond his imagination and made him very unhappy. But he could only rely on the old thief.
At this time, Ellison's two dark guards suddenly spoke: "Master, we are a little uncomfortable. We feel that life is slowly passing by."
Ellison immediately turned to look at the old thief.
The old thief shrugged: "You asked me, 'I just sensed the existence of shadow energy, can I come?' I said yes at the time. I never said that creatures not related to shadows could stay here for so long."
Ellison's hand trembled for a moment, but in the end it stopped.
These two dark guards are indeed his most loyal bodyguards.
On the other hand, he also knows that shadows and darkness are not the same thing. Mask is the one who controls the shadows, and Shar, the lady of the night, is the one who controls the dark priesthood.
"Can you hold on?"
The two dark guards looked at each other and said cautiously: "Master, I'm afraid we can hold on for three hours at most."
"We can reach our destination in an hour and a half at most. If everything goes well, we can leave the shadow plane in two hours." The old thief added.
"What if it doesn't go well?"
"Then we will all die here." The old thief's words gave Ellison an uneasy premonition for the first time.
But then Ellison dismissed this in his mind: Will such a luxurious lineup like mine be destroyed here?
If another person had come over, he might not be able to do anything to Ellison.
But who is Raven?
The former level 118 Fang of God!
He knows every rule of the Shadow Plane by heart.
After meeting up with the rope, Raven no longer had any scruples, no need to wait anymore, and went straight to his destination.
It's a descent into the Valley of Shadows.
The black ramp looks like anywhere else in the Plane of Shadows.
Dark, gloomy, and lifeless.
However, Raven told Ellison that he was wrong!
As long as the shadows here are large enough, they can hide people and even various large monsters.
It was a straight downhill slope. If there was anything special, it was that there was a black boulder on the edge of the mountain path. After the black moonlight above the head shone through, it was separated by the black stone and turned into two sections of light that were slightly less dark on the left and right.
When Ellison and his party passed the boulder, the situation suddenly changed. They felt as if they were being pulled fiercely by some mysterious force, as if the thick darkness was swallowing them.
Then when they began to prepare for battle, the light appeared again, although it was very dim. When their eyes saw the dark and dark light of different shades again, they found that their position had changed, as if they were going straight downhill.
The road suddenly turned 180 degrees.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The next moment, a questioning voice suddenly made everyone nervous.