Helis is a female drow who believes in the Dark Maiden. As a sacrifice to Itia, the devourer of elves, she almost became a snack for the ancient evil beast.
Compared to being eaten by Itia, the suffering she suffered before was nothing. Before she believed in the Maiden of Darkness, as the martial arts master of a small family in Menzoberranzan, she lived an extremely filthy life.
She is lucky, at least luckier than many of her companions who tried to escape from the Underdark with her. She reached the ground alive, lived to enjoy the sunshine, and even stayed here, at most she would be criticized by those humans, but not
Any human would dare attack her and her companions.
This is the blessing of the half-elf god Raven, the god of death and shadow!
She didn't know how the dark girl she believed in got connected with Raven. Whether it was a game between gods or a certain transaction, she didn't know. She only knew that she was very happy now.
She only needs five afternoons a week to help train those crappy human farmers, and the rest of the time is at her own disposal.
"Is it Miss Hollis?"
Helis was dancing when a priest of death and shadow called to her.
The priestesses who welcomed her into the circle often danced. They formed different combinations with specific women, dancing both in sacred places and in secular places; usually naked, occasionally fully clothed; sometimes fully armed with armor
↘With weapons, sometimes sacrificial artworks or fruits; spinning around the campfire, dancing in the snow; they danced in the night... Although Helis still felt more comfortable at night, they also danced in the daytime
Dance. She is still learning the meaning of each different dance location, the subtle changes and steps in the combination, rhythm and movements.
When she was stopped, Herister couldn't help but stop her dance. The other female priests didn't notice her, and no one stopped their dance. The cheerful ceremony continued.
Soon, she met Raven, the legendary new god who was extremely weird.
She knelt down on her knees and worshiped Raven with great devotion. This was out of etiquette for her savior, and also out of etiquette for a powerful new god who could thwart Rose's conspiracy many times.
Then she was shocked to find that the incarnation of Eilistraee she believed in was standing next to Raven.
"My Lord..."
"There is no time. You follow the arrangements of the God of Yunfield."
"yes!"
Raven gave her an even more irresistible reason: "The Underdark is about to undergo drastic changes. Eilistraee and I both need you to return to the Underdark again and guide a new path for those in the dark drow group who yearn for the light."
The path of light.”
Although she had only been in the glorious land for a few days, Helis felt that she was happier than she had been in the past hundred years. There was no discrimination, no pain, only endless joy.
It was certain that she was reluctant to give up, but thinking that it was Eilistraee's order that she believed in, Helis was filled with strength.
Raven raised his hand. A beautiful vampire handed over a plate with a piece of paper filled with various important points.
"After reading it, remember it and follow it. When everything is completed, you can withdraw to the Phantom Knight City. Don't worry, I have asked the Phantom Goddess Laila to cast the [Phantom Mist] magic on you. Your disguised identity is perfect
As long as you don't reveal any flaws in your words, even the matron of Menzoberranzan's first family won't be able to see through your disguise."
"Really?" There are no gods who are good at illusions in the Underdark, so it's normal for Helis not to know.
"Yes. As long as you don't run into the incarnations of the three gods Velen, Kiaransari, and Silventam at close range, you will be safe." Eilistraee affirmed.
"As you command, my lord."
On January 8, Helis returned to Ched, a city controlled by the dark drow in the Underdark.
The Underdark is located beneath the continent of Ultron. It is the collective name for the world beneath the surface inhabitants of the entire continent. Abnormal, evil creatures live here to avoid the sun. The Underdark is filled with derro dwarves, dark elves, gray dwarves and mindstealers.
Demonic cities and countries.
After the dark drow led by Rose lost the "Crown War" with the elves, the dark drow who withdrew into the Underdark became an important race here.
In addition to the most famous city of Menzoberranzan, there are many underground cities controlled by dark elves like Cheed.
Qede is a lively city, with drow and gray dwarves everywhere, and even the occasional illithid.
Helis felt that this place was too crowded. For some reason, there were three times more creatures here than usual. The road was crowded with desperate and hungry people. They were pushing and jostling, the noise was deafening, and the smell was unpleasant.
Looking back at her team, she felt extremely weird.
A half-bear, Black Hair, painted his fur black and wore a collar to pretend to be a slave warrior.
A high-ranking priest of the Henet family who was once the sixth-ranked priest in Menzoberranzan, now took refuge in Revan's rebellious priest Kundna. She pretended to be a low-ranking priest Dena.
A strange bald human monk named Awen and a mysterious shadow assassin named Rex serve as her mercenaries.
"What exactly do we want to confirm?" Helis asked the assassin named Rex. God Raven had ordered that Rex's order be the main one.
"No, what we want to do for now is watch a show."
"Watching a show?"
"Yes! Watch the show!"
In the busy city, a commotion suddenly occurred. For some unknown reason, four hobgoblins began to attack a low-level priest of Rose who was buying wine.
A month ago, this would have been completely unthinkable.
The hobgoblin kicked the female drow priest so hard that she was left chewing mud.
However, the priest did not fight back immediately, but instead muttered to himself.
"I beg you, our Lady Rose, answer me. Give me your blessing. Do not abandon me, I am your loyal...ah!"
A hobgoblin stabbed her with a sharp stick. She screamed and jumped up. The bottle fell from her hand and fell to the limestone floor, shattering, and the remaining liquid inside splashed everywhere.
"Damn slave!" she shouted at the hobgoblin who was teasing her, stretching out her arms and trying to move forward as if to strangle him.
The second hobgoblin casually stretched out the short spear in his hand and tripped the priest, causing him to fall to the ground and gnaw on the mud.
She knelt on the ground, raised her hands, and shouted: "My goddess, look after me, help me! Do not abandon me, your faithful servant, she is willing to obey..."
"Your goddess is dead." The first hobgoblin kicked the drow and roared.
She was kicked to one side, grunting and grabbing the whip.
"No!" she screamed: "Lose will not give up on us! She is powerful, and her followers are powerful!"
Four hobgoblins stepped forward, and the drow priest wanted to kick them, but they easily dodged and stabbed her with their spears. Helis saw a line of blood pouring from the dark elf priest's thigh.
"Master?" The half-bear seemed to be asking Dena, who was theoretically the master, if she wanted to do something?
Awen clenched his fists, as if he was ready to take action at any time.
The former high priest put his hands on the arms of the two temporary companions, telling them not to worry.
Dena gestured to the sidelines.
Heimao immediately realized that no drow came to help her. Then Heimao saw that there were several drow in the crowd she was pointing at, and they just watched coldly.
Seeing that Rex next to her also cast an inquiring look, Kundna could only advise her companions in a low voice: "She was deemed to have lost her faith and lost Rose's favor because she was unable to perform magic. She deserved it."
In fact, when she said this, didn't she think of losing Rose's favor? Thinking of this, she also trembled.
But it is obvious that the news that Rose is silent and may have died has spread in the Underdark. Otherwise, those slave races would not be so presumptuous.
"Let's go, the storm is already brewing." Rex's words suddenly reminded everyone.
If even slaves dared to attack a drow priest wantonly, then their team, which seemed to be dominated by drow priests, would probably also become a target.
Several people nodded at the same time and quickly retreated to the hotel.
In fact, just as they began to evacuate, the drow priest let out a dying cry. She was stabbed hundreds of times quickly and accurately by the hobgoblins with short spears, and it seemed that she was dead.
Behind them, the crowd around them became more and more excited and violent. When several drow in the crowd tried to escape from the anxious crowd, they felt constantly being pushed and being stabbed by hard objects.
After witnessing the murder of a drow, other races also became bolder. The curses on the drow and their missing goddess became louder and louder. Finally, these dark elves hurriedly rose from the crowd with levitation spells, or rushed towards them.
Go to a more open street. The atmosphere in Qide City is getting worse and worse and more and more violent!
In the Flame Lizard Hotel, Awen closed the door to the hotel room after the break, Helis closed the window, and Kundna skillfully used her newly mastered illusion spells to block the surrounding sounds.
Helis asked Rex: "Obviously, we are in trouble. If this is the intelligence you want to know, then I suggest leaving this riot-spreading city as soon as possible before we are involved in another slave riot or worse.
Before entering the city of Menzoberranzan. Regarding this, I think it is a wise choice."
"Of course I listen to the experts on this kind of matter. If you two have no objection, then so be it."
Helis and Kundna looked at each other and nodded at the same time.
The group left Qide.
A few kilometers away from the city, they stood in the darkness, looking down at the undulating rocky plain below them, which stretched beyond the limits of their dark vision.
In the distance, some lakes flowing with acidic substances continue to emit thick smoke into the air. Huge pits and canyons cut the terrain like scars, and the depth of the open wounds on the surface cannot be explored from a distance.
The ground is dotted with caves, pits, and craters that look like bursting abscesses or screaming mouths.
Helis didn't see any kind of plants, not even shrubs or mushrooms. The land was dead and silent, as if it had been completely destroyed by a cataclysm.
"Oh my god, is this still the Underdark I know?" The two native drow elves were stunned by the unfamiliar scene in front of them. (To be continued.)