The drow family of Menzoberranzan, Agrachi*Dirli, all direct bloodlines can call themselves Dir.｀｀し
But in recent years, the only person left who dares to call himself Diel in public is the demigod lich Diel.
Before turning himself into a lich, Dill knew very well that he had considerable power, even if he was at the pinnacle of mortal power. As the younger brother of the First Matron, Tril Baenre, and the Chief Mage Gromph
Bain Rui is the portrayal of Diehl's limit.
right!
Even though Gonfu is so powerful, he still has to kowtow to the mistresses with the highest status.
Because Lolth the Spider Queen, the supreme ruler of the drow elves, stipulates this.
Rose is a woman.
Therefore, the rulers among his followers can only be women.
Damn reason!
I have asked myself countless times as to why he is studying magic here while the drow women are plotting and scheming. However, there is only one answer to this question: it is precisely because he is not a woman.
Once upon a time in Menzoberranzan, Dir was a legendary wizard of great renown, with powerful allies and a man highly relied upon by his wife and subordinates.
In the eyes of outsiders, he lived a very comfortable life, using a staff with powerful magic power. He even gained the trust of his wife and mistress. Many of the decrees of the Agrachi Dire family actually came from him.
proposal.
Despite this, Dill is still a man.
So he must always be second best, he knew well, and there might be more to it than that. He could command other men, other drow wizards and drow warriors, but he could never command a woman. They asked, and sometimes even took, his advice,
But he can never be the decision-maker.
He is a wizard, actually a tool and a weapon.
No matter how good the tools are, no matter how sharp the weapons are, it is impossible to become a leader. It cannot be done among the daughters of Menzoberranar Rose, nor can it be done among the priestesses of Eilistraee, the dark maiden on the surface.
Less than.
During those years in Menzoberranzan, Dill was surrounded by many women, but like all the other men in the Spider City, he knew very well not to get too deep. He realized again and again that he was a doll. A tool, a tool.
**The partner is the object of fun but never the lover, companion, friend. Husband is not any of these weird titles given by the surface elves.
Dill always believed that his strength was worthy of his ambition.
The only obstacle is the fact that he is a drow male.
Dill has come to his senses!
He studied necromancy and turned himself into a lich. He also obtained a fragment of the godhead and promoted himself to a demigod lich.
He lost his function as a man and gained respect, something he had longed for for a hundred years but had never received!
The respect of his wife, the respect of his tribe!
That is respect for the strong.
But it wasn't enough, there was still a burning heart called ambition in his cold body.
"My existence itself has no boundaries. Why should my ambitions have any?"
Standing in the family's castle palace and looking into the distance to the east, what comes into view is the stalagmite tower of the Solarin family. Passing the sight further to the Quirasso Highlands, that is the heart of the drow in the city of Menzoberranzan.
The only holy place.
The demigod lich opened his dry mouth, which should be an expression similar to a smile.
"Is there a reason to rebel? Is there any better reason than the Spider City itself? From here, from the entire Underdark, and finally to the entire surface world."
Looking at the crown of horns in the mirror beside him, Dill laughed: "Do you dominate the world? With it, it seems that conquering the world is not impossible."
The high-level artifact [Crown of Horns] in the mirror is like an iron thorn ring that is frightening just to see, because the iron-like thorns in a circle have penetrated Dill's forehead deeply.
and the top of the back of the head.
If Dill was still a living creature, this would probably make him die of pain.
This is the Crown of Horns. A terrifying artifact that can forcibly transform any living being into the undead and kick it into the chaotic evil camp.
For a chaotic evil lich that is already undead, this is not a problem. It can be said that the demigod lich Diel is an existence that can maximize the power of the Crown of Horns.
If there is any flaw, it is that the remaining soul fragments of Melkor, the former god of death, will try to erode Diel's will from time to time.
Dill was in a good mood. Compared to the deeper mastery of the power of death, that was not a problem for him.
The only problem is that the process of obtaining the Crown of Horns smelled of conspiracy.
What a coincidence!
After he 'accidentally' obtained an ancient artifact engraved with the activity patterns of the [Crown of Horns] from a businessman who often traveled between the surface and the Dark Territory, until he 'accidentally' discovered that the Crown of Horns actually went to the Phantom Knight's territory on the surface.
Attacking Raven, the new god of death and shadow. In the end, the Crown of the Earth was 'accidentally' injured by Raven's [Divine Power Blade]. It was in urgent need of a parasite to restore its strength, and ended up finding Dill hiding nearby.
Numerous evidences show that this horned crown was ‘gifted’ to Dill by Raven.
Dill felt both humiliated and grateful.
He knew very well that Raven wanted him to deal with Lolth and Lolth's Menzoberranzan.
But he knew better that Raven had never mastered the Crown of Horns. Maybe Raven longed to get the Crown of Horns, but Raven didn't have that chance.
"Haha! Raven, you think of me as a chess piece, so why am I not using you? Can you really stretch your hand into Menzoberranzan? This is the chaotic and evil Underdark. You, who are lawful, must
If you want to come in, your strength will be reduced by 30%. How much strength can your incarnation have?" Dier laughed wildly.
Dill is right.
When Raven's incarnation comes in, there is indeed not much strength left. The strongest state of Raven's combat incarnation is a weak divine power equivalent to divine power level 5. If it is reduced by 30%, it will be a little more than divine power level 3. It is roughly converted to
The challenge level is around level 130 to 135.
As a demigod lich, Dilgar's crown of horns is completely worthy of Raven.
This is why Raven insisted on murdering Gonf Baenre in the bathroom of Mistress Baenre. Because only there, in order to avoid suspicion, Gonf would completely lower his defenses. But anywhere else, Revan's incarnation
They only have less than a 40% chance of instantly killing the chief archmage, who is at the pinnacle of the holy realm and is equipped with the best equipment.
If you miss a hit, you won't have any chance.
Now, Raven has succeeded.
His success stimulated the ambition of the demigod lich Dier, and also stimulated the Agrachi Dier family, which had just replaced the previous sixth-ranked Henet family and became the current sixth.
In most historical periods, the Baenre family and the Agrachi Dire family have maintained a close relationship. Of course, this is not because of mutual trust. In the city of Menzoberranzan, all the families that have tried to learn what trust is have been swallowed up and become
Spider shit. Just because the two families just have the same plan.
Their interests and goals are the same. Agrachi Dir fully fulfilled their obligations as the ruling class: they participated in wars with the city, guarded against attacks from other families, and brought disaster to their opponents again and again when conditions were ripe.
.All this follows the indoctrination and capriciousness of the Spider Goddess.
Now, the disappearance of Trier and Gonfu has obviously made other families see opportunities.
The reason why the First Family is the First Family is certainly because the First Family has a prosperous population and enough strong men, but more importantly, it is because it has defeated enough families and killed the mistresses of the failed families.
The remaining children of the family, priests, wizards and other useful forces are absorbed into their own family.
Even with the disappearance of the two helmsmen, the remaining power of the First Family is still astonishing.
Nobles: 62 people, including 47 priests and 15 high-ranking priests.
There are 15 men in the family, including 4 warriors and 11 wizards.
There are 2,600 elite drow warriors and 700 slave warriors.
What about the second family, the Barrison and D'Ango families?
Nobles: 48, priests 11, high priests 3
Family males: 37, 20 warriors, 17 wizards
Drow soldiers: 1,000, slave soldiers 1,100.
The gap between the first and second families is so huge, let alone the Agrachi*Diel family, which only has 400 drow soldiers at the moment. The first family, which has lost its mistress, is simply a love-hate family.
It was a big fat sheep that everyone wanted to kill and roast.
It is foreseeable that no matter which direct member of the First Family comes to power, it will not be as influential as the previous combination of Trier and Gonfu. As long as one family challenges the First Family and succeeds, it can successfully devour the First Family.
All legacies, especially those of high priests who were converted from failed families to serve the first family.
What must be mentioned here is that drow, like elves, generally reach adulthood at 110 years old, and their life span can reach 500 years under normal circumstances. The life span of high-level professionals can generally reach 1,000 years. Due to different races and crazy
Encouraging competition and killing each other, while the total number of drow elves is relatively small, their quality is rising rapidly.
In addition, Rose has always given power to the priests she admired without hesitation, which resulted in the first family of drow also having more than a dozen high-level priests. Cyric, who is mainly a human believer, because of comparison
It was stingy, so in its heyday there were only twelve high-ranking priests.
If Lolth returns, those high-ranking priests will be the most important treasure. Even if Lolth does not come back, devouring these troops will be enough to make the entire Dill family the rulers of Menzoberranzan.
Sensing the arrival of the person behind him, the demigod lich spoke: "Challenge the First Family."
The person who came behind was the family's nominal leader, the matriarch Yasrena. She trembled: "At this time? Will we be regarded as traitors who have joined forces with foreign races?"
Lich Dill slapped her across the face, and with a "pop" sound, not only did she slap the mistress down, but she also sucked away a small part of her life force.
"Under normal circumstances, can we compete with the second family?"
"No……"
"Then let us bet on our ambition. Either total victory! Or destruction!" The orchid soul fire in the eyes of the demigod lich once again looked at the distant city of Menzoberranzan. (To be continued.)