Soul Fire Plains, a complex terrain formed by broken and cracked rocky highlands connected to mountains.
It lies in the deepest reaches of Lolth's realm, the abode of the goddess herself and the site of the legendary randomly moving city.
Through the arcane flames and acid mist that constantly spewed into the sky from the cracks in the surrounding rocks, one could see an incomparably huge net beneath a thin layer of green mist, just covering the eternal abyss that looked like a huge mouth.
This giant spider web, which is as big as a continent, is covered with countless eyes emitting terrifying glow.
There are billions of spiders and other arachnid creatures, including abyssal widows, waxmelts, nerubians, spider hunters, spider drow, and many more.
They continue to crawl, repair and weave new webs, turning this place into the most spectacular, majestic and awe-inspiring spider kingdom.
At this moment, Rose's city is located in the center of the spider web.
Architecturally, it was a city of pure chaos, looking like a gigantic, ferocious spider perched on equally gigantic limbs, crawling along an even larger web.
There is no doubt that this city is a real behemoth, comparable to the sum of hundreds of Menzoberranzan cities added together, full of the unique chaotic style and unique aesthetics of the dark elves.
Anyone who has visited a drow city will immediately notice many similarities.
Inside the city, there were buildings covered with cobwebs piled on top of each other, without any order, reason, or unified planning, which brought the characteristics of the chaotic camp to the extreme.
Only Rose's pyramid-shaped temple seemed extremely dazzling, as if declaring her undisputed dominance over this place.
The temple is perched high on the top of the city, looking like a lighthouse flashing violet light. A huge black spider statue stands on the top of the temple, representing the Spider Queen looking down on her own kingdom.
Transformed evil spirits stalk the city's sidewalks, spider webs, and roads like a tangled mass of insects in a beehive.
Those shining souls that have not yet been transformed and obtained eternal flesh are flying around the city quickly, like frustrated fireflies.
Billions of spiders stalk and prowl on the threads of an endless web that encircles the city.
Some live in burrows and tunnels in the web's webs, while others hop lightly across its surface.
They all feed on each other, and only the strongest survive the longest.
It is these spiders that constantly drag the city along in a slow and aimless movement on the giant web of the eternal abyss.
"Phew - I finally got here before the chosen one arrived."
The super Yug'groth - Inthrathis stood on the top of the mountain, looking down at the spectacular Eternal Abyss, spider webs and moving cities below, and he let out a long sigh.
Ever since he was caught by Velen, the god of conspiracy, he had to take on the task of intercepting and killing all the "Yor'thae" coming out of the Soul Pass.
If possible, he didn't want to get involved in the conspiracies and feuds between gods.
But there was no way! Because this damn god had grabbed his heart and left something inside that could kill him at any time.
So Inthrasith had to take risks, and for this he brought an army of Yug'groths to deal with any unexpected situations that might occur at any time.
For example, the spider goddess Rose awakens from her silence and sets off a spider demon frenzy that is enough to destroy everything.
"Order the army to prepare for battle! When the drow priestesses emerge from Reaper's Pass, we will ambush them with magic.
At that point they will be completely exposed, and our attacks will force them down.
That way we can finish them off right here."
Inthrasis gave orders to his officers without even turning his head.
Soon, amid the roars of the officers, countless Yug'groths with the ability to fly flapped their wings and flew over the winding and undulating mountains. Finally, with the legion as the core, they landed on a slope less than 200 meters away from the Soul Reaper Pass and waited for battle.
Soldiers carried broadswords that shone with magical light, while officers used more powerful magical axes.
In front of this kind of weapon, unless it is armor with an enchantment level of +4 or above, it basically makes little difference whether you wear it or not.
After all, the Yugoloths are also major participants in the bloody battle, and they are also mercenaries. They will work for whoever offers the highest price and have a wealth of means to deal with demons and devils.
The bloody war is hailed as the cruelest, most dangerous and longest-lasting bloody war in the universe. Even the gods cannot guarantee that they can escape unscathed after participating in it.
So their weapons, equipment and training levels are almost at the same level.
Especially enchanted weapons, which can cause a certain degree of damage to secondary lords or even lords.
This means that the +5 adamantium armor that the Dark Elves are so proud of is absolutely impossible to be invulnerable to swords and guns.
What's more, the Yogroth is a natural spellcaster and is born with many spell-like abilities.
A legion against a few people, unless every opponent is a legendary spellcaster, they will not stand a chance at all.
The only thing to worry about is that this place is too close to Rose's city. The densely packed spiders and spider-like creatures on the huge spider web are enough to make one's scalp tingle.
Anyone with a bit of trypophobia will faint after watching this.
Inslathis was very sure that the few people he had were not enough to feed the spiders, so he planned to end the battle quickly from the beginning.
Soon, two figures appeared one after another near the exit of the Soul-Snatching Pass that looked like a spider's mouth.
"You passed the trial too?"
Quincel Banrui narrowed his eyes and stared at the "lowly woman" who came out at almost the same time as him, with a terrifying murderous look flashing in his eyes.
How could she, who had always been proud and conceited, be willing to share the glorious title of "Rose's Chosen One" with another person? So she subconsciously clenched the snake-head whip in her hand.
"It seems that both of us have passed the test of the Soul Reaper, Your Excellency the Headmaster."
Danifi bowed gracefully, and there was no longer any fear in her eyes.
Because she had seen herself clearly in the trial just now, and also understood her faith in Rose, so she was no longer afraid of anyone, even if the other party was the head of the Spider Seminary in Menzoberranzan.
After all, from the moment she passed the test, she had already carried the name of "Yor'thae".
As for the rest, the goddess will make the choice herself.
This means that Danify is now equal to Quincel in identity and status.
Quincel obviously realized this, and suddenly pursed his lips to reveal a slightly mocking expression and said sarcastically: "Do you think you have a chance to compete with me? Is there a chance that you will be chosen by the Queen of Gods?"
"Until the answer is revealed in the end, everything is possible, isn't it? After all, our goddess is well versed in chaos, and she hates anything that has a predetermined outcome.
So even though you are better than me and more qualified to bear this honor, I am not completely without a chance.
What's more, we now need to unite to deal with a huge trouble, a legion of yugoloths."
After saying that, Danify narrowed her eyes and looked into the distance, staring at the enemy who was not hiding at all.
There are literally hundreds of them just as far as the eye can see.
And she hadn't seen the commander of this army yet.
"Humph! Maybe this is the final test. As long as we defeat them, we can see the goddess."
There was a hint of impatience in Quincel's tone.
Danifee asked in confusion: "Why haven't these yugoloths come up yet?"
"Stupid! Because they'll bunch up on this trail."
Quincel rolled his eyes in annoyance.
You have to know that this road leading to Soul Reaper Pass can only accommodate two people walking side by side, and the cliffs on both sides are hundreds of meters high. Even if a flying unit comes, it will be stuck inside, not to mention a large army of Yug'groth demons.
That's why she wasn't nervous at all.
In this harsh geographical environment, numbers do not provide any advantage at all, but instead may become a refueling tactic that is used up bit by bit.
No commander with any sense would allow his soldiers to fight in such treacherous terrain.
Therefore, the only way for these Yug'groths was to use large-scale spells to knock the two people down from above, forcing them to engage in a fierce battle with them in the relatively open area at the foot of the mountain.
The most important thing is that they have earned the title of "Yor'thae" and therefore cannot go back.
Because Rose hated failure, and she hated cowardice even more.
Just as the two were thinking about countermeasures in silence, a faint light suddenly refracted from a distance.
Following the guidance of this faint light, Quincel and Quincel saw a scene that they would never forget.
A spider web of incredibly huge size somehow spans across this eternal abyss and nothingness.
Even if the city of Menzoberranzan and the surrounding Underdark were added together, they would be nothing more than a tiny speck of dust in front of this giant net.
On the giant web, the city belonging to the goddess is moving at a very slow speed. Countless souls and spiders are mixed together and wandering up and down the clearly layered city.
"It's Rose's children..." Danifee exclaimed in obsession.
"These yugoloths must die! For their presence here is a blasphemy! Summon all you can, priest. For this is the fight of the Chosen."
Quincel solemnly extended an invitation to his competitors.
"As you wish."
Danifee responded without thinking.
Then the two of them began to sing poems in praise of Rose loudly.
In just a few seconds, their prayers echoed in the dark sky.
Then the Spider Goddess responded to them.
An ancient, mysterious, and evil name instantly appeared in Quincel's mind.
She repeated the name without even a second's hesitation, not even paying attention to the summoning circle beneath her feet.
Boom boom!
Accompanied by deafening thunder, a huge crack appeared in the sky, and then a huge shadow filled the entire crack. The sound of flapping wings filled the ears and was terrifying.
How... How is this possible?! Danify's eyes widened in shock, totally unable to believe what she was seeing.
Because this is not something that can be summoned by normal summoning magic, it is the most powerful demon in the Abyss - the Krurich Demon.
According to records in some books, if the Balrog, who stands at the top of the food chain in the Abyss, also has nightmares, it can only be the Krurich.
Only the most powerful lords can gain the loyalty of the Krurich demons and command the army's operations alone as generals.
This terrifying demon is nearly ten meters tall, with a broad, muscular body covered with dark skin, just like a corpse that has died from extreme cold.
Behind its back, its terrifying blood-red bat-like wings opened slightly, and its four arms kept bending and twitching as if trying to crush and destroy the living enemy.
His face resembled a cross between a mule and a roaring orc, and was covered in thorn barbs on his face, neck, and shoulders.
Its most obvious feature is a bloody mouth full of blunt, strong molars on its abdomen, and a huge tongue full of barbs and acidic saliva.
Near the twisted stomach there are huge willow-leaf-shaped sickle-like sharp claws. Once caught, the creature will be immediately bitten and swallowed by the big mouth in the abdomen.
As the top demon, he began to exude an extremely evil and terrifying aura just by appearing, making people want to turn around and run away.
Needless to say, the Krurich Demon possesses a very strong aura of fear, and almost no creature can gain any advantage in close combat with it.
There is no doubt that anyone with a little common sense can see that this is an unconventional summoning, or it can be called a cross-level summoning.
Because under normal circumstances, the two Rose priestesses should not be able to summon such a powerful demon with the divine spells they used.
In particular, the Krurich Demon is extremely rare even in the Abyss, and it cannot be summoned just by wanting to.
Zuo Si, who was determined to become a Pokémon master in Faerun, had always wanted to get a Krurich, but he had never been able to summon it successfully. He had intervened in bloody battles several times but had never seen this kind of demon. This shows how rare they are.
trembling!
fear!
despair!
The various strong negative emotions that struck his soul almost caused the summoner Quensel to collapse, and he held onto the wall and vomited continuously.
"You should not have summoned me, naive priestess." The Krurich demon declared in the Abyssal language.
Quincel wiped the corner of his mouth and remained unmoved, lowering his head as if considering how to phrase his words.
After a few seconds, she raised her head and made a straightforward offer: "Ten thousand souls! Just provide a simple service once, and I can give you ten thousand souls."
"Hahahaha! Ten thousand souls are nothing to me."
The Krurich Demon's upper and lower mouths opened at the same time and let out a burst of unbridled laughter.
Unlike the violent and irritable Balor, he has obviously already stepped half a foot into the ranks of the secondary abyss lords, and it can even be said that he is already one of them, so he will not easily resort to violence.
After all, in the "Demon Chronicles" compiled by Igvirf, its challenge level has reached the same level as the Doomsday Beast.
"Then please state your conditions."
Quincel proceeded cautiously with his explorations.
She was obviously very aware that she was walking on a tightrope. If she stumbled, the other party would tear her into pieces immediately without her even having time to react.
There is no doubt that her action shocked both the devil and Danifee.
Because neither of them believed that Quincel was so crazy as to allow the most powerful abyss demon to set any price.
After a brief moment of astonishment, the Krurich Demon showed an interested expression, and the big mouth on its abdomen stopped its meaningless mumbling. It stretched out its fat tongue to lick its lips, and responded with a smile: "I have to admit that your desperate gamble touched me.
Tell me what service you need and I'll take it into consideration.
As for the reward...
Perhaps I will ask for other corporal rewards like this when I see fit.”
"make a deal!"
Quincel agreed without hesitation.
From her determined eyes, it can be seen that the temptation to become Rose's chosen one has surpassed everything, and even made her, who has always been rational and cold, become a little crazy and willing to do anything at all costs.
After getting the answer he wanted, the Krurich smiled with satisfaction, then flapped his wings and flew high into the sky, flying towards the location of the Yugoloths.
When he flew a little further away, Quincel immediately collapsed to the ground, panting and sweating profusely.
Almost at the same time, Danife completed her summoning spell, held high the holy emblem of the Spider Queen and knelt down.
Just when she thought her summoning had failed and nothing had happened, the surrounding mountains that were as tall as Titans suddenly began to boil and make noises.
In a flash!
Millions, tens of millions, billions of spiders swarmed out of every crevice, every pit, and every cave.
The sound of their long legs and the tapping of their pincers was as rapid as a storm.
Danifee opened her mouth to say something, but the noise the spider made drowned it out.
These spiders swarmed uncontrollably towards the yugoloth army that was ready for battle at the foot of the mountain, like an avalanche, huge waves and flood.
Any words used to describe the scene before our eyes are pale and powerless.
Boom!!! As the Krurich fell from the sky with the giant axe in his hand, an unlucky Yugroth officer was chopped in an instant, with blood and flesh splattering everywhere.
The roar he uttered struck fear into the hearts of low-level yugoloth soldiers.
If it were a mortal army, they would have collapsed long ago after encountering this level of demonic attack.
Because a powerful aura of fear alone is enough to make weak-willed mortals turn around and flee.
But the Yug'groths were frequent visitors to bloody battles after all, and after a brief panic they quickly reorganized themselves and began to try to surround and kill this powerful abyss demon.
After all, the weapons in their hands can hurt each other.
The most important thing they learned from the bloody battle was that if there were enough ants, they could really bite an elephant to death.
"Rush forward and surround him! Don't give him any space or chance to cast spells!"
The super Yugoloth Inthrathis shouted combat orders to his men.
Although the power of the Krurich Demon is far greater than that of the Balor Demon, it is not particularly outrageous. Several Balor Demons can still fight back if they join forces.
So in his opinion, with the number and quality of the troops under his command, killing the enemy should not be a problem as long as he paid a small price.
However, Inslathis obviously forgot one premise, that is, he had to be the one with more people.
But in this country full of spiders, Rose is the master of everything.
After a while, he saw a swarm of spiders pouring in.
"No!!!!!!"
The Super Yugoroth Golem screamed desperately like crazy, with a look of fear on its face.
Because he knew very well that there was no other person except the Spider Queen who could mobilize so many spiders.
Unfortunately, it's too late.
Although these spiders were not much harder for them to kill than ordinary wild beasts, they could often kill one with just one sword.
But the problem was that there were too many of them! Even using large-scale lethal spells to bombard them couldn't slow down the spiders' attack speed at all.
In just a few minutes, hundreds of Yugoloths were knocked down, drowned, and eventually became food in the spiders' mouths.
而因斯拉希斯此行想要杀掉的两个罗丝获选者,现在就毫发无损的站在山上看着这一切发生。
“看来通往神殿的道路已经打开了。接下来我们是不是可以提前先做个了解呢?”
眼见尤格罗斯魔的威胁已经不复存在,昆赛尔再一次把目光投向了自己的竞争对手。
事实上最开始的时候,她并没把达妮菲这个战俘放在眼中,甚至仅仅将其当成对付赫丽丝特的诱饵。
可谁知道就是这么一个微不足道的低贱之人居然也通过了女神的考验,活着从夺魂要隘中走了出来。
尽管昆赛尔并不清楚对方在里边的幻象中看到了什么、又经历了什么,但可以肯定的是这个女人已经跟从前不一样了。
“在这里?不是在罗丝的神殿中?”
达妮菲抿起嘴角露出了玩味的笑容,同时举起了手中的钉头锤。
“没有那个必要!因为失败者没有资格进入神殿!而且获选者有我一个就足够了!”
话音未落!
昆赛尔便挥舞蛇首鞭悍然发动了进攻。
啪! 伴随着鞭子抽打在盔甲上发出的巨响,达妮菲的胳膊瞬间皮开肉绽,致命的毒素立马顺着伤口进入血液之中。
这正是蛇首鞭这种武器最可怕的地方。
因为每一个蛇头都是活的,而且会像真正的蛇一样咬住目标注入不同类型的毒素。
有些仅仅只是麻痹神经,但有些只需要几秒钟便能置人于死地。
感受着手臂上先是传来剧烈疼痛,紧跟着开始发麻、发痒,达妮菲迅速确定这是麻痹毒素而非致命的毒素,果断激活了一件魔法物品为自己注入抵抗毒素的神术力量。
瞬间!
那种麻痹感和瘙痒感就消失了。
而且达妮菲在遭遇攻击之后不退反进,强忍着疼痛挥舞钉头锤越过盾牌的下方,重重砸在小腹上。
砰! 一声闷响过后,昆赛尔差点停止呼吸,黝黑色的脸甚至呈现出恐怖的紫色,整个人失去平衡踉跄着连连后退。
机会!
达妮菲敏锐的抓住了这一闪而逝的攻击空档,以迅雷不及掩耳的速度压上去打算解决这个自己以前望尘莫及的蜘蛛教院教长,正式确认自己唯一罗丝获选者的身份。
但还没等她来得及发起攻击,突然一阵剧痛从右胸传来,透胸而出的利剑将鲜血喷洒在昆赛尔的身上和脸上。
达妮菲的瞳孔不受控制的放大,难以置信的沿着刺穿自己胸膛的剑锋一直移动到握剑的手臂上。
是赫丽丝特·莫兰! 本应该已经被她杀死的祭品居然从身后给了自己致命一击。
“再见,我的仆人。”
赫丽丝特贴在对方的耳边舔了一下脸颊上沾染的血滴柔声低语道。
此时此刻,她的目光中透露出复仇所带来的极致愉悦跟享受。
昆赛尔·班瑞迅速后退并拉开一段安全距离,诧异的看着眼前发生的一切。
因为赫丽丝特·莫兰根本没有理会她,从始至终只盯着达妮菲一个人。
而且如果算上这位背叛者,这里眼下已经有了三个罗丝的获选者。
如此诡异的情况让昆赛尔·班瑞感到有些摸不着头脑,更不理解自己所侍奉的邪恶女神究竟在想些什么。
“莫兰……主人……”
达妮菲发出痛苦的呻吟声,整个人看上去虚弱不堪随时有可能死掉。
因为任谁肺被捅了一个血窟窿也不会好受到哪去。
可即便如此,她的眼睛里却依旧流露着与痛苦表情完全不相配的脉脉温情仰视着对方,露出满口血污的牙齿竭力挤出一丝笑容。
“永远不要再称呼我主人。”
赫丽丝特语气中透露出宛如寒冬腊月的冰冷与残酷。
可达妮菲却仿佛没有感受到那拒人于千里之外的冰冷,反而颤抖的抬起手想要触摸对方的脸,并用极低的声音喃喃自语道:“我……我很抱歉……”
伴随着最后一个字脱口而出,上一秒还十分冷酷的赫丽丝特先是愣住了,下一秒眼泪便夺眶而出,仿佛直接回到了两人曾经亲密无间、一起分享野心和秘密的美好时光。
尽管在外界看来所有黑暗精灵都应该是邪恶、残酷、嗜血的怪物,可实际上他们也是人,也有正常人该有的情感和欲望。
只不过那扭曲病态的社会与价值观将他们把这种正常的感情视作软弱小心翼翼的隐藏起来。
其实只要仔细观察就会发现,许多无恶不作的卓尔其实都有一个对他们来说无比重要的人。
维康尼亚有过,崔斯特的兄长狄宁也有过。
对于赫丽丝特来说,这个人就是眼前的达妮菲。
她们曾经的关系亲密无间,既是主仆、也是伙伴、更是爱人。
曾几何时,赫丽丝特希望能将达妮菲引导至幽暗少女伊莉丝翠的信仰下,但最终却失败了。
甚至就连她自己现在也抛弃了这位善良的女神重新归于罗丝的麾下。
想到这,她不由得微微感叹道:“抱歉?不,事情原本不应该是这样的。”
“是啊,我知道。”
达妮菲勉力点了一下头,鲜血沿着剑尖滴了下来,挣扎着继续伸出被鲜血沾满的手。
她能感觉到,这一剑并未刺中心脏,而是偏离了一点点。
赫丽丝特下意识也想伸出手,就如同当年一样将对方抱在怀中,但最后却硬生生停住了。
“我想念您,莫兰主人。”
达妮菲的声音开始变得越来越虚弱,仿佛随时都有可能咽下最后一口气。
曾经的甜蜜回忆化作强烈的感情让赫丽丝特没能继续冷酷下去,而是伸出手握住了这个曾经仆人的手掌。
“我也想念……”
还没等把话说完,达妮菲便突然暴起如同狡诈的蜘蛛一样伸出另外一条手臂抓住她的另外一侧肩膀猛然间拉进自己的怀中。
噗! 透胸而出的利剑瞬间也刺进了赫丽丝特的胸口。
无比锋利的坚韧先是贯穿锁子甲,然后是皮肤和血肉。
赫丽丝特甚至能感受到剑尖从肋骨中穿过产生的摩擦,还有那剧烈的疼痛。
透过达妮菲的肩膀,她看到了昆赛尔·班瑞脸上满怀欣喜的狂笑。
因为这个女人不费吹灰之力就解决掉了两个最大的竞争者独享胜利果实。
“我不欠你什么!”
达妮菲气喘吁吁的说道。
赫丽丝特痛苦的想要挣扎,但却无法挣脱束缚,最终只能重新落入对方的怀抱。
她一种十分暧昧且奇特的姿势把头靠在仇敌的肩膀上,就如同以前一样。
“我恨你!”
赫丽丝特用最后的力气从嘴里吐出了三个字。
“我知道,我都知道。”
达妮菲用满是鲜血的手抚摸着对方银白色的头发,并在上边留下了刺鼻的血污。
但赫丽丝特明显已经不想再继续回味这种爱恨交织的感觉,用力一把将前者推开,整个人阳面冲天躺在地上血流如注。
昆赛尔·班瑞则如同胜利者一样从远处走过来,微微扬起下巴宣布道:“游戏结束了!这就是最后的结局!我才是女神的获选者,而你们只是可悲的失败者。”
正当她举起鞭子打算给这两个竞争者最后一击的时候,在远处移动城市那奇形怪状的高顶上,蛛后神堂的双重殿门轰然洞开,紫罗兰色的光线从神殿中巨浪般的倾泻而出。
转瞬之间!
整个国度的时间就像停止了一样。
无论是那个被召唤出来的克鲁瑞奇魔,还是与之交战的超等尤格罗斯魔,以及他麾下的军团和蜘蛛海洋都陷入了停滞,一动不动维持着现如今的姿态。
受伤的两人也迅速从地上爬起来开始向罗丝祈祷,并通过神术治愈了身上的伤势。
不过昆赛尔这会儿显然已经顾不上她们了,正全神贯注凝视着神殿,以及从神殿内部向外溢出的邪恶神力。
“Yor'thae。”
那个既熟悉又陌生的单词再一次如同一记重锤敲击着三个卓尔女祭司的心灵。
下一秒……
一股强风直接将三人卷起带向神殿门口。
当狂风消失的时候,她们已经踩在了神殿门口的石质道路上。
当踏入神殿的刹那,位于最高处的八个巨大的蜘蛛形态便映入眼帘。
不用问也知道,那便是罗丝的八个化身。
没有任何黑暗精灵女祭司能在见到这种场面时还保持镇定。
所以赫丽丝特、达妮菲和昆赛尔都不约而同谦卑的低下头。
“进来,Yor'thae。”
蛛后的声音再一次回荡在所有人的脑海中。
尽管十分恐惧和不安,但三人还是依照女神的吩咐继续向前走,直至来到八个巨大化身的脚下。
At this moment, as a former traitor, Heliste's entire body was soaked in sweat.
Will Rose choose her? This thought made her excited, scared, and even a little bit repulsive.
"Only one of you will leave my temple alive."
Rose announced the final rules of the selection in a voice full of evil humor.
The three priestesses present subconsciously looked at the other two.
Judging from their reactions, they were obviously not surprised.
Because Rose was not a kind god, she even ordered that every family must sacrifice their third boy to her from the moment he was born.
So right now it's just basic operation, nothing to be surprised about.
But just as the three of them were anxiously waiting for the fate to be decided, an incarnation of Rose suddenly jumped down from the altar, rushed towards Danifee and bit her, pierced her body with her fangs, and then decomposed her bit by bit and sucked out her body fluids.
When all the flesh, blood and bones were swallowed, the equipment on the body fell to the ground one by one.
Danifee was the first to be eliminated? Hurricane waves surged in Heliste's heart, and even the hand holding the sword was shaking uncontrollably.
Just when she thought she would be the next to be devoured, the other seven incarnations let out hungry screams and then rushed up all at once.
She didn't dare to look at the tragic ending she was about to face and instinctively closed her eyes.
But after a long time, there was no pain in my body, only a creepy tearing sound.
Perhaps driven by curiosity, or perhaps to witness it all, Helist finally forced herself to open her eyes, and saw that Rose's seven incarnations were tearing and devouring the eighth incarnation that had just eaten Danifee.
The two wax-melting monsters hurried forward and dragged the already dying eighth incarnation to the altar for cutting.
Dark liquid oozed from the cracks in the spider's body and flowed to the floor, mixing with Danifee's blood.
Neither Heliste nor Danifay could comprehend what was happening.
Sudden!
The entire temple fell silent, and then the hair, shells, flesh, and blood on the ground began to flow.
Accompanied by waves of tearing and reorganization sounds, the powerful divine power tore the new form out of the eighth spider incarnation.
Although her lower body was still a spider, her upper body had transformed into a beautiful, elegant, and sacred drow woman.
Danifay Yantir...
Yor'thae...
The Eighth Face of the Deep Pit...
It turns out that this is exactly what Rose wanted to do. She was undergoing a transformation through this trial in order to gain more powerful strength to refine and integrate the faith of the entire dark elf race.
Quincel raised his head and stared at the goddess, trying desperately to control the anger, resentment, jealousy, despair and shame in his heart.
She couldn't believe that Rose had finally chosen a homeless prisoner of war as her chosen one instead of herself.
"Why? Why not me? You made me the head of Spider House, just to be a clown in the end?"
Quincel boldly questioned Rose.
She even felt that her performance in the whole incident was terrible!
Because there were countless times when she almost eradicated this danger, but ultimately missed the mark due to her arrogance and hubris.
"You search for reasons, trying to find a reason why you failed. But you see, chaos needs no reason, no purpose. Its existence is the reason, and that is enough."
Rose smiled and slowly gave the answer.
"So that's it! So this is the essence of chaos..."
Quensel, who had been listening with his head down, suddenly realized something. He raised his head again, stared into the eyes that were exactly the same as Danify's, and said, "Please kill me. I will not ask for my life."
“No, my child.
Remember what I just said?
Only one of you will leave this temple alive.
Now Danifee has become a part of me, or rather, she is me now, and it is impossible for her to leave.
And you are the one who is allowed to leave alive.
Let's go, Headmaster of the Spider House.
Return to Menzoberranzan and continue to preach my faith in this city, telling you what you have seen and heard here."
The corners of Rose's mouth curved upwards in a graceful arc, and she reached out her hand to gently stroke Quincel's long hair. She was obviously enjoying this extreme chaos of being invisible and unpredictable.
But the next second, she put on another face and looked at Heliste.
The latter's heart twitched violently, and he quickly knelt on the ground and begged, "I'm sorry, Goddess. Please forgive my sentence and give me another chance to make amends."
"No! You have strayed from me for too long, so I will not forgive you."
Rose refused outright.
Then she whispered in her ear in a voice that sounded like Danifay: "Goodbye, Master Moran. Soon, you will not be yourself."
In a flash!
Rose's incarnations rushed forward and injected the poison with divine power into Helist's body.
However, the poison did not kill her, but instead turned her into a state of neither life nor death. She was gradually wrapped in spider silk to form an enormous cocoon.
"This is the punishment for your betrayal! You will become my daughter of repentance and serve me forever. I will bring disaster upon the pagans who follow my daughter, son, and ex-husband.
Pain will surround you forever, hatred will fill you with power, and guilt will torment you at all times.
But you can never stop the butcher knife in your hand.
This is your way of penance, your eternal penance..."
Rose's eyes flashed with malice, and she made the final judgment on Helist in a tone that sounded like an aria.
(End of this chapter)