"I really don't know anything, sir..."

The gray dwarf still pretended to be innocent, and Fang Zheng just glanced at him indifferently.

"You need to think carefully. You still have one hour and fifteen minutes. If you haven't answered my questions by then, then you won't have to answer any more questions."

“…”

The gray dwarf lowered his head again, sweating profusely, not knowing what to say for a moment. He certainly understood what Fang Zheng meant. It would only take one hour and fifteen minutes to reach the dark elf city from here. This meant that if he had not met the young man's requirements by the time he reached the dark elf city, he would be dead!

"I, I really don't know the situation over there with the dark elves, sir."

The gray dwarf swallowed and spoke in a low voice.

"I only know that the dark elves seem to have some important actions recently. They don't even allow others to enter the city easily. Even for merchants like us, it took a lot of effort to enter the city."

"What important actions have they taken?"

"How should I know that, sir?"

Having said that, the gray dwarf finally let go.

"Now that it has come to this, I will be honest with you. As you can see, I am just an ordinary trader. I have indeed done some business with the dark elves, but I am not very curious about those skinny black men. The secrets of the dark elves are deadly poisons. If I really knew their secrets, there is no way I could return alive!"

"Then let me ask you another question. Have you seen any surface elves in that city?"

"this……"

Hearing this, the gray dwarf frowned again, but this time Fang Zheng did not say anything, but flicked his hand, and the next moment a dazzling gem hit the gray dwarf on the head. Taking the beautiful gem, the gray dwarf widened his eyes in surprise, stared at it carefully, and then rubbed it vigorously - then he immediately smiled.

"Well, let me think... Oh, yes, we did see some. In fact, we saw quite a few elves. They were all captured and brought to the First Family's base. We were also very curious about what those skinny dark-skinned guys were going to do. But... we didn't dare to ask about it. After all, it was all about the dark elves. There were rumors that the First Family wanted to collect these elves for some ritual... That's all I know!"

"All right."

Hearing the gray dwarf's answer, Fang Zheng shrugged.

"Then just assume that's all you know."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng took out a bag and threw it over.

"This is for you, you can leave now."

"Really?"

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, the gray dwarf suddenly became excited.

"Of course, you can take one of the earth beasts, and the rest can be considered as my purchase."

Fang Zheng said that as a paladin, he naturally could not take even a single needle or thread from the people. Even if he wanted to take anything, he would have to pay for it!

"Okay, sir, no problem, I'll leave right away, right away!!"

At this moment, the gray dwarf no longer cared about his loss. The gem that Fang Zheng had just given was enough to make up for the loss. Although the earth beasts were difficult to obtain, as long as he could successfully return to Graystone City, he could gain a higher status with this large sum of money. At that time, he would no longer need to risk his life in the Underdark like he did now!

Although his instinct told the gray dwarf that if he chose to continue following here, he might get more generous rewards. But for the residents of the Underdark, wealth is never a problem. What matters is that you have the life to get it and the life to spend it!

He didn't know who these strange surface adventurers were, but he was sure that they were definitely not ordinary tourists!

Thinking of this, the gray dwarf hurriedly bowed respectfully to Fang Zheng, then leaped onto the last ground beast with his short legs, and turned around and left. It looked as if he was afraid of being stopped by them, so that before the girls could react, the gray dwarf rode the ground beast and disappeared deep into the tunnel.

"He's leaving now?"

Seeing the gray dwarf turning around and running away, the girls didn't react for a moment. After a while, Walnut scratched his head and asked in confusion.

"The underground residents are not very brave. We are clearly going to cause trouble, so of course he is unwilling to follow us."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng took out the Whispering Banner and began to investigate the situation of the dark elves. As for the Order Guardian Device, he couldn't use the Omniscient Angel to investigate because of the divine barrier of the Goddess of Order. So the dark elves should...

"Depend on!"

"What's wrong? Brother Fang Zheng?"

Seeing Fang Zheng's gloomy face, Hu Tao looked at him curiously.

"Nothing, I just think... it seems difficult to clean up no matter which side it is."

Fang Zheng closed the proclamation banner in his hand and couldn't help but sigh.

The reason why Fang Zheng cursed out loud was because just now, when he used the "Whispering Banner" to investigate the situation of the dark elves, he discovered a problem.

That is, "The Whispering Banner" cannot reveal the mastermind behind this incident.

With the power of the Whispering Banner, the only one who could not be captured by it could be a god. And there was only one god behind the dark elves.

That damned mother spider? What was she trying to do?

Staring at the incomplete information in the notice banner in his hand, Fang Zheng frowned.

If he remembered correctly, the Goddess of Order had told him before that all the gods in this world, or the gods worshipped by various races, such as the God of Dwarves, the God of Elves, and the Demon King in Hell, were actually local races from various planets brought by the Goddess of Order when she was fleeing from the impact of the waves of chaos.

These gods are actually beings among these races whose power transcends the ordinary and reaches the level of "guides".

Not only that, the Goddess of Order had also tried to use the Seal of Order on these gods, but all of them failed without exception. That's why she placed her last hope on the humans who coexisted with chaos in this world.

Although the Goddess of Order did not explain it very clearly at the time, Fang Zheng was certain that, regardless of other people, the "Gods" of all races must know the truth about the Goddess of Order.

If that's the case, then why would the dark elves destroy the guardian device of the Goddess of Order?

The dark elves are not a chaotic race. According to the records Fang Zheng had read in the White Tower, although the dark elf society is extremely evil according to human civilization values, it is also an undoubted orderly civilization. Why would they want to attack the guardian device of the Goddess of Order?

But no matter what, since the matter involves the gods, it will not be so easy to resolve.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng couldn't help but frown.

It seems that this time I must choose a better solution to solve this problem.