Chapter 480 This world is too crazy. Even cats are godmothers to mice.
At this moment, the dungeon.
The dark elf guards who received the warning and call for help changed their expressions, quickly assembled their troops, and rushed towards the Spider Temple.
Seeing that the originally cramped and crowded dungeon had suddenly become much more spacious, Galadriel, who had just been sent in to eat prison meals, was a little confused.
"Are you there?"
A deep voice suddenly echoed in her mind, waking her from her trance.
It's that guy!
Galadriel identified the owner of the voice based on the familiar tone, and she was immediately alerted and asked hurriedly:
"Where are you now? How are you?"
"Don't worry about that for now! Have you found the person?"
"Found him. He's in the same cell as me."
Galadriel glanced back at the two elven maids in the corner and answered truthfully in her mind through her thoughts.
Probably to make it easier to distinguish and classify them during sacrifice, these dark elves locked her together with the light elves they had captured earlier.
With almost no effort, she reunited with her two maids.
Even more fortunately, as the day of sacrifice approached, the dark elves wanted to offer the sacrifice intact to their spider goddess Rose to show their piety.
Therefore, the two elf maids she had captured earlier were not seriously injured except that they were a little depressed.
The dark elves were even considerate enough to simply apply herbs on the two captives and bandage their wounds to prevent the excellent sacrifices they had worked so hard to find from dying prematurely.
At this moment, after understanding the general situation, Luo En spoke decisively:
"Well, now that the underground city is in chaos and most of the dark elf guards in the dungeon have been lured away, you should act quickly and take them away!"
"What about you?"
Galadriel asked anxiously, with a worried look on her face.
"Aren't you in danger now?"
Based on the current situation, she knew without thinking too much that the riot was most likely caused by that guy.
Although he successfully attracted the attention of a large number of dark elf guards, the fact that he caused such a big commotion also showed that the man was in a very dangerous situation.
Hearing that Galadriel did not run away immediately, but instead started to worry about his safety, Loen couldn't help feeling relieved.
Then, he glanced at Rose who was looking down at him, and tried to comfort Galadriel with the thought of mutual communication:
"Don't worry, I have another way to get out! Time is running out, you take them away first while the chaos is going on, and after we get out, we'll meet up in front of that creek!"
Hearing the solemn promise in her mind, Galadriel gritted her teeth and nodded, then chanted the spell that Lorne had taught her before entering the cave.
Suddenly, the spell-bound chains that bound him broke.
After successfully escaping, Galadriel took out the prepared mithril dagger from the magic circle, cut the shackles for the two maids cleanly and neatly, and destroyed the prison door.
"Bang!"
The dimly lit cell door was kicked open, and with smoke and dust rising, Galadriel bent over and walked out of the cell.
The elf princess was 6 feet 4 inches tall - very rare for a female elf, and very strong, standing out from a distance like a crane among chickens.
At this time, the few dark elf guards who remained in the dungeon were also attracted by the sudden movement.
When they saw Galadriel swaggering out of the cell door, their faces changed. Some of them drew their scimitars and swords to intercept her, while others ran towards the early warning spell to try to issue a warning.
But Galadriel reacted faster and ran through the corridor like lightning.
As she stopped, several dark elf guards behind her fell to the ground, holding their cut tracheas.
Looking back at her masterpiece, Galadriel was somewhat incredulous.
Her speed and reaction were not so fast before, and her swordsmanship was not as precise as it is now.
Could it be that...
Galadriel thought of the cup of mead she drank before leaving, and felt a strange resonance in her mind, and she suddenly realized.
Apparently, this is what the guy meant by "insurance".
Feeling that her own strength seemed to have made a significant leap, Galadriel gained confidence and immediately waved back:
"Let's go!"
The two elven maids hurriedly followed, picking up the equipment dropped by several dark elf guards along the way, arming themselves, and loyally guarding Galadriel.
They grew up with Galadriel. Although they were maids, they were as close as sisters.
The education they received since childhood made them willing to give everything for Her Royal Highness the Princess.
At this moment, since most of the dark elf guards were attracted by the temple's warning spells, Galadriel and the other two escaped from the dungeon easily.
Before leaving, the elf girl's eyes flashed. She took the bow and arrow from an elf maid and shot three arrows, accurately destroying the magic spell that kept the prison running.
Suddenly, the prison doors opened one after another, and the spell chains that originally imprisoned the sacrifices also became ineffective one after another.
Galadriel shouted a warning: "Run away if you want to live!"
In an instant, the gray dwarves, monsters, goblins and other underground creatures in the prison suddenly became aware of the situation. After a deafening cheer, they rushed out of the cells like a tide and fled in all directions.
For a moment, this sudden turmoil spread from the prison and gradually spread to the entire underground city of the dark elves.
Hopefully, this can help...
Galadriel murmured something to herself, then decisively dropped her longbow, pulled her two elven maids, and fled out of the cave.
At the same time, thousands of dark elves who heard the news rushed from all directions, and after a lot of trouble, they finally blasted open the door of the Spider Temple.
However, just as the dark elf warriors rushed in, they were swept out by a pitch-black spider leg:
"How dare you disturb my pleasure? Are you looking for death?"
Hearing the deep and eerie female voice coming from the temple, the dark elves outside couldn't help but stop and explained tremblingly:
"Sir, we heard the warning from the temple..."
"It was just an accident, get lost!"
The Spider Goddess in the temple spoke impatiently with a very bad attitude.
But the more this happened, the more at ease the dark elves felt.
Spider Goddess Rose has always been violent, capricious, and her reaction just now proves that what happened just now was really just an accident and there is nothing to worry about.
Just as the dark elves were secretly relieved, the riot caused by the escape of the sacrifice spread.
When the dark elf priestesses heard the sad news, they were all terrified.
Without the sacrifice to please the gods, the adult might get so angry that he might tear them to pieces alive.
"Idiot, go find it now!"
"If I can't capture those sacrifices, I'll use you to make up the numbers!"
Accompanied by the priestesses' gnashing curses, teams of dark elves filed out of their nests one after another, spreading out in all directions, frantically searching for the sacrifices that had escaped from the dungeon.
Amidst the chaos, two figures, a man and a woman, quietly left the underground city of the dark elves and came to the surface.
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At this moment, beside the gurgling stream.
Galadriel paced back and forth by the river, looking anxious.
After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, she could no longer bear it and picked up the longbow beside her.
Although the light elves are proud, they hate owing favors to others.
Especially this kind of great favor, risking his life to attract the enemy's attention for her and creating a chance for her to escape.
Just as Galadriel packed her equipment and prepared to return to the dark elves' underground city, a rustling sound was heard from the bushes ahead.
"Who? Come out!"
The alert Galadriel immediately raised her hand to draw the bowstring, and aimed the elven arrow at the source of the sound.
However, a purple-black dagger that had approached her at some point gently pressed against her throat, emitting a cold and sinister chill.
"My dear, don't move. My dagger is poisoned."
Along with teasing whispers, a purple-black figure emerged behind her, and the pink tongue that emerged from its cherry lips gently licked the side of its prey's cheek.
The black jade-like skin and the unique pattern on the dagger made Galadriel's pupils shrink.
Dark elves! They are here!
Realizing this, Galadriel's eyes flashed with a fierce look, and the hand holding the longbow suddenly tightened, ready to fight to the death.
"Okay, stop teasing her."
At this moment, a low voice echoed, and Lorne walked out of the bushes and stopped the impending gunfight.
Seeing Loen appear, the two female elves put down their weapons at the same time.
However, one is because of trust and the other is because of fear.
Galadriel broke free from her restraints and asked Lorne cautiously:
"who is she?"
"Rose, a dark elf I happened to rescue from a torture chamber. If it weren't for her help, I probably wouldn't have been able to escape from the underground city.
Loen answered according to the prepared answer and introduced himself to Galadriel.
(Note: Lolth is pronounced as Lolth, while Rose is pronounced as Rose, which means rose. The pronunciation and meaning of these two names are different, so the second one is used as the pseudonym of the Spider Goddess, which is very suitable and convenient for writing.)
However, due to the hostile relationship between the Light Elves and the Dark Elves, Galadriel remained alert as always. She frowned and asked Lorne:
"How come she was imprisoned by the dark elves? And you happened to run into her?"
"Because I am different from those dark elves. I am a follower of the Dark Maiden Eilistraee."
Rose took the initiative to answer, with a look of deep helplessness and sadness on her face.
Galadriel suddenly understood what was going on when she heard this, and her hostility towards the dark elf instantly dropped by half.
Just as the light elves split into three due to differences in ideology, the same was true for the dark elves.
Not all dark elves succumbed to fear and worshipped the spider goddess Rose. Some dark elves still adhered to ancient traditions and pursuits, hoping to go to the surface of the earth in a peaceful way, enjoy the sunshine, obtain a more suitable living environment, and live in harmony with the light elves.
In order to fight against the increasingly powerful Spider Queen Lolth, they chose to worship the "Dark Maiden" Eilistraee as their god.
Legend has it that this is the daughter born to Spider Queen Rose when she was still in elf form.
But unlike her mother Rose, she is a kind goddess with a heart full of melancholy and sorrow, in charge of singing, beauty, dancing, swordsmanship, hunting and moonlight.
At the same time, the doctrine she advocated was also very gentle:
"In addition to fighting against evil, we should maintain kindness and spread joy everywhere. We should diligently learn and teach others all kinds of new music, dances, and smooth swordsmanship, and strive to promote harmonious coexistence among all races. We should help outsiders, shelter the homeless, and provide relief to those in distress. We should respond to others' unreasonable offenses with kindness, but when we encounter evil that is malicious and hurtful, we should stop violence as quickly as possible to avoid causing more harm to the person. We should lend a hand to all dark elves who are in distress, and let them hear the gospel of the goddess: a new world on the surface is waiting for you, in the great land of light. Return to the surface peacefully and bathe in the sun again, where there are lush trees and blooming flowers."
She is a welcome ray of hope for the Dark Elves struggling to escape the Spider Queen's web.
But for Rose's followers, she is the root cause of unrest and division among the dark elves, and therefore they hate her and her followers.
After all, to some people, traitors are more hateful than enemies!
Therefore, most Eilistraee followers who are captured by other dark elves will often face the most brutal torture until a tragic death.
Likewise, the light elves on earth do not recognize the existence of these Eilistraee believers. Although they do not directly call for their killing, they will never allow any contact with these fallen ones.
As a result, the Iilistraee believers, who were caught in a dilemma, could only survive in the cracks, and their numbers were extremely small.
But Galadriel still had some doubts about whether Rose was really a follower of Eilistraee.
Perhaps she was used to being looked at as if she was something strange, so Rose was not annoyed. She smiled and opened her collar, revealing her back which was covered with marks of fire burns.
Galadriel saw this tragic scene and immediately dispelled the last bit of doubt in her heart. She said indignantly:
"These bastard dark elves actually hit me so hard!"
Lorne on the side looked away, his mouth twitching slightly.
Naturally, no one among the dark elves dared to attack the Spider Goddess. The one who beat her was Loen himself, and he had a great time beating her.
Galadriel, who was completely unaware of this, patted Rose's shoulder guiltily and said in a deep voice:
"Don't worry, once we are safe, I will ask my family to take you in and provide you with a safe place to stay!"
Unlike traditional light elves, Galadriel does not have such great hatred and prejudice towards the dark elves.
In her opinion, the way to divide people should not be based on skin color and bloodline, but on character, words and deeds.
There are many criminals among the light elves, and there are also kind-hearted people who pursue light among the dark elves.
Therefore, she wanted to use her own power to provide a shelter for the poor dark elf in front of her to make up for her previous recklessness and rudeness.
However, Rose shook her head and declined, swearing allegiance to her new boss, Lorne:
"No need for that. My life was saved by Lord Luo En. I have decided to follow him and repay his kindness until my death!"
"That's perfect. I want to keep my promise to him. We can have a companion together."
Galadriel nodded happily and took Rose's hands affectionately to express her welcome to the new member.
Loen looked at the two elves having fun together, and his heart was filled with a sense of absurdity.
Perhaps Galadriel didn't know that the dark elf who was acting like a sister to her was not some suffering Eilistraee believer, but the spider goddess Lolth herself, the source of all evil.
But at first, she was going to be sacrificed to Rose by the dark elves.
This world is so crazy that cats have become godmothers to mice.
Luo En muttered to himself, and then asked:
"By the way, where are your two maids?"
"They are injured and too weak to stay here. I asked them to take my token to the Vanya tribe to find my grandmother and seek her protection."
Galadriel came back to her senses and answered truthfully.
Luo En nodded and continued to ponder:
"Next, I'm going to go to the atrium to take a look."
Galadriel's eyes lit up when she heard this.
Middle-earth?
She had never been to the legendary human world in her life, so she took this opportunity to take a look around.
Moreover, it can also take the opportunity to avoid that incident.
By then, no matter if the two maids betray her or her parents discover that she has run away, they will never be able to find her.
After all, by that time, she might have already left the Elf Kingdom.
Thinking of this, Galadriel urged impatiently:
"So what are we waiting for? Let's go!"
"Okay then, stand still."
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Just as Galadriel was at a loss, a huge magic teleportation array lit up under the feet of the three people.
The next moment, a colorful halo shot into the vast void accompanied by a girl's scream.
(End of this chapter)
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