Chapter 255 The Mysterious Drow
Under the leadership of the spider-like drow, the escaped slaves who were still prepared to continue their "fight" walked into the endless darkness.
These spider-like drow exhibit a special ability to transfer space. They can use black spider webs to weave a space channel, and walking into it will teleport them to the location of another spider web.
No wonder the Withered Rose hasn't found the real mastermind after searching for so long. This method is too special. Conventional space teleportation can be tried to track, but this kind of teleportation, which has a different principle, cannot be traced.
This should not be the ability of the spider drow. Amberxiu probably has something to do with that artifact.
When he thought of this, Amber Xiu was a little excited. Maybe he could use the artifact himself? If not, it would definitely be worth a lot if he sold it.
As for the Rose Spider Queen, Amber was not so worried.
After all, gods have their own rules and cannot interfere with the mortal world too much.
The reason why this world still exists is that we must thank Io and praise Io.
It is the God above all gods who grants all gods authority, and at the same time restricts all gods from doing whatever they want, otherwise the world would have fallen apart long ago.
Therefore, no matter what camp you are in, as long as you still live in this world, you should thank Io.
Even the devils in hell did not dare to have any opinions about this supreme god. Instead, they had to thank Ao for giving them a place to stay.
The same goes for Amber Xiu. He also respects this God above all gods. Whenever he winks at him, Amber Xiu will swear to serve this lord for the rest of his life and will never betray him no matter how much money he is offered.
After all, there is nothing more valuable than Io.
It is precisely because Io is so diligent in restricting those gods that Amber has the urge to snatch the artifact.
Melina automatically casts a magic-forbidden field, and Amber is now considered the top figure in the spellcasting profession. The two of them together can't snatch away a so-called artifact?
After all, fate did not warn Amberxiu, which means there is no danger ahead... Wait, something seems wrong.
It's fine if there's no sense of danger, but why is there no sense of success rate? Amber Xiu now has the power of destiny. When making many decisions, even if he doesn't deliberately use the power of destiny, he can sense the success rate of many things.
But this time, Amber Xiu only felt a void, as if there was nothing in front of him.
Is it because the artifact is too closely related to the Spider Queen Rose?
Amberxiu's current ability is limited to being unable to sense anything related to gods.
While thinking about this question, Amber found that everyone was taken to an underground city covered with spider webs.
After traveling through so many times, Amberxiu was not sure where he was in the Underdark, but the huge underground space in front of him should be easy to recognize. He quickly recorded it and showed it to the Withered Rose later, and he would probably be able to confirm the location.
The spider-like drow led Amberxiu and the others into the city, and Amberxiu quickly deduced many things from the dilapidated buildings and fresh footprints.
Judging from the architectural style, it is a bit like the style of ancient gray dwarves. Looking at the degree of dilapidation of these buildings, An Boxiu estimates that this city is at least a thousand years old, but the spider webs and footprints on the ground are fresh, which shows that the gray dwarf ruins were recently found by the rebels, and then they occupied this place without any intention to repair it. They just covered it with spider webs and repaired it.
This meant that the rebels had not been here for too long, or this was not their base camp. And because of the teleportation ability of the black spider webs, Amber was more cautious about the various spider webs in the city, fearing that there were some special abilities that had not yet been revealed.
Amber saw a lot of things, but Melina was only concerned with urging the spider-like drow to take her to see the mistress.
The kid was already prepared. As soon as they met, he would take action and kill the mastermind directly, then burn down the city to completely solve the problem.
However, the spider drow did not bring Melina to see his master, but instead found a random place to settle everyone down.
"The master is busy with other things. I will introduce you to her when she is free. You should get used to it first. There is no shortage of food and various supplies here, and it is absolutely safe. You can also take a rest and relax."
This made sense. These fugitive slaves had been frightened for most of the day, and finally found a safe place. They couldn't help but want to lie down and rest. Melina didn't want to show it too obviously, so she had to accept this arrangement.
Amber Xiu didn't think there was anything wrong with this. If he was the mastermind behind this, he would not have met these new drow immediately. Don't the drow have any idea of their character? He had to show his power first and make them submit completely.
I believe that it won’t be long before the means to establish authority will come.
But Amberxiu didn't want to waste too much time. After comforting Melina, he relied on his illusion and followed the spider-like drow directly.
If it was just a group of drow preparing to cause trouble for the Withered Rose, Amberxiu could rest assured and let Melina do her job, but since it involved gods and artifacts, Amberxiu had to do it himself. It would be irresponsible to leave it to a child who was only a few days old.
The illusion inherited from the Lady of the Mist is enough to deceive all sensors and magical surveillance, because this illusion does not simply distort light, it can even fake touch and smell, creating falsehood in all aspects.
Amber felt that the effect of this illusion was to completely distort his own existence, so even if he accidentally touched the spider webs, the vibration did not attract the attention of the spider-like drow.
Following this spider-like drow all the way through the city covered with spider webs, passing through large areas of ruins, and climbing up several high walls, we finally arrived in front of a decent tower.
At first glance, this tower is completely different from the city's architectural style. It is built with purple-black stones and is estimated to be nearly 100 meters high.
The outside of the tower is covered with drow elf patterns, and on the top of the tower is an exquisite statue of the Spider Queen Lolth.
Amber Xiu felt relieved when he saw the tall tower. This must be the enemy's lair. The tower was filled with a terrifying evil aura. Who knows how many blood sacrifices had taken place there. It was definitely not a temporary residence.
As a lich, he naturally had no worries about what might kill him in the tower, so he followed the spider-like drow without hesitation and walked into the tower.
As soon as he entered the door, Amberxiu sensed a faint sweet fragrance in the tower. There were no dense cobwebs inside the tower. Instead, it was covered with expensive plush carpets, and there were golden lamp holders and exquisite oil paintings hanging on the walls.
Although the drow are cruel and vicious, they are also a branch of the elves and have high requirements for their living environment.
Amberxiu was suspended in the air, looking around as he floated.
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In typical Rothjord style, the oil paintings contain a lot of pornographic, violent and bloody content, but the artistic processing is very exquisite, giving each painting a strong sense of impact, as if you will be brainwashed by this violent aesthetic if you see it too much.
Amber Xiu was calculating how much these drow-style paintings could be sold for on the surface. Twenty thousand gold coins for one painting should not be difficult to sell, and if he could collect a complete set, the value might even increase.
However, these things also show that the owner of the tower comes from a drow family with a long history, rather than those drow slaves who have been enslaved by the Dead Rose for many generations.
The older the elves are, the richer their heritage is, the more magical equipment they have, and naturally the more difficult they are to deal with.
But it's not a big problem. If it doesn't work, the worst that can happen is to hide in a corner of this abandoned city and draw a teleportation array, and then let the Withered Rose bring the undead army to teleport over and directly destroy the ruins.
Amberxiu's goal now is to confirm the location of the artifact and what exactly this artifact does, and how dare it boast that it can destroy an undead empire.
Amber followed the spider-like drow all the way up, passed many tightly guarded checkpoints, and finally reached the top floor of the tower.
Amberxiu could tell at a glance that this top-floor building was a huge magic circle, which contained several powerful magical effects, mainly used for bloody sacrifices.
The statue of Rose Spider Queen stood in the center of the magic circle. In front of the sculpture was a spider-shaped chair, on which a dark-skinned drow beauty was sitting lazily.
She was wearing a revealing outfit that resembled a spider web, but it perfectly showed off her body curves.
The drow are such evil yet charming creatures.
It is probably the default rule on the mainland that bigwigs like to place their seats in front of the statues of the gods they believe in. Perhaps this makes them feel like "the gods are watching me", and they can also borrow the breath of the gods to add a sense of majesty to themselves.
The spider drow came to the female drow, knelt down humbly, and reported: "Master, it has been confirmed that the explosion was real. The explosion caused heavy losses to the undead, and a large number of slaves took the opportunity to escape. However, the cause of the explosion is still unknown."
The female drow sneered and said, "No need to investigate. The Spider Queen has already told me that this is a conspiracy of the undead."
Amberxiu frowned. This Rose Spider Queen was too unruly. How could she directly tell this group of drow about her plan?
This is already a violation.
Moreover, how did this deity know this? She doesn't have any power of prophecy.
The gods are not omniscient and omnipotent. It is impossible for Amber to come up with a conspiracy and be discovered by the gods. Rose is not Oghma, the lord of knowledge.
However, what the female drow said next surprised Amber even more.
"Kill all those so-called slaves. There must be undead spies among them... Oh no, bring them up here. I need to perform a new blood sacrifice and I just happen to be short of some sacrifices. This time, I am not only welcoming the arrival of the Spider Queen, but also several goddesses are going to bless me."
(End of this chapter)