Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 501 Preparations in the Underdark
Because of these sudden unexpected situations, Noshir had to postpone his release of them again. He issued a death order to Asdeln and the others, stating that unless those derivatives who were in a deeper level of blood hunger could control their greed, he would never let them go without permission.

Asdalen and the others had no complaints, because as vampire offspring, they knew clearly that it was normal for those offspring to be stimulated to develop a deeper thirst for blood.

This situation usually only happens when a vampire derivative sucks blood for the first time. For vampires, the process of sucking blood is an extremely wonderful experience. Blood is not only their food, but also a stimulant and a drug. If the derivative's willpower is not strong enough, then after his first blood sucking, he will often have symptoms similar to withdrawal reactions. The solution is also very simple, that is, ignore them and starve them for a few more meals until they regain their sanity.

For untrained derivatives, this forced fasting process may last for several months. The derivatives must be able to endure the impact of hunger and thirst during these months so that they can control their appetite after the fasting. The whole process seems very troublesome.

However, that was the standard for ordinary derivatives. After a hundred years of imprisonment and torture, most of the derivatives here had already met that condition. Asdalen believed that their loss of control would only be temporary and they would soon return to normal, and the facts were indeed as they expected.

On the second day after they went crazy, some of the derivatives gradually regained their sanity. By the fifth day, almost all of the derivatives had completely returned to normal.

Because these derivatives have already had a good meal, thanks to their undead nature, vampires only need a full meal to last for a full half month without food or drink, and during this time, except for vague hunger and thirst, they will not feel any discomfort at all.

It was not until this time that these derivatives finally met the indicators set by Noshil. Noshil also kept his promise and used the power of the staff to open all the magic cages one after another, allowing these unfortunate guys led by Asdalen, who had not seen the light of day for many years, to slowly move forward along the safe route that Noshil had opened up alone during this period of time to the Underdark.

During the time of waiting for those suddenly crazy derivatives to calm down, Noshil has not been idle. He made the most of his time and went ahead alone to explore the direction of the underworld, hoping to find a place for these derivatives to stay during this time.

It's hard... in fact, it's really hard.

The Underdark has a unique underground ecological environment. The indigenous people living underground usually have their largest source of food coming from the various mushrooms and mosses produced in the Underdark.

They dried, baked, and cooked these materials into soup and used them as the most basic food. These ordinary, unremarkable mushrooms fed most of the races in the Underdark.

Among them are even the three main races: drow elves, gray dwarves, and deep gnomes. In the underground world where supplies are scarce, mushrooms and mosses are the best supplies they can find. Unfortunately, these things can feed other races but cannot feed nearly 7000 hungry vampire spawn who must survive on blood.

The Underdark is a barbaric land that is not fully civilized. There is a shortage of supplies, few people, and dangerous monsters everywhere. There is almost no place that can meet the survival needs of nearly 7000 spawns. He can't find enough wild animal communities to serve as a food source for the vampires. The Underdark is rich in monsters and dangers, but not livestock. In this ghost place, you may encounter a series of monsters such as minotaurs, claw monsters, shark lizards, petrified lizards, beholders, and even Medusa if you take two steps. These things will only bring danger to them, but it is almost impossible to fill the stomachs of the spawns, because even if they are defeated at a great cost, the blood they can produce is too little.

It is almost impossible to find sufficient source of blood to satisfy such a large number of vampires in such a hellish place, but Noshir still found two ways to solve the food problem of vampires.

One is slaves. As Noshier said before, the Underdark is a barbaric land that is not fully civilized. In this place, you can see slave-hunting teams from other races everywhere, among which the gray dwarves and drow elves are the most numerous.

The popularity of the drow's slave-holding tradition is as great as the danger of this region. In every gathering place of the drow, there is a large and endless slave trade.

In those so-called big cities, such as Menzoberranzan, the lives of slaves were so short that they were cruel. The bodies of the dead slaves could often pile up into a small hill within a month.

If handled properly, the bodies of these slaves could definitely solve the food problem of the vampires to the greatest extent, but this is a business that Noshir would never consider.

The second is the underground Los beast. As the most widely used camel beast in the Underdark, almost every race will actively raise a group of useful underground Los beasts in large gathering places to transport goods or satisfy the appetites of the upper rulers.

Noshier's method is to find such a city in the dark hell, and then use the existing conditions to develop a closer cooperative relationship with the rulers of the city, so that the vampire spawn can rely on a city in the underworld and exchange for food that can feed themselves through labor or other methods.

In fact, Noshir has found a very suitable partner in this regard.

The name of that place is Bryndenstone, a city built by deep gnomes. Compared with the drow elves and gray dwarves, two completely untrustworthy races, the reputation of the deep gnomes is not very good, but in the Underdark, a place full of monsters and demons, they are already conscientious enough.

Of course, conscience alone is not enough. The most important thing is that there must be the possibility of mutual cooperation between the two. In Noshir's eyes, Blingdenstone is a key place to conclude a mutually beneficial treaty with the vampire offspring.

(End of this chapter)