Don't call me evil god

Chapter 954 Howling Abyss

Chapter 954 Howling Abyss
Limoen settlement, northern exit.

The gray dwarf Gree spread out the "map" drawn on an unknown piece of leather and analyzed it with a headache.

"Cough...cough..."

"You have a total of five targets for this collection operation..."

Lancelot frowned and interrupted: "It's not you, it's us."

"We are acting together, don't try to play any tricks."

Gray quickly changed the subject: "Ah, yes, we, we."

"Five targets. According to the information marked on the map, we have two routes to consider."

"The first route will bypass the Howling Abyss, cross the Fungus Sea, avoid dangerous fungi such as the explosive magic mushrooms, and eventually reach the foot of the Deep Ancient Tree. This route will be relatively safer, but it will take more time."

"Traveling through the sea of fungi is a very troublesome thing. Under the influence of the mystery mushrooms, even an experienced guide may get lost in it and need to rest and re-determine his position frequently."

"At best, it will take at least one or two months to reach the Deep Ancient Tree."

"However, there are many collection teams that choose this route. Following behind other teams, they can look after each other and their safety is guaranteed."

Dolan, who was standing next to him, heard this and shook his head decisively in denial.

"No, it's been too long."

Their investigation is expected to last one month.

Whatever the case, they planned to return to the surface the next time the big lift dropped.

Because of poor information exchange.

Although it is possible to let a companion commit suicide and quickly return to the surface with the information.

But they cannot receive the feedback that may need to be conveyed from the surface.

Moreover, in a place like the Deep Region, which is full of dangers, the longer you stay, the higher the risk.

This investigation team, which serves as the vanguard, is composed of a large number of talented people, and the strongest believers in knowledge have participated in the operation.

Even if everyone is prepared to die here once, "clearing the Abyss with one life" is definitely better than "clearing it with a krypton life".

This place is not like the Dark Forest. There are believers who change their job to "collect corpses" after death. As long as you pay a fee, they will be happy to go to the place where you died and find a way to bring your body back to the Holy Land of Rebirth to help you recover the lost legendary experience.

If you die in the Abyss, especially if your entire team is wiped out, your corpse may become the excrement of the gray dwarves the next day, and the strength you have painstakingly accumulated for half a year will be wiped out in an instant.

These moral codes are different from those of humans for the gray dwarves. For them, cannibalism is not a sin. Instead, they regard it as a rare and unique delicacy in the deep regions.

The more important point is.

This is inconsistent with everyone's real purpose.

Gray was hired as a guide because he was unfamiliar enough and easy to control.

They left the Limoen settlement on the pretext of collecting enchanting materials, and they could ask Gray to change the route at any time.

Collect materials?

That's just an excuse to cover up.

The more unpopular and unsafe the route is, the more likely they are to find an excuse and go looking for the joyous festival that the dark elves are about to hold!

"If you want to save time." Gray hesitated for a while, but still pointed at the map and drew a nearly straight route on it.

"The Howling Abyss."

"It's marked on the map. There's a shortcut here. If we go deeper into the Howling Abyss and find this shortcut, we should be able to save a lot of time."

"If we can find that shortcut as soon as possible, it will only take three or four days to reach our destination."

"I've never been there before. I don't know how long it will take to find a shortcut. Otherwise... why don't you hire a guide who is familiar with the Howling Abyss in the Limoen Settlement?"

Gray began to back off again.

Lancelot smiled when he heard this.

What we need is a guide like Gray who is unfamiliar with the place! It would be great if we can't find one!

Otherwise, how could they change their route?

"We don't trust other gray dwarves. As a guide, we only trust you."

Gray's smile was uglier than crying.

He must have been smoking the gospel and his brain was damaged!

How did I get fooled in the first place and accept the commission to lead this slave caravan to the Limoen settlement?

If he stayed in the Paisi settlement obediently, that would be his home ground. The nearly one hundred gray dwarves in the settlement were all related to each other, and no matter who got into trouble, the other gray dwarves would not sit idly by.

But he is now in the Limoen settlement!

Unable to find anyone he knew, he could only let Lancelot and the others manipulate him as they pleased.

"The Howling Abyss..."

Gray explained in confusion.

"That place is a place of exile that the gray dwarves are reluctant to approach. Those gray dwarves who violate the rules of the tribe will have their legs chopped off and thrown into it, leaving them to fend for themselves and for the howling ghosts to feast on."

"Ghost?" Dolan raised his left eyebrow and narrowed his eyes: "What is that?"

"A monster that is invisible and intangible, but real."

"The name of the Howling Abyss comes from the lingering ghosts in it. When they appear, they are accompanied by mournful howling sounds."

"The ghosts' attacks could not be stopped because their locations could not be found. All we could hear were the constant howling coming from all directions."

"The gray dwarves attacked by ghosts...will soon disappear."

Gray said, unable to help but shudder.

"disappear?"

"Correct."

"Even if the victim behaves normally, he may disappear at any time and never be found again."

"The old man in the Paisi settlement once said that ghosts are pitiful monsters living in another world. The environment in the world they live in is extremely harsh. They try their best but cannot come to our world. So they become desperate and jealous, and will constantly attack passers-by, trying to drag them into another world and transform them into new ghosts to keep them company."

"The only way to avoid the ghosts is to leave the Howling Abyss as soon as possible."

"The longer you stay there, the more likely you are to be targeted by ghosts."

Gray's words made many people in the team feel a chill down their spines.

Being invisible and intangible means that this monster cannot be selected and cannot be harmed.

They can attack me without restraint, and I can do nothing about it.

After listening to this, Dolan rubbed his chin thoughtfully, then snapped his fingers:
"Stop talking! This is the only route!"

"Let's go to the Howling Abyss!"

"Everything will be fine if we leave as soon as possible, right?"

"As long as we can find that shortcut as quickly as possible!"

He said so.

In the investigation team's group chat on the phantom light curtain.

Dolan described.