Witch Monastery

Hawthorne looked at her face, his eyes slightly empty: "Don't you know much about the Eye Demon?"

Adele was slightly stunned: "Uh...what happened to the Eye Demon?"

She really didn't know, but based on some hearsay, she knew that beholders could emit all kinds of strange eye rays from their eye stalks to harm or control their enemies.

However, this is not her fault. The number of beholders is very small, and people generally do not need the relevant knowledge, so there are very few books that record this aspect.

There is a record in the "Monster Manual" published by the Adventurer's Guild, but no one can remember all the common monsters in it, let alone the Eye Demon!

Hearing her say this, Hawthorne looked at her deeply and said, "Now, you must understand why I practice close combat with weapons."

"Every beholder possesses the power of anti-magic since its birth. They usually use eye-wave rays to shoot, but once they find that their power is inferior to that of the opponent, they will activate that field and then let their subordinates destroy the wizard who has no power to resist!"

Adele's beautiful eyes suddenly widened: "Anti-magic force field? Innate? Really? This..."

She didn't know much about this.

Time was quite suspicious. Hawthorne spread his hands and said, "You will see it with your own eyes later. This is recognized as a unique and wonderful ability of the Eye Demon."

"Really? How can I benefit from lying to you? Magic certainly has its advantages and conveniences, but its many characteristics can also be specifically restrained. It is not omnipotent - although these weaknesses are generally not accessible to us."

"In short, if we are facing a higher level and a more complex environment, we still need more non-magical means and cannot just rely on it."

He said this and looked at Adele deeply: "You still need to learn more."

Adele remained silent. She was not a stubborn person. When she heard the knowledge that she did not understand, she immediately began to reflect on herself.

In front, the nuns had already cleaned up the battlefield and collected the coins, equipment, spell books, etc. from the cultists, as well as the large and small bags that the zombies were carrying.

There was no surprise, inside were all things to be smuggled out, all kinds of drugs that were not allowed to be seen in public. Everyone couldn't help but sigh, and then the goods were confiscated, and their bodies were thrown into the stinking ditch along with the zombies.

Although it was winter, there were still many scavengers in the sewers. In a few days, their bodies would be eaten up and even their bones would be broken into pieces. When the next heavy rain came to Liber Harbor, everything would be washed into the sea and no trace would be found.

There may be many profound conspiracies and wonderful stories about them, but all of this has nothing to do with Hawthorne.

After that, they moved on.

The sewer area of ​​​​Port Liber is not small. Even though their group can be said to have extraordinary leg strength, it still took them some time to finally reach the destination.

It was a locked iron door that looked no different from other cubicles used by cleaners to store their tools. But when Hawthorne walked over and used magic to clean off the rust and dust that covered it, he saw a crudely painted circular eye with eight silk threads radiating outwards from the eye.

This is the symbol of the Sannasa Guild, and also the entrance to their secret dungeon. Taking a deep breath, Hawthorne pushed the door and found that it was locked and could not be opened. So he took out his double-headed sword and slashed it twice. The sharp blade that could cut through iron like mud cut the iron door open, and everything inside was immediately exposed in front of him.

Behind it was actually a long passage, leading to some unknown place.

Later, Adele looked surprised for a moment, then moved closer to Hawthorne, staring at the map in his hand, and then muttered to herself: "No, there is no mark on it..."

Hawthorne smiled softly: "Of course there is no mark. If the Eye Demon's dungeon was marked so openly on the official map, he would have been wiped out long ago."

"This place is full of traps. Be careful. My memory is the only reliable one now, so try not to step on places I haven't stepped on before."

Adele pouted, and this little action happened to be seen by Willow. The matron frowned slightly, then stretched out her hand to pull her to her side and whispered: "Just listen to what the priest is saying. In a place like this, his judgment is definitely more correct than ours."

Adele lowered her head and realized that her mother was right, so she cleared her mind and decided to follow his arrangements.

As soon as Hawthorne took a step inside, he heard Andre's voice beside his ear: "Master, be careful, there are dark elves!"

Chapter 438 Dark Elf

Hawthorne's expression suddenly changed, and then his eyes became slightly empty and his look was extremely serious.

Dark Elf!

It's only been a few months... Have these guys already infiltrated here?

Hawthorne knew that the haunted gold mine on the Ridge Plateau had an entrance to the Underdark. The burrowing bugs had drilled through the ground, and that entrance was likely connected to the sewer, so it was foreseeable that creatures from the Underdark could invade the port.

He just never expected that these guys would come so quickly. It has only been less than two months in total, and it is still winter. How could they move so quickly!

"Andre, how many people are there?" he asked softly, and Andre answered immediately: "About twelve people, three women and nine men. Of course, there may be some people who are invisible and hiding in the dark. I haven't found them yet."

"As for the composition, it looks like... at least two of them are professional spellcasters."

Twelve dark elves!

A drop of sweat could not help seeping out of Hawthorne's forehead. The nervousness came over him, and his heart could not help but rise to his throat.

After the glorious ancient elven empire of the Dark Elves split, the elves who once followed the elven goddess Rose - now the powerful god of chaotic evil, the Spider Queen Rose - and her followers were cursed by the sun.

They lost their original pure white skin and became as black as ink. They were also allergic to sunlight and could not live on the surface. They were forced to escape underground and live in the underworld for a long time.

They are also the only elf race that is universally evil. Although there are kind people among them, they are a minority.

They generally take pleasure in killing, enslaving, and torturing creatures of other races to please Rose, and are even willing to fight against each other for this because Rose encourages betrayal.

For any group, their external image may be varied, loyal or cunning, but they often call for unity within the group and not betraying each other.

But the dark elves are an exception. Their main god Rose condones and even encourages the dark elves to sell out and betray each other. She enjoys this kind of bad behavior that can significantly weaken the internal cohesion and external competitiveness of the tribe. She can be said to be a very bad god.

It was only because she herself was powerful and the dark elves were strong enough that this behavior prevented this ethnic group from quickly dying out, and they were even able to maintain their position as the overlord of the Underdark.

But on the other hand, it can also be said that even though the Dark Elves have been killing each other, they can still be considered the overlords of the Underdark, which is enough to show how powerful they are!

Elves...elves!

In the game, there are planners to balance the game to accommodate different players, but there is no such thing in the real world. The elves are born with the ability to cast various magics, and they have a long lifespan and are versatile. If you take each of them out and throw them into the human world, they are all absolutely outstanding people picked from thousands of people!

So the actual situation was not what Andnie said. It was estimated that there were only two spellcasters, but in fact, all the twelve people in that team were spellcasters!

It's just that due to the social system where women are superior to men, dark elf men are not allowed to cast spells, so they can only pick up daggers and act as assassins.

Yes, this is another major characteristic of the dark elves: proficiency in assassination!

Their black skin prevented them from seeing the sun, but it also made it easier for them to hide their bodies. Combined with their most common poison, these guys could kill almost anyone with a single dagger!

Even Hawthorne had to be alert. The Ancient Elf Empire could mass-produce the "+N" series of magic weapons, and there was no reason why the Dark Elves could not master this technology.

It is very likely that each of these guys has a magic dagger, and many of his defensive abilities are useless in front of this group of assassins!

Twelve dark elves cast spells and launched sneak attacks at the same time, and the best they could do was to wipe out their entire team instantly, with every man having his neck slit!

Must be handled with caution!

"Everyone, cheer up!" He continued in a loud voice, his expression normal, as if he was unaware of the appearance of the dark elves. "This has been the territory of the Eye Demon for many years. Shannasa's assassins are lying in ambush here, monitoring everything, and may launch an attack at any time!"

"We must be vigilant at all times and must not be ambushed by them. Do you understand?"

The girls nodded, their faces very serious. Then, Hawthorne whispered, "Andreni, tell them about the dark elves, and then don't talk to them, just wait for them to make the first move!"

Andrei responded and followed his instructions. Soon, the atmosphere in the group became more and more tense, and everyone kept looking around nervously, fearing that a deadly blade would suddenly emerge from the shadows.

Celine even gave everyone a magic light spell, so several high-powered searchlights illuminated the surroundings, illuminating everything around and leaving no room for any shadows to hide.

They continued to walk forward quietly. You could hear a pin drop in the entire sewer, and only the sound of their footsteps echoed softly in the passage.

A drop of sweat flowed down Hawthorne's forehead. This kind of high mental tension felt as if a dagger was placed on his neck and was very uncomfortable.

They gradually walked to a distance of one hundred meters, and everyone's heart seemed to be grasped by a pair of invisible hands, worrying about the dark elves that might suddenly appear.

"Andre, how are those dark elves doing now?" After a while, Hawthorne asked softly again, his voice full of nervousness.

"They are now in the shadow passage next door, also holding weapons and magic tools, ready to attack." Andreni said, "They have also discovered us, but have not taken action yet. But it is also possible that some of them have become invisible, but I just didn't notice..."

"Master, should we strike first? If we let Sister Celine use Dawn or Rainbow Jet directly, these light-fearing dark elves will most likely not be able to defeat us."

Hawthorne's eyes flickered and he pondered for a moment.

"Forget it." He whispered, "The purpose of our trip is to destroy the Eye Demons. If they don't take the initiative to attack, we shouldn't take the initiative to cause trouble."

At this point in time, and when the entire city's underground is connected to the Underdark, it would be too rash to offend the dark elves.

Andrei stopped talking and kept monitoring the dark elves, while Hawthorne led the way and continued to move forward.

At this time, in the shadows.

When Andrei carefully observed the dark elves, they had already discovered them. After all, with such a strong light spell illuminating the surroundings, it was impossible for anyone not to notice their presence.

But at this moment, these dark elves were also very nervous. They had learned a little about the situation in Libel Port and knew that beneath the prosperous appearance of this city was boiling evil, especially in the sewers, which were the hiding places of various evil forces.

They didn't want to have a conflict with anyone for the time being, but in such a narrow underground passage, if they really met head-on, it would be difficult for them to pass by each other peacefully like they did in other places.

The people in front of them were the first team they encountered on this trip. They didn't know their methods and goals, so

You must be extremely careful and observe the other party's movements carefully.

Then they discovered that the group of people who had been so ostentatious and flamboyant were gradually walking away.

"They're gone."

"What are we going to do? Ambush them?"

"I agree. Even though they are wearing masks, I can tell from their figures that those women are not ugly and will be high-priced slaves."

"I don't suggest that. It seems like they really haven't noticed us. There's no need for us to cause trouble for ourselves."

"Second, they are very vigilant and it is not easy to succeed."

"They are on guard against the 'Beauty Assassin'. It has nothing to do with us."

"Maybe he's just pretending..."

……

The assassins in the back were discussing in a low voice. The leading female dark elf frowned and looked at Hawthorne's back which was gradually going away. She felt that the situation was not that simple.

However, looking at Celine's figure, which was lighting up countless lights and illuminating everything around her, her red eyes flickered, and she finally suppressed her ambition to "give it a try".

That woman's spellcasting ability is very strong. If she masters spells like "Dawn" that can create real sunlight, then their entire team will most likely be destroyed here.

They have an additional mission on this trip to the surface world, and the entire team cannot be destroyed here!

and so……

"Don't worry." She said, "Even if they are just pretending not to notice us, at least this means that they have no intention of becoming our enemy."

"We still have main tasks to do. Since they intend to keep out of our own business, let's not cause any more trouble."

"Once they leave, we will retreat too!"

She gave the order, and the remaining dark elves suppressed their restlessness and watched Hawthorne and others go away.

Over there, Andre's voice rang in Hawthorne's ears again: "Master, the dark elves have retreated, in the opposite direction of us."

Hearing this, Hawthorne breathed a sigh of relief: "Good, they're gone."

Although he was confident that he could win the fight with the dark elves, facing an enemy that was proficient in assassination and had a very high ceiling, what he feared most was being careless. The slightest inappropriate response would result in casualties on his side!

Fortunately, we can avoid conflict, which is the best.

His heart sank as he continued, "Notify the others that they can relax their guard for a while."

Andnie did as she was told, and then he could clearly feel that the atmosphere in the team relaxed and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

With a relaxed mood, the group continued on their way to the hiding place of the Eye Demon.

Chapter 439: Eye Demon Out of Control

Outside Shannasa's secret room.

The high-ranking leaders of the guilds stood at the door, looking at the front door with worried faces. Beside them were two stretchers, on which were placed the bodies of two strong adult human men with terrible tattoos.

The Eye Demon Shannasa ordered that it needed the blood of humans who had died within twenty-four hours, so they had their men kidnap two people, knock them unconscious, and kill them and take their blood right away.

So far, more than two kilograms of fresh human blood has been sent to Sannasa, but the experiment of this eye demon has not yet ended...

Several people were carrying enormous mental pressure in their hearts. Although they had killed people before, most of those incidents took place on the battlefield when they were facing the enemy head-on and it was a life-or-death situation.

They tied people up like they were doing now, cut their blood vessels and bled them just like they were pigs, cows or sheep, and watched them bleed to death. This was their first time doing this.

When the victim cried out "Mom" and died completely, even though they were all extremely vicious villains, they could not help but feel sad.

Even the male dark elf was the same. He defected to the surface to make a living because he could not stand the unscrupulous killings of his people.

"Hey, tell me!" Finally, the halfling wanderer couldn't help but speak, "What on earth is Shannasa doing! Before, it just wanted all kinds of gold and silver, why did it suddenly want such disgusting things today!"

Everyone was silent, although they could vaguely guess that what Sanasa specifically requested, the blood of people who had died within 24 hours, was the material for some kind of spell, and it was an extremely evil one at that.

But most of them don't understand magic, so they can't tell what it is doing.

At this moment, the male dark elf suddenly looked up, as if he had an idea.

"I do have a guess," he said, "but I'm not sure..."

Everyone turned their heads quickly and said, "Then tell us something too. If you guess correctly, we can be mentally prepared."

The dark elf took a deep breath and said, "The blood of humanoid creatures that died within 24 hours should be the necessary material for the spells 'Summon Lesser Demon' and 'Summon Higher Demon'."

"If Shannasa wants something like this, there's a possibility... she's summoning a demon!"