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What does the Underdark look like? ? ?Alamir has always felt a little curious.

This famously dangerous place in the multiverse is not as dangerous as the famous Abyss and Nine Hells, as well as the endless sea of ​​chaos in the outer star realm.

But because they are underground, they are more real than other terrifying planes in the outer world.

The weirdness and mystery are real to creatures on the main material plane.

Descriptions of the Underdark have always played a terrifying, twisted and vicious role in the bedtime horror stories of surface creatures.

During the long night, you suddenly remember that there is a group of evil, twisted, bloodthirsty and vicious creatures living underground. Maybe they will emerge from the cellar of your house or the deep cave in the back mountain, with eyes flashing like coals, quietly Approaching, with a terrifying sword or dragging you underground, this scene is really creepy and will send chills down your back.

Walking in the Underdark, Alamir finally felt why most of the creatures in the Underdark were evil and twisted.

In the Underdark, no one is safe.

Abyssal phobia, generally refers to the fear of looking directly at volumes with huge depths, such as stairwells, caves, and the vast and empty ocean, and unconsciously feeling small and fearful. This comes from the deep inner fear and the fear of the unknown. of inexplicable fear.

The feeling of the Underdark to Alamere is similar to the legendary deep sea.

On the seabed, more than 200 meters is the limit of light, but here, the darkness is forever endless, the sense of direction loses its effect here, and the road has no logic at all, just like the depths of the legendary Mariana Trench.

Time lost its meaning in the endless darkness. If it weren't for his pocket watch, Alamir wouldn't be able to feel the time at all——

In the darkness, there is no clear boundary between day and night, and rest is no longer fixed. It does not depend on time, but on the number of nearby creatures.

It was obviously a road leading to the front, but after walking a few hundred meters, there was a dark and cold pool in front of it. Next to the bottomless pool, there was a fat and disgusting fungus forest, and there were many venomous snakes in it. There was a blind man moving silently, and the cold liquid falling from the stalactites above his head was unknown whether it was water droplets or the saliva of some kind of creature.

After carefully bypassing the waterhole, they encountered an extremely narrow path. When passing that path, Alamir always felt like someone was watching him from behind.

If someone gives me a sword at this time, I am afraid that I will die.When passing through the crack with cold and slippery rocks on both sides, Alamir wanted to kill all the people in front of him so that he could pass quickly.

After going around in circles many times, he didn't know whether he was going south or north. Occasionally walking up for a while, they had to go down into another deep cave.

Although you occasionally see glowing moss or weak light sources, there are mostly traps and long-awaited predators lurking there, like the anglerfish on the bottom of the sea.

Although it can be slightly illuminated by the light of magic, this kind of behavior is tantamount to turning oneself into a target in the dark area——

The Underdark is like a ruthless and terrifying huge seabed, silent and shadowless everywhere. You don’t know how many eyes are quietly staring at you in the darkness, and you don’t know how many terrifying deep-sea behemoths and terrifying giants are following you in the darkness you just passed by. Shark passes by.

Fortunately, they are also considered one of the "giant sharks" in the underdark. The cold and greedy eyes of those in the darkness, looking at them fully armed, have not been attacked yet.

But they still maintained the highest degree of vigilance. Here, the slightest omission of sound, light and smell may cause uncontrollable consequences——

Most of the creatures in the Underdark are patient and cruel enough. They will follow them quietly until they show fatigue, and then suddenly appear from the darkness and give them a fatal blow.

The oppressive environment, huge darkness, and the need to guard against ubiquitous dangers put Alamir in a state of mental tension at all times. Several times he almost drew his sword when he looked at the slow-moving skeletons and corpses. The little lights and noises made his nerves a little sensitive, and he always felt like he wanted to kill something with the sword in his hand...

As a naturally kind creature, he was like this. He finally understood why the underground creatures were so cruel and bloodthirsty, and he admired Barbara and the Dathra sisters even more.

Born in such an evil underground, they can actually resist their own evil nature. No wonder they are so optimistic every day, thinking that nothing big happens in the world.

Because after successfully escaping from the Dark Territory, there is indeed no difficulty on the surface that can prevent them from being so happy.

Also unbearably oppressive are the evil creatures who are naturally bloodthirsty. If the majesty of the dragons were not strong enough, Alamir even felt that they would start killing each other because they could not stand the oppressive darkness.

The most serious one among them is the giant baby eagle Mirchi.

As soon as it entered the Underdark, Alamir discovered that its state was not right. It was extremely manic and frightened, always trying to fly into the sky, and Alamir had to stop it.

Originally, the best option was to let Mirsi go back and rush back to the headquarters of the Dathra Sisterhood, but Mirsi was unwilling to do so, and Alamir let him go.

To be honest, being in a dark place, completely enveloped by loneliness, fear and depression, he also vaguely didn't want the giant baby eagle that had grown up with him since he was born to leave.

At this moment, they were walking together and sleeping together. It seemed that in this vast darkness, only the presence of the other could bring some warmth and evidence of existence.

Only in this dead and dark world did Alamire react.

It seems that in this world, I only have Milch as my "relative". Although he is timid, greedy and giant, they have actually spent a long time with each other.

As for the desire demon, the six-armed snake demon and the minotaur, because their hometown is more dangerous than here, except for the six-armed snake demon who was born in the main material plane and has not received the baptism of the abyss, there is some discomfort. Apart from being a little uncomfortable being wet, it even feels like a leisure trip.

They even took great pleasure in killing many creatures of the Underdark, serving their increasingly evil masters with increasingly broad recipes.

However, Alamir lost even more appetite.

Also unaffected were the three slaves from the "Bing" subsection of Baiyun Society. As members of the evil camp, after experiencing the initial discomfort, they quickly adapted to the underdark area, especially the clown McFlurry. He is a magician and a magician, and he is developing in the direction of a trickster, and he is even a bit like a fish in water.

Fortunately, halfway through the journey, Senior Sister Red Dragon shared her vision from the bottom of her heart, which made Alamir less afraid of the unknown - the dragon's vision is not much hindered even in the dark area, compared to the heat. To the creatures of the Underdark, the appearance of the Underdark is only covered with a layer of darkness in their eyes, just like the world at dusk.

This experience made Alamir feel very novel. He did not expect that the dragon's field of vision was a 360-degree panoramic view!

Although I don't know if it's magic or the dragon's natural vision, but being able to sense the surrounding situation always makes Alamir feel a little better.

They are now in the connecting area between the upper and middle levels of the Underdark. Well, that should be the case in general. The entrance crypt of the middle level area that Alamir saw before is not far from them, but actually walking, it is better to walk a few days.

On the one hand, the road to the crypt was often cut off and they were unable to move forward in a straight line. On the other hand, it was because of the gray dwarf.

The gray dwarf team they looted was a gray dwarf caravan from underground. They would sell weapons made of fine ores deep underground along the way in exchange for the scarcest hard currency in the Underdark - clean and non-toxic food.

This trade goes all the way to the large cracks on the surface of the earth, where there is a famous black market on the surface and underground, and a large circular cave called the Elf Skull by humans.

Of course, all the "three" leaders knew this information. Under the vicious magic of the Necromancer, the spells of the red dragon, and the mental spells of Alamir, even the dwarves with extremely high magic resistance could not keep it safe. The secret in your heart.

This dwarf with a long name, Tulon, revealed his deepest secret almost the moment he was captured.

And a few of them also knew the location of Nesad City!

It turns out that the large crypt of the "Spider Gap" can lead to the middle dark area, but all the way down that crypt, they will face the first drow outpost, where there are a lot of traps, and it is said that there are also There are teams of lycanthropic drow, and they even raise giant spiders and terrifying wargs.

More importantly, this crypt leads all the way to the lower area in the southwest, but Nesad City is in the southeast area behind it!

But judging from the information in the hearts of the dwarves, there is an extremely secret crypt near the spider rift, called the Twisted Crypt. From there, there is an exit leading to Nesad City.

Although he had never entered this crypt, he knew its location.So, the three "close friends" discussed it and prepared to go down from that crypt.

Firstly, it avoids the drow patrols, and secondly, it can reach the destination as soon as possible to avoid going wrong.

Therefore, this is the reason why their schedule is delayed!

Of course, this was also the case with the lover named Tulong, who was baptized by three people's spells at the same time, and soon became the food of idiots and monsters.The minotaur also grabbed an arm and chewed it with relish.

So, they began to move towards the crypt that became the Cave of Distortion.

The three parties who were originally harboring evil intentions became even more distrustful after the evil and twisted underworld amplified.

They each sent their own "scouts", either a ghost, an evil dragonborn wanderer, or a cup of McFlurry, to explore the way ahead. No one wanted to believe the "news" from the other. ” and only believe in “one’s own people”.

Ever since he knew that there was a "member" in Alamere hiding nearby, Link would never show up easily again. He would either hide in the darkness or send out mirror images to "discuss" with them. Although the red dragon and Alamere were wary of each other, , but in the bottom of his heart he was fervently discussing how to kill the undead and bury their bones on the way back, and then loot his Tower of Bones after devouring the stolen goods.

This is also one of the few people Alamir can communicate with, so that he can send out the pressure brought by this depression and deathly silence. However, as a naturally extraordinary creature, the red dragon, equivalent to a high-level professional, seems not to be affected by the underdark. He teased Alamir all the way in his mind.

Well, it was considered a quarrel. While talking to the red dragon, Alamir quietly asked Barbara to contact the dark girl, hoping to get some information from the other party.

However, Alamir was disappointed. It seemed that after entering the Dark Realm, Barbara could no longer contact the Dark Girl. Although the magic was still available, the other party was "offline".

I don't harass you in various ways on weekdays, but now when it comes in handy, you just disappear. You are really good at it.Alamir cursed, and then a huge cold snort almost made him unsteady.

"The dark girl is watching you..." Barbara's voice came faintly from the bottom of his heart, seeming to have some resentment. The more Alamir looked at it, the more he felt that the Dathra sisters and their gods Sure enough, something is abnormal!

"We have arrived, the great, ruthless and noble master." The respectful voice of Jory, the clown nicknamed McFlurry, came from the bottom of his heart.

"Really?" Through the red dragon's vision, Alamir finally saw clearly what was called the Twisted Crypt.

Sure enough, it lived up to its name. Even the entrance was in the shape of a twisted S. Looking at the huge tauren and the six-armed snake demon, Alamir couldn't help but worry about whether they could pass through.

Link and the people from Laksata also seemed to have found the entrance hidden among the stalagmites next to the large crypt. The three of them communicated and compared with each other and determined that this was the twisted crypt.

So all the "people" stopped, waiting for their master's orders.

Who goes down first? ?Although the three of them had smiles on their faces, none of them seemed to want to be the first to go down.

Because this crypt is so "clean", there is obviously something wrong with it. Being in a dark area, they all seem to want the other party to send someone to investigate.

After a stalemate for a while, Link said that there were not many undead creatures left under his command and that the summoning undead creature spells prepared for today had been used up. Link looked at the red dragon and then at Alamire, which meant that you are the real master, go ahead. .

Alamir, who was about to let the Spiritual Crystal Servant fly in to explore the way, was suddenly almost suffocated by the huge "pressure" coming from in front of him.

"Hehehe, dear Alamir, just let my servant go. You already believe in Senior Sister."

"Of course..." Caught off guard, Alamir struggled desperately, and the terrifying strength of the dragon made him speak in a muffled voice, and he almost fell into the mountain and couldn't extricate himself.

The most powerful red dragon sent people, which was obviously the most suitable choice for the team's adventure, so a short ogre came out of the crowd and expressed his willingness to go through fire and water for the great Crimson Queen!

Very good......Looking at this somewhat "silly" ogre, the red dragon also expressed that he admired the other party's bravery.

As a result, all the "people" looked at the ogre and quickly disappeared into the twisted crypt.

But what they didn't see was that at the moment they entered the twisted crypt, the ogre who was so "stupid" that he proposed to explore the way, the purple light in his eyes flickered, as if there was substance.

"Great master, the guests from the surface have been brought." The ogre's body twisted and deformed like plasticine, and soon turned into the appearance of a drow, whispering softly in the direction of a certain dark depth. .

Soon, this "drow" disappeared into the twisted crypt with ease.

His movements were so light, as if this cave, which even the gray dwarf merchants had never been to, was like a nest to him.