high castle elves

What is the experience of smoke teleportation? ?

Alamir, who was dressed as a woman, stood in the upper city, looking at the exquisite and huge palace in front of her, and felt that she had never felt so good...

Compared to the distorted and weightless experience he had before, Alamir didn't even feel the slightest discomfort this time. It was as if he had reached his destination directly after passing through a burst of mist.

Could it be that the Realm of Smoke belongs to a demiplane, so the plane gap is relatively large, making it relatively easy to teleport? ?Alamir mused.

As a race with a long life and an unusual passion for knowledge, the gray elves hold a lot of precious, ancient and secret knowledge in their hands.

As for the knowledge about the planes, Alamir, a time traveler, is most concerned about: he has had a mage dream and a dream of going home before, so he bought a lot of books on this topic from Liarden.

Apart from the problem of mana, he received an almost strict and systematic mage education from the gray elves. In terms of basic knowledge of magic, Alamire was much deeper than other magic apprentices or low-level human mages.

What Alamir doesn't know is that because he is the master of the Realm of Smoke, there is nothing strange about teleportation!

Even Penumbral Dragon Drow or Edwin, who has transformed the Shadow Bloodline, will be eroded by the power of smoke every time they use it, and they are very worried that the fragile smoke channel will be broken, and they will be torn apart or exiled by the power of space. into the endless void.

And the most frightening thing is that as the smoke channels are used too many times, they will gradually turn into smoke...just like that old Chuide, who can no longer leave the realm of smoke.

For example, after the teleportation, Edwin secretly used the power of shadow to get rid of part of the infection from the power of smoke.

Regarding the transfer of the shares of the Smoke Chamber of Commerce, they had already informed Lao Chuide inside when they entered the realm of smoke. The latter obediently agreed and generously allowed Alamire to use the smoke passage for free.

What does a smoke merchant guild mean? The entire smoke realm belongs to me. Every time you use the smoke channel, you are working for me, and the treasures you put in the smoke realm, hehehehe... .

Thinking of what this and her master had done to him, Alamir couldn't help but come up with the idea of ​​"taking advantage of others".

"We're here..." Edwin in front gestured gently.

Is this the Spider Queen's temple? ?Alamir looked at the tallest building in the city and couldn't help but marvel at the piety and wealth of the drow.

Being able to spend a huge amount of money to build an extremely majestic temple in a resource-poor underground, it has to be said that the eight-clawed spider is really scary.

This is the only place with some dim light in the entire city. The light comes from the huge Pillar of Time in front of the Spider Temple Square. The strange magical light flashing on it is the only thing that can mark time in the dark underground world.

On the ground of the huge square, there are fine and regular lines. The vicious magical atmosphere flows along the intricate lines. The light from the Pillar of Time makes these lines appear a strange blue-purple color.

The noise is absorbed by the texture here, and the entire square is like a huge silent spider web, quietly waiting for the arrival of prey.

And right in the center of the spider web, where the temple is located, the huge calcite is hard and cold, and the top of the entire temple is carved into the image of a beautiful and vicious giant goddess.

Below, eight huge stone pillars guard the temple, and a passage made of stalactites is connected to the waist of the goddess. This makes the entire temple complex look like a giant humanoid spider lying on a spider web.

In fact, this is the image of Spider Queen Rose!

The body and abdomen of this "spider" are the main hall of the temple. The door inside is slightly open, and the faint smell of blood and frankincense keeps drifting from a distance.

Obviously, as a race with an evil sense of beauty, when the drow built a huge temple like the statue of Rose, they fully used the delicate and gorgeous artistic taste unique to the elves on her "body".

The entire spider statue is inlaid with a large number of gems. Mithril and fine gold are used as complex patterns on the spider's body, and gems with magical power are used as nodes. Vicious magic and divine power flow along the patterns.

The kinks drawn by pearly mithril lines resemble neuronal tissue or stardust diagrams.

This building is so weird and full of evil power. Just one glance at it fills Alamir's brain with a chaotic and evil feeling, making his brain full of fantasies and projecting all kinds of images in his mind. This is an unforgettable evil scene that makes people want to worship or start a series of brutal killings.

Kindness twitches in pain here. The spider temple lying on the giant spider magic web seems to be alive, exuding huge malice and distortion, affecting every living thing in this city.

Seeing countless priest apprentices floating in the air using the air dance technique, cleaning the outer walls of the temple, Alamir's heart shook violently - soon, spiritual energy turned into electric current and spread in his mind, contracting and converging along the nerve bundles , separated, and finally expelled the "evil influence" that this temple had brought to him.

"Your mind is so powerful that I am amazed. Facing this weird temple, as a kind creature, it is rare to see low-level professionals whose minds are not distorted."

Edwin's voice sounded strangely in Alamir's heart. It was obvious that as a magician, she had many strange spells.

"Is this temple alive?" Alami, no, Alami, who wrapped himself in a fine velvet sacrificial robe and remade a family sacrifice, said with some amazement.

"Of course, this is the place where the eight-clawed cousin directs his gaze most often, my lady..." Edwin, who acts as a female warrior of the seventh family, said to his "young lady" A salute, with a mocking and vicious look on his face.

"Now, let us enter her body and teach these bitches an unforgettable lesson..." Edwin, who was leading the way, his voice filled with deep-seated hatred.

Fortunately, this is the Spider Temple. In order to show respect for the Queen of Gods, no one dares to use the Dance of the Sky technique here except for the apprentices who clean the idols. They all enter on foot in an honest and orderly manner. This makes it difficult for those who do not know how to use drow's innate spells. Alamir passed the level easily.

"The seventh family, Edwin and Alami, came here to pray at the order of the mistress..." Standing in front of the temple gate, looking at the fully armed drow warriors, Edwin's face turned pale. Ice cold.

Even though they exuded strong power and were much stronger than Edwin, the elite male drow warriors all meekly lowered their heads when facing the two women, especially after seeing Alami who was wrapped tightly. Respectfully move out of the way.

That's it? ?Alamir, who thought he would be subject to intense interrogation, only felt that he had been too nervous before.

"Haha, my little Viper, every family will send high-level priests to enter the Spider Temple, and this place contains the powerful magic of the Eight-clawed Biaozi. Who dares to pretend to be a priest and come in on weekdays?"

Walking in the huge corridor, Edwin's voice sounded strangely in Alamir's ears again.

"Besides, bloodshed and fighting are about to break out in the upper city. The Spider Temple is the only place that the matrons dare not touch, and many families will continue to come and offer sacrifices in the name of routine prayers to please the eight-clawed watcher. Son, listen to the spider's oracle, this kind of secret thing, every male avoids it, for fear that we will remember their appearance."

Feeling the two completely disappearing auras behind him, Alamir understood.

Although every family can send people to the Spider Temple, only the first few big families are permanent residents. The fate of the drow is the plaything in the hands of the Spider Queen, so in order to survive and please their goddess, They had to desperately offer vicious plots and sacrifices in exchange for their everlasting superior status.

So when the spider carnival is approaching, every family will come to offer sacrifices according to "custom"...

These things are not something that lowly men dare to take care of. They are even afraid that if they know too much, they will face a tragic fate in the next second.

And there is another reason why they dare not ask more, that is, the high-ranking priests of the major families in the city are "fighting for divine favor" and obtaining oracles...

This caused the situation inside to explode. The killings and conspiracies inside the temple were probably not much more intense than outside. The drow were very happy to have an opportunity to eradicate the women of the other family - many female priests died inside, and even All the male guards of their family were also killed and presented to Rose as sacrifices for another conspiracy.

Moreover, the evil goddess not only won't be angry, but will also drop rewards, which rewards this behavior in disguise.

Does this mean that compared to the undercurrent of fighting outside, the inside is a huge meat grinding ground full of killing and conspiracy? ?Walking in the huge and empty temple, Alamir only felt that the dark rooms on both sides radiated huge malice and covetousness.

At the end of the corridor, there is a temple carved with various exquisite statues and Rose's "manifestation" miracles. The interior of the temple is oval-shaped, and the statues in the temple are lifelike, with all kinds of painful and desperate expressions clearly visible. Alamil can't help but wonder. Are these made from real biological corpses?

At the end of the temple, a huge statue of Rose stands tall. The top of the statue is facing the huge human-shaped statue outside. Apart from this, there are no other unnecessary buildings. The entire temple is empty and strange.

"Why do I feel like I'm walking in the belly of a spider..." Looking at the huge oval temple, Alamir lowered his head, not daring to look into the eyes of the statue, and went straight to the feet of the spider statue. , kneeling down devoutly.

Edwin softly chanted the vicious incantation. After a while, the spider legs under the statue seemed to be alive, waving at them with its teeth and claws. Its front claws stretched out, and the claws closed in front of them, forming a A bowl shape.

Then, Edwin took out a heart that was still bleeding. The necromancy spell that preserved the organ kept the heart beating. As the heart was gently placed on the "bowl", not long after, the vicious The magical power enveloped this heart.

A cold, twisted, and evil aura made Alamir unable to move, and Edwin beside him was like drinking old wine.

Soon, the heart became gray and withered at a speed visible to the naked eye, until it turned into a handful of fly ash, and those flying spider legs also settled down. Then, the floor under the Rose statue opened silently, revealing a bloody aura. Come to the cave entrance.

Why does the tunnel opening under this statue of God look like the tunnel opening under Corellon's feet in Alamir's tomb? ?

The familiar scene made Alamir feel weird.Thinking of the similar "habits" between the gray elves and the drow, apart from the difference between good and evil, Alamir couldn't help but feel a chill in his back...

He even had a hunch that the "evil" behind the gray elf Liarden was probably much better than the drow underground.

"We're here..." Edwin, who was like a servant, turned around and saluted respectfully, gesturing to Alamir. He didn't want to stay in front of this strange statue any longer, so he followed her into the ground. The entrance to the passage.

This is the "core" area of ​​the temple, because each family's "prayer room" is built inside.

There were no lights in the deep corridor, and every few feet away, there were rooms engraved with the drow family emblems. There was a faint light of fireworks inside, which was emitted by the burning braziers used for sacrifices.

In the underground passage, the smell of blood was much stronger than that in the outer hall, mixed with the strong frankincense smell, making people dizzy and nauseated.

Only then did Alamir find the source of the faint smell of blood and frankincense in the outer temple...

Damn it, it spread so far outside the palace. How many creatures did these drow sacrifice? ?Moreover, the frankincense they offered to their goddesses was also mixed with psychedelic ingredients and poison! !

With a slight sniff, Alamir recognized the smell of several poisons, so he quickly used his energy to expel the poisonous gas in the air. In the rooms on both sides of him, faint screams and screams could be heard. The female drow's enthusiasm inside sounded like the climax of some kind of movement.

The underground part of the temple is like a huge and fanatical slaughterhouse!

If it weren't for the drow who are proficient in poison and magic, foreign creatures would not be able to stay for more than a few minutes after entering the inner hall of the temple. Seeing the skin of an unknown creature hanging outside the door of a certain family, Alamir couldn't help but feel sorry for the evil nature of the drow. Feeling scared and angry.

"Dear sister, we have arrived..." Edwin looked vicious as he looked at a twisted and complicated emblem in front of him.

No, not all the priests of your seventh family are inside... Alamir is a little hesitant, and some don't dare to approach.

But seeing that Edwin had entered first, Alamir's pores suddenly stood up, and he immediately entered the room like a ghost.

Stab - A powerful acid fell down where Alamir was before, and the magic stone slab on the ground was immediately corroded to create a deep hole. Under the influence of the temple's powerful magic, the floor slowly recovered.

"I forgot to tell you that everyone in the passage can be killed by default..." Edwin stood among a group of priestesses, regaining his charming and dangerous appearance.

"On the way just now, I helped you poison two bitches and countered six spells..." Edwin quickly took out the magic materials and drew evil drawings on the ground. of magic circle.

Behind her, a group of priestesses rolled their eyes at her and Alamir.

The "low-grade" behavior of rolling your eyes generally does not appear on the faces of drow women. No matter how disdainful they are, they still maintain their evil elegance.

The reason for this is because they can't do anything other than roll their eyes.

Because they were all dead...the corpses were hung in the room, their blood-red eyes lost their light, and the whites of their rolling eyes were like dead fish. Their bodies were bleeding out, forming a small lake on the ground. .

That's why Alamir and Edwin can stand properly among "them".

As Alamir entered, the small blood lake moved strangely!

"Dear little friend, my sweet and green fruit, forgive me for depriving you of the joy of killing. I hope this work can make you feel better." The churning blood formed the beautiful elf text, which looked extremely strange and evil. .

Signature is your most loyal friend, Les...

The drow are indeed a group of creatures that are twisted to the extreme from the core... Looking at the weird and terrifying scene in front of him, as well as the enthusiastic and excited Edwin, Alamir then felt -

Barbara, who advocates kindness, is indeed an angel!