"Kind of underestimate those idiots. Tess sat cross-legged on the floor, with her back to Norvi, boredly taking turns playing a game of staring with everyone who dared to stare at them, "It's a great way to get people to 'just don't run around.'" ”

They were gathered in one corner of the hall, surrounded on two sides by walls and the other two by burning fires, and a few young men stood eyeing at the only exit.

"What's the problem, it's warm enough, and if something happens, at least we won't be the object of suspicion anymore. Nigel closed his eyes and said coldly. Even when he sat on the ground, his back seemed to be habitually straight, which made him look like he was performing some kind of sacred ritual that drew the awe and adoration of those who still regarded him as the priest of Nesses.

"But they will be suspicious of Ed and Eric...... Where the hell can those two fools go?" compared to the priest of Anduhe, Fili sat in a miserable position, and even though there was a wall behind him, he almost collapsed to the ground.

Naria kept spinning around in the ring of fire, and everyone knew why.

"Don't worry, Naria, Ed Singhal has hellish good fortune, he won't die so easily, you said it yourself. ”

Tess's words didn't reassure Naria.

"My father used to say that there is nothing more unreliable than luck. She kept wringing her hands and looked at the ring of fire from time to time, as if considering the possibility of jumping out.

"That's right. "We can't be stuck here, but we have to wait for the opportunity if it causes chaos...... We don't even know how many enemies are waiting for this. ”

"Philip Zeri, you really don't know where they are?" asked Nigel suddenly.

"Do I seem stupid or bold enough to arrange a stinking boy who can't do a to carry out some kind of conspiracy in this situation?" Fili pointed to his nose and finally burst into a foul mouth, "If something happens to him, these guys will never let me get out of this city alive! Not to mention the eerie half-elf priest! If you know him, you know that if he doesn't say a word, he's going to get me somewhere that even Nyo can't find and leave me dead with nothing left of ashes!"

"So......" Nigel finally opened his eyes, "how much do you know about Hoan Shaw?"

"Joan Shaw, he said he had come to find his father, but he didn't really know who he was, and he didn't know who his father was......" Feeley told Nigel everything he knew - that wasn't much, and who would doubt such a cowardly teenager?

"Sounds really trustworthy. Nigel sneered.

“...... If you don't want to look so suspicious, at least go out and bask in the sun!" Filly said unhappily, "Look in the mirror!

"My strength is in my soul, not in my body, and I don't need to boast of being strong like a paladin. ”

"My soul is as strong as my body......"

Norway looked around as he listened to the unstoppable rhetoric between the two clergymen.

He noticed that Khaliat and Risek hadn't been seen for a while, and that they might be looking for Ed and Eric. The current situation was a bit confusing to the elves. He couldn't see any clear purpose, and if someone was really planning behind the matter, something must be out of control.

Naria finally stopped spinning around and sat beside him, looking at Akan with some concern, the big man leaning against the wall, nodding his head incessantly, as if he was sleepy.

"Norvi...... I've got to tell you, Akhan...... He didn't look like Akan for a while. She hadn't had a chance to tell the elves about it.

"Oh, I almost forgot!" said Tess, "he's getting smarter! Several times I almost thought he was going to speak." ”

She pounced and snapped at Akan in the face. The big man looked at him in a daze, and the wisdom that had seen everything in his eyes had disappeared at some point, and now all that was left was "wanting to sleep".

"It was as if another soul had entered his body...... We didn't climb down with a rope," Narya told Norvi, "and Akan took us the other way. ”

"Shortcut!" said Tess, "it's so hard to slide! I thought my back would burn." Don't ask Akan how he knows, I don't think he knows. ”

It was a thick drain at the back of the temple, buried tightly by the stones that had fallen from the roof, and Akan removed the necessary stones with precision, as if he had known there was an entrance and jumped into it without looking back. The girls didn't have time to ask, so they could only jump down with Akan and slide all the way into the sewers. Tess lit the torches, and Akan didn't seem to need them, smashing through the bottom of a dry fountain pool, climbing to the ground, and leading them to Norway as fast as he could.

"Sewer ......," Norway mused, as Grivar and Stonebutch both had criss-crossing drainage systems, which were never elven spheres of activity, but were pretty nice places for some creatures that liked to hide in the dark.

He may have overlooked something.

"Xiao Mo was also a little strange at that time...... It's like it knows what Akan is doing. Tess lifted Mochi, and the little mongoose was now so sleepy that she couldn't even move, just like Akan.

"And the animals...... They're not Ed, and they're not going to come to your aid just because you're an elf. Naria said.

Tess immediately changed all the animals' faces to Ed in her mind, and fell to the ground with a giggle.

"Someone is helping us...... Calebrian?" Norway guessed.

"Why can't he do it, just let the dead people outside die well, literally?" Tess was curious and dissatisfied with the powerful priest who had only heard of his name.

"My father trusted him, but I never knew what he was thinking...... Sometimes, he makes people feel a little scared. Naria thought of Celebrien, his silver-gray eyes hiding too much.

"You ought to be afraid," said Filly, distracted from the warm and friendly exchange with Nigel, "perhaps he would be standing next to you right now, looking down at you!"

Naria shuddered, and couldn't help but really look up.

"If he doesn't want to show up, there must be some reason. "We're on our own." ”

"Of course, who else can you count on? these two big dogs barking incessantly?" Tess nodded disdainfully at Filly and Nigel with her fingers.

The "big dogs" fell silent at the same time, glaring at her with annoyed eyes.

"You two, I know you guys have had a misunderstanding before, but can you ......" Novi didn't know how many times he had repeated something like this.

"I'll talk about it later. Knowing that, Filly raised his hands in compromise, "It's important, I know, I'm sorry." And, I apologize to you, Nigel Estes...... Lord Lovey, we're not enemies anyway. ”

Anduhye's priest tightened his face, as if he couldn't change roles as suddenly as Fili did, but finally nodded and said no more.

"Forgive me, Lord Lowe, but these people respect you, and if you want to leave here, you shouldn't be stopped. And those two leaders of humanity, they will also believe in you more than in me. Norway whispered as he looked at the guards by the fire.

“...... What do you want me to do?" Nigel asked.

"Warn them, get in here...... Or maybe the only way to get out of here is through the gate. ”.

The word "drain?" made Kharyat stunned.

As soon as he and Risek entered the hall, they were told, "The priest is looking for you." ”

It was they who decided to keep Nigel's true identity a secret in order to reassure people's hearts, but Nigel's grandiose use of the identity of "Priest of Nethers" still made them unhappy.

"That's what the city is used for...... Drain the pipes. Nigel frowned, not knowing how to explain it, the followers of Nethers were basically farmers and hunters in remote mountain villages, and they lived in places where such things could not be used.

Thankfully, Khaliart didn't ask any further.

"Do you think Ed and Eric got out of here using the drain?"

"I didn't say who left here. Nigel said unhappily, "Anyone can leave through the drain, or enter." You'd better check this place again, the entrance to the drain is usually on the floor in the corner of the room, or in the corner of the wall, some may be small, but some are large enough for humans to pass through...... This is the city of elves, and they will love to have some cut-out patterns on the manhole covers. ”

"That's what you just thought...... Or did anyone tell you?" Risek glanced at the elves surrounded by a fire not far away. Norway was watching them quietly, and when he noticed his gaze, the elf just stared back.

"Does that matter?" asked Nigel in displeasure.

"Not really. It's just that, as you said, this is the city of elves, and maybe an elf can find those ...... faster Drainpipe. Risek replied.

Nigel looked at him suspiciously. He could understand the suspicion of elves among these people, after all, he was also a native of Anktan, and although he knew more about the history of the elven race, it was the first time he had seen a living elf - he was quite satisfied with his calm appearance. But if he hadn't heard all the conversations between Norway and the girls, he wasn't sure he could have trusted the elf.

"We need the power of that elf. "So we chose to believe him...... Temporarily. ”

"Wise choice. Nigel nodded in agreement, "I'll tell him." ”

As he walked towards Norvi, Haryat repeated in a low voice: "'Wise choice'...... Is it 'believed' or 'temporary'?"

Risek didn't answer, hiding his worries in the back of his heart.

A common enemy keeps them grudgingly together, but it would be an extremely fragile alliance. Once the immediate crisis is resolved, all pent-up suspicion and discontent will still erupt. Ni'o and Anduch are the most worshipped gods in the north, and if their clergy are deliberately suppressed, it will be difficult for the followers of Nesses to develop.

But that might not be his concern - the pastors will take care of everything. Reassuring himself, Risek turned his gaze to the door that seemed to be still strong. The sounds outside had somehow changed from sporadic banging to regular, loud crashes, and the skeletons might have found a more effective way to breach the gate under the control of the mage.

He didn't know how long it would last.