Chapter Seventy-Five: The 'Betrayal' of Friendship and Family

The city of Gerthorne seemed to have just experienced a major battle, and Levi's team, led by half of the host, Garr, had just entered the city from the abandoned mine pit when they keenly smelled the smell of blood and the flames of war, and everywhere they could see the wounded who had just been replaced from the city walls.

Most of them are slaves from the lowest ranks, and they are of a variety of races, the most numerous of which are humans, orcs, and minotaurs.

Unlike the vast majority of drows who like to be alone, the difficult and terrible living environment of slaves allows them to learn to huddle together early on, and individuals without any help can easily survive only when they are affected by the machinations or malicious jokes of the drow nobles.

Among them were a number of drow civilian fighters, both men and women.

Levi had heard the old dwarf Tiger say that it was relatively easy to distinguish between nobles and commoners in the city of Drow.

Unless they want to remain incognito, most drow nobles dress appropriately for their status, wearing fine clothing or robes, carrying fine equipment, and an almost palpable 'aura' of pride, intimidation, and power.

In traditional drow societies, commoners sacrifice only a few less than slaves, and if a Dark Elf nobleman is given the choice to sacrifice a slave or a drow commoner for a purpose, she will choose a slave.

But if the only way to succeed is to destroy a drow civilian, that civilian will instantly become dead.

Drow's society is extremely realistic, but for civilians, there is no room for improvement.

Those who were gifted with war or magic could earn a status similar to that of a nobleman through their exploits and contributions to the city, and such people were usually adopted by noble families to increase their prestige and power.

In that faraway city of Morsoblay, the famous martial arts master Zaknavan - the father of Trist Duchaden - is one such person.

He was born as a commoner, but is permanently associated with the Chatden family because of his uncanny weaponry.

He was even allowed to bear the surname Duciden, and because he was the spouse of Duciden's mistress, his children became complete nobles in the family.

But until this identity is completely transformed, these honorary nobles from civilian backgrounds still have to be on guard against threats from all sides, especially the male Drow.

Even the most experienced male generals (who can only lead slave classes and male drow civilian warriors) and veterans who have survived many struggles can be killed by accidentally 'insulting' the priestess of the Spider Goddess.

Only witchcraft is the only true way for a male in Rose's society to gain some of his true power.

For a wizard of equal status is far more valuable than a warrior, simply because they are rarer and more useful.

Still, technically, even the most gifted male wizards are still in the lower echelons of society for the lowest female priests.

The male wizards were outraged by this fact, and it is even said that there was once a drow city in the Netherlands dominated by male drow wizards, but it was quickly reduced to ashes by the wrath of the surrounding drow cities.

This is a world they are destined to be enslaved in because it is a disaster brought about by their gender.

A male wizard who transcends space and time must likewise grovel to the female priests who can barely muster power to make a scratched knee better, their presence... is a failure.

This is also how Lucifer's father, the Moon Elf who was a prisoner of war on Drow, chose such a very different path for his son... The real reason.

At the same time, Garr is now telling Levi and them all about the city.

Although Jiaer knew that his fainting must have something to do with Levi, he didn't dare to say it because of their terrifying strength and might.

Even in order to help his housewife maintain a good relationship with Zeellandia, he acted as a tour guide with a 'full of enthusiasm', and made due contributions to Levi and his ability to better appreciate the scenery of Gelthorne City.

At this moment, she pointed to the stone pillar in the center of the city and introduced it to Levi: "I think you should have heard that the stone pillar is the Nabondel Pillar of Time, because there is no seasonal change in the dark area, the luminescence cycle of the fluorescent moss is not so regular, it is because at the end of the day, the archmage of Gerthorn City will cast a magic fire spell on the stone pillar, the effective time of this spell is exactly equal to one day on the surface, and the temperature of the flame will envelop the whole city in a brilliant red light...

"In the northern district, there is Tibrich, the most famous part of the city of Gersohne, which is the highest point of the vault where the city of Gersohne is located. It is home to the Spider Academy, the mission home of our Drow Spider God, as well as the School of Sorcery and the Fighting Tower.

"Among them, the Academy of Sorcery is the place where we train wizards and mages in Gerthorn City, it is the incubator of many famous and dark regions of Drow, and it is also the ivory tower that countless Drow want to enter, only valuable knowledge can have the slightest possibility to change their predetermined fate.

"And that fighting tower is a place to train male Drow warriors to learn combat skills, but due to our city's endless foreign wars for more than two hundred years, the number of males has dropped to a cordon that the masters and mothers have to pay attention to, in order to ensure that we have enough males to maintain the inheritance of the bloodline, the male conscription order has been temporarily canceled, so the fighting tower has been abandoned for a long time...

"Below the three towers was the noble quarter of Drow, where Miss Disana's abode was located. ”

It wasn't until he said this that the Drow Captain gave a look of admiration and pride.

"You seem to have a good relationship with Deshana. Levi exclaimed abruptly.

Levi couldn't help but think that when they were attacked in the tunnels, the Drow Captain would rather give up his life in order to fulfill Deshana's request.

If it weren't for the fact that he and Alley were strong enough to give the spider drow a second in a short period of time, I'm afraid that this drow guard would already be a corpse by now.

And this kind of sincere friendship is extremely rare in Drow's society.

Because most of those who once believed in friendship are dead.

Hearing this, Garr laughed, and smiled very sincerely, and she sighed, "Is it okay? She is my dearest sister." ”

“???”

Not only Levi, but the group were a little dumbfounded when they heard this completely unexpected answer.

"But aren't all your Drow sisters in competition?" Levi couldn't help but ask the question in everyone's minds.

You know, in Drow's society, family affection is a more extravagant and ridiculous affection than friendship.

And they are both.

"That's between the lineage, I'm just a civilian warrior born in the side line, so the private relationship between Miss and me has been excellent since childhood. ”

Saying this, the smile on her face narrowed, and it became bitter and complicated:

"Until the rite of passage, Miss's hunting mission failed due to the joint formation of her sisters, and I gave her the head of my prey so that she could complete the rite of passage...

"Originally, I was going to turn into a spider as a punishment for 'failing', and this process has even been carried out for a small time, which is also the reason why my body is different from ordinary people.

"In the end, at the risk of punishment, the young lady made up a lie that I had betrayed and persecuted her during the trial, which had caused her to nearly fail in her mission, so she begged the priests to give her a chance to punish me personally.

"She said that she would forget all her memories after becoming a spider drow, which would not solve her hatred at all, and then she listed the 'evidence', which I was forced to admit under the 'mountain of evidence'.

"She said that she would torture and enslave me for eternity after her own execution of me. This, too, was unanimously appreciated by the priests, thus interrupting the conversion ceremony. I saved my sanity and my memory.

"Finally, in the presence of all the priests, she whipped me with a serpent's head for a day and a night. ”

"It wasn't until she dragged me home that she hugged me and cried. ”

"I survived, so on the surface I am her sigil slave and chief of the guard, but secretly, I am her most trusted confidant and chief martial arts chief. ”

After saying this, she suddenly turned around, and then suddenly knelt down on one knee in front of Levi, and said in a voice that only Levi could hear:

"Your Majesty, I know your abilities and your might. So I want to 'betray' Miss again today, she has become more and more addicted to power in recent years, and if she really has the intention of betraying you, I will find a way to inform you as soon as possible!

Levi frowned slightly when he heard this, it was an extremely absurd feeling.

I heard the 'loyal' chief of the guard say: "I only ask that at that time, you can spare her life for the sake of my 'betrayal' of her today and the information in the future!"

Levi finally laughed, as if he had seen something extremely interesting.

"The complexity of Drow is really an eye-opener for me. ”

Levi smiled and muttered to himself, and then waved his hand, "Get up, this is just your unilateral worry, I don't think Dishana seems to be that kind of unwise drow, and you kneel in such a large public, aren't you afraid that she really has something that she shouldn't have?"

"And Lord Hogg must agree!" Garr buried his head lower.

"Okay... If she's really that good at someday, and her performance is funny enough, it's going to spare her life... And how. ”

Levi smiled awe-inspiringly, but there was no warmth in his eyes.