It quickly became clear to me and the other selected commandos that this was no ordinary mission.

For the rest of the year, we didn't do anything else at all.

The team members huddled in the wargame room of the Fighting Tower, listening to the detailed assault plan. The instructor in charge of the team studied the tactical plan for the raid, showing the many maps that the team would pass through the tunnels until all the party members could memorize the path.

The rest of the time, the commandos practiced in the wide cavern repeatedly, familiarized themselves with each team's abilities, cultivated cooperation with each other, and imprinted the battle plan into each team's mind.

The 12 commandos are all level 6 professions except for me as a level 7 warrior, including warriors, rangers, thieves and mages, and the instructor who leads the team is also a mage, but there is not 1 priest. I can't guess what that means.

"Tomorrow, we're going to go to the ground. A priest from the Spider Church will follow us and help us. The instructor told us, "Now you have to choose the equipment you need." ”

Most of the equipment provided by the academy is just some ordinary goods, not as good as my own. Still, I picked a compound short bow with a quiver full of 20 arrows. The composite short bow is made by gluing horn slices, wood and bone, the bow body is bent backwards, and the bowstring is strengthened so that the weaker ones cannot use it. Of course, it also has a longer range than the average short bow.

The bow isn't a weapon for use in narrow underground tunnels, but the surface space is open enough to be used. The only reason for not taking the longbow and compound longbow with greater power and longer range was that it was inconvenient to carry. In the game, I was shorter due to race adjustments, only 1.6 meters, while the longbow and compound longbow were almost 2 meters tall......

Originally, I wanted to use a crossbow that was suitable for use both on the surface and underground, that is, a crossbow. But I already have one of the one-handed crossbows, and I took the opportunity to replenish the crossbow arrows. Other types of crossbows are too slow to wind, light crossbows require a wrench to tighten the bowstring, and heavy crossbows require a small winch for loading. The only repeating crossbow that can be loaded with 5 bolts at the same time is a special weapon, which is not a simple and military weapon that warriors are good at, and I didn't learn how to be good at a special weapon burst crossbow before. It's not that you can't use a weapon that you're not good at, but the last time you played with that +1 Blazing Battle Axe, you almost didn't cut off your own foot, so we can see how dangerous it is to use a weapon you're not good at. Of course, you don't have to worry about the crossbow bolt returning to your head after firing it, or falling directly into your feet, but the accuracy is not guaranteed.

The barbed iron gloves that were originally worn were replaced with a pair of ordinary iron gloves. The spikes on the barbed iron glove never had a chance to be used, and instead prevented me from equipping my shield quickly.

"You," the instructor pointed at me, "Scorpio, you're well equipped, but it's not enough for covert operations. He opened a small box.

The box contained 1 gray cloak and 1 pair of tall boots, also black. It seems familiar. By the way, I've seen the same style on Ayton Darkflame Battle Commander.

I took off my normal leather boots and put on new ones. They are very soft and fit well. Try to walk a few steps, and when you move, you don't make a sound at all under your feet. The gray cloak has a hood at the top, and the cloak is draped, the hood is put on, and the body is wrapped in a cloak...... Nothing happened.

"This is the standard equipment of the nobles, sent by your family. Both are magical items, and the Dark Elf Boots move quietly in almost any environment, making concealment more effective when the Dark Elf Cloak is used to cover the body and hide in the shadows. "The instructor told me.

When did the family become so generous to civilians? I asked incredulously, "Is it really for me?" ”

"It's just temporarily lent to you for assault missions." The instructor said lightly.

Just borrowing temporarily? It's okay, doesn't it mean that as long as I can prove my strength, I will be given better treatment and status, the standard equipment of the nobles, maybe when I come back, I can make the things I borrowed temporarily become my own. I began to imagine a bright future.

After going offline, I was so excited that I couldn't help but connect to Yichen's personal communicator and boast to him about the good things I had encountered.

"This ...... I seem to have heard of it," Yichen said with some solemnity, "there are some abandoned caverns on the edge of the Demon Blade City, inhabited by terrifying half-dark elves and half-spider creatures, which are also known as arachnoid dark elves......"

"Huh?"

They are trial losers...... All promising Dark Elves who reach a certain level are put to the test by Rose, testing their loyalty, intelligence, and abilities. Succeed in the trial to survive in the Dark Elf society, and the loser is cursed to become a arachnid elf......"

"The specific level of this trial is actually level 6 or above? And the assault I participated in was Rose's trial? There is no priest among the commandos, is it because Rose will take care of her priest separately? I asked.

"It seems so. You say there are no priests among the commandos...... I don't think a pastor is exempt from trials, maybe pastors' trials are different. In short, you have to be careful, otherwise...... I've seen it on the forum that the temple will refuse to resurrect believers and certain races of hostile gods because of the different gods enshrined......"

“…… The arachnoid elves are cursed by Rose, so Rose's temple will refuse to resurrect the arachnoid elf, and the temples of the other gods will not necessarily agree to resurrect a cursed creature? ”

"I don't know if other temples will resurrect cursed creatures, but it seems that our dark elves don't have a good relationship with other races, and if the temple is resurrected under the control of a hostile race, even if it can be resurrected, it will be attacked immediately."

“…… Hehe," I said with a dry laugh, "as long as you pass the trial, you'll be fine." ”

"Yes, it's no problem if you can pass the trial," Yichen said approvingly, "but if you don't pass, you can escape." The process of cursing is performed by Rose's priests, as long as you can escape Rose's power, you won't be turned into a spider elf without being captured. ”

“…… You can put it lightly, Rose's power is almost all over the Dark Regions, and the areas she can't control are usually hostile to the Dark Elves. ”

"Haha," it was Yichen's turn to smile dryly this time, "If you can't do it, just end this account and apply again." ”

"Schadenfreude, it's the same when you get to level 6!" I said hatefully.

"Not necessarily, it is said that only those capable and promising dark elves will be tested by Rose, so blame you for being too flamboyant." Yichen smirked.

“……”