The White Rock Tavern is one of the worst taverns in town, not one of them.

There were no horses in the so-called stable, only a huge donkey cart full of animal carcasses, and the whole stable, shrouded in the smell of fermentation of urine and food residues, both the scenery and the smell made people want to die.

Guess what Raven saw there?

A drunken and barely bearded dwarf, a burly white-haired bearman, a down-and-out archer of drow (aka dark elves) blood, and a whining halfling bard.

"Oooh! Thank you Yodala! Finally, a wanderer is willing to join the gang! The halfling jumped down from the belly of the unconscious dwarf, greeted him enthusiastically, and grabbed Raven's hand: "I'm Yard." Do you want to join us? We were about to try our luck on the outskirts of the Shadow Valley, just one loiterer away. ”

Halflings are easy to get acquainted with, and before Raven could speak, Yard had already kept introducing his teammates to Raven: "It's Dalak who is drunk, a great dwarf guy." ”

Awesome yarn! This thing is underage at all!

"Although this half-elf Shuva has Drow blood, he actually believes in the Dark Maiden, a good deity that even the Harpists of the Justice Order recognize." When Yard introduced him, Shuva nodded silently.

All right! I have to say that Elitris, the goddess of goodness who believes in the dark elves, and the guy who is also known as the dark girl are idealists who drown with dreams.

At this moment, Raven had already equated him with cannon fodder.

"Bearman...... His name is too long, and he usually asks us to call him White Hair. When the halfling man was introduced, Bai Mao also added: "Well, let me do the knife blocking thing." ”

Raven was a little speechless, should I say that he was cute or upright. He was so straightforward, Raven was a little embarrassed to trick him.

After the introduction, in the face of the six blazing eyes, Raven actually wanted to say no.

To be honest, the guys in this team are more bizarre than the other. Raven bet he was in it and no one would notice him.

This is the territory of the human empire Arslan, where humans are the dominant race, and generally speaking, elves, dwarves, and halflings are better mixed here.

It's hell to be able to put together such a strange team!

"Dear Mr. Wanderer, our team is allocated according to need, and whoever needs it will be given to whomever he needs. No problem? Yard continued to invite Raven.

"Good! My name is Rex and I'm joining. As long as you don't dislike me for being a rookie loiter. ”

"It's okay, I hit a trap that you're not sure of, tell me, I'll just go over and try it." White fur comforted Raven like this.

You have the ability to look at a string of deaths!

Raven roared in his heart.

To this team...... Raven lost his temper completely.

"Alright, everyone, let's go!" Halfling Yade said happily.

"Go? Where's the supply? Raven looked around and didn't see anything resembling food or tents.

"Supplies? We just have to hunt on the road. Bai Mao touched his head with a huge bear paw, expressing puzzlement. The half-drow elf was silent, the halfling said that he had brought his own dry food, and the dwarf continued to sleep, and then the matter was settled......

Raven's eyelids jumped, Nima! Am I taking a Boy Scout?

"Follow, I, come." Raven yelled almost word for word.

When they saw Raven's almost fully armed two-horse carriage, everyone's eyes lit up.

The halfling screamed and did a front flip for three weeks and jumped into the car. The half-drow elf flipped over. Dwarf...... I was thrown like trash by the bear people.

Finally, there was Bai Mao, who was embarrassed to ask Raven, "Can I sit on it?" ”

The corners of Raven's mouth twitched, "Do you mind if I ask you how much you weigh?" ”

Bai Maohan smiled: "This...... It should be no less than a ton. ”

When the words fell, even the two horses snorted with contempt, and as soon as the white fur got into the car, they immediately pretended to be dead.

Eventually, Whitefur followed the carriage dejectedly, and he walked ahead, the two horses were quite nervous, while the rest of the men sat on the rope one.

Yes, none of them noticed that they were actually sitting on a murderous golem.

After walking for most of the day, they finally arrived at the town of Shales, which was closest to the Valley of the Shadows, in the evening.

What was once a cold town is now a huge bazaar.

Not only adventurers, but also wandering merchants who have come to the town have occupied every vacant lot in the town to sell. The only inn in town was filled with the richest adventurous party, the Ellisons. Latecomers can only camp in tents outside the town.

Thanks to Bai Mao's huge body, the adventurers consciously gave up a leeward place at the bottom of the hill to Raven and his party.

Raven prepared two tents, one was Karin's before, and he didn't lose it later, but now he uses it. Raven told the dwarves, who had not woken up, to lie down in the carriage, sleeping in a tent by himself and a tent for the half-drow elves. The chattering halfling went out to find out the news.

White hair? Lie down where it's cool!

Towards dawn, the halfling Yard returned, and he was frustrated with indescribable frustration in the face of several temporary teammates, including the sober Dwarf Dalak.

"This public bounty is very problematic. The target of the bounty is a rare silver-tier dagger Black Moon Blade in a mysterious treasure trove in the Shadow Valley, and anyone who gets his hands on it and hands it over to the Adventurer's Guild can get 20,000 gold coins. At this point, Yard paused.

"The problem is that no one knows where this valley of shadows is. Or those who know will not say. There are at least twenty barren valleys near the town. To make matters worse, when you go out during the day, it's all ordinary valleys, and at night when you go out there a lot of people are missing. Listen, it's as if people and equipment have completely evaporated from this world. ”

"Oh, no—" Dwarf Darak patted his forehead in pain, "I'm thinking of picking up something from the outer ruins and going back as proof of my adventure." ”

Raven didn't speak, he knew that Ellison couldn't catch him, and he would definitely make a move.

In fact, in the inn in the town on the other side, Ellison fell into deep thought.

His henchman Katrick came in: "Your Excellency, I still can't find it. The number of adventurers who came was much larger than we could have imagined. We simply don't have the manpower to screen thousands of adventurers. ”

The old thief Vanderfa added: "What if...... I mean, if that Raven was a true wanderer and knew how to change faces, then no one but the high-ranking mage warlock would be able to detect his disguise. ”

"It's okay, let's carry out the predetermined plan."

At noon, a blast spreads that the entrance to the Valley of Shadows has been found, but the entrance is only open at night.

People suddenly became excited and talked about it. There are even fantasists who are already thinking about how to spend it after they get paid.

As night fell, the adventurers eagerly began to charge, and locusts rushed to the entrance.

Raven couldn't stop the impulsive dwarves and excited halflings, and they were also huddled towards the entrance.

It was a strangely silent valley, and no echo could be heard from the crowd at the entrance of the valley, no matter how noisy the crowd was. Follow the rocky slope down to the bottom of the valley and follow the rumored entrance into a large rock crevif into a cave.

The crowd lit up the surroundings as if it were daylight with torches.

Soon, however, billowing fog poured out from the depths of the cave. At first, it just spreads, and after a few seconds, it is already curling and coiling around everyone like a ghost's tentacles.

"Don't leave me!" Whitefur roared.

Almost all adventurers unconsciously move closer to their teammates.

There was a brief moment of dizziness, and when he came back to his senses, the surrounding area had become a world of only black.

Right! Only black!

Different shades of black!

Everything still has the same lines as before, and the white fur is still the same giant bear man as before, but his white fur has turned into different shades of black hair.

He never imagined that black could be divided into so many shades.

"Oh! Hell, what's going on? Dwarf Darac cursed.

Still a half-drow elf with a little insight, he spoke for the first time, his voice filled with fear: "Trouble, we may have strayed into the shadow plane." ”

"Shadow Plane?!" The three rookies exclaimed at the same time.

"Yes!" Shuva gritted his teeth: "Be careful, there are many shadow creatures here that can't be understood by common sense. And, apart from the high-level wanderers, I haven't heard of anyone else who can survive here for long. ”

The halfling shouted, "Oh my God! I always thought it was just a half-plane secret realm! What to do? Why don't we evacuate first? ”

The face of the half-drow elf was a little darker: "It's late! The entrance and exit of the shadow plane are never fixed. Again, only high-level wanderers can sense the presence of entrances and exits. ”

Raven next to him was decisively ignored by the rest of the team. Because that high level refers to the gold level or above, which has nothing to do with Raven's weak breath.

Raven didn't speak, he watched quietly, he wanted to make sure of something. He won't alert the temporary team until it's confirmed.

In this way, the squad wandered aimlessly for an hour.

After a vote, they descended a solid rocky trail and reached a black wilderness.

In the middle of the wilderness, there was a hut that was supposed to be made of thatch and mud. On the eaves, the bones of small animals swayed and rattled like wind chimes in the black breeze.

Suddenly, the halfling let out an exclamation.

"Oh my God! Look! ”

ps, well, I admit that pressing seconds is a bad habit......