Darker stepped back, his back against the wall.

Dodge - can you dodge? Such a narrow space!

Is it dead?

The giant blue-gray spider ripped open the rock formation above his head, shook his massive head, and stood up in front of him.

The spider spoke, "Young human, welcome to the Underground Kingdom. I am Anarak, the leader of the Frost Spiders. ”

Duck was taken aback, but quickly calmed down: "Underground Kingdom?"

"To be precise, it's the underground outpost of the ancient kingdom of Atalantis, where we Frost Spiders are the guards. Atalantis has fallen, but we have not forgotten our duty. If those super-powerful equipment fall into the hands of underground demons, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

"Why didn't you answer the call of the Spider Queen?"

Anarak's eight eyes suddenly zoomed in: "Your Majesty, where is she, isn't she supposed to be in the Southern Jungle?"

"In search of you, she came here in alliance with humans. I am her messenger. ”

"Honorable Emissary, it is very exciting that Your Majesty has not abandoned us, the subjects of the Far North. However, there is a strong disturbance of magical energy here, and even casting spells is a very difficult task, and we can't feel her call. Please be sure to convey our 10,000 apologies to Your Majesty. ”

"How did I get here?"

"You're in good luck. Our hunters caught an ice beetle worm while foraging for food and found you in its stomach. Your magical gear automatically creates a shield, which allows you to avoid dangerous acids. ”

"Thanks, then, can I get to the ground?"

"Of course, but beware of Sallen, the King of Wind and Snow, it took us a thousand years to get rid of its rule, but also lost the chance to return to the surface. If Her Majesty comes, be careful of this guy, the environment here is too favorable for it. Unless—"

"Unless what?"

"Unless you can get the equipment of the Atalantis, those powerful epic equipment, as long as you can get one or two, will be enough to crush that arrogant ice wolf - of course, you have to transform into a human form before using it, which is nothing to Her Majesty. ”

"So I'm going to have to stay here for a while?"

"I'm afraid so. But don't worry, we knew how to get along with humans in the time of Atalantis. Although we can't provide delicious food, we can still have fresh ingredients that are acceptable to humans. I have ordered my men to build you a living room in absolute safety. ”

"Absolutely safe? That is, there are still unsafe places?"

"It's not just us that's underground, there's also the terrible Blackclaw. ”

"Blackclaw?

"Traitor to Atalantis. The Atalantis created them as guardians of the underworld, and later, these guys somehow acquired some of the technology of Atalantis and began to fight back, and the declining Atalantis could not withstand their invasion and perished. Now, these guys are fighting us for control of the underworld. We don't have an advantage. ”

"What about the specifics?"

"Please go this way, we'll talk as we go. Anarak led the way, a man and a spider making their way deep into the surface through the wide underground tunnels.

"The underground kingdom is unfathomable, and above our heads is a magical energy chaos area of about a hundred meters, in this area, any magic energy fluctuations become a mess, and the use of spells is self-defeating, so some of the more dangerous cave creatures are distributed in the middle. Of course it's for humans, for us, these guys are just food. ”

"How did this area come about?"

"It's about Atalantis. In its heyday, Atalantis was the overlord of the sky, ice fields, and seas. Its cities span ice fields, water, and the ocean floor. Later, it was destroyed and many facilities were abandoned. There are many magical energy generators underground, their control cores are destroyed, and a large amount of magical energy is released in disorder, creating a huge isolation zone, and the detection of the ground cannot perceive the underground. It was this that we were able to evade Sallon and his brutal men and regain our freedom. ”

"All so?"

"No, layered. Deep in the earth, where there are fewer abandoned magical devices, the distribution of magical energy is relatively normal, and where magical energy is stable and abundant, it is a good place to establish a colony and breed offspring - of course, the damned Blackclaw monsters know it. ”

"You mentioned the 'Underground Demon', what's going on, does it use the equipment of the Atalantis?"

"That guy is the leader of the Blackclaw, our nemesis, it's as intelligent as I am, and besides, it's free to change form. Part of the Atalantes' defenses are still functioning, and those critical areas can only be accessed in human form. So, we've got to keep that guy out there. ”

Anarak paused and said, "It can absorb demonic energy to constantly renew its body, but I can't, I'm already old, I'm afraid I won't be able to support it for long." Emissary, can you help us take out this guy, if it takes away the equipment of the Atalantis, the world will be destroyed!"

"What should I do?"

"The best thing to do is to get the equipment of the Atalantis first, I'm familiar with the periphery of their arsenal, and my men are responsible for the security along the way, that's fine, but now that the Blackclaws are attacking hard, I have to withstand their attacks first. ”

"What about the specific plan?"

"There's a large hatching nest of Blackclaw nearby, and it requires a lot of mana, which is provided by a medium-sized mana reactor. We can destroy that hatching nest to temporarily reduce the number of enemies, or take back the reactor for our use. ”

"Take a map, can you?"

"Yes. ”

A Frost Giant Spider grabs a polished magic hedron and throws a blue map image. The locations of Darkk and Anarak are marked with blue dots, and the Blackclaw's lair and reactor are marked with two large red circles. Several green lines connect the blue and red dots, symbolizing the available routes.

"There's a fierce battle on the road, isn't it?"

"Yes, Sir. We can only choose from these routes, and if the Blackclaw discovers their intentions, they will quickly adjust their deployment. So this should be a covert infiltration operation. You choose one of them, and I'll direct my men to launch a feint to distract you and provide cover. ”

Duck pointed to the thinnest green line and said, "This is the shortest road?"

"It's an emergency passage built by the Atalantis, with active mechanical guards that fire at all non-human life. So, neither we nor the Blackclaw were afraid to go inside, but they were blocked off at both ends of the passage, and they didn't know anything about the environment inside - would you take this path? That could be dangerous. ”

"Since it is an emergency passage, there can't be only one exit, and no one is more suitable than me. That's it. ”

After a little preparation, Duck crawled through the end of the giant spider's control into the emergency passage.

Looking at his back and disappearing into the passage of the black hole, Anaraq whispered, "Lord Emissary, the fate of the giant spider clan depends on you, and my fate depends on yours. I don't want to wait any longer, I hope you're lucky enough, hahahaha. ”