Chapter 22: Goodbye Katyusha
Time passed little by little, as punctual as an OMEGA mechanical watch, and just before the celebration began, Efeld opened his eyes.
Wake up Savina and Sock, who are still asleep, and when they have washed up a little, the two and the beast walk towards the interior of Oleda under the guidance of the innkeeper.
Sock continues to pretend to be a captured human captive, while Savina leads Efeld with him on a rope. Exit the inn and follow the sloping stone staircase to the base of the pillar, where there is a passage into the interior.
"It's so bright!"
As soon as she reached the inner side of the passage, and before she had taken a few steps forward, a sun-like light shone from the other side of the passage, causing Savina's eyes to be used to the dim torches outside of Oleda for a moment.
Efeld's pupils, which had spread throughout his eyeball, immediately shrank like jujube pits, and a clear picture was immediately reflected on his retina.
White, green, and green, the colors of the surface world appear in the dark world of the underground.
"What's that?"
The direction that Savina's Qianqian Jade Finger points to is the raison d'Γͺtre of Oleda, the very rare source of light and heat in the Dark Realm, the Pillar of Earthfire.
"That's a pillar of fire. β
Sock answered Shavina's question, and although he had only seen the pictures in the library keeper of the Mage Tower, it was the first time he had seen the real thing.
Efeld knew what was going on, and the knowledge of the earth explained it was the phenomenon of the combustion of certain combustible gases leaking out of the ground when the underground rock formations changed, and the conditions for producing the pillar of earth fire were more demanding, and it was necessary to have a suitable size of gas outlets, enough pressure, abundant oxygen, and most importantly, a little bit of spark.
Therefore, wherever there is a pillar of earth and fire, a city will definitely be built, and even the most barren land will be developed by the race, and even the extremely difficult passage will be opened to bring in water.
Oleda sits right in the water, and with a pillar of fire so powerful, it's a true miracle among the intelligent creatures of the Dark Realms.
Following the somewhat crowded crowd, Shavina and the others slowly came to the square where the Earth Fire Pillar was located, and along the way, the chaos of the Dark Elf City was clearly manifested. Stealing, extortion, molestation, brawls. In just a few hundred meters of road, Efeld quietly broke the tendons of four thieves and seven perverts, so that they basically had no chance to do it again in their lives.
Under the pillar of fire, a platform more than ten feet high has been built with mushroom straw, and on the platform, several middle-aged women surnamed Youye have already sitted. On one side of the platform, a thin old man surnamed Dark Elf was speaking to the crowd.
"Silence, silence. β
"Master Cato, Master Cato at that time!"
Before he could speak, a loud voice resounded over the entire Aureda, lingering for a long time.
"It's amplification, and it's often used in wide squares. β
Sock recognized the spell used by the old dark elf, but without gestures or spells, he silently cast the spell.
"That old man surnamed Dark Elf is a demigod powerhouse, and the coercion he exudes is something I felt the last time I encountered the Giant Crocodile underground. β
Beasts can't speak, and in such a crowded place, Efeld can only explain the situation to Shavina through his mind.
Shavina looked around, then turned her eyes back to the platform, and asked Efield through her mind.
"In other words, there is no hope of killing those young dark elves by force and retaking Katyusha?"
"Yes, even if it's just that old man, we can't fight against it, not to mention that there are five dark elf mistresses on the stage, all of whom are high-ranking priests blessed by Goddess Rose. β
Efeld and Savina's eyes met, and he shook his head slowly.
Under the loud voice of the old man surnamed Cato, the dark elf, all the people who came to participate in the celebration fell silent, and those golden fingers stopped moving, which was a tribute to this demigod powerhouse.
"Today is the twentieth anniversary celebration of the young elves of Oleda, to celebrate their successful first hunt!
Groups of young dark elves, led by the martial arts chiefs of each family, stepped briskly onto the platform, and they held up the trophies in their hands and cheered to the people below the platform, venting their youth. Most of these combat powers are the relics of the elves they killed, such as longbows, rapiers, leather armor, etc., but there are also some dark elves who have unique hobbies, some of them bring back books, food, and the most unique one is a little human girl in the hands of the dark elves.
The Dark Elves under the platform are also cheering enthusiastically to celebrate the birth of a new batch of Dark Elf warriors.
"Katyusha!"
Shavina and Sock almost screamed, but in the end they held back. The little girl's white face in the hands of the dark elf was almost transparent in the light of the pillar of fire, and her eyes were closed, as if she had not yet regained consciousness.
"They must have fed Katyusha the drugs that caused her coma!"
Sock's teeth were rattling, but his expression was still pretended to be nervous and worried, and in an undetectable voice around Shavina, he spoke his guess.
"Now start auctioning off the spoils of their confessional hunt, and the highest bidder wins!"
Master Cato had returned to his place in the same row as the main mother's door in the center of the platform, with a slender middle-aged male surnamed Dark Elf presiding over the celebration in his place.
"Now for the auction of the trophies of the First Family Hunting Party. β
The highlight of the second step of the celebration began, and many people, especially those of non-dark elf races, came for this part. They swarmed forward, waving handfuls of gold coins in their hands.
The weapons and armor of the surface world are much better than those of the dark regions, and many people will do whatever it takes to have better equipment to save their lives. A longbow, a sharp sword, and several trophies from Chengren's hunting team were sold for a good price, and both buyers and sellers were quite satisfied.
"Now auction the loot of the Fourth Family!"
A whole row of elven weapons and a most special little human girl were put together, and the weapons were sold one by one, and the final auction was which little human girl, our Katyusha.
"Nimes, now it's up to you to see if you're accurate!"
Demunari gently bumped the young dark elf who had brought Katyusha back to Oleda with a little ill-will, a fine sword she had brought back had already fetched a good price, enough for her to buy herself a full set of regular equipment, and she wanted to see his jokes now.
"Rest assured, it's definitely higher than yours. β
Nim gave Demunari a triumphant look, and then his attention had turned to the auction.
"Ten gold coins!"
"Fifty gold coins!"
"One hundred Waterdeep Gold Coins!"
Shavina flipped through her pockets slightly, and inside was all the possessions she had brought with her this time, because she had never thought of buying the little girl back with gold coins, she had just prepared the amount she needed to use regularly.
Although the gold content of Waterdeep Gold Coins is more than 30% higher than that of gold coins commonly used in the Dark Regions, the quality cannot match the quantity.
"Two hundred gold coins!"
A somewhat obscene dark elf shouted out the highest price in the audience, he was fatter than the average dark elf, even his hair was a little thin, and his ears were completely drooping, like a goblin more than like a dark elf.
"Nim, I didn't think that a small pink skin could sell so much, I knew I shouldn't have killed that little elf, and I should be able to sell more if I caught it. β
Demunari was a little frustrated, she had no idea that there would be a dark elf who would be so interested in non-native creatures.
Nim didn't speak, he just smiled, and he was enjoying himself when he brought back such a big report on a whim.
There is no higher price, one hand to pay, the other hand, the obscene dark elf hugged the unconscious Katyusha, the slender tongue still licked the Katyusha's delicate face in obsession, and the whispers around made Savina and Sok nervous.
"It's Turim's lewd and guy, and it looks like this little pink skin is going to have a hard time. β
"I guess it's better to live than to die. (To be continued.) )