Chapter 1: Betrayal

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The boundless underground world, made up of thousands of passages and caverns, is like a huge prison cell that imprisons countless creatures underground. Not even tenacious mosses could grow on the barren rocks, and only in a few areas, in huge caverns through which underground rivers flowed, did some fungi and other underground plants grow slowly on meager nutrients. The underworld is actually the twin brother of the desert, and they are all so vast and barren. In their bosom, looting, killing, and enslavement were always so frequent, and they remained the same for thousands of years.

Casca City is located in one of these huge caverns. The top of the 1,500-foot-high cave was like a black canopy, and it was low above the medium-sized city, and the huge cave with a width of 6 miles could finally provide a stable shelter for some intelligent creatures. The Drisini River, which flows through the city, provides basic food and water.

But it wasn't enough to feed the ever-increasing number of drow elves. Thankfully, this gigantic cavern is also connected to more than a dozen passages that run through other "smaller" megacaverns. Through these passages, the drow elves have been able to survive years of institutionalized plunder, and are finally able to sustain a basic life. Of course, it's just the life of the drows. So they settled here, building fortifications along the sloping mountain walls, narrow living quarters, a large and bloody martial arts training ground, a sprawling, eerie castle of the Sacrificial Academy, and a statue of the goddess Fimulika that would be there for 10,000 years.

The result was the city of Casca that it is today.

Lelin stood at the entrance to a cavern far from Casca, from which she could see Casca City in front of her, and the Colossus of Goddess Fimulica diagonally above. The tall and striking colossus is carved into a single stalactite larger than Casca City, and hangs more than 150 feet (about 50 meters) from the rocky sky.

The Drow priests were always keen to carve such intimidating statues of the goddess, saying that this was the only way to gain the favor of the goddess, and only in this way could they achieve long-term stability and prosperity. Therefore, they used magic to force the weak slaves to climb up the rocky vault with only rudimentary tools, and chiseled the stalactites more than 150 feet high inch by inch. I don't know how many years it took, I don't know how many slaves fell to death and died of exhaustion, but they finally chiseled out a section. At that time, the bones of a four-story building were piled up on the ground directly below.

But the nightmare was not over, and the slaves of all races were forced to carve the prototype of the statue of the goddess. Although the priests could directly shape the statue with spells such as stone shaping, they said, "The statue was made to express our awe to the goddess! Where is our awe? Only by sacrificing these slaves to the statue can we express our supreme awe to the goddess. So when the entire statue of the goddess was completed, the corpses on the ground were already 7 stories high.

Now, the statue of the goddess Fimulica stood in a majestic arch with a whip, her uplifting, waterfall-like hair, her full, firm breasts, her narrow waist, her curvaceous hips, and her flowing gauze skirt that reached her legs. Of course, the vicious snake whip will not be forgotten, it has been carved out very carefully, and even the scales on it are meticulously and neatly arranged. The statue of the goddess Fimulika held this poisonous whip that symbolized the authority of the gods, and stood in the arch-shaped stone niche with a gorgeous and cold face, the expression on her face was blurred by the dark purple light and shadow, but the poisonous expression on her face became more and more gloomy and solidified.

"Fimulica, Fimulica. Le Lin muttered to herself, her big beautiful eyes staring at the huge statue with her beautiful eyebrows furrowed slightly, and her sexy red lips under her seductive nose were saying, "You hypocritical and vicious god." Today, I can finally leave you forever. Hmph, suddenly there was a little bit of reluctance. But the thought of those priestesses' angry appearances makes me want to go away and make them angry for the rest of my life! Oh, maybe the male instructors at the martial arts academy will be happy to know that I'm leaving. Even though I was just a half-breed drow to be bullied in their eyes, I was a woman after all, and they were inferior to me in the martial arts academy. With a hint of a smile on her pretty face, she continued to talk to herself: "But they are always defeated by me, and I think the resentment against me must be deep in the bone marrow." The few times I got ahead of them and won the battle merits, these male instructors already looked like they were going to kill. Maybe they're drinking and plotting to kick me out of the academy right now. If I really want to tease them a few more times, I'm afraid I won't have such a chance in the surface world. I've heard that the men out there are very strong. ”

She shook the two steel swords on her left and right waists, one long and one short, which had originally belonged to Instructor Giacaro, but he had created despicable rumors behind his back to slander himself. So the two engaged in a duel, and this long sword was the "trophy" from him. It's a little funny that from then on he was honest with himself, and he admired him very much.

Thinking of this, Le Lin couldn't help but smile happily, and after continuing to look for a while, she finally saw 6 figures walking cautiously with the help of dark vision. They followed the cover of stalagmites and trodmites, zigzags forward. From time to time, he stopped to look around, for fear of touching any living creatures.

She smiled and said, "That's a good number, it's exactly six of them." But I'll hide it first. Wait until they come over and check again, it would be bad if someone pretended to be them. Then she rolled over and hid behind a boulder and waited quietly.

Lanceka was at the front of the six, she was a junior priest of the goddess Fimulica, and among the 2 women and 4 men, she had the highest status, to be precise, "temporarily the highest". Once she escapes the underworld of Drow and betrays the goddess Fimulica, her position is lost. But she had to do it! She had to leave Drow, she had to betray the goddess Fimulica, because she didn't want to be turned into a delirious monster with a drow on the top and a spider on the bottom!

She silently said to herself over and over again in her heart: "I have to leave, my mother and my two sisters have been turned into that abominable arachnid elf monster by you, and now you have given me such a difficult test, how can I complete it? I will not be caught with my hands tied! And Le Lin just gave me a chance!"

She saw the big stalagmite that was two people tall, it was the meeting place they had agreed with Le Lin, but there was no Le Lin under the big stalagmite.

A man next to him hurriedly caught up with Zhuoer and asked anxiously, "Why didn't you see Le Lin? Did she leave us and leave first? She said that she would take us with her! Didn't she even have time to wait for us?"

Ranka turned around a little annoyed and whispered, "Shut up! Maybe she's late! Don't be suspicious all the time!" After speaking, she added a little more to her contempt for all the male Zhuoer, and thought to herself: "They are all unproductive fellows! Like them, they go out to be slaves." It's a drag on these guys!I don't know what Lelin thinks?But when I get to the surface world, I should believe in that god instead?Is the dark girl Elise Emerald?No, she's too sentimental, and she's too weak! I guess it's hard for the other elven gods to accept me as a drow, and they're sure to test me in a lot of tiresome ways, and I hate these endless trials. Maybe you can directly believe in the beast god Mara, or maybe it's better to worship the god of natural disasters, Tajus?" She thought to herself as she led a few people to the two of them's tall stalagmites.

The male Drow looked left and right for a while, but still didn't see a figure, and couldn't help but tremble slightly and said, "It's really no one! What if we run into a patrol before Lelin comes? We'll be sacrificed!"

Ranka turned her head and glared at him viciously and scolded, "Shut up, you timid fellow!You're like a goblin who lives in a garbage heap!I've figured out how to deal with the patrol, but you&#% better be calm!We're really going to be finished when the patrol sees you shivering!" She didn't know this unproductive guy before, but this guy's appearance along the way really annoyed her! couldn't help but curse again: "Despicable man! No matter what you do, it's like a wreck! When you go to the outside world, it's also fodder for people's toes!"

The male drow clenched his fists in anger, in Casca City, in the territory of all the drow elves, the male was often forced to add toes to the high-ranking female drow, this was the female drow's way of asserting her authority. Even now, when she is about to betray Fimulika and leave the Drow society, this bitch-raised priestess is still insulting herself! But now she is still underground, and she is not yet out of Fimulica's control, and she can't turn her face yet. So he tugged at the corners of his mouth again, forcing a smile to hide his anger. I thought to myself, "Well, let you run rampant at the end! When we get out into the outside world, when you betray the goddess Fimulika and are deprived of God, see what is left of you bitch?

He kept lewd, and Lanska took out a stone and began to strike the stalagmite regularly. More than a dozen intermittent sounds of "knock, knock, knock" echoed clearly in the passage, and a long and graceful figure jumped easily from behind a large rock one and a half people high like a light antelope, and two brisk strides fell to the six of them.

This is Le Lin, the corners of her mouth curled up beautifully, and between her eyebrows and eyes showed a touching beauty, she said: "I'm so glad you can get here on time, I'm worried about what happened." ”

There was an imperceptible hint of fascination in the eyes of the four male drows. Indeed, Lelin is too different from other women, her skin is "whiter" than theirs, and her face is soft and gentle. Her personality is also relatively approachable, dozens of times cuter than those high-minded, cold and hypocritical orthodox female drows. People can't help but want to hit her idea.

Ranka asked cautiously, "Lelin, are you really sure that those half-elves will accept us as a member?" She herself is the priest of Fimulika, and has been indirectly involved in several cruel activities against other elves. Although she was about to betray the cold god, would the elves outside forgive her?

Ranka hesitated, for there was never the word "forgiveness" or "trust" in her dictionary. There are so many cases of drow stabbing their "companions" in the back!

The smile on Lelin's face was still charming: "Lanska, don't worry anymore. The half-elf I was connecting with had already defected from the underworld with a woman in her 60s, Drow. I saw it with my own eyes, and it's absolutely true. The Kaquina Organization is not an organization of some kind of elves, but a united group of our entire elven race. There, as long as you don't break the rules, you can leave a burden behind and start a new life. The organization will never allow previous grudges to be brought in, so you can be well protected!"

The timid man suddenly stepped forward and interjected, "Lelin, I always feel that the Kaquina organization is a little unreliable. Don't be angry, I'm not talking about their credit, I'm talking about their strength. They wanted to establish a kingdom of elves and half-elves, but all habitable territory was divided between humans and dwarves. If you want to build a country, you have to strengthen the territory with them, which is really unrealistic. If we fail one day, we will end up ten times worse than staying in this underworld. ”

Le Lin's expression became very stern, and she stared very seriously into the male Drow's eyes and asked, "Gilrefe, I don't know if the idea of the Kaquina organization can be realized. But I know that if we don't work to achieve it now, we're going to live like prisoners forever. The greatest gift that Kaquina has given us is "hope", with which we can be free from suffering and fear, and have a chance to be truly free. And things have come to this point, if you decide to quit now, then you're welcome!" he said, pressing his hand on a pair of steel swords, ready to shoot out at any moment.

Everyone was silent for a while, and everyone was secretly thinking about it, letting the sound of the bottom water on the stalactites slowly take away time.

Lelin waited calmly, knowing that the drows were calculating. Count your enemies, count your allies, count your companions, and even count your loved ones. It's all too commonplace. It's impossible to expect them to change now, so I can only tolerate it as much as possible, hoping for a perfect ending.

Lorin looked at Ranka, the young priest of the Queen of God who had been pondering. In fact, she is the most crucial person among these 6 people, and if she does not agree to leave, then she must kill her immediately! Otherwise, once she is allowed to escape, she will inevitably report to Casca City according to the tradition of the Drows' treachery!

As soon as she thought of this, Le Lin's hands subconsciously tightened, and the two swords, one long and one short, were ready to be unsheathed at any time.

After a long time, Lanska was the first to break the short silence: "Okay, I have decided to go with you!"

Another male, Zhuoer, approvingly: "Lelin is right, we can't live like cannon fodder all our lives. I've had enough of this kind of deceitful days! I'm not going to surrender to my cowardice again! I'm going to resolutely leave the underworld, leave this invisible prison, and end the life of a prisoner!"

Le Lin glanced approvingly at the brave Kega, while the rest of the people looked at each other and said, "Yes, we will also go with you and leave this invisible prison!"

A smile bloomed on Lelin's face again, and she pointed to the necklace around the necks of the six people and said, "First of all, you have to throw away this necklace, this thing has the mark of Fimulika, and the person who wears it will be detected by the priest of Fimulica from a long distance. ”

The six of them untied their necklaces one after another, and quickly returned to the ground, like throwing away a hot chestnut. They don't seem to have any connection to Fimulica anymore.

Lelin beckoned with satisfaction, "Let's go, it will only take two days for us to meet the people of the Kaquina organization." If you don't go on a business trip, you can reach the surface world in a week and escape from this big cage completely. ”

They moved vigilantly in this huge passage that could carry six luxurious carriages in parallel, either holding the steel sword tightly, or holding the staff firmly, or holding the package tightly, for fear of making a slightly louder noise. Thankfully, Drow's natural stealth instinct and years of training have kept them silent and extremely quiet. In the empty passage, there is only the sound of water dripping from the huge group of stone milk bells on the roof of the cave.

But they still can't be careless. Although it is small and medium-sized, it is still frequented by the Drow Patrol of Casca. Only at the fork in the road more than ten miles away, there were a few small passages four or five people wide. It is a place where patrols rarely go, and only there can they move forward quickly with confidence.

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