In the middle of the night, Krent told us to go and rest first, and to continue the investigation tomorrow, so we set up the tent in our backpack on the spot, and the four of us went in to rest, while Matthew and the others rested in the tent they had already set up on the other side.

"There's something weird. Danio really didn't want me to sleep right away, but said in a suspicious tone, "The Afalia camp is the border between the Dark Elf Kingdom and the Duchy, and the Duchy and the Imperial Alliance have been stationed outside Afalia, but the Dark Elf army does not know where. ”

Amy said, "Probably hidden somewhere we don't know." ”

"Then there won't be even a shadow, continue to walk in the direction of the Dark Elf Kingdom, isn't it a shallow habitat?"

In other words, the army of the Dark Elf Kingdom is on the other side of the Shallow Habitat?

"Also, the Queen's envoy, why is he alone in the Afaria camp? Why did he and Morgan and his party come here when birds don't lay eggs and the plague is rampant?"

......

"Wouldn't it be quicker to ask me directly? Logan said coldly.

"Now is not the time, he is still remembering his old friend. Danio speculated, "According to my guess, in fact, the war book of the Dark Elf Kingdom was sent by Krent. ”

I was stunned for a moment and asked, "You mean, he is also the main battle faction?"

"Not necessarily, he also said that the Queen of the Dark Elves is not the main battle faction, he is the queen's side. If he were the main battle, he wouldn't let Matthew help us. Moreover, the Queen of the Dark Elves declared war under pressure from the Elders, but the army of the Dark Elves did not reach the Afalia camp and failed to start the war for a long time, wouldn't the elders question it?"

"Is it the Dark Elf Queen who is delaying time by what means?"

"The best explanation, I also thought of. The queen is actually using the epidemic to stop the army from marching, because the outbreak is in the area between the Dark Elf Kingdom and the Duchy, and the virus is also the only way for the army to pass. The Queen of the Dark Elves took advantage of the danger of the virus to keep the army from attacking for the time being. ”

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The next morning, Krent confirmed this:

"That's right, I sent the war letter. Truth be told, I took my companion, Namientu, through Neupera to the camp of Afaria. Morgan's investigative team, on the other hand, sneaked into Neupera and came out to meet me. After that, I returned to the Dark City on a Namientu, handed it over to the Queen's researchers, and within a day, I received the Magic Immunity Book. He stroked the griffon, which was resting on the ground.

"By the way. Matthew interjected, "We only sneaked through Neupera yesterday, and the place is deserted. ”

"When I got back here, I saw the letter Morgan left behind, saying that he had gone to investigate again, and he didn't have time to bring the magic immunity book I had brought, and unexpectedly, he was killed in the shallow habitat. When Krent finished speaking, he asked Matthew, "Have you found Morgan's diary?"

"Diary? What diary? I didn't see it. ”

Krent thought for a while and said, "Sure enough, they didn't die directly in the shallow habitat, but entered Neupera, contracted an infectious disease, died on the way to escape, and finally turned into zombies in the shallow habitat." ”

I asked, "And what are you talking about diary?"

Morgan has always had a habit of keeping a diary, and it is a thick one, which contains most of his research notes, and I am afraid that there are new clues about infectious diseases. Adventurers, I hope you will be able to enter Neupera and find his diary. ”

Danio asked, "So, the army of the Dark Elf Kingdom ......"

"The army is still in the Dark City and has not come out. ”

Is that really the case?

"We exaggerated the virus's ability to spread and stop the army from marching in, and the Magic Immunity Book was secretly developed. But sooner or later, the Senate will know about this, and maybe they will secretly send people to study infectious diseases. Most of the kingdom's army was in the hands of the Senate, and if they sent troops, it was imperative that the two countries go to war. ”

"That's not right!" Danio wondered, "the senators should know that you are the one who delivers the war letters, and if you can come here, why can't the army come?"

Krent calmly explained: "Because I came here with my partner, the army does not have that condition. This is why the Morgan Inquiry came to Camp Afaria after entering Neupella, because if they returned to the Dark City safely, the Patriarchs would be suspicious of the power of the contagion. If he didn't return to the Dark City, even if the senators knew that he had secretly gone to Nojpera, they would not dare to let the army enter easily, because if he didn't go back, it means that he might have died in it. ”

At this point, Krent gave a sad look - Morgan really died in it.

"Then later, you rode back to the Dark City once on a griffin, and the elders didn't suspect you?"

"Nope. I told them that because the virus in Neupera was spreading so fast, I could only ride Naitun over the sky. As for the 'purple mushroom', I said I took a risk to collect it. The patriarchs won't take my word for it, but I'm the queen's messenger, and they can't do anything to me. At the time, they didn't know that Morgan wasn't in Dark City. However, it was two more days before I left the Dark City and came back here. I'm afraid, the elders should have found out. ”

"That is, we are running out of time. ”

"It's been the seventh day since the day the war was declared, and I think the people in the Senate have been impatient for a long time, and they've been delaying for a week, and they've been thinking about sending troops for a long time, right? But this time we have to look for a diary in the city, and there will be danger......"

Krent also nodded: "It's true that it is dangerous to go all the way to Neupera, but as long as the road is cleared, it is not too difficult. ”

"Well, the zombies in the shallow habitat are basically all gone, so the next location - the spider cave!"

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Passing through the shallow habitat to the place where we had met Morgan before, we found a small cave under the guidance of Matthew, and after entering it, we passed a meter to another open position.

However, it was still a cave after all, and the visibility was worse than in the shallow habitat, but luckily we came prepared, and Danio was in the middle of the group with torches.

Matthew thinks he has the night vision of a dark elf and doesn't care about the dark environment, but with the light source, the rest of us feel much more at ease.

"The spiders here are just left to Nicholas to be appeased. ”

Nicholas, dressed in a ceremonial dress, had already been summoned, and he said: "Although the identity of the prince of the spider kingdom has been a long time ago, spiders can still communicate, and they are not fierce and cruel creatures. ”

"Maybe, I hope you're right. ”

There were only six of us on our way this time, and the reason was – Amy was scared.

"I'm not afraid to see spiders, but in there! It's so dark around! It's a torch! I'm definitely going to be a drag! I'm not afraid of spiders! I'm not afraid! I'm just not going to deal with these legged creatures......"

As soon as she said these words, Matthew burst out laughing, but after hearing Amy's blushing face and finishing her words, he patted her on the shoulder: "Okay, then you just wait for our good news!"

Now that I think about it, the reason why Amy has been staring at Nicholas before is not only because he is a necromantic summoning beast, but also because he is suspicious, after all, Nicholas is the prince of the Spider Kingdom, although he doesn't have so many legs now, and he looks quite handsome, but Amy is probably afraid that he will suddenly burst out of his legs during the battle to scare himself!

Anyway, she could afford to fight with Nicholas, and this time she heard that the place she went to was a place called "Spider Cave", and she hurriedly quit.

Originally, we could sneak through the spider cave, but the dark environment made people unconsciously restrain their steps, in order to hurry, Danio lit the torch, but in this way, it will definitely attract the attention of the spiders, so Nicholas needs to negotiate.

By the light of the fire, we finally got a good look at the cave, and saw that the walls on both sides were covered with cobwebs and unknown globular objects—probably spider eggs—and there were some sticky cobwebs on the ground, and with the soft ground, it was not easy to lift your feet when you walked up. There are white bones of various animals scattered everywhere, piled together, and it looks very terrifying. In addition, there are some white cocoons on the ground, which presumably contain their food.

Suddenly, in the ground not far in front of us, a spider emerged.

The spider was about the size of a man, with a large head and eight legs around its short body, and a large greenish-gray butt raised high in the back covered in spines, plus it looked very harmful

When Nicholas saw this, he flew to the front, and was about to speak, when he saw a huge spider's mouth, spewing out white spider silk!

"Huh?!" Nicholas dodged the silk sideways, and Matthew, sensing the danger, resisted with his scepter!

"Hiss!" the spider groaned, and before Nicholas could negotiate further, it used its front two legs to rip open the ground and burrow!

"No! this guy is visibly hostile, it doesn't make sense!" Nicholas shouted as he pulled out a card and cast his magic!

I saw a magic circle appear in the air, and the spider appeared on it, in a spherical shape, and smashed into the place where the spider that attacked us before! The spider in the ground let out a scream, and at the same time as flying out of the ground, it was smashed squarely, and it was immediately crushed into pieces!

However, this is only the beginning, because the movement caused by the battle has already attracted the attention of the other spiders around!

Danio hurriedly commanded: "Matthew takes the lead, my palace is behind, Lifa is on the left flank, Logan is on the right, Nicole and Ed are in the middle!"

"I don't want to take the lead!" Matthew hurried back to the center and pushed Lifa to the front, "I'll keep the left!

"Uh, alright then! Prepare ......"

"Also, for the sake of my hometown, let me command! Don't look at me like this, my command ability is first-class! Otherwise, how can I command so many necromancers!"

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"Nicole, what do you say!" Matthew was asking for my opinion on the surface, but in fact, how could I object?

"Listen to you. ”

"That's good!"

Spiders began to emerge one after another from the soft ground around the cave, and at the same time, there were spiders hanging upside down on a silk thread on the roof of the cave and slowly descending into the air!

"Since they are so disobedient, let's teach them a lesson!"