Idle game leads to another world.

Chapter 565: Strike first to gain the upper hand

The society of the drow is an obviously deformed society, and everything they do revolves around the Spider Goddess.

The goddess does not accept men as priests, so only drow women are respected. The goddess believes that all races except drow are inferior creatures, so the drow reject all non-drow creatures.

The goddess said that conspiracy and assassination were the best means to ascend to power, and thus there were countless assassinations within the drow. Even a daughter had to be careful, because once you were old and weak, a more ambitious drow would immediately replace you.

It seemed as if the drow always maintained their strongest condition, but in fact, doing so led to serious internal friction, and a large number of drow died.

This is also why, although Eilistraee is Rose's daughter, she is committed to helping the drow escape the poison of the Spider Goddess and does not hesitate to go against her mother.

But Rose's control over the drow has reached a terrifying level, and they even think that Eilistraee is the one with a mental illness.

Zhuoer relies on Rose to the point that he cannot live without her. Let’s put it this way, Zhuoer’s way of telling time is different from that of ordinary people.

Others would say the time and the minute, but they would say Rose killed so-and-so, and then say the time and the minute.

Rose has twelve enemies (all gods), and the drow divides the twenty-four hours equally among these twelve enemies, which is roughly similar to the time in China, except that the name is a bit weird.

By the way, these 12 enemies include Rose's original husband Corellon and her own daughter Eilistraee.

No matter who evaluates it, they will clearly realize that the Spider Goddess is a crazy woman, vicious and insidious. But this crazy woman is actually a powerful divine power.

Because the Spider Goddess does not accept male priests, the highest position a male drow can reach is the chief wizard of a family.

"Sir, my positioning has responded."

A male drow dressed as a wizard walked out from the shadows nearby and respectfully handed a piece of parchment to the female drow priest on the chair.

The status of a wizard is relatively high, and this is the same anywhere in the multiverse.

Even among the drow, where priests are supreme, mages do have a higher status than the warriors who are adventurers and call themselves two-legged animals, and they were not whipped at all.

There are also cities said to be founded by male drow wizards, where priests are relegated to a secondary position and even ridicule the belief in Rose.

But Rose did not get angry about this, and even ignored this heretical drow city. Perhaps for Rose, this kind of heresy is also a manifestation of her doctrine.

The priest on the chair looked at the parchment, and his long face finally relaxed a little.

This was not a true expression. Every expression of Zhuo Er was carefully calculated, even now.

The priests who were whipping the men stopped upon seeing this, understanding the boss's hint.

"You are lucky. Now, go and throw the captives into the spider's nest, then go and get some rest. We will set out early tomorrow morning."

Not having to be beaten was of course good news, so the male drow stood in a row, bowed their heads and bent over to express their gratitude to the female priests. Even though bending over would hurt the wounds on their backs, they absolutely could not show it.

——It really looks a bit perverted.

Then, the group of male drow lined up in an orderly queue and walked to the other side, quickly disappearing into the darkness.

When the male drow disappeared, the female priests dispersed and sat down somewhere nearby, holding Rose's holy emblem in their hands, as if praying.

But judging from the way they look, things definitely aren't going well.

After seeing this, there is no need to continue reading.

Alde nodded to Zora and Nimia, and the three of them quietly left the spot.

This room was a structure similar to a factory workshop. Alde and the others were advancing on the second floor and did not need to go down. They were far away from the drow and should not be discovered.

As long as we can bypass these drow and return to the passage of the dwarven ruins, it won't take long to find the entrance to the fourth floor. It's still very deep below, so we don't have time to waste with the drow.
If it was some other organization, or simply adventurers, Alde and the others might be able to cooperate as long as they explained the situation. But the drow were simply the epitome of untrustworthiness, and it was better to seek the skin of a tiger than to cooperate with them, so even if they knew that the drow's target was not the Demon King's Ring, it was better not to be discovered and just go around.

The three of them walked along the edge to the other end of the room, where they could see a staircase connecting to the first floor. After going down and passing through a doorway, they should be able to escape from Zhuoer's temporary base.

The invisibility orb still lasts for a long time, which is enough for the three of them to get out.

But just as they stepped onto the stairs, a drow suddenly ran in from the doorway:
"Report! The mercenaries are approaching!"

Just when you need to be careful, someone suddenly jumps out and shouts, making everyone tremble.

This shout frightened Oldie so much that she almost fell down the stairs. Zora and Nimya quickly supported her.

Hearing that the group of mercenaries were coming, the drow priests stood up one after another, but at the same time, they all set their eyes on the stairs connecting to the second floor.

Just now, Oldie almost fell down, and her feet hit the steps, making a slight sound, which was sensed by the drow priests.

In the entire universe, the most secure treasury is not the treasury of a king, but the treasury of the church.

It's because the pastors in the church are so damn sensitive that they will be discovered at the slightest sign of trouble.

The priests placed their hands on the snake-head whips and moved closer to the stairs step by step. The male drow who had just reported the news also drew the long sword from his waist and stood guard at the stairs.

This grandson just happened to block the advance route of Auror and the other two.

What?

Go back and use evasion detection?

No, it can't. If the drow priest uses dispel magic, the avoidance of detection will be dispelled along with the invisibility.

Now that their position had been exposed, the drow clearly discovered that there was someone invisible nearby, which was completely different from the previous time when they took advantage of the chaos to escape.

Zora and Nimia looked at Alday and nodded to her.

The meaning is very clear.

Fuck you!

Anyway, if I go back, the priests will probably break my invisibility. Instead of waiting passively to be caught, it is better to take the initiative.

When the priests were about fifteen meters away from the three people, Alde stretched out her hand and clenched it, as if crushing the invisibility ball.

Then, in the sight of the drow, three women who had never been seen before emerged from the air.

"She's an inferior creature! Kill her...!"

Before the drow priestess could finish her words, Aldea pointed her finger at the priest:
"Fireball!"

When in doubt, just use Fireball to explode first.

Fireball and Magic Missiles can be said to be the most popular spells. The former has great power and a wide range, while the latter has built-in tracking and force field damage that is difficult to resist.

Bean-sized flames shot out from Olde's fingertips and whooshed to the feet of the priests.

--boom!

There were terrible explosions and flames dancing in the darkness.

(End of this chapter)