Thousand-Faced Dragon

Chapter 355 The Borderlands of the Dark Elves
Mossochidan, meaning "the place where one cannot go" in the Dark Elf language, is the Dark Elf city closest to the Land of Demons.

Most life forms view the Underdark as a dangerous place, teeming with murders, conspiracies, and monsters.

Too many ancient alien species and dangerous creatures have been mixed up and left underground by time. In the eyes of many people on the surface, entering the Underdark is equivalent to entrusting one's life and death to fate, and being murdered at any time is possible.

But for the dark elves themselves, their home was actually a comfortable place, and all their deaths had a reason.

This place is indeed rife with crisis and murder, but the crisis is justified, and murder requires rules and calculation. As long as you are well-prepared and have made all the plans, the chance of suddenly dying is smaller than on the ground. At least they are really used to it. If they really encounter a desperate situation of death, they will often first reflect on whether they have done something wrong.

"It's like in some countries where there's absolutely no gun control. If you go to certain areas and swear with words starting with the N, isn't it only natural that you'd get killed?" Rean casually gave an example that no one understood, but Emma, ​​who was usually very carefree, seemed to laugh a couple of times in a cheerful manner.

But the Kro Canyon, just a step away from the "land of no return," is different. It is a true demonic realm, a place of life and death where nothing is permissible.
"Is it impossible to find a guide willing to go?"

Rean and his group had already wandered around the city twice, but still couldn't find a guide willing to help them find their way.

"Nobody wants to go there. It's ridiculously strange there. One moment it's sunny, and the next it's a torrential downpour covering everything. Fire creatures and ice creatures can appear at the same time. It's completely incomprehensible."

For superhumans with considerable strength, what is most unacceptable is the absurd reality of "random death." Those who walk in the Demon Realm are probably those who have already surrendered their lives to fate.

The real enemy isn't even the more monsters in the Great Demon Realm, but the "environment." One moment it's a normal plain, and the next it might turn into a half-frozen, half-viscous swamp of ice mud, dragging people down with it.

In such a bizarre environment, completely illogical and ruleless, it's difficult for normal life to survive. When you're in trouble, those abnormal monsters will probably come out in droves to feast on you.

The ancient creatures here are notoriously bizarre; you might encounter ancient species and otherworldly creatures from any era.

This godforsaken place can only be lived relatively safely by extremely powerful monsters and users of natural forces. High-level users of natural forces can alter the natural environment and communicate with monsters and animals to prevent them from attacking them.

The more brutal and pristine the land, the more natural power the druids can draw upon, making them even more invincible.

It's fair to say that the druid order wouldn't have been trapped there if they hadn't encountered the completely unreasonable sapphire dragon.

"It's a headache. I thought I could recruit some local guides here."

Rean sighed, ignoring the wary or hostile gazes around him.

We, the people on earth, were not directly attacked or murdered, thanks to our fellow travelers.

"If you look for a while longer, you might find one, but you can't wait any longer, can you?"

Victoria looked around warily, her hand unconsciously reaching for her alchemy bag every now and then. The gazes of her "kind" around her made her feel very uncomfortable.

She herself did not expect that, after only a month or so, returning to the world of the Dark Elves would make her so unaccustomed to the chaotic dock area with its many villains. But it was not the same as the Dark Elf society where "everyone was a villain" and "everyone was ready to commit murder".

The biggest difference between Dark Elf areas and ordinary high-risk areas is that ordinary high-risk areas have many criminals so you have to be careful, but in traditional Dark Elf areas, as long as you show any weakness, every Dark Elf will commit a crime.

Not committing crimes? Then you're not qualified; you're a weakling who should be eliminated early.

"Tsk, this feels even more chaotic than Mosodirka. At least six groups are eyeing us, these fat outsiders, and two of them have already started fighting amongst themselves."

Alexiet Tarabal stroked her chin and laughed happily. The "evil" around her inexplicably excited her. The Valkyrie half-body, already floating in mid-air, combined with the "life hacks" of the dark elf nobles, made the tracking tracks crystal clear. Even more obvious were the malicious "divine power tracks."

Don't overestimate so-called divinity and divine power; they are merely "privileges" that can be broken down, and in some places, they are even processed into "mass-produced products" for believers. The dark elves are the most prone to this abuse.

In the eyes of the Mirror Goddess, these "wasteland and spider" divine weapons were too obvious to be mistaken for "targets guided by radar".

"If we get rid of them, will we offend the city?"

“If no one knows, it’s not a crime,” Victoria said, quoting a dark elf proverb. This “rule” should have been abolished during the Dark Ages of Rose, but it’s still practiced in many dark elf societies today.

In the society of the Dark Elves, the weak simply die. No matter how valuable you were in life, you are nothing more than a pile of flesh and blood after death. When all social actions are planned for purely individual interests, it is not without reason that the Dark Elves are trapped underground.

The master of this city is the god of the wasteland and the spider. Just from these two divine positions, it can be seen that he is a rather fierce "lord of the wild". Because of this, his city is quite micro-ecosystem, and Rean and his party seem to have been targeted as prey.

Rean nodded, preparing to find a place to go around and then clean up those tails.

Most of them are still probing, and if we handle them cleanly and use them as a deterrent, it shouldn't escalate into a full-blown conflict.

"Be more careful next time. The city that Mirror Woman lived in seemed alright to me, but I underestimated the trouble caused by other dark elf societies."

Rean sighed. After stepping out of the Mirror Maiden Church's "portal," this deadly battle might be unavoidable.

Rean only hoped that the conflict wouldn't escalate into a war; otherwise, he might not be able to complete his mission.

“Discuss with Dania and have the Mirror Maiden communicate with the local deities, or at least with the shepherds.” Rean shook his head. The relationships between the dark elf deities were quite bad, especially with the Mirror Maiden, a deity of the shadow and neutral faction. In the eyes of most dark elf deities and shepherds, she was the biggest traitor.

Rean and his group were considering setting off immediately, but considering the situation in the Demon Realm, they were afraid that supplies would not be enough. Long-distance teleportation was quite taxing; the people themselves were already exhausted, not to mention their luggage.

"How about we talk to the matriarch of the local powerful family and make a deal?"

Rean looked toward the cluster of towers in the city center, the temple complex of the God of Wasteland, and the gathering place of the Matriarchs.

If we get closer, we might reach an agreement, or we might trigger a full-scale conflict by stepping into their temple. It's not that they'll misunderstand, but it would give the dark elves a favorable opportunity to act, and they might not hesitate to do so.

"Boom!"

At that moment, a meteorite suddenly falling from the sky caught Rean's attention.

"One, two... so many?!"

This seems to be the Arcane Meteor Shower of the Ninth Ring? But upon closer inspection, Rean's eyes widened in surprise.

"This density and color of a series of meteor showers?"

(End of this chapter)