Chapter 676

When Izzet sent the message, the flames on the time pillars in the city had already been extinguished, and the underground city had entered the night. Most of the places were in darkness, and you couldn't see your fingers. Only a few drow nobles' homes were lit with crystal lights.

The four of Raistlin passed through the portal and appeared in a bright hall. The luxurious decorations around them showed that this was a noble family.

Three elves stood in front of them, one was Izzet, and the other was also a male dark elf.

The last one, with fair skin and black hair, turned out to be a wood elf.

"Tyberon has seen you guests from the surface." The strange male Drow saluted Raistlin and the others politely.

He was wearing a comfortable home clothes, but he couldn't hide his vigorous body. His skin was dark and rough. He was obviously experienced in many battles. There was a hideous scar on his face, extending from his left eye to his chin. It was scary at first glance, but that There was no trace of violence in the pair of purple eyes, but they were full of gentleness and calmness.

The eyes of the soul glanced and recognized that this was a legendary mid-level drow warrior.

Raistlin looked at Izzyt, and found that the demon hunter was normal on the surface, but he was extremely nervous inside. He was always watching his reaction, as if he would strike if he disagreed with him.

He immediately understood what was going on, and Izzet needed to distinguish friend from foe.

It had been more than a hundred years since Izzet escaped from Menzoberranzan.

For more than a hundred years, he has been wandering in the Underdark region most of the time, going back and forth between the surface, returning to his hometown every few years, secretly contacting those tribesmen who are also eager to leave the ground, even if they cannot help them get out of trouble, It will also solve some difficulties in life.

However, since Izzet started planning to be promoted to the holy rank twenty years ago, after leaving for so long, he is not so clear about the changes in Menzoberranzan's situation.

Those like-minded clansmen in the past are not sure whether they will turn their backs and fall back into the evil belief of Rose, the Spider Queen.

Earlier, Raistlin had assured him that there was a way to tell friend from foe.

So when he found the legendary drow warrior in front of him, he immediately notified himself to come over and make an identification.

Raistlin whispered with a message, "He's all right."

It is very easy to tell whether a dark elf is good or evil, just look at the flame of faith of the other party.

This drow warrior named "Tyberon" does not worship Rose, the Queen of the Spiders. The fire of his faith is silvery white, like the faint moonlight on a midsummer night, full of tranquility and peace, as well as some melancholy and sorrow, and Kindness to good creatures.

Raistlin was unfamiliar with this fire of faith.

But he once read related information in the mobile phone library. Among the elves, there is a "Dark Maiden". Her name is "Elise". The mother is completely different, but a very benevolent and kind god.

The Dark Maiden is on good terms with many deities, especially the Darkmoon Goddess and the Goddess of Magic.

Therefore, his divine power is not very strong among the gods, even relatively weak, but few gods dare to oppose him, even Rose, the Queen of Spiders, is very afraid of this daughter who hates her.

The good races in the underground world, especially the dark elves who are eager to return to the surface, are almost all followers of the dark maiden.

Such was the case with Tiberon, whose devotion to the Maiden of the Dark was extremely devout.

When Raistlin first met Izzyt, he was surprised to find that he turned out to be a follower of the Dark Moon Goddess, not the Dark Maiden. But there is also a second follower of the Dark Moon Goddess Elna present today, who is the female wood elf next to her.

A wood elf had appeared in Menzoberranzan, and Raistlin could guess what had happened to her.

As expected, she was a slave captured by the dark elves, and then luckily met Tiberon, and the two sparked love and became husband and wife.

Izzyt's hanging heart was relieved, and he removed his secret guard.

"Let me introduce you." He smiled, "This is my best friend in Menzoberranzan, Tiberon Tarkenduis, the second son of the Tarkenduis family, A drow nobleman who is now one of the three deputy captains of the Gray Lizard Riders in Menzoberranzan."

Then he pointed to the Wood-Elf and said, "This beautiful lady is Tariel, wife of Tyberon."

The female elf greeted gracefully, "Tariel has seen you all."

The elf couple observed the four of them curiously, and whenever Izzet introduced their names, he would greet them one by one.

Tauriel is a high-level ranger, and he can't accurately sense the strength of the four of them. He only thinks they are very powerful, and they should be legendary.

As a legendary mid-level drow warrior, Taboron has experienced countless life-and-death battles in hundreds of years, and his eyesight is much higher than that of his wife.

He was getting more and more frightened, unable to hide the shock in his eyes.

"Izzet..." Tiberon couldn't help but speak.

The demon hunter knew what he was going to ask, and said with a smile: "You read that right, my friends are all legendary high-level powerhouses."

"Then you?" Taboren suddenly turned his head, staring closely at this old friend whom he hadn't seen for more than 20 years, as if he had already got the answer he wanted.

"I'm already a holy rank." Izzet replied indifferently.

"Dark Moon!" the wood elf exclaimed.

Taborun stepped back suddenly, his lips trembled a few times, and he cried out in tears of joy: "You finally succeeded! Izzet, I have been waiting for this day for too long. When I met you back then, I knew You will be able to succeed, finally...finally..."

Tears of joy welled up in the drow warrior's eyes.

He let his tears flow, half knelt down in one direction towards the house, and prayed silently.

Raistlin looked in that direction and found a secret room with a sculpture about the height of a normal person. It was a naked dark elf woman dancing in the moonlight with a silver sword in her hand, with silver hair cascading down to her ankles. , with unrestrained and graceful posture, exuding infinite charm.

He recognized it as the statue of the dark maiden Elise.

As Tiberon prayed, the statue reacted slightly, as if it came to life, and the shadows in the chamber danced.

When the prayer is over, the vision of the statue also disappears.

When Tiberon stood up, his expression had regained his composure, and he asked Raistlin and the others to sit down, and asked, "Izzet, you have successfully promoted to the holy rank and returned to Menzoberranzan with powerful friends on the surface, is there any reason? important things?"

In his expectant eyes, Izzet nodded slightly, "Yes."

The Wood Elf next to him also became nervous.

Izzet said: "I have found a suitable place for the tribe on the surface, and I am coming back this time to inform everyone to prepare and take you out of the dark region."

"Really?" Tauriel couldn't sit still.

Tiberon had some guesses, but when Izzt said it himself, his mood that had just calmed down became very excited again.

"Nature is true." Izzet told the elf couple not to get too excited, "but not now, we need time to make a comprehensive evacuation plan."

"When? How long will it take?"

Izzt glanced at Raistlin. The two had discussed it earlier.

Escape from the underworld is no easy feat for the dark elves, and without teleportation spells, great distances must be traversed in the Underdark.

This can be said to be a narrow escape for drow who is below the legend.

However, the greatest danger still comes from the pursuit of the same race. There is a prohibition in the teachings of Rose, the Queen of the Spiders, that the dark elves will never be allowed to return to the surface.

Any drow who dares to do this is a shameless betrayal of the Spider Queen, and must be captured at all costs, imposed the most severe punishment, tortured for at least seven days and seven nights, and then thrown into the spider pit, where the flesh and soul Sacrifice to the Spider Goddess.

In order to prevent the dark elves from escaping, every newborn will be marked with a "spider mark" by Rose's priest.

Priests can master the approximate range of activities of all drow through the spider mark.

If it is found that there are spider marks far away from the city, exceeding the normal range, and not reporting to the priests, it means fleeing.

The priests of the Spider Temple will send people to chase and kill them immediately.

Few dark elves escaped pursuit, and to avoid being tortured, those desperate drows committed suicide before being captured. Even so, the priests would not spare the dead fugitives, whipped and insulted their corpses, and hung them on the pillars in front of the temple as a warning.

Such a terrible fate made those drows who were eager to go to the surface dare not make the slightest change.

Priests of the Dark Maiden can remove the Spider's Mark.

However, when the mark is released, the priests of Rose will also be alarmed.

Usually at this time, the dark elves who want to escape are still in the city, and they will not be too far away even outside the city. It is also difficult to escape the pursuit of the Spider Temple.

This has become a dilemma, and you have to face a strong enemy anyway.

Occasionally there will be a few lucky ones or powerful drow who escape from the underground world successfully, but large-scale escape is almost impossible.

So Yizit said that a comprehensive plan is needed.

"About half a year." Izzet replied, this is the time he set after discussing with Raistlin, but he didn't explain too much, and continued: "I need you to contact the clansmen in Menzoberranzan. Let’s leave together at the appointed time.”

Tiberon frowned, "What about the spider mark?"

"It was released on the day we fled." Izzet thought about it many times, "You don't have to worry about the spider temple's pursuit, I and my friends will stop it."

The female elf Tauriel looked at the humans, and said with some doubts: "There are at least four holy ranks in Menzoberranzan, are you the only one who can stop them? There are so many drow, gray lizard cavalry and slaves." Dajun, no matter how fast we can run, we can't run as fast as the Mebatariders flying in the sky..."

"You don't have to worry about that."

Izzet waved his hand, "You don't need to run too far, as long as you leave Menzoberranzan for half a day, you will be safe."

The elf couple's eyes lit up, and Taborun said in surprise: "Teleportation array?"

"That's right!"

Izzet smiled and nodded, then his face became serious again, and he asked, "How many people in the city are willing to go to the surface?"

"I can be sure that there are only more than one hundred and fifty people left." Taboron had a wry smile on his face.

"Why are there so few?" Izzet's eyes were filled with astonishment.

He has wandered in the Underdark for more than a hundred years, and has been to most drow cities. Everywhere he goes, he will try his best to contact kind drows. There are more than a thousand people in total.

Menzoberranzan is the most populous drow city, inhabited by nearly 40,000 dark elves and more than 100,000 slaves. When he left last time, there were more than 300 known good drows. Cut in half!

Tiberon explained: "In the years you were away, the persecution of the good drow in the Spider Temple became more and more serious, and I searched for Elise's followers in the city almost every day. I became a member of the Gray Lizard Cavalry. After the deputy head, there are too many people watching and plotting to take my place, so I dare not easily save people."

Izzyt nodded slowly, with uncontrollable pain in his expression.

The loss of every good drow pained him.

"We can't wait any longer." Izzet stood up and said, "Taberon, you go out tonight to mark and call Elise's followers to meet in three days and announce the good news to them."

"Good!" Tiberon responded excitedly.

The corner of the demon hunter's mouth raised a trace of coldness, and he said softly: "By the way, I want to eliminate the spies lurking in the Moonlight Church, so as not to be exposed."

The Moonlight Church is the church of the dark girl Elise.

His priesthoods are "Moonlight", "Dancing" and "Swordsmanship". Among them, the priesthood of "Moonlight" is subordinate to "Moon", so the dark girl Elise is also the servant of the goddess of the dark moon, Elna, and the two are closely related. Like sisters.

That night, Tiberon went out in the name of a gray lizard cavalry patrol, leaving secret signs in various places in the city.

Followers of Elise can understand the meaning of the code when they see it.

The Raistlin Five hid in Tyberon's house.

This legendary drow warrior is the highest-ranking believer of the Moonlight Church in Menzoberranzan City, and has been able to contact the highest ruling class, which is the ruling council of Menzoberranzan.

Menzoberranzan is the most typical matrilineal society, with strict hierarchy. The members of the ruling council are composed of the mistresses of the top eight powerful families in the city. They are all women, and they are all priests of Lolth, the Spider Queen.

These eight houses hold most of the power in Menzoberranzan.

There are dozens of other families. With the acquiescence of Rose, the Queen of the Spider, or under his manipulation, these nobles are intriguing with each other, planning plots and killings every day, and getting rid of the nobles who rank first. , to make your family rank further.

There are also endless struggles within the family. There is only power and conspiracy, and there is no family affection at all.

Izzet was fed up with the fighting between his brothers and sisters, so he came up with the idea of ​​escaping from the Underdark.

The same goes for Tyberon.

Raistlin and the others stayed at his house for three days, and they didn't see a single member of his family except the wood elf Tauriel.

Three days later, when the pillar of fire was extinguished, it was time for Elise's followers to gather.