Due to the harsh environnt underground, the size of each city within it generally correlates with the overall strength of the local inhabitants who reside within it.
And in most cases, the stronger cities tend to attract more underground inhabitants to settle there, which naturally resulting in a much larger settlent over ti.
However, the Blackrock City that stood before them still remained a small city overall, despite showing signs of recent renovation and expansion.
Seeing this scene, Firebeard couldnt help but mutter to himself:
Are the rumors of them defeating the Shadow Legion and killing a Shadow Dragon really true?
Naturally, despite harboring doubts, Firebeard, as the leader of the delegation, concealed his apprehension behind a composed deanor.
Furthermore, the oracle of their Patron Deity is infallible.
If the Goddess of Death proclaid Blackrock City as the place of hope, then perhaps they simply havent uncovered its true significance yet.
Thinking of this, Firebeard cleared his throat twice before addressing his companions:
Rest assured, all will beco clear once we step foot into Blackrock City and et Lady Enno.
Lady Enno is the High Priestess stationed in Blackrock City, and she is also a devout Godwarden of their Patron Deity who has been the recipient of Helas divine possession twice.
Incidentally, the true form of the Goddess of Death isnt diminutive but rather, its the Dwarves stature that makes her appear small during divine possession.
Upon hearing Firebeards words, the others suppressed their doubts. They straightened their appearances and prepared themselves to enter the city.
However, just as they were about to enter, the delegation saw a group of unfamiliar figures approaching from the other side.
These newcors were dressed as rcenaries, each with different professions.
This rcenary group seed comprised two spellcasters and three lee warriors and their equipnt looked incredibly magnificent, with each person carrying a large backpack filled to the brim.
They chatted and laughed idly as they walked towards the city gate, but what captured the delegations attention the most were their elongated ears and gorgeous appearance.
Death Almighty! Are those guys actually elves? Why, I never thought Id see wild elves here in the underground! And whats more, they appeared to be rcenaries!
Seeing those rcenaries walk past them, a dwarf in the delegation couldnt help but look on with curiosity mixed with admiration, and a hint of complexity and even a trace of greed in their eyes.
Not only them, but the rest of the delegation also looked on with astonishnt.
To be honest, they were all council mbers of their own respective city-states, and naturally had seen these supposedly the most noble and beautiful long-lived beings as pitiful slaves being sold on slave markets.
However, in their mory, seeing free roaming elves thats not a slave was a first!
Not to ntion, these elven rcenaries were nothing like their enslaved counterparts, as each of them were full of life and possessed an entirely unique aura that was really hard to ignore.
Well, how to put it, perhaps its true that clothes do indeed make the man.
With them donning all those exquisite equipnt, these elves were even more dazzling than the elves from their mories.
Observing them from afar, those elves talked and laughed among themselves, their radiant smiles reflecting off the fluorescent stones on the cavern ceiling like beams of light in the darkness, dissipating much of the gloom in the hearts of the delegation.
For a mont, everyone in the group naturally developed a slight fondness for those unfamiliar elves, involuntarily associating them with words like sunshine, kindness, and nobility within their hearts.
However unlike the other mbers of the delegation, Firebeards expression froze.
Elvenrcenaries?
Just now, he sensed a strong aura of death emanating from each of those elves
How could those elves exude a potent aura of death?
As a necromancer and a priest of death, Firebeards perception of death was extrely keen.
These elves are evidently not part of, nor do they follow, the belief in death, so the only conceivable origin of their intense aura of death was killing!
Death Almighty!
Those elveswere far from as sunny and kind as they initially appeared!
And just then, one of the elves backpacks seed unable to bear the weight and suddenly burst open, revealing a large chunks of bloody at
Specifically, it was pieces of monster flesh
At the sa ti, the elf who accidentally tore their backpack quickly exclaid:
Oh shit! My loots fell onto the ground!
While the other elves stopped to help him tidy up the damaged backpack, one of them casually said:
While the other elves stopped to help him tidy up the damaged backpack, one of them casually said:
No worries, we can still eat these ingredients after washing them off.
Everyone in the delegation:
For a mont, the whole delegation couldnt help but shudder as they looked at each other, seeing absurdity and astonishnt in each others eyes.
Just now Did those elves ntion ingredients? Are they eating at? Are Elves now actually able to eat at? Werent they supposed to only eat plants all along?
One of the dwarfs in the delegation said with a peculiar tone.
Firebeard also looked astonished.
He pondered for a mont and replied:
Perhaps they are a variant among the elves? Sothing related to their kind that migrated here in the undergroundor sothing like that.
After saying this, he then took a deep breath.
In any case, weve finally arrived here at Blackrock City. Lets all head inside the city together.
The rest of the delegation nodded and continued forward and soon arrived at the gate entrance of Blackrock City, and promptly inford the city guards of their purpose.
Monts later, after their identities were confird, the city guards deanor shifted, exuding an imdiate air of respect towards them.
The High Priestess has already instructed us in advance. Please follow , esteed guests.
With that, a guard led the group towards the Deaths Shrine in Blackrock City.
Imdiately upon entering the vicinity of the City, one mber of the delegation was surprised to find that it was much more bustling than they had imagined.
There was a constant flow of people and each of them were very lively, transforming the underground city into a bustling tropolis reminiscent of a thriving marketplace rather than a remote settlent.
Of course, what surprised them the most was the abundance of elves in the surroundings!
By the gods!
Did a whole clan of elves settled in Blackrock City?!
Not only that, but all the elves in the city were adorned in gorgeous-looking equipnt, as their particularly eye-catching appearance inadvertently brightening up the deep, gloomy underground.
Looking around, it seed as though there were elves in every corner of Blackrock City, either conducting business or hurrying about, with many of them even riding fierce-looking giant spiders, while the surrounding dark dwarves seed already accustod to their presence.
By the gods! Ive never seen so many elves in my life! If it werent for the dim surroundings, Id think I had arrived in the surface world!
One of the dwarves in the delegation sighed softly.
But another one in the group shook his head and retorted:
The surface world? Im afraid you wouldnt see so many elves like these in the land above.
As they walked forward, the air vibrated with the sound of enthusiastic cheering and applause emanating from the sidelines.
Firebeard and the others instinctively looked over and saw two fully ard elven warriors fighting.
Duels like these were quite a common sight in the underground, and just as long as they didnt damage any of the citys infrastructure, the city guards tended to ignore them.
Howeverthis particular duel felt sowhat out of place when the actual combatants were actually elves.
Moreover, when the passing delegation finally saw the condition of the two combatants, their expressions beca even more astonished.
Both elves were covered in blood, with grueso wounds; one even had his stomach split open, with intestines spilling out, while the other had his shoulder severed
Blood spattered the ground, and the air crackled with the intensity of violence.
However, the two elves laughed heartily at each other, and continuied fighting, seemingly indifferent to their injuries.
They even chatted with each other during the fight, as if old friendswhich Clearly indicated that, these two werent dueling out of personal grudges.
Seeing this surreal scene, the mbers of the delegation were left utterly dumbfounded, as their longstanding image of elves collapsing instantly
Yet this situation was still difficult to understand:
Have these elves finally gone mad?
Firebeard was equally stunned, but at the sa ti, he suddenly rembered so recent rumors thats circulating within the underground
He then rembered one particular rumor about elves.
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ARE THESE ELVES CRAZY!?
Authors Note: Sigh I had hoped to make the world-building as realistic and comprehensive as possible, but I didnt expect it to turn out so diocre, more like watered down
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