Ratris City was eerily quiet, shrouded by the endless night concealing all the sins committed here. Of course, in the world view of the Dark Elves, eliminating the weak was not seen as a sin.
Lynch followed behind Zilvra but did not want to get too close. The female Drow was right next to her mother, or more precisely, within the matron’s line of sight. Now was not the right ti to step forward and speak. Lynch only wanted to safely get through this mission; his only demand was to ensure his own safety.
But on the other hand, he pondered such questions. As the matron of the first family, Batana, a Drow Priest who had weathered countless storms and could be considered at the pinnacle of power in Ratris City, should possess a wealth of experience in struggle and endless stratagems. As the planner of this operation, it wasn’t possible for this female Drow to overlook the possibility of the mage Lynch slacking, yet she still decided on an active attack. With the current strength of the first family, it’s possible they could win. More importantly, the gains and losses after comprehensive consideration of victory or defeat. Lynch had absolute confidence in ranking second in combat ability within this family. Besides the matron, there shouldn’t be anyone stronger who could have more influence on the battlefield than him. Dark Elves don’t trust anyone; they don’t even trust their ’relatives,’ so how could they truly rely on a male mage from the surface? When Batana made the plan, Lynch must not have been considered an essential component of the combat strategy.
Given this, Lynch couldn’t help but doubt what reason could make the Dark Elf Matriarch so confident of success? Is she relying on the Spider Goddess? Or does she have other strategies?
Just as Lynch couldn’t see through Batana’s plan, Martial Monk Regula was also unsure whether the decision to engage in this battle was right or wrong. The injuries he suffered a few days ago hadn’t fully healed; his whole body still ached. That day, he wanted to hide his association with the Spider Elf and ensure the removal of all possible witnesses, but he hadn’t expected to encounter such formidable people. But now he cald himself, since a way to revert the Spider Elf to its original state had been found by the mage, there was no longer a need to worry about exposure.
A few mbers of the group had not yet finished their own reflections when the second family’s residence ca into view. Batana silently thanked the Spider Goddess for her blessing; the second family seed completely unaware of the approaching enemies. The gate of the residence was tightly shut, and a small squad of Dark Elves was patrolling. Even during other people’s sleeping hours, they maintained a high level of vigilance. With night vision, their eyes scanned all the corners around the residence that could potentially conceal enemies—just like they did daily.
The second family’s residence wasn’t as majestic as Batana Castle, but its protective asures were no less formidable. Hiding behind a massive stalagmite, Lynch enhanced his vision with the ability of Arcane Vision. Though the Eye of Insight could see magical fluctuations to a certain extent, its effect was not as precise as that of Arcane Vision spells. Through this spell, Lynch could easily asure the strength and type of all magical effects within a certain range of sight.
However, just as the spell was completed, Lynch was almost dazzled by the gleam of spells. In front of him, every mber of the Dark Elf Family was equipped with magic equipnt, from the armor on their backs to the scimitars in their hands, even the quivers on their backs were filled with magically enhanced arrows. Under the effect of Arcane Vision, these pieces of equipnt turned into white dots of light, like stars in the night sky reflecting in Lynch’s eyes.
"Dark Elves truly are a wealthy race!" Lynch said to himself. As a mage, he had seen a lot, but seeing so much magic equipnt at once was sothing only found in the storage room of the Mage Association or so grand treasure site. If one were to say they equipped them all for combat, only Dark Elves could pull off such a feat.
However, the Spider Goddess endowed them with the ability to use spells precisely to give them outstanding combat power, didn’t she? The Drow Priestesses spared no effort in crafting weapons to delight their goddess in battle.
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