After more than three hours of shuttling through the gloomy and oppressive underground, an underground city slowly appeared not far ahead.

It was a fortified fortress built against rocks and cliffs, with a wide underground river that completely separated the gate from the outside world, forming a natural moat, and the only access was a drawbridge, although it is not clear what was in the river, but according to the sinister nature of the dark elves, I am afraid that it is 90% likely to be some kind of large piranha.

In addition, the height of the city wall is also very scary, and I don't know what black technology or black magic the underground gnomes used, but they actually piled the city wall to a height of more than 100 meters, which is equivalent to the height of a 35-story building on the earth.

Maybe these little men are afraid of being bullied, so they have built such a terrifying wall to protect themselves.

Like most cities in the Shadows, the gates of the New City are made of pure gold, the hardest metal in the world to withstand most physical and magical attacks, and it is extremely strong on the surface, with no chance of being captured.

But Henry thought the shape of the gate was a little familiar, probably from Uster. The two that Nasa had removed, but the pattern on the surface had been slightly modified, changing from the shape of a spider's web to a naked female dark elf, and without asking, she knew that it must be to please the dark girl Elisetsu.

Obviously, the priest of this beautiful and kind goddess has been in place for a long time, and it seems that the mission should be quite smooth. Otherwise, there would never be such a symbolic sign on the gate.

He pointed to the new city ahead. In a mocking tone, Hyung asked, "That's what you said was close?" We walked briskly for three and a half hours. If it is a caravan, it will take at least six hours to walk. ”

"Master, for the distance between the two cities, it should be considered very close if it is not more than a day, if you encounter special circumstances, you can march in a hurry, and you can reach your destination in about an hour and a half." Su Li replied helplessly.

In his eyes, there is not much difference between a journey of more than three hours and a journey of more than six hours, as long as there is sufficient animal power and road safety. Trade between the two cities was soon launched.

The abundance of food in the new underground city alone can attract countless underground caravans to trade, and all kinds of minerals, gems, rare fungi plants, strange monsters, (poisons), magical items, scrolls, delicious mushrooms, silk woven from spider silk, etc., are all the most sought-after goods.

As the only city on the West Coast that can maintain regular trade with the Shadows, Wilen's rise is just around the corner.

It has to be said that the new city is doing quite well on guarding, just as the two of them are talking, a dark elf patrol quietly surrounds from all directions, and they sit down The three-toed sticky feet of the underground lizards can fly like spiders on the wall, and they will never make any noise.

But just as the captain was about to jump out to ask, Ares, who had a keen sense of smell, suddenly raised his head. His eyes widened and he let out a menacing roar into the darkness, scratching hard at the rocks around him.

"Who? Who's there!? Su Li immediately nervously drew his sword.

Albeit with his skill. In the ground, he is a scum with only five combat power, and even if he takes a weapon, it is not of much use, but he still puts on a standard defensive posture.

Seeing that the whereabouts of himself and the others had been discovered, the patrol leader was not verbose, and directly made a vague gesture, and more than a dozen dark elves came out of the shadows one after another, followed by him glanced at the big brown bear with scarlet eyes, and then asked in a slightly jerky lingua franca: "Human!" Quiet the animal, and tell you what you're here for! ”

"Relax, Ares, they're not enemies." Henry patted his animal companion's head and said soothingly.

Hearing that there was no need to fight, the big brown bear immediately retracted his claws and sat on the ground with his head shaken, only his two eyes still vigilantly staring at the dark elves around him.

Su Li quickly took out a palm-sized black stone with intricate patterns from his arms and shook it in front of the patrol: "I am the governor of the surface city of Willen, and I will take me to the mayor of Antleb immediately." ”

The captain obviously showed what this stone represented, and hurriedly waved his hand, signaling everyone to put away their weapons, and bowed very respectfully: "It turned out that His Excellency the Governor was here, please forgive us for our rudeness just now, after all, the dark region is too dangerous, and there are often unknown guys nearby recently, so I can't help but be careful." ”

"Unidentified guy?! Is it the Dark Elves, the Grey Dwarves, or some other race? Su Li realized the severity of the situation, and immediately frowned and asked.

"It's hard to say, the other party's movements are very secretive, and once they find the patrol, they will immediately flee without leaving a trace. However, fortunately, their number is not large, and the preliminary estimate is that it is impossible to exceed thirty people, and they are not too threatening. As he spoke, the captain's dark face showed a hint of helplessness.

He was only sent out on patrol today, and he thought he had finally caught two snoopers, but he didn't expect it to be a misunderstanding, so he was a little frustrated.

Seeing that he couldn't find any results, Su Li didn't bother more, and directly asked the patrol to lead the way, and after a while, he crossed the drawbridge and the city gate and came to the inside of the fortress.

As with all underground gnome-designed cities, there are a large number of stone chambers built near the entrance to the city to confuse the enemy, as well as large and small, high and low steps, which are as complex as any labyrinth, and in some places even set up ballistas, where intruders will almost shed their last drop of blood if they break through the gates.

Because it is built against the back of the cliff, the ground is not flat, but like terraces, it is spread out from high to low, connected by a large number of steps and ramps, and almost every layer has a considerable defensive ability, and the attacker has to endure the dilemma of attacking from the back. The upper floor can also throw rocks downwards for defense.

It can be said that the whole city is completely like a hedgehog curled up. Unless it costs ten times more or disintegrates from within. Otherwise, it is completely impossible to be captured.

Of course, this kind of terrifying defensive fortress that mixes the construction techniques of underground gnomes and dark elves can only be seen underground, and according to Henry's judgment, the highly terrifying city wall outside alone will summon at least five to ten giant earth elementals to work for a whole week.

It seems that the underground gnomes have definitely invested heavily in building a safe new home, and it is estimated that the gems they carried when they escaped should have been depleted, so many places in the city are empty. Only the town hall and the temple of Elistra on the top floor were completed, and there were no buildings that were too tall.

Walking through the streets of the city, Henry could see that although the inhabitants were still a little scarce, many shops had already opened for business, but most of them were official trade, that is, exchanging grain for the specialties of the dark regions, and several caravans of gray dwarves were bargaining with the dark elves, intending to exchange the goods they brought for more food.

As for the underground gnomes, they are mainly gathered in the northeast corner of the city, and are busy digging holes and mining, and the sound of tinkling is endless.

I saw that all the qiē were running in an orderly manner. Henry nodded to himself, giving Antlaib a perfect score for his ability to govern. He knew very well how difficult it would be to build an underground city in a matter of months. Even with the help of magic.

The distance from the city gate to the city hall on the top floor was not close at all, and all of them were uphill but stairs, and the group walked for more than twenty minutes to arrive, at this moment Su Li was already exhausted and panting, and the clothes on his body were soaked with sweat.

After a few brief words between the patrol leader and the guards guarding the door, the two were let go and entered the town hall unimpeded, but before they had gone far, they heard a group of people arguing in a room.

"We've got to give the shreds of Srudil Monpro a little bit of color! Their spies are simply rampant! Blatantly moving around the city! If this continues, there may soon be a larger-scale military operation! ”

"I'm against it! There are now less than 5,000 people in the city! Many of them are old and weak, women and children! What we need to do now is to accumulate strength, not to take the initiative to provoke! ”

"Damn! Shall we allow them to probe our truth? Coward! ”

"Bastard! Who do you say is a coward? Kind of say it again! I'll break the bridge of your nose with my fist! ”

"Hah! Come on! I'm afraid you won't make it! ”

"Enough! Don't engage in pointless quarrels! What we need now is to solve problems, not fights! ”

"I think it's just a matter of increasing the number of patrols at the moment, after all, Srudil Monpro City is still in the tentative stage, and we can't act rashly until there is a clear intention to attack."

"You said lightly, we have now violated the taboo of a certain goddess, which is equivalent to cutting off her control over the belief in the dark elves, and it is only a matter of time before we are attacked."

"That's right! From this moment on, the whole city was to be in a state of war, and all foreign caravans had to be disarmed and housed in the lower city as much as possible. ”

"Then it's decided! Tomorrow I will give the order to mobilize for war, so that all the inhabitants are prepared. ”

"On behalf of every priest in the temple, I support the council's decision and am ready to provide free medical care, may the dancing lady be with us."

"May the Lady of Dance be with us!"

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Standing at the door and listening for a long time, Henry instantly realized that this might be the spider goddess Rose is going to make a big move, Srudil Monpro City is located directly below the Veldas Forest, it is a powerful dark elf city, it is very close to the peninsula, even if it is a complex dark area, it only takes three to five days to travel through the complex dark area.

They are now sending scouts to spy on intelligence, which is very likely a precursor to an attack, and maybe they have united with other surrounding cities, in short, big trouble is coming......

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