Volume 3: Artifacts Chapter 145: Deep Well
After living in the Scarlet Banshee tribe for a few days, Deep Well City issued a notice allowing the Dragon King and the dragons to enter. Along with the notice came a tauren guard, who rode on Gruzerei's unique flying creature, the lion scorpion, and landed on the top floor of the Scarlet Banshee tribe town.
Cavemen, harpies, and minotaurs are the three main races in the underground world of Gruzerei. In the underground world with strict hierarchy, minotaurs have the highest status, harpies are second, and cavemen have the lowest status.
There were fifty-two minotaurs who came to greet the King of Dragon Kingdom. They were wearing thick plate armor, had shining nose rings, and held double-edged battle axes.
The leader of this Tauren Guard was named Mendes. In order to show his identity as a shadow clan member, he deliberately made his eyes emit a faint blue light.
Facing the King of Dragon Country, Mendes presented the entry notice issued by the Dark Chieftain and said: "The Chieftain extends the warmest welcome to your visit, Your Majesty! He is waiting for your arrival in the Deep Well Hall to reiterate the friendship between the Shadow Clan and the Dragon.
I am Mendes of the Shadow Tribe. I will lead my warriors to escort you and your dragons to Deep Well City."
Eiffel took the notice and handed it to Luke.
After reading it, Luke said to Mendes, "I'm looking forward to meeting the Dark Chief. Please lead the way!"
"I will obey your orders, Your Majesty!"
Mendes and the minotaurs rode on the lion manticores.
The lion scorpion has a lion's body, a scorpion's tail, and bat-like wings. It is a ferocious beast in the underground world of Gruzere. The underground race has a small number of domesticated lion scorpions for riding, which is an important means of transportation in the vast underground world.
Although the twilight dragons had transformed into human form, the dragon might they exuded made the lion scorpions restless. The minotaur rode on the backs of the lion scorpions and tried his best to calm them down.
The lion scorpion then took a running start in the open upper part of the town, flapping its wings continuously while speeding up, and then leaped into the air, creating a vortex of wind element between its wings that pushed its body upwards rapidly.
Luke and the Twilight dragons were much more direct. They spread their dragon wings together and flapped them gently. Their entire bodies rose from the ground and went straight up like rockets.
Chief Romanchenko, who decided to follow the Dragon Kingdom delegation to Deep Well City, led a team of harpy guards, flapping their wings and circling lightly into the air, then quickly caught up with the team that was already flying towards Deep Well City.
A dragon roar sounded in the middle of the team.
Multiple dragon roars echoed from the surrounding mountains.
The giant dragons that were temporarily residing in the mountains flew out from all directions. They formed a defense circle on the periphery of the team and together with the twilight dragons in the inner circle, they guarded their king.
The flying team passed over the dark earth under the illumination of the underground "starry sky".
Through mountains, rivers, cracks, canyons...
After flying for an unknown amount of time, the flight team dived into a deep vertical hole.
It's like entering a well.
The giant dragons followed the lion scorpion in front and dived downward. The moment they passed a critical point, the gravity instantly reversed.
The dive suddenly turned into an upward climb. The dragons, encountering this gravity reversal for the first time, quickly adjusted their flying posture and continued to fly forward steadily following the lion scorpions.
After flying for a while, the direction of gravity changed again.
After experiencing several gravity changes, we arrived at Deep Well City.
Deep Well City is a huge cubic rock suspended in a deep well. Underground creatures have carved out a maze on the rock to build a city. In Deep Well City, the direction of gravity is different in each place. You may go through a door and up becomes down.
The palace of the Dark Chief is located in the center of Deepwell City, where his first and only host is buried. It is also the birthplace of the Shadow Parasite.
The minotaur Mendes led Luke and the dragons into Deepwell City.
The city has opened up many areas due to the difference in gravity, and the interweaving of gravity makes the urban areas entangled with each other. The intricate roads make the whole city seem like a chaotic maze, and sometimes when you walk up a flight of stairs, the upward direction turns into a downward direction.
Because of the special gravity environment of Deep Well City, in the Epoch game, parkour players from all over the world gather here all the time. And there is a large-scale parkour competition every month, and I heard that the prize money is very generous.
At the same time, Deep Well City is also a holy place for assassin-type players, where they can receive many top-level assassin missions and obtain the most advanced assassin skills and props.
Mendes led Luke and the dragons through a specially opened passage, quickly crossing the city to the palace in the center - the Deep Well Hall.
This is a materialized spiritual space opened up by pure spiritual power.
It can be infinitely large or infinitely small. In it, the Dark Chieftain can create whatever he wants and give it whatever attributes he wants.
He is the master of this materialized spiritual space and an omnipotent God.
The Deep Well Palace that Luke saw was a castle standing among the mountains. The castle was in the style of a human castle, but it was a bit old. Perhaps the Dark Chief only remembered what the human castle looked like before the ancient war.
Luke followed Mendes to the front of the castle, the drawbridge was lowered, the iron gate was opened, and a group of human knights in armor ran out of the city gate.
There is no way to tell how they are different from real people; even each one has a different appearance.
Luke slowly flapped his dragon wings and flew up, following the suspension bridge into the castle.
The interior of the castle is also in retro style, with a crude long wooden table, wooden chairs, and braziers burning around it for heating.
The human servants were also dressed in clothing that was the same style as thousands of years ago, standing at their respective positions.
A fat man dressed as aristocrat sat in the main seat.
He was wearing elaborate and gorgeous clothes, with many ornaments on his body and rings on his fingers. He had a brown beard and a pair of eyes that glowed with a faint blue light.
Luke just stood at the door and didn't take another step inside.
"Is this what the Deep Well Hall looks like? To be honest, I am very disappointed... I thought it would give me a big shock."
The noble man did not stand up. He said in an arrogant tone: "To be honest, the king of the Dragon Kingdom also disappointed me. I thought I could see a majestic and powerful dragon, but I saw a human.
King Taotie, the ancient dragon power you emanate cannot conceal your human spirit.
Are you a dragon? Or a human?"
Luke continued to stand at the door: "Am I a dragon? Or a human? It depends on who you think I am! I am the Taotie King recognized by all the dragons in Dragon Kingdom. I won the Dragon Kingdom King Trial and became the king recognized by all dragons.
This time I came to visit Gruzere, represented by the Dragon Kingdom.
I hope the Dark Chieftain can be more serious!"
The human noble laughed. "You are the King of Dragon Country, but you are only recognized by the dragons, not by the other four ancient civilizations. I cannot accept that a human has become the King of Dragon Country. How can those low-level creatures be compared with us, the higher creatures?"
The first time I met the Dark Chief, I was so confrontational. It seemed that this trip to the underground world was destined to be a bumpy one.
Luke took on the attitude of the King of Dragon Country: "As the King of Dragon Country, my status is equal to yours. Your contempt for me is your contempt for the entire Dragon Country.
I terminated the meeting.
But I will stay in Shenjing City for a while. If you still want to continue the thousand-year friendship with the Dragon Kingdom, you should think about it carefully... I am a dragon! Or a human! "
With that, Luke turned and flew away.
Ignoring the Minotaur Mendes who was waiting outside, he left the Deep Well Hall with his group of dragons and the harpy Chief Romanchenko.
After Luke left, the Minotaur Mendes turned back to the castle and said, "Captain, is there anything I can do for you?"
An ancient voice came from the castle: "The spirit of King Taotie is very strange. I can't tell whether he is a dragon, a human, or some other creature.
The angel told me that King Taotie is very close to humans, and it is difficult for me to predict his intentions .
Since he wants to stay in Shenjing City, you should not interfere with him, but you must protect him.
If the King of Dragon Kingdom is assassinated in Deep Well City, you will be removed from the Phantom Assassin. "
Mendes, a burly minotaur, is one of the Phantom Assassins.
When he heard that the King of Dragon Kingdom was going to live in Deep Well City, he immediately thought of the assassin who had not been found yet. If the King of Dragon Kingdom was assassinated in Deep Well City, the dragons would definitely charge into Gruzerei.
In Deep Well City, only Deep Well Palace is the safest place.
But King Taotie does not live in the palace...
It's really tricky!
Upon receiving the order, Mendes immediately left the Deep Well Palace. He had to gather people as soon as possible to protect King Taotie and his dragons.
Luke led his group of dragons into a busy urban area. The huge bodies of the dragons scared the residents of Deep Well City so much that they avoided them.
Chief Romanchenko, who was following Luke, reminded him worriedly, "Your Majesty, the dragons are too big. Can we find a place to settle them down first?"
Luke paraded the dragon in the streets to tell the residents of Deep Well that the King of Dragon Country has arrived, and to disgust the Dark Chieftain. There are assassins who hunt the Shadow Clan in Deep Well City, and I wonder if he is interested in hunting the King of Dragon Country. If the Dark Chieftain does not recognize the King of Dragon Country, then he should not send shadow assassins to protect him.
"I'm just looking for a place to settle my dragons."
Luke answered casually and continued walking with the dragons on the streets of Deepwell City.
Each district in Shenjing City is like a large warehouse. First, a space is excavated, and then houses are built with stones. The houses are built layer by layer, and the roads become rugged and narrow. The dragon can almost fill the road when walking in the middle. Its body rubs against the houses on both sides, and a large piece of stone will be rubbed off if it is not careful.
After the giant dragon passed by, the area behind was in a mess.
The residents of the strictly hierarchical underground city dared not complain.
This is the King of Dragon Country, a man of supreme honor, and a distinguished guest invited by the Dark Chief.
Finally, when the dragons accidentally "destroyed" an area of the city and were about to follow King Taotie to the next area, the Minotaur Mendes caught up with them.
"Your Majesty, the residence for you and your dragons in Deep Well City is ready. It was a dragon's nest built during the ancient war for visiting dragons. The Shadow Clan has been carefully maintaining it to commemorate the friendship of fighting side by side with the dragons.
plz follow me."
Now that the Shadow Clan officials have come forward, Luke no longer leads the dragons to wreak havoc in the dungeon, and follows Mendes to the dragon's nest thousands of years ago.
The dragon's nest is a cave covered with gold and various shiny gems.
The dragon has no special requirements for its living environment, as long as it is quiet enough for him to sleep peacefully, and his hobbies are also simple.
When they arrived at the dragon's nest, the dragons were very satisfied with the place.
All the way to Gruzerei, they had been sleeping in the open air, and they all missed their nests in the Dragon Kingdom. Now seeing such a golden dragon nest, the dragons felt as if they had returned home.
After getting the king's permission, the dragons rushed to choose their own beds and happily buried their bodies in gold and gems. Even the twilight dragons could not change the habits of dragons. They transformed into dragon forms and enjoyed the treasures that dragons should enjoy.
However, the dragons cleared out the place where the treasure was piled the highest, as that was where only the king was qualified to sleep.
After settling the dragons, the Minotaur Mendes left the Dragon's Nest. Outside the gate of the Dragon's Nest, he arranged a Minotaur army to protect it, and there were also shadow assassins in secret, all to prevent the Dragon King from being assassinated.
Luke said to the harpy Romanchenko who came with him, "It takes time to find the lost, and it also takes time for the extraordinary biological transformation master I found to reach Deep Well City. Where do you and your harpy live in Deep Well City? When I need to find you, I will send the Twilight Dragon over."
Romanchenko asked somewhat awkwardly: "Your Majesty, can we live here?"
"Live here?" Luke didn't expect a group of harpies to live with a dragon.
Romanchenko replied: "There is a dangerous assassin in Deep Well City right now. If... I said if he lists you as a target for assassination, then he can kill me and disguise himself as me to get close to you.
It is safest to stay by your side at all times."
Luke didn't expect Romanchenko to be so timid. He smiled at first, then realized something.
"Okay! In Deep Well City, apart from the Deep Well Palace, my Dragon's Nest is probably the safest place. You followed me to Deep Well City, and you are likely to become a target of assassins. You and your harpy should live in the Dragon's Nest...
Remember, when the dragon is resting, don't make too much noise. If the dragon is awakened from its sleep, it will eat you. "
Romanchenko immediately replied in fear: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, we will definitely be quiet and will not disturb you and your dragons from resting."
Luke laughed, "I was just scaring you! Dragons sleep very deeply and won't be easily awakened.
I'm sleepy and going to bed.
You guys should find a place to rest too!"
After saying this, Luke spread his wings and flew to the highest point of the treasure, where he lay down among the pile of gold and gems and soon fell asleep.
Romanchenko looked at the sleeping dragons in the dragon's nest, then gathered the harpies in a corner and snuggled together to rest.
