There is no doubt that Rose's resurgence and calling was shocking to the entire dark elf community and even the Underdark.
Because it first broke the previous rumors that the Spider Queen had fallen.
Secondly, the souls of believers who originally wandered in the outer planes and even the star realm finally began to re-enter the kingdom of gods along the crack.
This undoubtedly injected a bit of calmness into the drow society, which was already in violent turmoil.
At least mortals no longer have to worry about their souls falling into the abyss after death and becoming the playthings of demons.
Of course, falling into the hands of Rose is not much better, as those unlucky ones who have betrayed and been transformed into spider elves are the best proof, but at least it is a little better than falling into the hands of the devil.
Finally and most importantly, this call began to stimulate those priestesses who thought they were pious and loyal to the Spider Queen to start looking for the path to the goddess's kingdom, accept the test from the goddess, and finally become the chosen champion.
Yes, the word "Yor'thae" in Drow means "Chosen One of Lolth."
To be precise, her divine servant, a vessel.
Through containers, this goddess can do many unexpected things.
However, such a degree of recovery obviously cannot help the city of Menzoberranzan, which has been plunged into division and civil strife.
Because an army suddenly appeared and surrounded this dark elf city, which is known as the most powerful in the underdark, and began to launch a fierce attack.
If it were a normal situation, Menzoberranzan would be easy to defend and difficult to attack, no matter how many people and strength the opponent had, it would be useless.
But the problem is that this is not a simple invasion by foreign enemies, but a cooperation between inside and outside.
The Agrachi Dils teamed up with a lich to open a passage into the city for the invaders.
At present, the coalition forces composed of gray dwarves, ogres, trolls, shadow dragons, etc. have invaded and taken over a large area as an advance base.
The dark elves, led by the Baenre family, tried their best to resist.
Although the Spider Queen has begun to recover, the supply of magic to the priests has not been restored immediately, so the overall situation does not look optimistic.
Especially Trill Baery, who is the top leader of the Municipal Council, is currently sitting on the chair belonging to the matron in the family hall with a sullen face. He narrows his eyes and inspects the family members present. It has been a full minute.
Then he suppressed his overwhelming anger and asked: "Where is Gongfu? Why hasn't he shown up at this time?"
"Sorry, Mistress, we don't know much either. According to the information revealed by the apprentices in the Mage Tower, he suddenly disappeared a few days ago. No one knows where he went and what he was busy with."
Les Bainry stood up and answered cautiously.
As a first-year student at the Warlock Academy who was "only" thirty years old, he originally did not have the right to participate in family meetings of this level.
The reason why he is standing here now is entirely because he occasionally comes into contact with Gonfu Baenre, the eldest son and the most powerful male in the family.
Although the arcane magic training school in Menzoberranzan is called "Warlock Academy", in fact, all the students trained are mages.
The chief mage Gongfu is the well-deserved highest authority in this field.
This is one of the reasons why House Baenre is able to dominate Menzoberranzan and remain erect.
For a long time, Groff controlled most of the arcane magic power in the city, while Trill firmly controlled the Spider Academy, which trained priests, before taking over as the Mistress.
Even now, Queensel Baenre is still the matron of the Spider Academy.
Therefore, the terrifying heritage of the first family is definitely not comparable to that of any other family. It even has a huge gap with the second-ranked family. Even after experiencing the fiasco of Mithril Hall, it is still as stable as Mount Tai.
As long as there are no major problems within the Baenre family, no one can leverage this behemoth.
But now, as the most important pillar of the family, Gonfu suddenly disappeared at a critical moment. This made Trier feel nervous, uneasy and angry.
Because in her opinion, there are only two situations when such a situation can occur.
One is that Gromph has completely ignored her as his mistress, and the other is that someone has assassinated the most powerful mage in the Baenre family and even the entire city of Menzoberranzan.
No matter which outcome it is, it will be disastrous for her and the Banre family.
Although Trier has met many big families, he still feels that the current situation is very, very difficult.
After all, the invaders have already invaded the city of Menzoberranzan, and are continuing to expand and conquer the city in all directions.
If it weren't for the fact that each family had built quite strong fortresses and strongholds in response to internal strife, with various magic barriers and traps scattered all around, all the cities on the surface would have fallen by now.
"You mean no one knows the whereabouts of Gonfu?"
Trier narrowed his eyes and stared at the youngest member of the family present.
Price was obviously frightened, and he nodded vigorously: "Yes. Even other archmages don't know where he went. But one thing is that he met an unknown person privately a few days ago.
of women.”
“What does unidentified mean?”
Trail obviously smelled a conspiracy.
"According to the descriptions of people I have seen, she is clearly a high-level priestess but does not belong to any existing family."
Price honestly revealed everything he knew.
"So you think Gromph has betrayed his family, betrayed the goddess, betrayed Menzoberranzan, or even colluded with those enemies?"
When he said these words, Trier's whole body was shaking slightly uncontrollably.
Because not long ago, the lich of the Agrachi Dier family had defeated and killed two archmages from Menzoberranzan on a frontal battlefield. The scene severely damaged the morale of the defenders.
Although the two archmages were later resurrected by magical scrolls collected by their respective families, no one dared to fight the lich head-on.
Trier originally wanted to let Gonfu come forward to deal with this powerful arcane spellcaster, but who would have thought that such an accident would happen at a critical moment.
"I...I don't know."
Price lowered his head and did not dare to look into the eyes of his mistress that were burning with anger.
"Mother, now is not the time to worry about whether Gromph has rebelled. You must immediately unite all the families in Menzoberranzan and stabilize the situation first. As for other things, you can put them aside for now." Notharol
·Ban Rui stood up and suggested with a serious face.
As Trier's cousin, he is the mentor of the entire family and has the obligation to ensure that the mistress does not make any wrong decisions impulsively.
"How do the matrons of other families react now?"
Trier asked in a low voice, resisting the urge to vent his anger.
"Several families under attack are requesting support from the city council. The martial arts tower and warlock academy have also been assembled and are ready to go into battle at any time."
Another female member of the Banre family gave the answer without thinking.
After hearing this answer, Trier slammed the armrest of the chair, stood up and said fiercely: "In that case, let us show some color to this group of intruders who do not know whether to live or die.
Don't be afraid!
The great God Queen has begun to recover!
It won't be long before our priestesses gain the power of divine magic!
Then no enemy will be able to escape!"
Following the order from the matron of the First Family, the entire city of Menzoberranzan began to become more united than ever before, and soon mages began to cooperate with warriors in life-and-death battles with invaders in every corner of the city.
Fires, explosions, blood and corpses can be seen almost everywhere.
Since the battles in the Underdark are not like those in the surface world where there are shouts of killing all day long, these brutal battles are carried out quietly.
It will only occasionally let out one or two screams before being injured or killed.
Especially the shadow dragon soaring in the sky, almost every time it swoops down, it will cause huge damage to the dark elf warriors in Menzoberranzan.
That terrifying negative energy breath is very fatal to any living being.
The gray dwarves who advance in a tight formation are also very difficult to deal with. Even the drow have to pay a heavy price for the combination of shields and crossbows.
"Damn! Where did these guys come from?"
Lirael couldn't help but complain after using fireball to burn a troll to death.
Although she did not want to be involved in the defense of Menzoberranzan, she was regarded by the invaders as one of the dark elves in the city.
Drizzt waved his two swords and easily killed several ogres that came forward with pleasing movements like a dance. He shouted without looking back: "Retreat! Stop fighting! We can't hold this place for long."
"clear!"
Lirael aimed at the ground in front of her and threw the Grease and Spider Web spells, then she ran towards the next platform behind without looking back.
What a joke!
She didn't want to help this group of evil Lolth believers resist external threats, even if she still had the surname Baenre on her name.
To be continued...