The shadow plane is almost equivalent to the sister body of the main material plane. Her natural scenery is almost the same as the main material plane. However, the shadow plane is a magical transformation form, and various parts of it are constantly flowing to other planes.

This causes the terrain of the Shadow Plane to be constantly changing, and only a few of the more special regional symbols can barely maintain a general appearance.

The shadow plane always presents a dark flavor, and all the colors in the environment are grayed out, just like the last trace of dusk after the sun sets. Except for black and white, you can hardly see any extra colors.

The mountains here are black, the trees are black, the earth is light black, the water is dark black, the flowers and grass are gray-black, and only the sky is gray-white.

There is no sun in the Shadow Plane, but a dim moon appears on a few days in the middle of each month.

Despite the lack of light, the Plane of Shadow is still home to a large number of flora, fauna, and humanoid creatures.

The creatures here have been immersed in the shadows for a long time, and their appearance and interior have basically been distorted into another shape. Cruelty and bloodthirsty are almost common problems of all shadow creatures.

When William and his party came to this dark world, they immediately felt the malice coming from the shadows.

Shadow hounds are the shadow spirits' best hunting assistants. They always smell the traces of outsiders first, and then use secret and weird howls to remind hunters that prey from other planes have appeared.

Then came the vicious and insidious sons of darkness. These cunning guys are always good at dishonorable killings. Although they are small in size, similar to halflings in the main material plane, there is no doubt that they

But it's much more dangerous than a serious halfling.

By the way, the sons of darkness like to live with the shadow spirits, just like the halflings on the material plane like to settle next to humans, elves, and dwarves, but the sons of darkness are better at offering their loyalty to their neighbors, although

This kind of loyalty is generally not very reliable.

When these small monsters with dry skin, gray eyes, and overly large pointed noses appeared near William and others with a mouth of ferocious rotten teeth, they couldn't help but let out a weird laugh.

Voice.

Although the Shadow Hounds are more devoted to their shadow spirit masters, their cooperation with the Sons of Darkness is more skillful. With a few weird howls, the Sons of Darkness created a lot of dark mist, which can block the sight.

The miasma spread around William and others.

William took a deep breath of the foggy air, but inhaled a mouth full of coke powder.

The monsters circled around William and his group. These guys from the shadow world kept testing the defense loopholes of William and his group. Sometimes they approached silently, and then moved away. Sometimes they deliberately made louder noises to approach, and then swaggered around.

of leaving.

This kind of temptation, suddenly far away and suddenly close, is undoubtedly a kind of terrible psychological oppression and torture for most of the besieged people with limited vision.

But William and the others were not disturbed by such small means. Almost every one of them can be regarded as an elite who has experienced many battles, even the seemingly weakest link - the little thief Selina.

, that is also a cunning character who thrives in the chaotic environment of the Scorched Hell Creeping City, and darkness is also her best protective color.

The first one to launch a surprise attack was the Shadow Hound. This dark canine monster had teeth that could crush steel armor. When it almost silently bit into William's ankle, what happened was a heavy blow.

of kicks.

William, who had regained his true body, was more terrifying in combat than Brünnhilde had imagined. The strength that penetrated his brain made the Shadow Hound belch silently.

Compared to William's ease, the others' battles seemed a bit hectic. Although Brünnhilde, Dove and Erminster also repelled the sneak attack of the Shadow Hounds, Brünnhilde had the best record among them.

, and only slightly injured the opponent.

Only the enemy Selena faced was not the shadow hound, but the son of darkness holding a dagger. These insidious little men regarded Selena as the prey they were determined to win, and they attacked Selena's body with throwing daggers.

legs, trying to paralyze her ability to move, and then the two sons of darkness used the cover of the dark mist to approach Selena's flanks with silent footsteps.

Selina was more capable than everyone (including her companions and opponents) imagined. She first dodged the enemy's throwing attack with a somersault, and grabbed the thrown dagger with her leather-gloved hands.

, and then threw them back in reverse.

Selena did not expect her counter-throw to achieve results. It was just a means for her to attract the enemy's attention. With the help of the silent boots under her feet, she quietly left her original position and sneaked into the diffuse black mist like a ghost.

middle.

For Selina, identifying friend and foe is the simplest thing. With her lowered body, she is almost the same size as the Sons of Darkness. Therefore, as long as they are short dwarfs, they will definitely kill them without mercy.

Target.

When a child of darkness passed by Selina, the matte dagger in the little thief's hand cut off the other person's neck with just a single touch. And the little monster who was caught off guard finally understood before he died.

, the guy with a weird figure next to him is definitely not his kind.

When a child of darkness dies, its body will explode into a ball of dark shadow power, turning all surrounding creatures blind (if the opponent needs to use their eyes to see).

Before entering the shadow plane, William and others had focused on understanding the information about most of the monsters here, so she closed her eyes in time, which made the Son of Darkness' last counterattack useless.

The real hunting target of the Sons of Darkness is actually Selena. For them, an opponent of similar size is undoubtedly easier to deal with. Whether it is capturing her alive or assassinating her, it is easier to do it. Of course, they

I still hope to capture this target. After all, flesh-and-blood creatures from the main material plane seem to be more interesting to play with.

However, when the three most agile children of darkness touched the location where Selina should be, they found that their prey had disappeared, and one of the unlucky ones accidentally fell into the trap set by the girl in advance, a similar one.

Using a mousetrap-like device, the poison-coated sawtooth tore the tough cowhide-like skin of the Son of Darkness, causing the poor little monster to scream, and then it was killed by two cruel companions.

Wiped his neck.

Killing those of the same kind that are affected by injuries is the hunting rule that most of the Sons of Darkness adhere to.

However, after realizing that something was wrong, these two sons of darkness were preparing to use the cover of darkness that erupted when their companions died to escape from the current dangerous position after cutting off the obstructionists.

They killed them directly on the spot.

The dark mist formed by charcoal powder cannot perfectly hide the figure, and the power of shadows that burst out one after another makes the surrounding environment increasingly difficult to see.

It didn't take long for the Sons of Darkness to realize that something was wrong, and their numbers were decreasing rapidly. A cautious Son of Darkness avoided an approaching "companion", but then the crossbow bolts chased it and wounded it.

, but instead of killing it immediately, the little monster screamed immediately.

"Be careful! There's a hostile guy lurking among us! It's killing us!"

This warning from the Son of Darkness not only did not bring the expected warning to its companions, but instead opened a Pandora's Box. The Sons of Darkness will never be merciful towards killing their companions, and when they hear the warning, they will not show any mercy.

He was polite and cruel to all the short figures approaching him.

Indiscriminate killing, although this makes Selina's fishing in troubled waters difficult and dangerous. She has fought three times with a difficult dwarf, an opponent who is good at using machetes and daggers. Selina

Na tried her best, but was still unable to completely suppress the opponent, and she also narrowly escaped death several times.

But more Sons of Darkness died in the hands of their companions. Even after killing each other, they had realized that their opponents were accomplices, and the Sons of Darkness had no idea of ​​holding back. They still harvested the heads of the losers.

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This is the Son of Darkness, a typical representative of humanoid intelligent creatures from the Shadow Plane. They are cruel, bloodthirsty, and advocate embracing death.

Selina finally relied on the power of equipment to kill the son of darkness that was pestering her. Of course, she also paid the price for it. One of her palms was pierced by the opponent's dagger, and a scimitar was slashed on her shoulder.

If Selena's dagger hadn't been sharp enough, if the activating rope hadn't secretly wrapped around one of the opponent's legs, causing the Son of Darkness to involuntarily slow down his movements for a while at the most critical moment, Selena's best ending would have been

It's just that they die together with each other.

After all the living Sons of Darkness consciously killed a companion, they finally stopped unnecessary killing. They quietly left the battlefield, leaving only the shadow hounds with weak brains to continue besieging William and the others.

Shadow hounds are indeed more difficult than expected. Except for William, others can't even find an effective way to kill them for the time being, because these guys can only be regarded as medium-sized among dogs, but they are far stronger than ordinary people imagine.

(Strength and Constitution are both 18+), and their movements are agile and their bite force is super amazing (bite attack can be regarded as +4 magic damage). They are simply born devil muscle dogs.

Even with Brünnhilde's fighting power, if she swung the war hammer hard on the Shadow Hound's body, she could only smash those muscle balls and roll them over, then get up and continue to swim as if nothing had happened, waiting for an opportunity to launch the next wave of surprise attacks.

Four shadow hounds had fallen beside William. When the fifth shadow hound faced him again, the big dog finally showed a trace of hesitation. It stared at William from a distance and made a whining sound.

William suddenly cast his gaze into the darkness on the other side, and his eyes suddenly became solemn. Taking advantage of William's distraction, the mastiff suddenly swooped up and bit William's calf.

Unexpectedly, William turned around and slapped the cunning shadow hound on the forehead, killing it on the spot. Then William strode into the darkness, completely ignoring the surrounding fog.

Because at this time, Selena has fallen into the biggest crisis in her life, and she has encountered the most terrifying enemy-Shadow Spirit.

Shadow spirits are humanoid creatures that live deep in the shadow plane. They are attached to darkness and shadows. They look like humans, but have gray skin and crow-like eyes that shine with black light.

Shadow spirits are cold, evil, and ruthless in nature. Their thirst for power and their indifference to death are almost equally famous. Any cruel thing they do is to reap death, whether it is the enemy's or their own.

Death makes the shadow spirits feel proud of it.

According to legend, the Shadow Spirits serve an ancient evil god named Naira. Of course, people are always more willing to mention her other name, the Raven Queen.

There are two main versions about the origin of the Crow Queen. One is: the Crow Queen was once a mortal warlock who died of the plague. A god of death called Naraku was attracted by the Crow Queen's pure soul and forcibly killed her.

He took her as his wife and gave her her real name Naira.

In order to house this "beautiful" wife, Naraku built a magnificent palace in the deepest part of the Shadow Plane, and created a unique creature - the Shadow Spirit as the Crow Queen's servant.

Another theory is that the Crow Queen was once a beloved ancient elf queen. When the Crown War, a civil war among the elves, broke out, the Crow Queen used the souls and magic of her people to temporarily elevate herself to the level of

As a god, he helped Corellon Laresin, the leader of the elven gods, to defeat the rebellious elven goddess Aroshi at the critical moment, who later became the Spider Queen Lolth.

During the post-war reward competition, the Crow Queen received Arrow's priesthood of destiny as a reward. From then on, the Crow Queen had the title of "Weaver of Destiny". The elves who were loyal to the Crow Queen were later called

The ancestors of the elves who are shadow spirits want to follow the Crow Queen into the elves' divine realm - the realm of Arvandor.

The Raven Queen reluctantly agreed to the request of these loyal followers, and then they performed a great magical ritual in an attempt to open a path through the Feywild to the realm of Arvandor.

Unfortunately, this ritual was exploited by a group of evil mages, who tried to absorb the souls of those shadow spirits for their own purposes.

This resulted in a magical disaster that sent the Raven Queen and the shadow spirits to the Shadowfell, and the mages were transformed into nagapa (a terrifying magical monster).

No matter what the origin of the Crow Queen is, it is undeniable that the Crow Queen cares about her most loyal followers - the shadow spirits.

These native residents of the Shadow Plane rule the entire Shadow World. When these elites who advocate killing and death appear, despair is the only emotion of their enemies.

A shadow spirit appeared in front of Selena's eyes. It was a scary guy wielding a long thorn chain. He suddenly appeared like a ghost, and then suddenly disappeared. In this short period of time, Selena was caught by that

The elusive enemy left three cruel wounds on her body, which were caused by the thrusts of the spiked chain. The spiked blades tore the skin of Selina's legs and back, scraping off large areas of her flesh and blood.

But the terrible pain that could drive people crazy did not destroy Selena's nerves and will. She still calmly put the dagger in front of her neck, letting the enemy's attempt to scrape her carotid arteries and throat fail.

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Of course, if the confrontation continues like this, Selena's outcome is basically doomed. She alone will never be able to survive the next round under the hands of that shadow spirit.
Chapter completed!