Chapter 143: Everyone with their own plans (1/2)

Chapter 143: Everyone with their own plans

The group walked downwards for quite a long period of time, with Han Shuo discovered that the cave was becoming wider and wider. All sorts of complex paths led in all directions.

At this time, Han Shuo concentrated and his eyes took in the surroundings, remembering the way they’d come in from in order to prevent them from being unable to find their way back.

When their footsteps downwards slowed down and Dana led Han Shuo and the others to walk on flat ground, Han Shuo lifted his head to look up and discovered that those red-brown glowing rocks were hung high overhead, appearing like the sunset that would appear on the ground.

As he looked out, he noticed that apart from the red-brown rocks covering the skies overhead, the sights all around weren’t that much different from the world above. It just wasn’t as cold as the outside world, and seemed to even be a bit warmer.

“Those who live below the ground also include gnomes and lizardmen, as well as super creatures like the dark dragon, apart from us dark elves. Although the world below and the world above are a bit different, it’s not that much so.” When Dana saw Han Shuo and the old priest look in all directions with great interest, she beamed and explained. Her mesmerizing eyes seemed to look at Han Shuo with great expression.

The dark elves were naturally lascivious, and their female elves even more so. As the matriarch of the dark elves, Dana was naturally no exception. Han Shuo only needed to take one look at her glance to understand the meaning within it.

“Why is the dark dragon attacking your tribe? Where does he live?” Han Shuo didn’t pay any attention to Dana’s attention as he frowned and asked her about important matters.

“We originally didn’t have much conflict with this dark dragon, just that the lizardmen seemed to use some methods to bribe it into attacking us. This is because our tribe has been fighting the lizardmen for a fertile piece of land recently. We’ve engaged in several battles, and the lizardmen turned up with this dark dragon after they were defeated.” Dana was a bit glum and anxious when Han Shuo brought up this matter and spoke with a sigh.

“How many people did you send out to battle the dark dragon? What kind of attacks does it use, will we be of any effect if we join you?” Han Shuo continued to ask.

“Our tribe has more than three hundred dark elf warriors who have already engaged this dark dragon in combat. Its body is incredibly durable, with only its head and neck being slightly weaker. It can spit out a dragonbreath attack that will eat away at flesh. It can also spew out a hot flame that has lava mixed in.”

“We used magic and arrows to attack it from afar and lost more than twenty dark elves during this time, but we also successfully harmed it. It’s now hiding in the swamp, licking his wounds. If we add your five hundred forest troll warriors, I am certain that we can kill it.” Dana answered confidently.

Han Shuo didn’t open his mouth again. Many dark elves continuously gathered along the way. When they finally arrived at swamp with deeply dark sludge, the original ten dark elves had turned into more than three hundred.

“Give us our payment first. We’ve decided to help you.” Han Shuo thought for a bit and suddenly said with a low voice.

Dana was quite forthright as she nodded with a smile. A few male dark elves in the distance pushed two carts to Han Shuo. They lifted the grey cloth covering the cart to reveal the gleaming cart of gold and a sparkling cart of jewels. Han Shuo’s eyes lit up as he looked silently at the payment, appraising it privately. He was sure that this cart of gold and jewels was worth at least tens of thousands of gold coins.

To think that these dark elves were actually quite rich. Han Shuo weighed things up privately and walked to the cart of gold and jewels, using the space ring to unceremoniously put the contents of the two carts away. As he did this, Han Shuo covertly observed Dana’s reaction. From her eyes, Han Shuo suddenly detected a hint of coldness and disdain.

After ascending to the true demon realm, not only Han Shuo’s five senses, but even his perceptions felt all the more mystical. He could miraculously detect many fine details, just like the expression that had just flashed through Dana’s eyes. Han Shuo hadn’t even purposefully paid attention to it, but still magically grasped this detail unconsciously.

A thought striking him, Han Shuo maintained his bent over posture and put away the items in the two carts. He silently debated the meaning of the coldness and disdain in Dana’s eyes. A few more traces of wariness appeared in his heart as he began to secretly plot some things.