Chapter 1219 - Dark Region (3) (2/2)
“Carlesodar City is the largest city in the underground and isn’t any smaller than the Darkness Capital. Even though dark elves aren’t as powerful as the forces of the Country of Darkness, they have more than a dozen of advanced spell casters in every family. Furthermore, there are well-equipped dark elf guards and countless goblin slaves. Not only that, but if you also try to storm Carlesodar City, you will face hundreds of ballistas that are as powerful as magic cannons. Also…”
Even though Nell dissuaded the group patiently, informing them of how dangerous Carlesodar City was, no one was as worried as her. In the end, Mini Bubble Gum interrupted in a hurry.
“Alright, alright, stop trying to bluff. It’s not like we haven’t been to Carlesodar. Let me ask you this—can this city defeat a dragon soul heir?”
“This…”
Facing Mini Bubble Gum’s retort, Nell was dumbfounded. Of course, she understood what Mini Bubble Gum meant. Carlesodar could never defeat a dragon soul heir. There was a precedent. It happened centuries after the Country of Darkness was established. After settling matters on the surface, the Country of Darkness began extending their forces to the deep underground, attempting to control the entire continent comprehensively. Back then, the dark elves were ambitious. They strived to become the strongest force in the underground world and even built their very own underground kingdom. They tried in vain to become the dominator of the underground world and naturally wouldn’t allow themselves to be ruled by others. That was why there was no doubt that the prideful dark elves rejected the Country of Darkness’s request. Not only that, but the dark elves also used their underground advantage to wreak havoc and humiliate the undead creatures.
That was how the war broke out.
In the beginning, when facing the undead creatures who closed in on them, the dark elves had indeed defended their homeland. But later, as the dragon soul heir showed up, the situation reversed. Under the Dark Dragon’s lead, in just seven days, the dark elf kingdom crumbled completely. Their proudest capital, Talonwat, got buried in the deep underground under the indignant attack of the Dark Dragon, not leaving behind any debris. Talonwat was the true honor of the dark elves. Its scale was 10 times larger than Carlesodar. But in the end, Talonwat couldn’t avoid its fate of destruction. That war crushed the dark elves’ pride, causing them to shiver and surrender under the deterrence of the dragon soul heir. Talonwat had gathered the effort and wisdom of the dark elves, which was why the dark elves felt so hopeless and desperate. They did their best. But even so, in the face of absolute power, they were bound to collapse.
And now, standing before Nell was a true dragon soul heir.
Perhaps it was because Rhode often loved roaming about, Nell subconsciously didn’t treat him as a high and mighty dragon soul heir. Of course, Nell who was ‘trained’ by Rhode wouldn’t betray her master. But she had to admit that even so, from her perspective, her master was simply too different from dragon soul heirs who sat in massive palaces full of dignity and majesty. But even so, Rhode was still a dragon soul heir. He was perhaps one of the strongest beings in this world.
Since Nell knew she couldn’t change his mind, she could only embrace herself and lead the way. Perhaps due to the mighty dragon’s prestige exuding from Rhode, none of the annoying and dangerous underground creatures stirred trouble with them along the way. Under Nell’s lead, the group passed through cracks in rock walls and channels made up of rocks and rushing river. Then, they finally arrived at a deeper and relatively spacious tunnel.
“This is the outpost that leads to Carlesodar City.”
Gazing at the spacious tunnel, Nell puckered her brows, turned, and said to Rhode.
“Seems like that dwarf was right. Logically speaking, we have entered the warning area of Carlesodar. Usually there are guards patrolling the area. But now, we don’t see any of them. This means that Carlesodar has shrunk their defense perimeter…”
“I doubt so.”
Rhode disagreed with Nell.
“With the personality of the dark elves, they wouldn’t wait for a poisonous snake to slither to their feet before screaming and jumping. I’m sure we’re within the encirclement of the dark elves… It’s about time to teach them some manners. Little Icy, attack!”
“Yes, Big Brother!”
Upon hearing Rhode’s command, Icy Snow lunged forward immediately. She flipped her right hand around and a white, jade-like longbow appeared in her hand. She pulled the bowstring and aimed ahead. She released her finger and a dazzling brilliance erupted from the bowstring, penetrating the gap between the cave and stelae and flitting across in a trail of afterimages.
“Woah———!”
The instant the brilliance vanished, the group heard a blood-curdling scream. A dozen black figures sprung up from the surrounding shadows. They held specially-modified and non-reflective bows, pouncing on the group like poisonous scorpions!