Artificer Adventure Guide

Chapter 249: Bluff

After thinking along this line for a few seconds, Carl remembered that he was asking questions, so he quickly sorted out his thoughts and brought his attention back to reality.

The four drow seemed to be still imagining the possibility of their mistress's promotion to legend. Carl paused, then used a dry cough to wake them up from their fantasy.

The drow, who finally remembered what to do now, lowered his head awkwardly, and then introduced the situation of the Underdark.

"We are now at the top of the Underdark, but below this, there are countless winding tunnels forming a maze area.

If you want to return to the surface, the fastest way is of course to push all the way from here to the Gate of the Earth.

It was a door made by a giant, which was originally supposed to be made to seal the former Underdark, but Khyber's power had long since receded, and the Underdark also changed from the original dungeon to a cave in the main plane."

According to what the drow said, the Underdark seemed to belong to Khyber's dungeon before, and later solidified in the main plane for unknown reasons, turning into this huge cave.

This was something that was hard for Carl to imagine, but considering that it was caused by the two ancestor dragons, Eberron and Khyber, it became easy to understand.

No matter how extraordinary the thing was, it was not strange for them to happen.

"Then how do we get through the Earth Gate? Is there any way to get there as quickly as possible?"

Hearing this question, the expressions of the four drow became a little strange.

"The Earth Gate is now controlled by the Fallen. If you want to pass through there, either join them or..."

His eyes swept over the many constructs behind Carl, and the drow who answered seemed to have some expectations.

With such a group of "army" leaving, Carl and those Fallen drow would almost certainly have conflicts.

"You don't have to worry about how we get through. Just help write down the information about going to the Earth Gate."

With the experience of destroying the Fire Dwarf Fortress before, Carl now really looked down on military buildings of general scale.

The total number of the new and old constructs was 600, and there were some surplus, but before leaving, Carl had them self-destruct in the temporary base to destroy the traces.

600 tanks, this number of tanks can fight a small or medium-sized battle.

Without saying much, the drow wrote down the information they knew with the help of Scorpion.

After completing the transaction, Carl asked someone to give them some food and let them go.

Watching the figures of this group of people disappear in the tunnel, Scorpion turned his head and said to Carl:

"In fact, I also know some ways to leave the Underdark."

Carl nodded slightly and said in a very calm tone: "I know, not only you, on the way back, Ying also told me how their tribe left the Underdark."

Scorpion's eyes widened immediately, as if he wanted to say, "Since you know other ways, why are you asking them?"

Without waiting for Scorpion to really ask, Carl continued: "It's never a bad thing to have one more way out. Who knows if there are any undercover agents of the Fallen Sect among these so-called ascetics? Let's go along the route to the Gate of the Earth first. If there are really pursuers and interceptions, we will decisively change the route."

"What's the point of this?"

Looking at Carl who stood up again, Scorpion asked doubtfully.

"No, but next time I run into this group of drow, I won't have so much burden in my heart. After all, killing someone for no reason will always make people feel guilty, but if the other party betrays you, it's different."

Just when Scorpion felt a little strange because of Carl's somewhat overbearing remarks, the drow mistress teleported over in the air beside him.

"Alas~, this is just the curiosity of a 400-year-old drow. If you scare me like this, I will get a mental illness."

Looking around, the drow who claimed to be 400 years old bowed slightly to Carl.

"Forgive my impoliteness just now. I just want to confirm whether you are really trustworthy. I hope you can take us to the surface to live. The situation in the Underdark is no longer able to accommodate us."

On the side, Hope and Scorpion had already taken out their weapons vigilantly, and Bane and Thorin went directly into the construct.

As for Shadow, she seemed to have noticed the fact that the drow mistress followed them just now, and did not show hostility at the first time.

"You should look like you are asking for help when you ask for help. I can even imagine that you secretly revealed our information, so that we were hunted by other drow and had to come back to seek your help in the end."

As Carl said this, the light in the eyes of the drow mistress opposite flickered slightly.

The creatures in Eberron are not too strict in the division of camps. Even people who have been orderly and kind all their lives will inevitably make mistakes in some things.

Because of this, compared with the creatures in Faerun who seem to have been stamped with thoughts, the Paladin profession in Eberron seems a bit dangerous.

"We just want to follow secretly. We won't do the kind of thing you said."

He clarified his suspicion very righteously, but these words had no persuasive power in Carl's mind.

"If you say it is, then it is, but let's talk about the matter now. Since you have something to ask for, you have to pay something, such as..."

At this point, Carl suddenly got stuck.

These drow are so poor that they have to live in caves. What can he do for them?

Because they are old? Because they don't take baths?

If Carl was a Japanese fantasy adventure hero who wanted to build a harem of different races, he might agree to something at this time because of lust.

But he is not.

Carl smacked his lips a little irritably, and found that taking these drow away seemed to have no benefit for him.

Sensing that Carl's mood was a little wrong, the drow mistress thought quickly, and then hurriedly said: "I have achieved some results in the practice of psychic power. If you don't mind, I can help you practice psychic power."

Carl, who didn't have much expectation for his psychic power, wanted to refuse, but Carl suddenly thought of some combat methods he had tried to combine psychic power with machinery before.

After a moment of silence, he finally nodded.

Seeing Carl's statement, the drow mistress finally felt relieved.

Not long after, the drow mistress teleported back to the cave where she was just now and brought out about 60 drow.

What surprised Carl was that there were actually two male drow among them.

However, compared with the opposite sex of the same age, male drow did not have an absolute advantage in terms of physical fitness or intelligence.

Seeing their skinny bodies like ribs, Carl somewhat understood why the Fallen Faction went to the surface to look for strong human adventurers.

With their physical condition, they would probably die in a few seconds at the hands of the Fallen Drow, not to mention helping them improve their psychic powers.

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