Chapter 89: The Darkness

Chapter 89 The Ghostly Darkness
David certainly couldn’t risk changing his set itinerary just to find an Atilicia teacher.

Even if this Atilicia teacher had a really small impact on the speed of his first bucket of money accumulation.

It was just that the somewhat inexplicable plea that the Silver Archduke made to him before he left still caused David to be a little confused.

That is. Why was the Silver Archduke so sure that he would meet that Atilicia Priest on his way home, and asked himself to stop the other party from doing something ‘stupid’?
However, considering that the other party was a High Elf who had lived for centuries, it wasn’t uncommon for him to know a couple of spells from the school of prophecy, such as [Divination], [Prophecy], and so on.

But whether it’s the fourth ring’s [Divination], or [Prophecy], or any other prophecy spells in this world, under the interference of the flood of time, they can’t give a 100% accurate answer, but rather short, ambiguous, and need to be guessed by themselves to understand it.

This is the reason why many casters of the prophecy school who know two hands of divination are always called clerics and are not well received.

Just what kind of thing would the Silver Archduke call foolish?

David, who had just reproduced the sobriety potion in one day and steadily improved its quality over the next half month, suddenly tapped his head and thought of a possibility:
That is, wouldn’t it be possible that teacher Atilicia really mistook him for that one-in-a-million alchemy genius, and thus, even if he abandoned his reputation, he had to forcefully ‘captivate’ him back on his way home and take him in as a shut-in disciple, right?
“Hiss thinking about it like this, there’s really a possibility that he’ll directly use force on me!”

[Arrogant

Just thinking about the image of that soft and weak Atilicia priest pretending to be a robber.
That somewhat incongruous picture made David want to laugh a little.

Because even though this Atilicia Priest was a high-ranking mage who was able to cast a 7-ring [Manipulate Heavenly Signs], he really didn’t look like he was capable of fighting.

Ever since he crossed over, David had fought many ‘strong men’ directly and even with them.

Whether it was the earliest Drow led by Hiatt, the ogre Manado, the mountain barbarian Loxinde, the High Elf Evgeny, or the young female green dragon Nymphadora.

Regardless of whether they were strong or weak, at least the feeling they gave David once they appeared on the scene, the so-called ‘aura’ that he had read in the novels of his previous life, was completely different alright.

Even the weakest ogre in here, Manado, at least gave David a feeling of roughness, savagery, and blood, but calmness and fury coexisted.

As for who has brought him the most pressure, it would have to be the dragon mom Pavla, who encountered him right after crossing over!
Back then, she had almost scared him to the point of fleeing from the Old Continent.

But David had yet to meet a dragon that was more intimidating than Pavla’s, and he didn’t even deserve to be in her shoes.

Therefore, in David’s assessment, even if that Priest Atilicia was indeed a high-ranking mage and a young silver dragon, as an expert in the field of potions, her frontal combat power would probably be limited to relying on high-ring spells to bully fighters such as Shyatt and Evgeni, who needed to close the distance in order to create a fatal threat.

As for whether or not it could be limited to bullying Loxinde, a super-spec brute who had already been bestowed with [Endless Rage] by himself, and had been blessed by the other four dragons and even Tiamat, the five-colored dragon queen, who had personally witnessed it, it was a matter of two words.

So it really wasn’t that David despised Priest Atilicia.

Even if this is to look at the other party as a young silver dragon, try to estimate its battle power to a high level, roughly, it should be at the level of Nymphadora, who is also a young green dragon.

The premise was to ignore the fact that this female green dragon’s mind was comparable to a Zorro’s, as well as the fact that she was exceptionally capable of fighting.

When he thought of this, David was inexplicably confident.

”If Priest Atilicia really dares to intercept me halfway, hey, then don’t blame me for taking you straight back to the Dragon’s Nest camp in the Old Continent as a guest.”

”It just so happens that the young dragons in the Dragon’s Nest camp are still lacking a spell teacher.”

He saw that Priest Atilicia might not be able to do anything else, but in the area of teaching and raising dragons, he should still be quite good at it.

Taking the time to teach him Alchemy, it would be a fulfillment of Priest Atilicia’s wish to take him as a disciple, wouldn’t it?
As for the Silver Grand Duke’s side, although he also promised the other side to persuade Priest Artilicia to return to the territory, but did not say when exactly to go back ah.

He wouldn’t go too far, just . He will help teach in the Old Continent for two or three years? Three? Maybe five years.

Anyway, one of them was a silver dragon, one was a high elf, and everyone was a long-lived species, so five years would probably just feel like one fall for humans.

Maybe they could even use the distance to let the two guys who didn’t know exactly how long they had been entangled because of their feelings to improve their feelings for each other.

It was decided so happily.

It was just that until David led his group into the passageway leading to the dark region, there was no sign of Reverend Atilicia’s figure.

It made David, who had already crashed his reckoning back into the face of the Old World’s Dragon Mother, feel so sorry for himself.

In order for this transaction to go more smoothly, he once again changed himself back to his original posture through the [Jealousy] power-

A red dragon with special triangular dragon wings.

After all, this was the Dark Territory, and what they were heading to was even a guarded city of the infamous Spider’s Nest City.

It was a location where both sides of the transaction could slightly lower their guard.

But if he were to go over there as a ‘righteous and kind’ silver dragon, let alone if the trading parties would simply look away.

Rather, half of the darkness species in the Darkness Region would probably catch wind of it and attack it in droves.

As for the lonely daughters of Spider’s Nest City, they would probably have a collective fever.

No matter how much it costs, they will have to take this ‘silver dragon’ back to pull up the seedling to grow a little and then use it for breeding.

High elves may also be afraid of the threat from the Dragon Island, after all, they are at least a representative of the surface of the force, whether it is on the reputation, or business and relations more or less have to weigh.

But what kind of thing is Zuoer?
The street rat is not enough to describe.

Like Xiyat, when they were on the surface or even in the old continent, they might not dare to mess with a silver dragon, after all, it is likely that after messing with it, even the old continent will not be able to get out of the old continent before they are destroyed.

But where is this place?
This was the territory of the Zor-Elves – the Dark Region.

It was in the deep underground of the new continent of Granier.

It was as if it was a mirror image of the lively and prosperous High Elf civilization.

David had just gone deep underground for a long time through a tunnel that Hiatus had led them into, and it wasn’t that kind of ‘dark flowers and a village’ feeling when the darkness in front of them finally suddenly opened up. The first thing they felt was an extreme darkness and silence.

The scent of mushrooms and rotting soil permeated the surroundings, occasionally interspersed with some fishy and sour odors.

What appeared in front of us was a vast and boundless underground world.

Twisting caves, narrow passages and steep cliffs formed a solemn underground labyrinth.

In some places, glowing real mushrooms and fluorescent stones emitted a faint light, illuminating the way forward, while some places were engulfed in a dark abyss, so dark that one could not see one’s fingers.

It was a strange world, full of strange creatures, from eyes poking out of cracks in the stone, to figures flickering in and out of the lost passages, to those strange creatures covered in scales or hair that appeared and disappeared like ghosts and undead.

Just relying on the dragon’s innate darkness vision, David had just a few novelties, even clearer and more detailed than his vision in the daylight on the surface.

As for Hiatus and the two Drow, it was like returning home after a long time, even if this home was not so nostalgic for the Drow.

The only one who was slightly more miserable was Loxinde, who was a barbarian.

Although he had been transformed into a dragon’s dependent by David through the ascension ceremony, he still had to be blind when he arrived at the place of complete darkness.

Fortunately, there was an obedient winter wolf by his side, which became the barbarian’s guide dog.

Otherwise, follow the stout but light footsteps all the way, like a big cat like sprinting red dragon dragon masters and Zhuoer slightly around a few corners, most likely has become a missing person.

Perhaps affected by the [greed] and eagerness of David to become rich, the two Zhuoer who also knew how much money this batch of [Anger Compound] was worth did not dare to be the slightest bit negligent.

Therefore, all of them did not have the slightest desire to communicate along the way, and as soon as they entered the Dark Region, they ran straight towards the direction of Spider’s Nest City.

This kind of recklessness, and even in the Dark Region, was already considered to be a somewhat arrogant and rampant way of rushing, if it was a different formation, it was estimated that they had already ‘met the enemy’ dozens of times along the way.

But these underground creatures that were planning to sneak attack.

Either they had just smelled the faint dragon’s might on David, who was a red dragon, and froze in place;

Either they cursed and made a detour when they saw that there were two Drow at his side;

Or, they are not afraid of a red young dragon, nor are they afraid of the two Zhuoer stalwarts, but when they are ready to make a move, they are glared at by the [Greedy] eyes of David, who sensed it in advance, and then they leave with their tails tucked between their legs.

It wasn’t that David recognized their sneaking or camouflage.

Rather, it was that these guys were usually quite sharp with their hands.

So much so that in the split second before they struck, David was able to nip the impending attack in the bud through an almost ‘prophetic’ approach.

After traveling for less than three days, David arrived at the destination that Priest Atilicia had only reached after half a month of fighting along the way.

The main camp of the Drow Elves in Ellaria – Drogsin Spider’s Nest City.

In the distance, an eerie black and white city cluster stood proudly, like a city that stood at the edge of the world, spreading out its spider web and entrenching itself on one side of the world to devour goodness.

From such a long way away, you can see the magnificent and creepy Spider Temple located in the center of the city-state, the silver-white spider statue standing inside the temple, surrounded by flickering weird blue-purple flames, and the depths of the temple are filled with a never-dissipating mist, and from time to time there are creepy low roars and hissing noises.

Only David they are not going to the dangerous Spider Nest City today, but the Acropolis, or should be called the stronghold, located in the corner of the Spider Nest City extension.

Compared to the disorganized but imposing Spider’s Nest City, the streets of this Acropolis stronghold were curved and narrow, as if entangled in giant cobwebs, and the buildings were tall and eerie, paved with black and white stones, and dotted with the symbols and decorations of the Rose Succubus, as well as the shimmering silver ornaments made by the skills of the Drell Elves.

Just as he stepped into this Drow acropolis, the smell of a decadent scent mixed with bodily fluids hit him.

The former was the smell of the psychedelic incense that that group of Drow abused on a daily basis.

If a different ordinary person whose immune system had no resistance to toxins came in, just by smelling this residual flavor in the air, I’m afraid that they would have to start experiencing a series of symptoms such as allergies, tachycardia, rashes, dizziness, nausea, and so on.

But David merely snorted after shrinking his nostrils and chanted:

“Worthy of being your Zor’s home, this AQI (Air Quality Index) is afraid to explode straight away.”

[Arrogant

Shiyat, who walked at the very front to lead the way, looked slightly embarrassed, although she didn’t know what the AQI in her master’s mouth meant, the unconcealable disdain and dislike was crying out.

On the contrary, that stupid mage, half a month ago, had tried to compare Spider’s Nest City to the Silver Archduke’s splendid territory.

“Master, this way please, the connector in charge of receiving the goods is here.”

“Are you sure they can eat this shipment?” David was a bit too much of a pain in the ass, just wanting to rake in the money and walk away from the dragon as soon as possible.

So even if the unit price was slightly lower for this, he could accept it.

The only requirement was to eat all the goods he brought to hand this time in one go and pay in cash, lest the night grows long.

Drell leapt and popped onto the shoulder of the Drell mage, stepped on the mage’s head on tiptoe, and whispered against the webbing of Davy’s ear:

“This is one of the councillors of Drogsin, one of the strongholds under the House of Lord Flavia.

“With her family, it’s definitely edible.

“The only thing we have to be concerned about is this one shipment.

“is a bit much.”

(End of chapter)