Chapter 389 Dark Elf
Tang En didn't know whether Gazas' curse was effective or not. He had no time to think about him now.
"You are here just to recover the Holy Book of Blessing? That's it."
After listening to Iluli's explanation, Tang En suddenly realized that an artifact left here was indeed of great significance to the Vatican, but he could not expose the information and cause other people to covet him. Finally, he sent Iluli and Leon, who had the strongest overall strength. Disguising your identity is the only option.
Yiluli said a little embarrassed: "Please help us continue to hide this matter..."
Tang En was startled: "The artifact has been recovered, aren't you planning to go back?"
Iluli shook her head: "Captain Lyon was impacted by the power of Chaos. He was unable to recover the ability to fight independently in a short period of time, and he had no means to protect the artifact. In order to prevent others from coveting the artifact, according to my judgment, in this case , it is safest to be with you who has no interest in artifacts, so following your team is our best choice."
Tang En didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "If that's the case, then you can just follow. But having said that, we may stay here for a while and we will leave only after confirming the trade contract."
Of course, Iluli had no objection to this and happily agreed with Tang En's opinion.
"Thank you, Mr. Tang En, for your help."
Leon now regained some strength, stood up, came to Tang En's side, and solemnly performed a knight's salute: "Your kindness will be remembered in my heart. If necessary in the future, I will not violate the precepts of the Holy See." Under the premise, we will do our best to help!”
"Get up..."
Tang En touched his nose: "I guess I won't need your help for a while..."
Leon was startled and then embarrassed. Speaking of combat power, after witnessing the battle between Tang En and Gassas, Leon really understood how big the gap was between him and Tang En. He beat Gassas like a drowned dog. He was so frightened by Tang En that he ran away in embarrassment and almost died on the spot...
How could he possibly need his own help?
But no matter what, Tang En's kindness to him was real. Leon had made up his mind to keep this matter in mind and repay Tang En when he had the chance.
After repeatedly confirming that there were no polluters in the entire Black Stone Cave, Tang En and the others returned to the upper level.
Before returning to the upper level, Tang En quietly anchored a spatial coordinate here.
He liked this black stone cave very much.
"They're back! They're back! All three of them are safe!"
The sharp-eyed Danny was the first to notice that Tang En and the others were back. As soon as he opened his mouth, a dense row of people stood up beside him. Vanilla instantly appeared at the front holding Fiona, followed closely by Al. Shaya rushed over with Ilia in her arms.
"Lord Lord!"
Fiona glanced at Leon and Iluli, who had put on their cloaks again. A trace of doubt flashed in her eyes, and she quickly focused her attention on Tang En: "What happened down there? The movement just now was too big." It’s terrible, the ground is shaking, it feels like the whole earth is about to collapse.”
In fact, if Tang En had not reinforced the cave several times and restricted the power of large-scale spells to a small space, the battle between him and Gazas just now could have easily destroyed everything nearby and penetrated dozens of kilometers thick. It is normal for the earth's crust to rush to the surface.
Fiona's question was also of concern to others. A group of people stared nervously at Tang En, waiting for his answer, fearing they would hear any bad news again.
"No big deal."
The soldiers just breathed a sigh of relief when Tang En's next words almost scared them to death: "The leader of the Serpent of Darkness, Gazas, woke up and we had a fight."
The leader of the Dark Serpent, the demigod Gazas! ?
For a moment, there was silence in the entire cave, and everyone was stunned.
Many people have heard of the rumors of the Serpent of Darkness, and what Gazas has done is also widely known. What he is most familiar to people is his actions as a demigod, trying to kill gods and replace them.
Although he ultimately failed, he undoubtedly became a model.
"Gasas? Who is that?"
An unfamiliar voice sounded, followed by several women with pale skin and slender figures walking out of the crowd.
After noticing their pointed ears and their pronunciation with the special rhythm of Elvish, Tang En was stunned for a moment and turned to look at Fiona: "Dark Elves? When did they come?"
"Just when the battle was over and you were going down."
Fiona said: "They said that the Queen sensed a battle taking place here, so she came to take a look at the Queen's order. This is Dark Elf Patrolman Hailey. Luckily, she understands Runen language."
Hailey is a typical dark elf. Because she lives underground and has no exposure to sunlight, her skin appears abnormally pale, like a sickly beauty. The long underground life also affects their height, making them uncomfortable. They are as tall as the elves on the surface, but this environment gives them sharper mobility and stealth abilities.
"Hello, friends of the dark elves, Gazas is the leader of a cult in the surface world. He tries to destroy everything. More than a hundred years ago, he escaped here and entered a long sleep. Today, the souls and powers of the polluted ones are He woke up, but don’t worry, he has been seriously injured and escaped and will not affect your lives.”
Tang En originally just explained the situation to Hailey, but unexpectedly after hearing his words, the adventurers around him all took a breath and looked at Tang En in shock.
What did he just say?
Gazas... was seriously injured and escaped! ?
Tang En actually severely injured the powerful demigod and escaped! ?
Could it be said that Tang En has surpassed the realm of legend and entered the level of demigod! ?
How can this be! ?
Even Jean, Angus and other legendary heroes have not yet touched that threshold! ?
What's more, how could such a powerful man still have the leisure and elegance to become a lord! ?
Hailey stared at Tang En without blinking, her body temperature was rising rapidly.
She didn't know why, but she felt that the man in front of her was full of strong attraction, and she couldn't resist the urge to throw him to the ground and push him down immediately.
Perfect attraction, if it were him, the Queen would be satisfied, right?
"...Ms. Hailey?"
Haili came back to her senses and glanced at the comrades beside her. After realizing that they were also looking directly at the man named Tang En, she quietly kicked them and then glared at them. He coughed lightly and said to Tang En in a very soft tone: "You powerful humans on the surface, you have cleaned up the polluters. On behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, we would like to invite you to Salhera as a guest. We hope you can appreciate it."
As soon as Hailey spoke, Fiona's eyes widened. The girl's tone just now was not so gentle!
What does she mean! ?
The woman's intuition told Fiona that these dark elves looked at Tang En a little strangely, which made Fiona involuntarily get closer to Tang En.
Ilia was too young, so she didn't feel anything at all, but...she looked at the dark elves and found them very interesting and very kind.
"Of course, we are very interested in visiting Shahla."
Hailey's suggestion was exactly what she wanted. Tang En was worried about how to open a trade route in the territory of the dark elves, so they brought it up and of course they agreed.
Hailey was overjoyed and said impatiently: "Then let's get on the road now, shall we?"
"Now?"
Tang En said helplessly: "We can't do it now. We have just experienced a battle and are very tired. My men need to rest, and these adventurers also need to rest. We have a fight with Barrod of the Red Grotto. As promised, the battle is over and we must go back to fulfill this agreement."
"Barrod?"
Hailey said without hesitation: "That guy will bring people to Shahela in a few days. We will send a messenger to communicate with him, so you don't have to waste time running back and forth."
Tang En looked puzzled: "Why is he going to Salhera?"
"It is a traditional competition between our two groups," Hailey explained: "Because the underground world is complex and the risk of opening up new areas is very high, so the areas that have been developed and available are very important, especially where food can be harvested. Mushroom caves, and caves with plenty of water.”
"Before this, our two ethnic groups would always break out into battles, resulting in each other's populations becoming smaller and smaller. We were once in danger of racial annihilation. Later, after the Chaos Invasion War broke out, we were forced to join forces to fight against foreign enemies. After the war, the two groups The leader followed the trend and determined a plan for resource sharing, and also formulated a competition. Whichever party wins will get a greater share of food distribution. "
Tang En suddenly had an idea: "Demon Abyss Competition?"
"Yes."
Hailey nodded: "If the guests are interested, we welcome you to come and watch."
"Of course I'm interested."
Tang En was filled with emotion. He never expected that deep underground, these two races created by different gods would actually choose the path of survival and evolution of seeking common ground while reserving differences due to the influence of the environment.
It was agreed that fire and water are incompatible, so they will blow out their brains when they meet?
But what I have to say is that this situation is the best development environment for Tang En.
They develop together, but compete with each other, and resources are scarce.
This is simply the most suitable environment for capitalists to take root and thrive. They are as comfortable as a fish in water by taking advantage of the cracks between the two parties and seeking to maximize profits.
And in this process, he can completely ingrain Ellington's influence here so deeply that they can no longer leave him.
At the same time, there are some things that are not suitable to be placed in the surface world, and those kinds of things can be very good at hiding things in the underground world.
If he were to be discovered on the surface world, it would have a certain impact on his development. It might arouse the vigilance of other forces, and even attack him in groups.
After all, he claimed that Ellington was a peaceful developmentalist, and some things, no matter how you looked at it, were not what peaceful developmentalism needed.
Even if you call it "General Purpose Heavy Cargo Armored Transporter" or "Charity Peacekeeping Force", you can't fool people, right?
Tang En showed a bright smile.
Looking at Tang En, Hailey and the others also showed bright smiles.
His eyes were filled with strong possessiveness.