Chapter 364: Chapter 347: The Delegation Arrives
In the Underworld, a massive Earth Water Lizard swam in the waters of the subterranean lake southwest of the Deep Rift Cave…
On its back sat more than ten mbers of various underground races, primarily comprised of dark dwarves and underground gnos.
If you looked closely, you would find that although these underground races were dressed differently, they all wore the sa sickle-shaped emblem on their chests.
It was the emblem symbolizing the Death God, often used in formal occasions.
In the Underworld, this emblem had another aning too, signifying that the wearer belonged to a major city-state organization in the western region of the Underworld—the Silent City State Alliance, consisting of many residents from the underground city who believed in the Death God.
The city-state alliance was a common joint force in the Underworld; though the structure of these alliances was loose, and the city-states within often fought among themselves—sotis even to the death—when faced with invasions from a powerful external force, they would unite against a common foe.
The Silent City State Alliance was an alliance of nurous small and dium-sized city-states that worshipped the Death God. They occupied parts of the upper regions in the western Dark Territory and were constantly at odds with another city-state organization in the west—the Dark City State Alliance, who worshipped the God of Darkness and Shadow.
Of course, unlike the Dark City State Alliance, which was steeped in history and boasted nearly fifty underground cities, the Silent City State Alliance was young and weak, with a total of only seventeen cities.
It’s worth ntioning that although Black Rock City in the Deep Rift Cave also worshiped the Death God, this underground city had a remote location, was small in scale, and was initially founded by dark dwarf exiles of different faiths, so it did not belong to any city-state alliance…
However, as ti passed, the Death God Church had already brought Black Rock City under its control. Since Black Rock City was near the entrance to the surface world from the western boundary of the Underworld, its geographical location was advantageous, so… joining the Silent City State Alliance was only a matter of ti.
Clearly, the group riding the Earth Water Lizard was an emissary delegation from the Silent City State Alliance, and their destination was Black Rock City in the Deep Rift Cave.
At the head of the Earth Water Lizard stood an old dark dwarf with a long gray-red beard and a bald head, silently leaning on a magic wand, seemingly the leader of the group.
He wore a black mage robe, his expression stern, and the deep wrinkles and weathered age on his face added a hint of lancholy, giving him an air of heavy-heartedness.
The old dwarf was nad Huo Xu, and he was 141 years old this year.
He chose that na because dwarves pride themselves on their beards, and in his youth, he had a long red beard like a fla, which was a source of pride among dwarves and earned the admiration of many female dark dwarves…
Of course, that was in his younger days.
Even though Huo Xu was a Lower Gold level professional, with a lifespan nearly double that of ordinary clan mbers, he was considered quite old among the dark dwarves, who have an average lifespan of 100.
Logically, a dark dwarf of his age, no matter how strong, would usually choose to retire and live out their days in the underground city, maybe serving as a mber of the Elder Council to partake in so major decisions.
However… war had co.
This war was initiated by the Dark City State Alliance, worshippers of the God of Darkness and Shadow. Their objective was simple: to defeat and destroy the Silent City State Alliance.
The hostility and covetousness of the Dark City State Alliance toward the Silent City State Alliance had a long history. However, due to constant internal strife and heavy internal losses, despite being overall much stronger than the Silent City State Alliance, a delicate balance had been maintained between them over the millennium.
Yet, since last year, with the rise of magic power across the entire Segis Plane, the city lord of the Dark City State Alliance’s largest underground city, Moso City—the Witch Demon King Pelonie—seized the opportunity to break through to the legendary level. With the support of so secretive entities, she integrated the entire city-state alliance’s power in a very short ti, shattering that balance.
Once the balance was broken, war ca.
And as the forr chief of the largest underground city in the Silent City State Alliance—Blade City, as well as a Divine Favored of the Death God in the Underworld and one of the dark dwarf leaders, Huo Xu naturally had to shoulder his responsibilities.
This ti, he would lead other emissaries from the underground cities to seek help from Black Rock City.
As a dark dwarf, in his youth, Huo Xu had also traveled through the Underworld, and he had visited Black Rock City.
In Huo Xu’s mory, Black Rock City was just a remote small city with a population of only a few thousand people.
This underground city was weak, with scant resources, and was extrely vulnerable except for another dark dwarf Divine Favored stationed there.
One could even say that, had it not been at the Underworld’s remote boundary, such a city would have long been annexed by other underground cities!
However… it was this very city that, in the divine oracle of the Death God, beca a place of hope, telling them that the turning point of the war lay here, hinting for them to co here for assistance.
Not only that, the Death God had even issued a divine oracle to set up ultra-long-distance teleportation arrays in various underground cities!
And the other end of those teleportation arrays would naturally be Black Rock City.
This ant that the reinforcents sought would be directly teleported from Black Rock City to various underground cities, joining their battlefield.
However, Huo Xu could not understand what reinforcents Black Rock City could possibly offer…
He had been to Black Rock City and knew it to have only a few thousand dark dwarves, with not many reaching the Black Iron Upper level.
This war was vast in scale; what use could a re few thousand non-combat-oriented dark dwarves possibly have?
Of course, as a devout believer of the Death God, Huo Xu was long accustod to his True God’s habit of speaking in halves.
Moreover… he had indeed heard so rumors recently, and although the content was absurd, it might very well relate to the True God’s oracle.
That was that half a year ago, Black Rock City was besieged by a shadow army and successfully defeated them, even overcoming a shadow dragon!
However, considering that strange phenona had occurred worldwide this past year, with bizarre, implausible news erging one after another in the black markets, their authenticity difficult to determine… Huo Xu did not know whether it was true or false.
Though puzzled, Huo Xu still carried out the True God’s orders.
But others were not the sa.
Most of the delegation wore heavy expressions, worry lining their brows.
This mood persisted until they crossed the underground lake and arrived at Black Rock City.
“Is this Black Rock City? The place of hope in the Death God’s oracle? The city that allegedly defeated a shadow dragon?”
Gazing at the low city walls and the rocky city whose boundaries could be seen at a glance, a gno from the group furrowed his brows.
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