Freya and her group of priests discovered something incredible in the underground world, and that was also the culprit that caused them to be trapped underground.
That is the Old One, a nightmare that exists in the deep sea, water belongs to the old god, and a tentacle of Cthulhu.
When the Templar said this, an uncontrollable fear showed on his face.
That is a real part of the body of the world's oldest god!
He still remembered what happened to them when they found this short tentacle that was only as long as a human forearm on an ancient altar in the core area of the dungeon.
In an instant, all the powers of spells and divine spells were dispelled, and the will of the old god represented by the tentacles invaded everyone's head in an instant, dragging them into a long and terrifying nightmare.
According to legend, Cthulhu is the god of nightmares. The reason why the first creatures had nightmares was because of the existence of this god.
Even if it has been wiped out countless years ago, even if this tentacle is just the most inconspicuous one with countless tentacles, even if the tentacle has been sleeping underground for countless years, it still has a terrifying power. strength. Even if it is driven by no one, just the power released spontaneously is enough to make anyone who sees it be pulled into a boundless nightmare.
It stands to reason that the group of priests who were pulled into the nightmare must have been the result of their destruction. Even if there is a genius paladin of level 14 like Freya among them, even if the average occupation level of all the clergy in this priest group has reached level 7 or above, how can the power of mortals be the same as the power that once dominated the entire world? Compared with the gods of the world
They were destined to suffer eternal torment in the nightmare. But Freya, a diamond blessed in the Basilica of the Holy Child, saved them.
The sacred power sealed in the sapphire was quickly stimulated after sensing the breath of the old god, pulling the priests out of the boundless nightmare in time.
Then, Freya decided that she would bring out this evil tentacle, bring it back to the Holy See, and purify it.
However, this brought them disaster.
Despite the blessing and suppression of the sacred diamond, Cthulhu's tentacles could not further erode their spirits. But the power of the diamond is not endless. Two days after the priests left the dungeon, the power of the sacred diamond weakened, and the power of Cthulhu's tentacles leaked out.
The leaked power will not cause the priests to fall into a nightmare directly. After all, the power attenuation of the sacred diamond is not serious, but it will let the faceless people 'smell' this breath
That's the big deal!
Those faceless ones are essentially a kind of life formed by the power of the tentacles of Cthulhu for tens of millions of years. They have a very keen perception of this original power. of.
Originally, the group of priests, who were only three days away from leaving the underground world, were pursued. They fought all the way, but in the end they were besieged a day away from the exit.
Freya and the others held the tentacles, and after attracting the attention of most of the Faceless Men, they sent a small team to break out and report the news. In the end, the only one who escaped alive was the young Templar in front of him.
For the fact that these priests are likely to encounter trouble in the underground world, Dane has long been mentally prepared. Even, he intentionally fooled Freya and asked her to take those priests to the underground world, maybe he was malicious.
It doesn't matter if something happens, Dane doesn't care at all, so what does it matter if he dies? The Holy See is looking for trouble? Push it to those faceless people in the underground world. If you have the kindness, the Holy See will come to purify the underground world. Dane agrees with both hands and feet. Anyway, those Faceless Ones are real too.
Even, in the beginning, after Dane heard the Templar's plea for help, he didn't plan to send rescue.
However, this time the matter involved Cthulhu's tentacles, Dane had to think more about it.
No doubt it was a fetish. If that thing can be obtained by oneself, not to mention anything else, how valuable would it be to sacrifice it to the temple? Think about it, even a bunch of faceless heads can be exchanged for rewards from the gods, so why not just a body of the old ruler
The reward was so high that Dane couldn't even imagine it!
He was moved.
The most important thing is that when he summoned Esther to ask her opinion on this matter, the priestess gave Dane another explanation.
This tentacle is the key to the emergence of the Faceless, an evil race formed from the power overflowing from this Cthulhu's tentacle. If this tentacle can be purified, then these faceless people in the ground will be destroyed without attack, and all of them will perish on their own!
Very well, this gave Dane another reason to go to the underground world to do things.
These faceless people were originally what he wanted to clean up, but because there were too many of them, it was too difficult to clean them up, and the price was relatively high. Therefore, since he came to this island, he hadn't had the time to deal with them for a long time. They can only set up a defense line at the entrance of the underground world.
But right now, he has such an opportunity to clean them up.
Coupled with the value of the sacrifice mentioned earlier, Dane decided to take the initiative to go to the underground world to fight a battle, and save the little girl who didn't know the heights of the sky and the earth by the way.
After fully agreeing to the request of the Templar, Dane began to assemble the army at an extremely fast speed.
After thinking about it, he quickly finalized the team candidates for the underground world.
Eslor and Cecilia, these two high-ranking priests must be brought along. Easterling, a mage who has been promoted to the tenth level, will also bring it. And Finn, the new Archdruid, happened to be brought along with him.
Plus, it's the military.
A hundred templars, a brigade of white wolf guards, a brigade of elf rangers, a brigade of nightsaber cavalry, and more than 20 mages drawn out formed the team for this underground expedition. .
The entire army is only a thousand people, but Dane does not intend to continue to bring more people.
In fact, it was these people that Dane was reluctant to bring along. Fortunately, the Ranger and Nightsaber Cavalry have troops returning from the mainland, and some of them are stationed in Auriel. But the white wolf heavy infantry needs him to get it from the white wolf castle through the teleportation technique.
Going to fight in the underground world should not bring too many troops. The complex environment underground is destined to be unsuitable for large armies to fight. An elite army of a thousand people is almost the limit.