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Chapter 80 Tunnel Earthworms

Chapter 80 Tunnel Earthworms

As he reflected on his actions, Viktor began to move, quickly arriving in front of a drow elf...

Unlike his initial approach, which was driven by uncertainty about the danger, his actions after the drow elves began to flee became deliberate manipulation to prevent all the dark-skinned creatures from dying at once.

Looking at it now, it's clear that some of them weren't completely dead, and there was more than one.

However, most of his body was blown to pieces, so it was practically the same as being on the verge of death.

Especially in the wilderness of this underground world, without the rescue and help of others, one's fate is simply a matter of dying sooner or later compared to others.

So when Victor gathered these surviving guys together and said that whoever could satisfy him could live, these dark-skinned drow immediately patted their chests and guaranteed that they knew the most.

And they start using the most vicious words and curses to belittle others... It's quite an interesting scene.

The difference between drow elves and orthodox elves is sometimes greater than that between elves and other species. Although they are the same race from the same source, due to differences in environment, beliefs and ideas, drow elves have long lost the elegance and naturalness of elves.

Instead, it was hatred, cold-bloodedness, and depravity rooted in one's very bones.

But this was also a good thing for Viktor. Otherwise, if it were those hard-boned elves, he seemed to have no other way but to try to sense their emotions to judge the problem.

Viktor's gaze swept over the four remaining drow elves in front of him. Naturally, he wouldn't let them all stay together. Instead, he first separated the drow elves by a distance before asking each of them, repeatedly confirming, "Which clan do you belong to?"

"We are the Nightfall Clan," "Our matriarch is Irene O'Connell Nightfall," "We worship the God of the Web"... There are about four hundred people in the clan, and it's about a five-hour walk in that direction.

The clan consists mostly of male slaves, with only about a hundred female drow. We are still fighting against two other drow clans, the "Glowstone Clan" and the "Hundred-Eyed Clan," whose numbers are about the same as ours. Some people died in the war a while ago, so things have been quiet for the time being.

Matron Irenaeus then ordered us to come out and collect the body fragments of the tunnel worms... to prepare for the battle to come.

In fact, without Victor even needing to ask carefully, these drow elves blurted out everything about their clan in order to save their lives.

This is not surprising, as the drow elves left behind by Viktor were all male.

While male drow may be considered to have a low social status, they are essentially slaves to female drow. They can be beaten and scolded at will, and even if they were to actually kill a female drow, they would likely not face severe punishment.

In this environment, these male drow naturally have little loyalty to the clan.

If Viktor wanted to know, in the face of death, they would even tell him everything, from what underwear they wore that day to which drow they slept with the day before yesterday...

Victor found it strange, because the information this drow was giving about their clan was almost identical to what he had received from the gray goblin.

Could it be...? He asked again, "Are there other humans in this underground world?"

The male drow shook his head in confusion: "My lord, I don't know..."

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"But at least there aren't any nearby, because the surrounding area is our territory and that of the other two clans."

Viktor understood.

There are probably no humans in this underground world. In fact, these drow elves don't seem like they could have been born in this damaged astral plane, because only super-large astral planes can truly give birth to species from the main world.

These drow must have appeared in this underground world for some reason.

Then, the intelligence of creatures like gray goblins is indeed uncertain. It is estimated that these guys cannot distinguish between humans and drow, so they gave themselves wrong information.

Otherwise, he would probably have been more cautious and wouldn't have contacted the drow elves so early. Although these guys aren't very strong, the matriarchs of each clan are more or less connected to that evil god, and there could easily be unexpected situations that he couldn't handle.

Moreover, even now, Victor feels that the information he has received is enough to complete the seed wizard assessment.

Although his initial goal was a mine or something containing magic, it seems that magic ore can be put aside for now. Just the giant worm he saw earlier... plus these drow, is enough for him to go back and report.

After all, even a single drow is worth over a thousand magic crystals, let alone the more than a thousand drow from several clans combined.

And they've become intricately connected with evil gods... Even though the war between the wizarding civilization and the gods is nearing its end, the academy won't allow a god to appear under its nose, as that would represent danger and uncontrollability.

The academy should react, even if it doesn't gain anything else, it needs to find out the situation of this evil god.

But that's not something he, as a wizard apprentice, can get involved in.

So Victor shifted the topic to the giant monster from before: "You called that giant worm that appeared not long ago a tunnel worm, right?"

The male drow nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes."

"Tunnel worms are the most powerful creatures in this underground world. They are at least over a kilometer long and usually live deep underground, but they will occasionally appear and leave behind huge tunnels."

"Some of the monster's body parts are left in the tunnel... those black things. These things can be used as fuel; a small piece can light a campfire for a day."

"It can also be used to make some medical ointments, which can help injured people recover quickly from their injuries."

"It seems the mistress has other uses for this kind of thing, but those are beyond our knowledge..."

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After listening to his story, Victor couldn't help but turn his head to look at the scattered black objects lying near the tunnel entrance, his gaze somewhat surprised... because according to this drow elf, these obsidian-like things had fallen from the tunnel worm.

Moreover, it was a high-density energy body with a wide range of applications... yet he didn't sense much magical energy gathering from it.

So, is this the greatest gain I've made in this astral plane?