Chapter 489 - 264: Dungeon Strategy
Chapter 489 - 264: Dungeon Strategy
"(In Drow Elvish) Insolence!" At the moment when Meredith’s figure slightly stiffened, unsure how to react, suddenly, Raine, disguised as a male Drow Elf, berated Kabia in fluent Drow Elvish.
"Lowly male of the Breagan Family, recognize your identity!" Raine stepped forward, shielding Meredith behind him, and cast a disdainful glance at the family crest on Kabia’s chest with the characteristic grim gaze of a Drow Elf.
On the way here, Meredith had already introduced Kabia’s identity, just a branch member of the Breagan Family.
The words ’lowly male’ immediately provoked Kabia, and faced with such public disparagement, he could not back down!
"Arrogant dog! This is Belendaan, no one can belittle the Breagan Family, no one!!"
Kabia drew his longsword with a ’swish,’ not intending to kill Raine but planning to place the sword at his opponent’s throat to force submission.
But Raine, who was well-prepared, would not let Kabia succeed.
He clenched his fist tightly and struck out suddenly, punching the side of Kabia’s sword blade with immense force, causing the place where Kabia was holding the sword to crack sharply.
Then, seizing the moment when his opponent was caught off guard, Raine delivered a swift punch to Kabia’s abdomen, lifting him half an inch off the ground.
With a grimace of pain, Kabia was just about to counterattack, but in the next instant, his eyes bulged, and his face turned red!
It turned out that Raine had grabbed his neck, lifting him into the air with one hand, and no matter how Kabia struggled and flailed, he couldn’t relieve the constriction on his neck.
This scene caught the attention of the other Drow Elves in the tavern.
"Hiss~"
"Kabia was subdued in just two moves!"
"The opponent is incredibly powerful."
They had originally thought this would be a one-sided affair—Kabia overwhelming this unfamiliar male Drow Elf—but unexpectedly, the result was entirely reversed.
One must know Kabia is a Level 7 Classes Inquisitor and was subdued so quickly by an unknown, previously unseen male Drow Elf.
"Esteemed stranger, Kabia is an Inquisitor of the Breagan Family, entrusted with the important duty of guarding the family’s prison. If you truly kill him, I’m afraid..."
At this moment, a slender and graceful female Drow Elf approached slowly with a gentle smile.
As she spoke, her pale red glittering eyes kept scanning Raine, who was in Drow Elf form, seemingly intrigued by the power Raine displayed.
Raine calmly glanced at her and then turned his gaze to Meredith, as if seeking her opinion.
Seeing Meredith nod slightly, Raine released his right hand.
"Thud!"
The sound of a heavy object hitting the ground rang out as the oxygen-deprived Kabia was discarded onto the tavern floor like a piece of rotten wood by Raine.
"You seem unfamiliar, esteemed sir, perhaps not a resident of Belendaan?" The female Drow moved closer with great interest, addressing Raine.
"We come from Eles, go!" At this moment, before Raine could answer, Meredith cast a cold glance at the female Drow, leaving behind a cool remark.
Seeing Meredith leave, Raine naturally followed immediately.
Upon hearing the words ’Eles,’ the female Drow was slightly taken aback, the hand she intended to extend stopping instinctively.
"From Eles? Could they be direct descendants of the Hernet Family?" she murmured softly, "But I haven’t heard of any invitation for the Hernet Family to come lately. Strange~"
Shaking her head, she couldn’t help but look at Kabia, who was just getting up, still flushed, and said, "Your eyes are sharp; I guess that woman must be a direct descendant of the Hernet Family, otherwise, she wouldn’t have such a formidable bodyguard."
"The opponent must be at least Level 9 Classes in strength."
"I’m not..." Kabia was about to say he wasn’t smitten by beauty, but upon hearing Eloise’s words, he fell silent.
Considering, if the opponent was truly so formidable, then this female is unlikely to be Meredith in disguise.
Months ago, Meredith fled Belendaan like a stray dog.
Where would she find such a powerful male Drow?
...
On the street.
After finding a secluded corner upon leaving the Spider Queen Tavern, Meredith couldn’t help but ask, "Raine, how do you speak such pure Drow Elvish?"
No wonder Meredith had this question.
Drow Elvish is not an easy language to learn, being a branch of the Elven language from tens of thousands of years ago, it inherently retained the complex structure of Elvish.
As a high-difficulty language, second only to Dragon Language, even a learned human Mage would take years of dedicated study to achieve normal conversational proficiency.
Moreover, they would still carry a somewhat peculiar accent.
But Raine, speaking almost like a native-born Drow Elf of Belendaan, was something she had never seen.
"I heard you mention it before, so out of curiosity, I studied a bit. Perhaps I have a talent for languages," Raine smiled, explaining.
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