Chapter 263: Students and the Spiderweb

What's going on with the Fear Field? It wasn't like this before!

Bald Andru looked calm on the surface, but inside he was slightly panicked.

Use the 【Message Spell】 to speak with Wilson.

"Didn't you see the academy newspaper? 'All rituals or activities entering the Fear Field are prohibited. Please wait patiently for reopening.'"

Glasses Wilson spoke calmly, reciting the newspaper's content.

How was I supposed to know? I just got promoted to seventh tier after returning from the Open Maze!

"Who isn't? Don't use your ignorance as an excuse—it makes you look stupid, you baldy."

"Don't call me bald! What's going on now? It's such a mess here—where can I find a place to get cozy with the three junior girls behind us?"

Bald Andru looked frantic.

It took three or four months to reach seventh tier—he'd been cooped up for ages.

If not for the last shred of dignity, he'd have taken those junior girls right there and then.

After all, they came here willingly—they must've had this idea in mind already.

Wilson tapped his glasses.

"I anticipated this situation, so I got myself a 【Leo Mong's Hidden Cottage】 magic ring."

Andru exclaimed: "【Leo Mong's Hidden Cottage】? That spell that creates a hemispherical or spherical protective zone, isolating the caster and their companions from the outside?"

"Exactly. I spent a fortune having a friend buy it from the Magic Control League's market district. Supposedly it's an illicit copy from Heaven's Flower Kingdom—though inferior to the real thing, it's more than sufficient."

"Nice one, Glasses! Knew you were just a little more reliable than me. Just a little."

"Shut up. I left plenty of detection spells along the way—they just triggered. Two outsiders just entered the Fear Field: one male, one female. You said three girls were uneven, right? Huh. 【High Invisibility】? No problem—I've got detection for invisibility. We'll go after them later. Kill the guy, add the girl."

Andru grinned: "You're so brutal—I love it!"

"Enough chatter. Find some pools for the three junior girls. Then we move."

"Why wait to find pools? Why not move now?"

We've got professional ethics! If word gets out that we only take advantage of girls without helping them, who'd want to join us for academy points or field trips? Do you even understand sustainable development? What's wrong with you? Since you hit seventh tier, has your brain gone soft?

"My research involves psychic energy. In this promotion, I incorporated some of my own ideas. My hair follicles burned out again—and maybe… maybe it's affected my thinking a bit…"

Meanwhile.

Directly in front of the hill where Luo De and Sha Lun had been, lay the ruins of the spiderweb.

Inside a hidden, pitch-black underground cavern.

Low voices echoed.

Deeper inside, a space of roughly fifty to sixty square meters could be seen.

Seven or eight individuals with jet-black skin sat in a circle.

They had pointed, elongated ears, refined features, and long silver or copper hair bound with needles and straps made of precious metals.

Dark Elves!

Next to them lay a bed made of weeds and dead branches, stained with various fluids, the air thick with a faint fishy odor.

Added to this, the seven or eight Dark Elves—male and female alike—wore no clothing.

Clearly, they had just finished a very characteristic Dark Elf silver orgy.

Yet there was no tender embrace or emotional lingering.

To Dark Elves, silver orgies were as ordinary as eating or drinking.

Who gets attached because they drank water with someone?

"Let me repeat this once more."

Among them, the tallest female Dark Elf spoke.

Her movements were bold and domineering—clearly the leader.

Dark Elves were a matriarchal society; after centuries dwelling underground, for reasons unknown, females were generally slightly larger than males, forming a structure of female dominance and male subordination.

"This mission has only one objective—completely destroy the Plague Botanical Garden and expel those disgusting creatures from the Fear Field. This is Lady Luo Si's final chance for us. No matter what, no matter the cost, we must achieve this goal. Otherwise… none of us here would willingly serve demons like those spineless cowards, would we?"

Around them, laughter and fury erupted.

"Never!"

"What's so admirable about a bunch of demon-worshipping sorcerers?"

"Selling your soul just to survive, allying with demons—it's a disgrace to the Dark Elves!"

"When we return to the real dimension, I'll kill those bastards first thing."

Clearly.

These Dark Elves differed from those in Coral Bay who served demons.

Long ago, the ancestors of the Dark Elves had held a deep grudge against demons. Even after being driven underground due to elf civil wars, many still harbored hatred toward them.

This is a trait of long-lived races—they retain emotions and memories for extremely long periods, resistant to change.

Of course, some do break free.

But whether they break upward or downward is hard to say.

After all, those Dark Elves in Coral Bay willingly became slaves, even surrendering their souls.

That's precisely why this group looked down on them.

The female leader was pleased with their reaction.

"Lady Luo Si has given us this chance. We must seize it—and prove our loyalty and courage through action!"

She activated the 【Suggestion Spell】 to enhance her words.

To others, her voice rang out with passion, thunderous in their ears.

"Yes! Let Lady Luo Si see our loyalty!"

"After success, a new homeland will be born!"

"We'll return to the surface! Back under the sunlight!"

Everyone echoed her, their expressions alight with excitement.

As if victory were already here.

Creak—

The wooden door of the small room was pushed open.

A slightly petite Dark Elf girl poked half her body inside.

"Mistresses and Masters, it's mealtime."

The female leader glanced at her passionate comrades, then checked the time.

Too early.

One more silver orgy—eat while we go.

"Bring it all in."

"Yes, ma'am."

The girl bowed respectfully.

She turned to fetch the meal, returning shortly with a tray wider than her shoulders.

It was piled high with bowls, plates, and utensils—extremely heavy.

The girl's face turned red as she strained, bending awkwardly to carry the tray into the small room.

It looked like a very tall person squeezing through a too-low doorway—but from her upper body, she was at most a ten-year-old girl. How could she be tall?

Only when she fully entered the room did one understand why:

She was a fused creature—upper body a Dark Elf, lower body a massive spider.

(End of Chapter)