Dealing with the Dark Elves wasn't an easy task.
When Jenn entered the Underdark once again, he was still wearing the 'swindling' mage disguise.
As for the church, Jenn found an excuse to bring his men to the depths of the Underdark to search for the secrets of the Gray Dwarves. Then, he turned around and left with Elise and the others.
Although Locus and Berson were somewhat worried about this, they could only do as he wished.
On one hand, they also witnessed Jenn's familiarity with the Underdark. On the other hand, Jenn's departure was also beneficial to the conflict between the War God Temple and the Valkyrie Duchy.
Although the War God Temple was determined to protect Jenn at all costs, they weren't willing to forcefully fall out with the Valkyrie Duchy unless it was absolutely necessary.
And Jenn's departure this time would be a good excuse.
But Jenn knew that the Valkyrie Duchy and the War God Temple couldn't reconcile. In the entire Klein Continent, the one who didn't want the God of War to be resurrected the most was the Valkyrie Duchy.
This was because they were the first to abandon God and choose a new backer.
Of course, it wasn't unusual to kick a dead guy away.
But if that guy could come back to life, it would be a different story.
And the War God Temple was also aware of this, which was another reason why they were tough on the matter of Jenn.
After Jenn killed two nobles and a large number of duchy soldiers, both sides were in a state of complete showdown.
And an all-out war between the War God Temple and the Temple of Valkyrie was something the Holy Church absolutely didn't want to see.
It was conceivable that the Valkyrie Duchy and the War God Temple would file a lawsuit and protest to the Holy Church. Once they sent people down to investigate, they would toss and turn … Well, at least Jenn felt that it would take at least a month.
But these had nothing to do with him anymore.
At that moment, Jenn was walking in the deep tunnels of the Underdark with the others. Apart from Elise, Piccolo, and Enoya, Pattilina and Verna were following him.
Although the latter was unwilling to join this adventure, as a Dark Elf, she had an advantage in dealing with her own kind.
As the most competent assassins in the Dark Night, the Dark Elves were almost at the pinnacle of concealing their whereabouts.
They were only at the periphery and didn't enter Jenn's territory.
This made it impossible for Jenn to track them using the map.
Fortunately, Jenn had an equally sharp hound.
The aberrations silently climbed to the top of the cave and spread out in all directions.
Their movements were fast and silent.
More importantly, as cold-blooded animals, Xenomorphs didn't emit heat, which made the "infrared" eyes that the Dark Elves were most proud of unable to find any traces of them.
Even Verna was fearful of those terrifying monsters. Before this, she firmly believed that only dark elves were the strongest assassins.
But after facing the terrifying Xenomorphs, Verna didn't dare to boast like before.
"Are we going to wait here for their response?
Master? "
Standing next to Jenn, Pattilina widened her eyes in curiosity and looked at Jenn with longing.
Along the way, she was like a happy squirrel, chirping non-stop around Jenn.
She was like a curious baby. But thanks to her, the originally quiet journey became a lot livelier.
Apart from being a little talkative, Pattilina still completed her task well.
As an android, she didn't need to rest, so she was the best person to be in charge of guarding.
"That's right. My hounds will search for the places those guys might have gone to. The only thing we need to do now is wait."
Upon hearing Pattilina's question, Jenn nodded in response.
However, his expression wasn't as relaxed as it seemed. They had been tracking the dark elves for some time now.
Judging from their movements, it was apparent that the dark elves were probing and guarding the periphery.
Their movements seemed well-trained, which wasn't a good sign.
Generally speaking, dark elves avoided staying outside for long. They would complete their missions in the shortest time possible and return to their warm, evil lairs.
And now, Jenn was getting more and more interested in the dark elves. It was apparent that they were searching for something and had even devised a plan for it …
"— — — —!"
A wave of spiritual fluctuations interrupted Zayen's thoughts.
He lifted his head and gazed into the distance of the deep, gloomy tunnel. That was the fluctuation of an Alien, which seemed to have found its target.
Jenn raised his hands.
Along with his action, the dungeon's system once again unfolded in front of him and transformed into a map of the Underdark.
Besides the area where Jenn's Dungeon was located, the other areas were shrouded in a dense fog.
After sensing the location of the Alien, Jenn widened his eyes and gazed at the dense fog. Then, he extended his hand and tapped on a location.
Soon, the fog dissipated, and a part of the Underdark Region appeared clearly in front of Zayen.
It was a cave, and at this moment, several figures could be seen hidden in the darkness.
They were riding on Camel Beasts and advancing in silence.
More than twenty well-equipped dark elven warriors spread out in a defensive formation.
Between them were two female dark elves clad in long robes and a man clad in warrior armor.
The female dark elves wore pitch-black robes embroidered with spider patterns, and snake-headed whips hung on their waists.
Spider Goddess's priests!
Jenn couldn't help but pucker his brows.
This mission must be very important. If not, the dark elves wouldn't have dispatched two high-level priests to a place so far away from the Dark Elves' Dungeon.
The high-level priests of the dark elves were very powerful, just like the Patrolling Bishop Alex from the Holy Church. Lorci's priests could easily take on 10 of them.
At this moment, the two priests were conversing rapidly with hand language, which left Jenn helpless.
The Dark Elves had a unique set of sign language skills for the purpose of silently exchanging information.
At the same time, it prevented others from eavesdropping, which could be said to be an art of the dark elves.
But as a master of manipulating minds, even if Jenn didn't understand what they were talking about, he could sense something from their expressions.
The slightly older dark elf priest on the left was obviously the leader of this operation. Judging from her arrogant look, it was apparent that she was giving orders to her subordinates and urging them to carry out her orders.
On the other hand, the dark elf priest on the right, who seemed younger than Verna, apparently disagreed with her opinion.
She repeatedly made the same hand gesture, hoping that the priest would give up on this idea.
The dark elf warrior beside her also nodded repeatedly as though agreeing with her.
But the older dark elf priest apparently didn't care about their performance.
She slapped the dark elf warrior off the camel beast, grabbed his neck, and stared at him. Then, she made a few more hand gestures and said something.
In the end, the dark elf warrior nodded in disappointment. Then, he made another hand gesture and the dark elf soldiers surrounded him …
The scene ended there.
Damn it!
Jenn let out a snort as he gazed at his fingertips.
They weren't in the underground city, and this usage of the [Eye of Evil] consumed a lot of magic power.
He didn't have enough magic power to cast the [Eye of Evil] for a long period of time anymore.
It was a pity that Jenn couldn't figure out what exactly they were doing. But this wasn't a problem for Jenn …
"Verna, come here."
"…"
Upon hearing Jenn's call, the wandering dark elf was taken aback. Then, she gazed vigilantly at Pattilina, who stood beside Jenn and revealed a playful, adorable smile. At least on the surface, Pattilina looked like a lively, cheerful, and adorable girl-next-door.
However, Verna didn't forget what happened earlier. She stared at Pattilina warily.
But no matter how Verna sized up Pattilina, she remained the same. Not only that, but she also responded curiously to Verna's probing gaze. Judging from that innocent look of hers, it was as though she didn't know what was going on.
This cunning little bast * rd!
Upon seeing no reaction from Pattilina, Verna could only curse inwardly. Then, she approached Jenn and asked.
"What's the matter?"
"You're a dark elf, so you must be familiar with their sign language, right?"
"Of course."
Verna was dubious to Jenn's question, but she still answered.
"This is something that every dark elf must learn. I'm no exception."
"Good."
Upon hearing Verna's answer, Jenn nodded in satisfaction. Then, he extended his arm and made a series of hand gestures in front of Verna. That was exactly what Jenn saw from the female dark elf priests.
Verna widened her eyes in astonishment at Jenn's actions.
She didn't expect Jenn to make the dark elf hand gestures in front of her. Moreover, he did it so skillfully.
Oh my God, if she had not seen Zayen's true face, she would have thought that Zayen was a Dark Elf just by looking at his actions!
"… That's it."
Shortly after, Jenn stopped his hand gestures and gazed at the dark elf.
"Can you tell me what it means?"
Upon hearing Jenn's question, Verna almost laughed out of anger.
"Are you kidding me, male?
You perfectly performed the dark elf hand language in front of me and now you're telling me that you don't know what it means? "
"As a matter of fact, I don't know."
Facing Verna's displeased question, Jenn shrugged.
"I just imitated it. After all, movements are easier to imitate than words …"
"…"
Verna didn't answer immediately. Instead, she stared into Jenn's eyes. In an instant, the atmosphere turned somewhat silent.
After a few moments, she shrugged and let out a sigh.
"Alright, it's not a big deal anyway.
You should know that even in a conversation, a dark elf won't reveal anything.
I don't know what you saw, but the dark elves are looking for something. "
"Something?"
Jenn's heart skipped a beat.
"That's right. Judging from your hand gestures, one of them wishes to snatch it in a more radical way.
The other two think it's too risky and it's best to act cautiously … But their objections will surely be ineffective. "
"I got it."
Hearing this, Zayen nodded, then he reached out to push up his glasses.
The dark elves came here with great fanfare to look for something?
For some unknown reason, Jenn suddenly recalled that there seemed to be another party in the Dark Region searching for their lost treasure at all costs.
Could it be that there's a connection between the two?