Arcane Journey

Chapter 58 Hunter Association

The terraces of the lightless woodland are calm and silent.

Suddenly, there was a soft sound of 'poof' among the quiet fungus bushes.

A crystal clear drop of water slipped from the stalactite and dripped onto the fat umbrella cover of the mushroom.

"We need more hatchlings, only in this way can the joy of the great sower be spread to all races of the Underdark."

A leader of the mushroom man in a semi-mad state kept shaking the dark red umbrella-shaped mushroom cap above his head to the music that only he could hear.

"This should be the leader of the Sower Association." Bryan, who was standing not far away, looked at the leader of the mushroom man and expressed his guess.

I saw it dancing an unknown dance while carefully taking care of the mycosis spores that were only a few inches tall and had not yet formed any consciousness in the terraced fields, completely unaware of the arrival of itself and Hesaiah.

He pondered for a moment, using the ability of the psion to quietly penetrate into the depths of the mind of the frenzied leader of the mushroom man, and quietly feel its thoughts and ideas.

Almost at the moment when the power of the mind was transmitted to the opponent's consciousness, Brian immediately heard the dim echo of the inner scream of the leader of the fungus.

"Let's go, it should be the most completely crazy mushroom man leader we have seen."

He looked at the leader of the fungus and remained silent for a while, finally sighed in disappointment, disconnected immediately, and signaled the sword mage beside him to leave.

With the departure of the two, strange things happened again.

Brian had clearly disconnected the teleportation connection with the leader of the mushroom man, but he could still vaguely hear the other party's teleportation to the depths of his mind:
Toadstools bloom in the rock bed,

The prince of Iraqi love in the chaos and darkness.

Make a wish!look forward to!laughter!

Ladies will be the gift!

petition!eager!dance steps!

Spread the spores of joy!

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Although the singing is very weak, it carries the purest madness and joy.

Startled, Brian immediately calmed down and made the most correct judgment at the moment.

Almost instinctively, he instantly activated his first-level ability "Mind Blank", forcibly dispelling the madness that the leader of the mushroom man poured into his consciousness.

After the crisis was resolved, he suddenly realized that if his willpower was too weak, he might even be corrupted by the power from the abyss.

This can't help but make him secretly blame himself for his negligence, and at the same time raise his vigilance a little bit.

"Are you okay?" Hesaiah noticed Brian's strangeness and looked at him worriedly.

"fine."

Brian shook his head slightly and explained to her, "I was a little careless just now. Fortunately, the power of corruption in the abyss is not as strong as imagined."

Hesaiah secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't continue to ask the specific reason, but asked the next question, "Then should we go to other places now?"

On the way to the hunter association, Brian suddenly wanted to check the status of other associations on a whim.

So, they successively came to the Cultivator Association, the Builder Association, and the Sower Association just now.

According to Brian's judgment, the leaders of the builders' association and the sower's association have been corrupted by demons and become slaves of the fungus queen.

Although the leader of the cultivator association responsible for taking care of the fungal crops did not avoid this fate, due to the short decay time, he has not yet been controlled by him.

Today, unchecked are the Core Society, the Master Society, the Explorer Society, and the Hunter Society.

"The Core Society and the Master Society are in the depths of the woodland, and they are planning the 'wedding' of the Fungus Queen. We can't get in yet. The Explorers' Society is a group of fungus people who dare to enter and exit the Underdark. Mostly passers-by, they have almost no fixed territory."

Brian thought for a moment, and said, "Let's go, there is no need to check here, go directly to the hunter's association."

Hisaiah nodded slightly and followed closely behind Brian.

The two walked along the quiet mushroom path for about an hour, and came to a mound near the northern edge of the woodland - the hunter's association.

The myconids of the Hunters' Guild hunt primarily in the wilds of the Underdark.

In fact, their jobs do not live up to their names.

They don't slaughter their prey, but are only responsible for following the trail of the prey. Until a creature dies in the woods, the following hunters will bring the remains back to their leader, and after obtaining permission, activate the spores to make it become A servant of the spores, guarding the territory of the mushroom people.

Therefore, if there is no accident, the strength of the hunter association is undoubtedly the strongest.

Because they have many spore minions in addition to myconids and various fungal plants.

After all, any creature large or smaller can be revived as a spore minion by activating a spore.

Moreover, these spore servants will retain most of the attribute bonuses they had during their lifetime.

"Are you the surface people who escorted Teemo back?"

A tall and thin mushroom man seemed to have been waiting here for a long time. When he saw Brian and Hisaiah appearing, he immediately went up to him, spewed out teleportation spores, and said in a slightly cold tone, "I am the hunter association. Lord Lobam."

"That's right." Brian exchanged glances with the sword mage beside him, and then continued, "I heard that the Darkwood"

"Adventurers in the Underdark, since you are Teemo's saviors, I need to remind you two."

Before Brian finished speaking, the leader of the hunters suddenly interrupted him and said in a colder tone:
"This is a dark forest. Our mushroom people have lived here for countless ages, and we have always maintained an unchanging way of life. Therefore, I hope you will not be confused by the performance here. , the mentality of not believing in rumors is resting here until I leave."

Bryan looked at the leader of the mushroom man thoughtfully, and said with a smile, "I understand what you mean. I learned from Timo that there are seven association leaders and two mushroom man kings in your Dark Forest. But at the 'Nianhe' ceremony between the leader of the association and the mushroom man king, I saw only six people."

"No, no, you must be mistaken."

The leader of the hunter association shook the dark green umbrella-shaped mushroom head, "In our 'Nianhe' ceremony, there were indeed seven association leaders and two fungus kings."

Brian muttered the simplest addition and subtraction in his heart, and immediately said in an apologetic tone:
"Sorry, maybe I really read it wrong. Your Excellency, don't worry, we will rest here with the mentality of 'don't spread rumors, don't believe rumors' until we leave."

"Then I'm relieved." There was a smile in the cold voice of the leader of the association. He threw a gem to Brian and said:

"There are many caves for rest not far ahead, you two can rest there to relieve the fatigue of the journey. In addition, this gem is my thanks to you for saving Teemo."

After explaining, the leader of the hunter association led two Dreadclaw spore servants covered in mushrooms and disappeared from their sight.

"What should we do next?" Hesaiah heard the mystery hidden in the words between Brian and the leader of the association, and asked again.

She found that since she was with Brian, she had begun to lose her own opinion. The first thing she thought of doing was to ask the other person's opinion.

This is not a good sign, she thought to herself.

"In the current situation, we can only wait. If my predictions are correct, the Fungus King Basdia will talk to us in person later."

Brian looked at the black opal in his hand. This gem is the key item for him to upgrade the level of Arcane Fire.

Thinking of the 'wedding' of the fungus queen tomorrow, he felt the need to improve his strength.

So, he pointed to the cave not far away, and said to Hesaiah, "Please help me stay outside the cave, I am going to prepare a magic ceremony, it will take a while, during this period, I must not be disturbed by anyone interference."

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(End of this chapter)