Arcane Journey

Chapter 61 Countermeasures
Boss Lofer.

A lawful neutral deity from the Mechanical Mirror of Clockwork Nirvana, also known as: Lord of the Fungi, Great Fungus, Lord of Spores, and King of Carrion.

This deity with medium divine power is not only the main god of the fungus, but also one of the most mysterious origins among the great elves of the Star King's Court.

usually.

The myconid deities would teach the original myconids the secrets of making potions through direct revelation.

Persian Lophael is often depicted as a kind of fungal world tree whose mycelium travels across the planes to connect with the homeworld of the myconid kings.

His only concern is the protection of the myconid race and the pursuit of perfection through meditation.

But the harsh deity rarely answers the prayers of his followers.

Among the countless mushroom man tribes in the Underdark, only one priest of Persian Lofell will appear among about 100 mushroom man kings.

Ever since Teemo told him why there were two mushroom kings in the Dark Forest, Brian had faint doubts about each other's true identities.

Then, after visiting various associations with Hesaiah, he thoroughly confirmed the guess in his heart, so during the conversation, he suddenly tested the mushroom man king in front of him.

After all, five of the leaders of the seven associations in the Dull Forest were corrupted by the fungal queen. Only the hunter association and the explorer association under the command of the fungus king Basdifi survived. There is nothing tricky about it. Strange.

"How did you know?"

The mushroom man king widened his eyes in surprise, and looked at the surface adventurer in front of him in disbelief.

Sisaiah on the side also looked at Brian curiously.

In fact, it was the first time she had heard of Boslofer, the lord god of the fungus.

Although she admits that her knowledge is inferior to Brian's, it doesn't mean she really doesn't know anything.

As a nobleman, she has received the best education since she was a child and learned a wealth of religious knowledge.

However, when he heard the priest of Persian Lofeel that Brian was talking about, he was still at a loss, and couldn't even think of any introduction about this mysterious god.

"You don't have to worry about how I know."

Seeing the shocked expression of the Fungus King, Brian had roughly guessed the other party's purpose, and he said in a slightly cold tone, "Bastifer the Fungus King, you are really calculating."

Hearing that Brian's words were not kind, Hesaiah subconsciously clenched the hilt of the rune sword, and looked at the mushroom man king vigilantly, lest the mushroom man king suddenly explode and hurt him.

During the few days with Brian, unconsciously, she realized in disbelief that she was approaching the position of Brian's bodyguard.

And she still faintly liked this feeling in her heart.

This is not a good omen, she secretly warned herself not to fall into it.

"What do you mean?"

The Mushroom King felt the murderous look in Brian's eyes and the threatening behavior of the girl beside him. It was startled, and hurriedly took two steps back.

"You still don't admit it until now." Brian stood still, but locked his cold eyes on the thin mushroom body of the opponent.

"Are you going to let us go to the master association to attend the 'wedding' of the fungus demon queen, to create chaos for them, and then the fungus from the hunter association and the explorer association will take the opportunity to escape from the lightless forest and return to the nomadic life, Am i right?"

The shimmering cave fell silent without warning, and even the air froze.

"We... we are also helpless."

Seen through his thoughts, the Fungus King was silent for a long time, carefully spewing out the teleportation spores, and said truthfully: "After all, what we are facing is the incarnation of the Fungus Demon Queen, and her corrupting power is naturally restraining our Fungi people."

"So, you don't believe that we can deal with the fungal queen." Brian said coldly.

"It can be seen that with the strength of the two of you, you may really be able to fight against the queen." Fungus King said, "However, the threat in the dark forest is not limited to the queen of fungi, there is also"

Before it finished speaking, Goblin Copper Nugget and Dillo Dwarf Jeep hurried in.

Seeing the two people who appeared, Brian's expression changed, and he asked, "Any unexpected discoveries?"

The task he gave to Copper Nugget was to track the dark elf Curze.

The main reason why he became suspicious of this silent dark elf was because he overheard a sentence said by the Zedi bear.

During the chat with the Zedi bear, Brian learned that before the other party met him, the dark elf Curz's suggestion was to go to the dark forest and admit that he knew the way to the dark forest.

A dark elf is so familiar with the mushroom man's territory. Apart from the fact that the other party has traveled many times, the only possibility is that he was infected with some kind of mind-controlling spores.

Therefore, when he saw the abnormal behavior of the dark elves, for the sake of safety, he preferred to believe the second rule, which allowed the goblins to secretly follow.

Seeing the other party's flustered look, Brian knew that this follow-up would definitely yield unexpected gains.

"Oh, Timmora, you guessed it right." Copper Nugget said in a high-pitched voice:
"We tracked Kezi all the way, and finally found a complicated tunnel near the stone wall of the terraced fields in the east of the Sunless Forest. We walked all the way down and found a lich hiding there, but don't worry, with my ghost dancer's ability, As long as it's not a legendary lich, he can't find me."

Lich?

Hearing the lich, Brian couldn't help frowning.

In order to survive in the world, some powerful wizards will abandon their lives and turn to the way of immortality to become liches.

Apparently, the second threat the Fungus King was talking about was definitely this lich.

A Lich that even the Fungus King is afraid of, even if his strength has not reached the legendary level, he is not able to deal with it now.

Brian still has this self-knowledge. After all, he can't guarantee that he can overcome the Lich's favorite signature skills "Finger of Death" or "Disintegration".

After hearing this news, he couldn't help but think of quitting in his heart.

"That's right." The Fungus King said bitterly:

"The second threat to the Dark Forest is this powerful lich, which is even more terrifying than the fungal queen. I suspect that the arrival of the fungal queen is inseparable from this lich, so we can only choose to escape .”

"The lich can be handed over to me to deal with." Just as Brian was thinking about an escape strategy, a soft voice came from the cave.

Everyone followed the sound and looked.

A slender elf walked in. He was wearing a forest-colored dark green cloak and mithril chain armor. His long, silky white-blonde hair hung loose over his shoulders. The sheathed sword hanging from his waist swayed with his feet. , the pair of leather boots that were worn down to no wrinkles made rhythmic and agile footsteps.

"Your strength has recovered?"

Brian narrowed his eyes, met the elf's lavender eyes, and looked at him with interest.

This person is the marsh bear who claims to be the prince of the golden elves, a crown prince whose strength has reached the exemplary level.

From the outside, he seems to have fully recovered, but he doesn't know how much of his strength has recovered.

If he participates, as long as the Lich's strength does not reach the legendary level, it is not impossible to deal with it.

"Of course, this is all due to the contribution of the leader of Bastife." The golden elf Severil smiled at Brian, then saluted the mushroom man king, and continued:

"Basdi is not the leader, I have already heard from the leader of the explorer association that you plan to give up the dull woodland. In my opinion, this is not the wisest choice, because there is no need for it at all. I think we His strength is still worthy of a battle."

"Really?" The Fungus King's eyes lit up, and he asked hastily.

"That's right, as long as the strength of this lich does not reach the legendary level, I can deal with it alone." Severil smiled confidently.

"Don't worry about this, it's definitely not a legendary lich."

Copper Nugget patted his small chest swearingly, and joked: "Hey. Even if the information is wrong, you can't come back alive to trouble me."

There was a gleam of joy in the expression of the Fungus King, and he said quickly: "In that case, then I will."

"Don't be too happy, although Severil agreed to your request, but I didn't agree." Brian interrupted the Fungus King with cold words, and said:

"Originally, with a good heart, I tried to help you mushroom people get rid of the threat of the fungal queen. But you, you want to use us as cannon fodder and run away on your own. Do you think I will trust you as an ally again? ?"

Hesaiah looked at Brian, and finally swallowed the words again, remaining silent again, instinctively choosing to trust his decision.

Goblin Copper Nugget was idly playing with a small dagger in his hand, and the Dillo dwarf beside him turned his gaze to a cluster of glistening fungi beside the wall.

"Hey, Brian, don't be like this." Severier touched Brian's arm, and kindly persuaded: "Can't you see it? If we don't unite together in the current situation, I am afraid that when the time comes Nobody can escape."

Brian ignored him. After all, the reason Severil was able to recover his real body was entirely with the help of the Fungus King, so he would naturally speak for the other party.

"Your Excellency, the previous decision was our fault, for which I am deeply sorry."

The fungus king Bastife stepped forward and bowed deeply to Brian, "As long as you are willing to help our fungus fight against the fungal queen, you can ask for anything."

"I heard that you mushroom people possess a supernatural ability to make potions, and your fungus lord has given his priests a more special way to make potions." Brian thought for a moment and said:
"Therefore, after each mushroom king dies, the priest of the fungus master can use this ability to extract the life essence of the mushroom king's body and make a magical potion. If you are willing to send me three bottles of this similar potion, I will I promise to help you deal with the fungal queen."

"How do you know so much about our mushroom people?" The mushroom man king looked at Brian in shock.

It's hard to imagine that this surface human not only knows the most secret ability of the mushroom man, but also knows the amount of potion.

In fact, the mushroom man king really thought too much.

Brian didn't know the amount of their potions, it was just a casual count.

"This is not something you need to worry about. I just want to know whether you agree to this condition." Brian said calmly.

Hearing this, Severil couldn't help but lower his eyelids, and looked at Brian in surprise.

I have to admit that this half-elf once again refreshed his three views. He actually knows so much, even the fungus race and the fungus master understand so thoroughly.

"I agree." The Fungus King complied with Brian's request with a face full of pain.

It would be Brian's turn to be surprised again when he saw the other agreeing to his request with a nod of gleaming mushroom heads.

He originally thought that it would be great if a mushroom man community that believed in Persian Lofeel could accumulate one bottle of this miraculous potion, but who would have thought that there would actually be three bottles.

If he had known earlier, he would have asked for five bottles directly, he thought to himself.

After all, these medicines can all improve their own attributes, and they belong to the existence that cannot be met.

He nodded slightly to the mushroom man king, and then winked at the goblin copper nugget.

"What about us? Is there any reward for us? It won't make us work in vain, right?" Copper Nugget immediately understood what he meant, and quickly pulled Jeep along with him.

"We mushroom people know how to brew all kinds of molds and fungi in the woodland into potions. If the hidden dangers of the dark woodland are solved, I will take these potions as your rewards." The mushroom man king promised them.

"Since we have agreed, let's not waste time and discuss how to deal with the fungal queen and the lich as soon as possible," said the golden elf Severil.

"The solution is very simple." Brian said to Several, "The copper block will lead you directly to the lich's lair."

He looked at the mushroom man king, "As for the leader of Basdifi, you only need to bring your own hunter association and explorer association, and gather all the mushroom people who have been corrupted by the fungal queen."

"Why do you gather together?" the Fungus King asked suspiciously.

In fact, it has vaguely guessed the intention of this surface human.

And that's what makes it all the more incredible.

"As a priest of the Lord of Fungi, you don't even have the ability to purify the corruption of demons, do you?"

Bryan said to the mushroom man king, "When the fungus queen held her 'wedding', it was when her defense was weakest. You can take this opportunity to purify the gathered mushroom man by means of chanting. soul."

Sure enough.

The Mushroom King took a deep look at Brian. It really couldn't understand why this human from the surface knew so much about their Mushroom race and the great fungus master, so they could handle it to death.

It turns out that this kind of thing still exists. After hearing Brian's explanation, the golden elf Severil showed a sudden look.

"Oh, that's right." Brian seemed to think of something, and added:

"We happen to have a pacifist Kuu-toa monk in our team. You can try to invite him, and let him help you to promote your peaceful ideals to the corrupted mushroom people during the purification process. In this way If you do so, it may be able to calm your mind and speed up your process of purifying the fungus corruption."

"I know where that little murloc is hiding, and I'll go and call him later."

The Dillo dwarf volunteered, "Believe me, he will definitely agree to this kind of request that fits his ideal."

"As for the 'wedding' of the fungus queen, I will deal with it with Sisaiah." Brian continued.

Hearing the arrangement given by Brian, Sisaiah was secretly relieved.

Her silver-gray eyes met Brian's, and she smiled at him, nodding in agreement.

Brian withdrew his gaze, then looked up at the Fungus King Bastifer, and solemnly warned it:
"I hope that during the 'wedding' of the Fungus Queen, you will try your best to stop those less corrupted fungimen from going to the Master Association and Yogmog Palace. Otherwise, I will never show mercy."

"I heard that the palace of the fungal queen is guarded by twelve bridesmaids and six butlers." Severil kindly reminded Brian:

"You two must be more careful. When I finish the lich, I will rush over to support it as quickly as possible."

(End of this chapter)