Chapter 40: Big Brawl
“Little Mushroom Head, I’m actually very curious about how you escaped from the hands of the dark elves and purple insects at the same time.”
In the deep tunnel, walk Goblin Copper, who was leading the way, glanced back at the myconid larvae held in Brian's arms. Through the established spiritual link, he curiously asked, "Are you also a believer in Taimora, the goddess of luck?"
Brian looked curiously at the ball-sized mushroom larvae in his arms.
There is no way, as a mushroom man, he moves too slowly. In order to speed up the process, I can only hold him in my arms and drive away.
Hearing Copper's mention of Tymora, Brian couldn't help but recall some interesting information about this goddess.
Taimora, the goddess of luck.
An elegant, kind and friendly goddess who controls all good luck.
The reason why she has a large number of believers all over the mainland can be mainly attributed to two points:
Firstly, because the priesthood under her jurisdiction includes "unexpected escape" and "accidental lucky discovery" , so many budding adventurers choose her as their faith in the hope of getting more good luck and the wealth and fame that comes with it.
However, the second reason and the most important point is that Taimora came to Arabey City in the Kingdom of Cormyr during the turbulent years.
And he also built a "Lady's Pavilion" in the local temple and sat in the city to openly accept worship from believers.
In that turbulent year when magic was uncontrollable and it seemed that the gods had abandoned mortals, Taimora's arrival in the form of a saint and his subsequent actions not only calmed the panic and bewilderment. The hearts of the people also let everyone know that there are still gods who care about their mortal believers.
It is the soothing attention in this desperate moment and the ability to talk directly face-to-face with the noble goddess that allows her to attract a large number of new believers (fans?)
Of course, not just anyone can see the goddess.
If you want to see the goddess and chat with her face to face, you must first donate an appropriate amount of wealth.
It is said that some nobles even competed for money because of this system, just to be the first believer to meet the goddess today, and blindly believed that the first person to meet the goddess of luck would be the best believer. Bring good luck throughout the day.
It’s quite like the rush to get early on the first day of the Lunar New Year and to be the first to burn incense in the temple.
Because they also believe that this can bring good luck throughout the year, this directly causes Buddhist temples in various places to seize business opportunities and auction the right to enter the first incense stick one after another, which is an unprecedented event.
In fact, in Brian's original world, he didn't know whether the so-called 'luck' was something visible and tangible.
But in this multiverse with gods, he deeply understands that the hidden attribute of 'luck' also affects every aspect of a person.
If you are favored by the goddess of luck, you will indeed be able to do everything smoothly in the future. Even opening the Wanxiang Impermanence card has a high chance of opening the sun, moon and stars.
Brian also heard that after a wealthy player got three opportunities to turn over the Wanxiang Impermanence card, he immediately came to Arabe City in the Kingdom of Cormyr and used his money ability to smash a "Goddess of Luck" in the Temple of Taimora. The blessing attribute of “favor”.
It was this blessing that made him lucky enough to find the moon card with three wishes, the star card with 2 points of free attributes, and the sun card with 50,000 experience plus a random piece of magic equipment.
As a result, the other party was not satisfied yet and wanted an infinite matryoshka doll.
He used the wish technique to get three more chances to turn over the Impermanence card.
Then he drew a catastrophic void card into the soul, which caused the soul in the game world to be imprisoned, the body to be in a state of incapacity, and even the wish spell could not be recalled.
So in desperation, he could only summon his friends and try to go to the place where the soul was imprisoned and rescue him.
A group of people came to a small forest where souls were imprisoned.
Suddenly, everyone was dumbfounded.
Because the caretakers turned out to be five legendary druids who chatted and spanked all day long, and then these players were accused of destroying the balance, and they all became fertilizer for the grove
Similarly, if you piss off the goddess of luck, The opposite goddess of misfortune can even make you unlucky for a long time.
So, these two goddesses are more of a kind of awe to Brian, and he would never think of actively provoking them.
After all, one is chaotic good and the other is chaotic evil.
Almost all people with the attribute of 'chaos' have very strange brain circuits, and no one can guarantee that they can figure out their temperament.
Mortals are like this, let alone those gods who have lived for who knows how many years and have never seen any big storms. Moreover, the gender of these two gods is still female.
However, Brian can tell from the fact that this little copper goblin can mix so well in the Underdark.
In addition to the unpredictable and unpredictable advanced professional ghost dancer, the opponent's luck attribute is definitely not low.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to live till now.
This made him want to keep this little goblin by his side.
"I'm also curious about how you escaped from the purple worms and drow." Brian retracted his thoughts, used his mind link ability, and echoed.
Teemo, the myconid larvae, raised his little mushroom head, looked at Brian, and said happily, "I sprayed a spore cloud that exuded a sweet fragrance, and combined the purple worm and the The underground monsters were attracted."
The spore cloud that gathers monsters?
Brian glanced at him unexpectedly, a myconid larvae had actually mastered this ability.
As far as he knows, the purpose of this spore cloud is not as simple as gathering monsters. Its real use is similar to the sandalwood used by wizards in meditation, which has the effect of calming the mind.
It can be seen from this that this little guy is very talented, no wonder he can resist the corruption of his mind.
Let’s study it carefully when we have time, Brian thought to himself.
Immediately afterwards, he noticed that Teemo was eager to demonstrate. He looked shocked and quickly stopped him from committing suicide.
"Why did the drow want to capture you?" He asked again before the goblin could speak.
"Do you still need to ask? It must be for food." Copper Nugget quickly added the words and winked at Little Timo in a funny way. "The mushroom heads in the Matte Woodland are delicacies of the ancient city of Orens, especially myconid larvae like Teemo. They are the most popular. They can be made into drow mushroom steaks and paired with the special drow aroma. Eating it with vinegar is delicious and chewy, just like eating a unicorn
I also heard that drow mushroom steak is the favorite of the beholder tyrant Xanatha of Waterdeep. Oh, and by the way, be sure to read the label on balsamic vinegar if you ever get the chance to try it, as the drow love to spike their condiments with poison. ”
“No! "
Timothy glared at Copper Nugget fiercely and explained to Brian, "Our myconids in the Matte Woodland can use their special abilities to make all kinds of magic from the mushrooms they grow. Potions, the dark elves want to turn our territory into their backyard for making potions, and they have never given up on this idea. "
"So, your uncle Uzibo was corrupted, was it also the work of the dark elves? "Brian asked curiously.
"I don't know about that."
Timo shook his umbrella-shaped little mushroom head and said with a worried look, "Although I resisted the corrupt spores sprayed by Uncle Uzibo, but But they can clearly feel that this is a force more terrifying than the dark elves corrupting them."
"Could it be a demon from the bottomless abyss?" Copper Block stopped and turned around. Looking up at Brian.
"It's very possible." Brian nodded thoughtfully.
Mentioning the corrupted myconids and the so-called ‘lady’ in their mouths reminded him of Brysis, the great arcanist who was awakened by radiation energy.
This made him realize that this subtle influence in the Underdark was definitely the work of the spider wizards in the ancient city of Orens.
It was the consequence of his inducing the radiation energy of the earth veins.
If we develop according to the normal timeline, it will be three years later that many incarnations of the demon monarch appear.
In other words, the energy radiated by the earth's veins will not completely explode until three years later
Thinking of this, Brian secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
His only goal now is to return to the surface and continue to develop, while studying the Mysel Energy Core and Nese Scroll, building his own wizard tower, and spawning monsters as quickly as possible to increase his level.
He didn’t want to get involved in this chaos when he was so weak.
After all, facing the abyss demon with his current strength is just a fool's errand.
“Wait a minute!”
At this time, the goblin leading the way suddenly stopped with a solemn expression.
Seeing this situation, Brian also stopped.
Obviously, something alerted the little guy.
He saw the copper block next to the stone wall and put his ear against it.
"Melee."
After a moment, the goblin pointed to the stone wall and whispered, "The tunnel is nearby."
Brian also came to the goblin and put his ear against the stone wall to listen intently.
Although his senses are keen, he is not as familiar and sensitive to the vibrations of the rocks as the copper blocks. He only hears vague vibrations.
"Who are they?" he asked.
"There are many, there are the sounds of boots and monsters." The goblin replied solemnly, "There is a tunnel not far ahead, on the only way we can return to the Silk Trail."
"That means these two tunnels will cross." Brian frowned and asked again, "Can we find a way to avoid it?"
Copper Turned to look at the stone wall, and after a moment he answered in a positive tone, "The two tunnels intersect not far ahead, and then extend forward, making it impossible to avoid."
" If I'm not mistaken, that tunnel leads to Ancient Orens City and the Dark Frontier, right?" Brian was silent for a while, looked at the myconid larvae in his arms, and expressed his guess.
"Yes." Copperhead nodded slightly, "What do you want to do?"
"Go to the fork in the road first." Brian said: "Let us know what they are doing first. , and then make a decision.”
The Goblin Copper Block guessed his intention, shrugged indifferently, and continued to lead the way.
They soon came to an oval cave.
There is another tunnel here. From the deep tunnel, Brian heard the vague sounds of the collision of sharp blades and the roar of wild beasts.
He and the goblin continued to move forward. When they were about to approach, they quickly hid in the shadow of the cave and secretly checked the battle situation ahead.
“This is a melee.”
Seeing the situation in front clearly, Copper Block took a breath, “Swamp bear people, drow elves, Kuo Tao murlocs, Di Luo dwarves, humans, orcs, Taimora, why are the abyss demons also coming to join in the fun?"
"It's a big fight."
Brian forced back the curious baby's little mushroom head, not intending to let him watch the bloody scene, and said to Copper Block, "There are at least four strands. The forces are mixed together."
"The drow elves and the Zeland bears are in a group, and the orcs and demons are in a separate group." Copper said his judgment, "The rest should be the same. Some escaped slaves. Hey! It's strange that the two Zeland Bears and the two Drow elves were fighting together."
"Protect him. I'll go over and get some. Join in the fun."
After seeing the situation clearly, Brian threw the little Teemo in his arms to the copper block and quietly touched it along the shadow of the stone wall.
(End of this chapter)