Chapter 50 A mixed team
The fifth day of heading to the Lightless Woodland.
The goblin copper block took them from a passage washed by an underground river to a cave hidden in a waterfall.
When they reached the Dark Falls, everyone looked at the miraculous landscape in front of them in surprise.
This is an extremely huge domed cave, the walls of which are covered with scarlet and ocher-colored rocks.
Thousands of stalactites and sparkling silver ores embellish the entire dome cave like diamonds.
Brian discovered that this ancient cave was about 60 meters wide and so deep inside that even the waterfall flowing into the dark deep well had no echo of the water flow.
This made him wonder if there was any terrible monster hidden inside.
However, this suspicion was quickly denied by him.
Because it was the goblin copper block who led the way.
After he and Hesiah reunited with the goblins.
These five days of non-stop travel have proven how wise his decision to hire the other party at Fansi Trail was.
In the meantime.
Whether it is the crystal clusters affected by the radiation of the earth's veins, or the cracks filled with lava that were torn apart by a burst of ground tremors, or even the mud pits hiding countless ooze monsters and the migrating dark curtain monsters, they all They all avoided it unharmed.
And he also used the rest time of the group to kill a group of 13 gnoll hunters, clear out a Terrorclaw lair, and explore a mire temple inhabited by ooze monsters and puddings. .
With the assistance of the sword mage Hesiah, he captured two purple insects that he encountered.
In five days, he once again gained nearly 20,000 experience points, taking a big step closer to leveling up.
"Okay, let's all rest here for the night and start again tomorrow." Goblin Copper found a stone and sat on it, and began to rummage through his small backpack.
"Brother, I feel the Lightless Woodland calling me." Mushroom Man Teemo sprayed a cloud of spores towards Brian, establishing a spiritual link with him.
"How far is it from the Lightless Woodland?" Brian touched the mushroom head in his arms and asked.
"Well," Teemo closed his small eyes under the mushroom cap, thought seriously for a moment, and said, "I don't know, but I know that at the current speed, it will only take half a day to get there."
"Then have a good night's rest here." Brian nodded slightly, put Teemo on the ground, and let him go to the fungus bush to absorb nutrients alone.
“Let’s go.”
He called to the sword mage beside him and looked for a place to rest in the cave with her.
"Hey! Little Goblin."
At this time, the Derro dwarf saw Copper Block preparing to collect dry fungi on the ground. He spat, "Are you looking for death in a hurry? Or are you walking without sense? Lighting a fire will destroy the surrounding people." All the monsters have been attracted, and I still want to finish this journey alive."
"What do you plan to do?" Copper Block continued to collect supplies on the ground and stone walls as he spoke. Burning fungi.
“I have a good proposal.” The swamp bear man who was already sitting on a big rock combing his hair answered.
"Shut up!" The derro dwarf and the goblin yelled in unison.
"Damn it, you big bear, you have no right to speak." Copper Null complained again: "I want to drink mushroom soup today, no one can stop me."
"You are not afraid of eating poisonous mushrooms. Be careful when eating them."
Little Timo ran to the copper block with two white and tender mushroom legs, and sprayed out a cloud of spores, happily The ground sang: "Red umbrellas, white poles, after eating, you will lie down on the board, lie down on the board, bury the mountain, and the red umbrellas will grow in the next year."
"." The goblin looked at me with depressed eyes. To Brian.
Brian looked embarrassed and quickly avoided his sight.
Although Teemo and Copper Nugget communicated through a spiritual link, he could tell from the goblin's expression that this little Teemo was singing a children's song that he taught the other party on a whim. .
Who would have thought that this little mushroom man would like to sing so much, especially when he is surrounded by goblins.
Brian didn't bother to pay attention to these people's bickering, or he was used to it.
He sat down on a relatively flat stone and happened to see the Derro Dwarf Jeep standing opposite him, knocking on the stone wall.
The fluorescent bacteria on the wall glowed with a cold blue light, making his image appear illusive, like a walking corpse that had just crawled out of the grave.
Jip has thick, pale eyebrows, and underneath are two milky white eyes. The pupil in the center is just a small black dot, like a small hole in a milky white rock. His skin was white and dirty, like the color of the caps of toadstools, his face looked thin and frail, his long hair had a disgusting sulfur color, and his deeply sunken chin was covered with a messy, unkempt beard.
The derro are corrupt and evil creatures of the Underdark.
Created by an unknown dark mad god who combined the characteristics of humans and dwarves.
They are extremely cruel and extremely crazy. They are keen to turn surface creatures into their slaves and torture them to death (especially humans).
But the derro dwarf priest in front of him seemed to Brian to be unusually talkative and very enthusiastic, making it difficult for him to associate him with the evil derro dwarves.
The most important thing is that the other party is a priest with a level as high as 10.
This is why he is willing to let him follow.
In fact, among their group, in addition to derro dwarves and swamp bears, there are also drow warriors and kuo-toa monks who preach pacifism.
The name of the drow warrior is Curze, a martial arts master and servant father from a small family in the ancient city of Orens.
Until an unfortunate encounter with Black Pudding, he was left with terrible scars that could not be repaired by the strong acid of the ooze monster.
After his once handsome face melted and became scarred, the mistress of the family, whom he loved so much, immediately pulled up her trousers and refused to acknowledge anyone else, dismissed him from his positions as martial arts master and serving father, and found a new love.
So this guy became resentful. Not only did he kill his replacement, he also released all the slaves in prison, and took advantage of the chaos to escape together.
As a result, as soon as the escaped slaves reached the silk trail, they encountered another drow force escorting Hesiah and others, and they attracted a group of abyss demons. .
Then it evolved into what Brian had first seen.
Kuo Tao fishman monk looks like a calm hermit and is a complete pacifist.
This little guy refuses to harm or fight anyone, or even to protect others or defend himself.
However, when he learned that Brian was going to cross the Dark Lake to the gray dwarf city, this guy finally opened his mouth and said that he was very familiar with the winding paths around the Dark Lake and could serve as the Dark Lake's guide. A guide.
Brian thought about it and felt that it would have no impact to let this little fishman join who had no sense of existence at all, so he agreed.
Originally, he thought that the sword mage Hesayah from the Kingdom of Cormyr was the biggest fish he had encountered in this group of people.
Who would have thought that after he got to know everyone in detail, he would find out that the real big fish was actually the swamp bear who was rubbed on the ground by another female bear and saved by him. .
After the two met again, the marsh bear told him in a rather skilled elven city accent that he was not actually a marsh bear, but a golden elf prince who used a secret method to look like this.
His name is Severil, and he is an Elf Sword Master ‘Crown King’s Guard’ whose strength has reached the paragon level (around level 15-19).
Severil was born in Ellanthe, the 'City of Peace' in the 'Supreme Forest' in the North.
But when he was fifty years old, he left his hometown and lived in the elven holy land "Everlasting Island" for nearly fifty years.
Nowadays, Severil, as the pioneer of the Elven Expeditionary Force, is the first to arrive in his hometown, trying to make a return of the king, regain the Elf territory of the High Forest, and become the 'City of Peace' Illanthe of rulers.
As a result, the car overturned before reaching the edge of the forest.
He encountered a Twilight Merchant who captured slaves. After a battle, he was sold to the Dark Territory.
In order to save his life, Severil used a secret method and forcibly exchanged identities with another glade bear, thus avoiding the blood sacrifice of the drow.
This guy's experience is somewhat similar to his.
Because both of them were caught by the Twilight Merchant and taken to the secret market in the Underdark.
Moreover, Brian also knew that the Dusk Merchant’s caravan was called ‘Dragon Treasure’ and that his true identity was an ancient black dragon.
This old Yin dragon likes to pretend to be pigs and eat tigers. He pretends to be an old human man and captures valuable slaves everywhere, selling them to the dark areas to amass wealth for himself.
From the moment he was caught, Brian had put this account on the other side. Sooner or later, Fei would take over his lair and expand his treasure trove.
The main reason why Severil went with them was to ask the Myconid King in the Sunless Woodland if he could make a potion that could remove the secret of transformation.
Remembering that the Supreme Forest was close to Silvermoon City, Brian agreed to go to the Sunless Woods and try his best to help him obtain this recovery potion.
After Severil regained his strength, he had to agree to one of his conditions.
Finally, their mixed team began their journey to the Lightless Woodland.
(End of this chapter)