Chapter 58 Hunters Association
The terraces of the lightless woodland are calm and silent.
Suddenly, a soft sound of 'pop' came from the quiet fungus bush.
A crystal clear drop of water slipped from the stalactite and dripped onto the fat umbrella cap growing on the mushroom.
“We need more Hatchlings, so that we can spread the joy of the Great Sower to all races in the Underdark.”
A leader of the myconids who was in a semi-crazy state kept swaying the dark red umbrella-shaped mushroom cap on his head to the music that only he could hear.
"This should be the leader of the Sowers Association." Brian, who was standing not far away, looked at the leader of the myconids and expressed his guess.
I saw it dancing an unknown dance while carefully taking care of the mycoid spores that were only a few inches tall and had not yet formed any consciousness in the terraced fields. It was completely unaware of the arrival of itself and Hesiah. .
He pondered for a moment, using the power of the psychic to quietly invade the depths of the mind of the myconid leader who was in a state of madness, and quietly feel its thoughts and ideas.
Almost the moment he transmitted the power of his mind into the opponent's consciousness, Brian immediately heard the dim echo of the myconid leader's inner scream.
"Let's go, it should be the most completely crazy among the myconid leaders we have seen."
He looked at the myconid leader and was silent for a long time, finally sighed in disappointment, and immediately broke off. Open the connection and signal the sword mage beside him to leave.
As the two left, strange things happened again.
Brian has obviously disconnected the teleportation connection with the myconid leader, but he can still vaguely hear the other party's singing voice transmitted to the depths of his mind:
Shi Yan's bed Toadstools bloom in the middle,
The king of love in the chaos and darkness.
Make a wish! Hope! laughter!
A gift for ladies!
Petition! eager! Dance steps!
Spread the spores of joy!
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Although this singing voice is very weak, it carries the purest madness and joy.
Brian looked shocked, immediately calmed down and made the most correct judgment at the moment.
Almost instinctively, he instantly activated his first-level power "Mind Blank" to forcibly dispel the madness that the leader of the myconids 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 made him secretly blame himself for his negligence, and at the same time, he became more vigilant.
"Are you okay?" Hesiah noticed Brian's strangeness and looked at him with worry.
"It's okay."
Brian shook his head slightly and explained to her, "I was a little careless just now. Fortunately, the corrupting power of the abyss is not as strong as imagined."
< br>Hisaya secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She did not continue to ask for the specific reason, but asked the next question, "Then should we go elsewhere now?"
On the way to the Hunter Society, Brian suddenly wanted to check on the status of other societies.
So, they came to the Cultivators Association, the Builders Association and the Sowers Association just now.
From Brian’s judgment, we learned that the myconid leaders of the Builders’ Society and the Sowers’ Society had been corrupted by demons and became slaves of the Fungus Queen.
Although the leader of the cultivator association who is responsible for taking care of the fungal crops has not avoided this fate, due to the short time of corruption, he is not yet under its control.
Today, the core societies, the master societies, the explorer societies, and the hunter societies have not been checked yet. "The Core Society and the Master Society are deep in the woods and are planning the 'wedding' of the Fungus Queen. We can't get in yet. The Explorer Society is a group of myconids who dare to go in and out of the Dark Area. They mainly serve as scouts, patrols and explorers. Mainly 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 anymore, go directly to the Hunter Association."
Hisaya nodded slightly and followed Brian closely. .
The two walked along the quiet mushroom path for more than an hour and came to a mound near the northern edge of the forest - the Hunters' Association.
The myconids of the Hunter Society are mainly responsible for hunting in the wilderness of the Underdark.
In fact, their work does not live up to their name.
They do not slaughter prey, but are only responsible for following the traces of prey. Until a creature dies in the forest, the following hunters will bring the remains back to their leader, and then get permission before passing through. Activate the spores and turn them into spore slaves to protect the myconids' territory.
So, if no accidents occur, the hunter association is undoubtedly the strongest.
Because in addition to myconids and various fungal plants, they also have many spore slaves.
After all, any creature of large or smaller size can be resurrected through activated spores and become a spore slave.
Moreover, these spore slaves will retain most of their attribute bonuses during their lifetime.
"Are you the surface people who escorted Teemo back?"
A tall and thin myconid seemed to have been waiting here for a long time. When he saw Brian and Hesiah appearing, He immediately went up to him, sprayed teleportation spores, and said in a slightly cold tone, "I am Luobam, the leader of the Hunter Association."
"That's right." Brian said to the sword mage next to him. He glanced at it and continued, "I heard about the Sunless Woodland"
"Adventurers in the Underdark, seeing as you are Teemo's savior, I need to remind you two."
Before Brian could finish his words, the hunter leader suddenly interrupted him and said in a colder tone:
“This is the lightless forest. Our myconid family has lived here for countless eras. I have been living an unchanging lifestyle. Therefore, I hope you will not be fooled by the performance here. It is best to rest here calmly with the mentality of 'don't spread rumors, don't believe in rumors' until you leave."
Brian glanced at the myconid leader thoughtfully and said with a smile, "I understand what you mean. I learned from Teemo that there are a total of seven association leaders and two myconids in your Sunless Woods. The King of Humans, but during the 'Nianhe' ceremony between the leader of the association and the King of Fungi, I saw only six people."
"No, no, no, you must have seen it wrong."
The leader of the Hunter Association shook his dark green umbrella-shaped mushroom head, "In our 'Nianhe' ceremony, there were indeed seven association leaders and two myconid kings."
Brian muttered the simplest addition and subtraction in his heart, and immediately changed to an apologetic tone and said:
"Sorry, maybe I really saw it wrong. Sir, don't worry, we I will rest here with the mentality of 'don't spread rumors, don't believe rumors' until I leave."
"Then I'll be relieved." A hint of smile appeared in the cold voice of the leader of the association. Brian picked up a gem and said:
"There are many caves for rest not far ahead. You two can take a rest there to relieve the fatigue of the journey. In addition, this gem has the right to be used as my I would like to express my gratitude to you for saving Teemo.”
After explaining, the leader of the hunter association led two servants of the Dreadclaw spores covered with mushrooms and disappeared from their sight.
"What should we do next?" Hesiah heard the mystery hidden in the words of Brian and the leader of the association, and asked again.
She found that since she got together with Brian, she had begun to have no independent opinion. When doing anything, the first thing she thought of was to ask the other person's opinion first.
This is not a good sign, she thought to herself.
"In this situation, we can only wait. If what I predict is correct, the Myconid King Basdia will come to talk to us in person later."
Brian Looking at the black opal in his hand, this gem was the key item for him to upgrade the level of Arcane Fire.
Thinking of the Fungus Queen's 'wedding' tomorrow, he felt it was necessary to improve his strength.
So, he pointed to the cave not far away and said to Hesiah, "Please help me stay outside the cave. I plan to prepare a magic ritual, which will take a while. During this period, There must be no interference from anyone.”
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(End of this chapter)