Chapter 61 Countermeasures
Boslophel.
A lawful neutral deity from the Mechanical Mirror of Clockwork Nirvana, also known as: The Myconid Lord, the Great Fungus, the Spore Lord, and the Carrion King.
This god with medium divine power is not only the main god of the myconids, but also the one with the most mysterious origin among the great fairies of the Court of Stars.
Normally.
The myconoid gods would teach the original myconids the secrets of making potions through direct revelation.
Boslophir is often depicted as a fungal world tree, its mycelium traveling across the planes and connecting to the Myconid King's homeworld.
His only concern is the protection of the myconid race and the pursuit of perfection through meditation.
But this harsh god rarely responds to the prayers of his followers.
Among the countless myconid tribes in the Underdark, only one priest of Boslophel will appear among about 100 myconid kings.
From the moment Teemo told him why two myconid kings appeared in the Sunless Woods, Brian had vague doubts about the other party's true identity.
Then, after he and Hesiah visited various associations, his suspicions were completely confirmed, so during the conversation, he would suddenly test the mushroom king in front of him.
After all, five of the seven leaders of the Sunless Woods were corrupted by the Fungus Queen. Only the Hunters' Society and the Explorers' Society under the Myconid King Bastifey survived. It's surprising that there's nothing fishy here.
“How did you know?”
The Myconid King’s eyes widened in surprise, looking at the surface adventurers in front of him in disbelief.
Hesiah on the side also looked at Brian curiously.
In fact, this was the first time she had heard of Boslophel, the main god of the myconids.
Although she admitted that her knowledge was not as good as Brian's, it did not mean that she really knew nothing.
As a noble, she received the best education since she was a child and learned rich religious knowledge.
However, when he heard the Priest Boslophel mentioned by Brian, he was still confused and could not 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 Myconoid King, Brian had roughly guessed the other party's purpose. He said in a slightly cold tone, "The Myconoid King Bass Difei, you are really scheming.”
Hearing the unkindness in Brian’s words, Hesiah subconsciously clenched the hilt of the rune sword and looked at the Myconid King warily, lest the Myconid King suddenly become violent. Get into trouble and hurt him.
In the few days she spent with Brian, she unknowingly realized that she was moving closer to the position of Brian's personal guard.
And she still faintly liked this feeling in her heart.
This was not a good sign, and she secretly warned herself not to fall into it.
“What do you mean?”
The Myconid King felt the murderous look in Brian’s eyes and the threatening behavior of the girl next to him. It looked frightened and took two steps back in a hurry. .
“You still haven’t admitted it until now.” Brian stood there without moving, just locking his cold eyes on the other person’s skinny mushroom body.
“Are you planning to let us go to the Master’s Society to attend the ‘wedding’ of the Fungus Demon Queen, to create chaos for them, and then the myconids from your Hunter Society and Explorer Society will take the opportunity to escape from Wuguang? Woodland, return to nomadic life, am I right?”
The shimmering cave fell into silence without warning, and even the air froze.
"We...we have no choice but to do this."
Having seen through his mind, the Myconid King was silent for a long time, carefully sprayed out teleportation spores, and said truthfully: "After all, we are facing She is the incarnation of the Fungus Queen, and her power of corruption is naturally restrained by our myconid clan."
"So, you don't believe that we can deal with the Fungus 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 Demon Queen.” The Myconid King said, “However, the threat in the lightless forest is not only the Fungus Demon Queen, but also the Fungus Demon Queen. Yes”
Before it could finish speaking, Goblin Copper and Derro Dwarf Jip hurried in.
Seeing the two people appearing, Brian's expression changed and he asked, "Any unexpected discoveries?"
The task he gave Copper Block was to track the dark elf Curze.
The main reason why he was suspicious of this silent dark elf was because he overheard a sentence said by the Zeland Bear Man.
During the chat with the Glade Bear Man, Brian learned that before the other party met him, the dark elf Curze’s suggestion was to go to the Lightless Woodland, and he personally admitted that he knew the path to the Lightless Wood. Woodland road.
A dark elf is so familiar with the myconid territory. Apart from the fact that the other party has the experience of walking many times, the only possibility is that he has been infected by some kind of mind-controlling spores.
So, when he saw the abnormal behavior of the dark elves, for the sake of safety, he would rather believe in the second article, so he let the goblins follow him secretly.
Seeing the other party's panic, Brian knew that this tracking would definitely yield unexpected results.
"Oh, Taimora, you really guessed it right." Copper Nugget said in a high-pitched voice:
"We followed Curze all the way, and finally I found a complicated tunnel near the stone wall of the terraced fields on the east side of the lightless woodland. I followed it 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 won’t May find me.”
Lich?
Hearing the lich, Brian couldn't help but frowned.
In order to survive forever, some powerful wizards will abandon their lives and turn to the path of immortality to become lichs.
Obviously, the second threat mentioned by the Myconid King is definitely this lich.
A lich that even the Myconid King is afraid of. Even if his strength has not reached the legendary level, it is not something he can handle now.
Brian still has this self-awareness. After all, he can't guarantee that he can withstand the Lich's favorite signature skills "Finger of Death" or "Dissociation".
After hearing the news, he couldn't help but want to quit.
"That's right." The Myconid King said bitterly:
"The second threat to the Lightless Woodland is this powerful lich, which is more terrifying than the Fungus Queen. , I suspect that the arrival of the fungus queen is related to this lich, so we can only choose to escape."
"The lich can be dealt with by me" just as Brian was thinking about escaping. While doing this, 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 mail. His long, smooth platinum hair was spread over his shoulders, and a sheathed sword hung at his waist. He swayed against his feet, and the leather boots on his feet that were worn until there were no wrinkles made rhythmic and agile footsteps.
"Have you recovered your strength?"
Brian squinted his eyes, met the elf's lavender eyes, and looked at him with interest.
This man is none other than the Marsh Bear who calls himself the Prince of the Golden Elf, a bodyguard of the crowned king whose strength has reached the paragon level. From the outside, he seems to have fully recovered, but I don't know how much of his strength has been restored.
If he is involved, as long as the Lich's strength does not reach the legendary realm, it is not impossible to deal with it.
“Of course, this is entirely due to the work of leader Bastif.” The golden elf Severil smiled at Brian, then saluted the Myconid King, and then said:
< br>"Leader Basidi, I have learned from the leader of the Explorers Association that you are planning to abandon the Lightless Woodland. In my opinion, this is not the wisest choice, because there is no need at all. I think With our strength, we are still capable of fighting."
"Really?" Myconid King's eyes lit up and he asked quickly.
"Yes, as long as the strength of this lich does not reach the legendary realm, I can handle it alone." Severil smiled confidently.
"Don't worry about this, it's definitely not a legendary lich."
Copper Nugget vowed to pat his little chest and joked: "Hehe. Even if the information is wrong. , you can’t come back alive to cause trouble for me.”
A hint of joy appeared in the Myconid King’s expression, and he quickly said: “In that case, then I will...”
“Don’t do it yet. It's too early to be happy. Although Severil agreed to your request, I didn't agree." Brian interrupted the Myconid King with cold words and said:
"Originally, with a kind heart, I tried to help you myconids get rid of the threat of the Fungus Queen. But you, however, want to use us as cannon fodder and run away on your own. Do you think I will trust an ally like you again? "
Hesiah looked at Brian, finally swallowed his words, and remained silent again, instinctively choosing to believe in the decision he made.
The goblin copper block was idly playing with a small dagger in his hand, and the derro dwarf beside him turned his attention to a bunch of sparkling bacteria beside the wall.
"Hey, Brian, don't be like this." Severil touched Brian's arm and comforted him kindly: "Can't you still see? In this situation, if we don't unite When we get together, I’m afraid no one can escape.”
Brian ignored him. After all, Severil was able to recover his true form only because of the help of the Myconid King, so he would naturally help. Talk to the other person.
"Your Excellency, the previous decision was our fault, and I deeply apologize for this."
Myskin King Bastiff stepped forward and bowed deeply to Brian, "As long as You are willing to help our myconids fight against the fungus queen. You can make any requests."
"I heard that your myconids have a supernatural ability to make potions, and your fungus master. He also gave his priests a more special method of making potions." Brian thought for a moment and said:
"Therefore, after every fungus king dies, the priests of the Lord of Fungi can use this. This ability extracts the life essence of the Myconid King's body and makes a magical potion. If you are willing to give me three bottles of this similar potion, I promise to help you deal with the Fungus Queen."
"How are you doing this? Our myconid clan understands this well." The myconid king looked at Brian in shock.
It is hard to imagine that this surface human not only knows the most secret abilities of their myconids, but also knows the number of potions.
In fact, the Myconid King really thinks too much.
Brian didn't know the number of potions in them, it was just the number he reported casually.
"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 twitch his eyelids and looked at Brian in surprise.
He had to admit that this half-elf once again refreshed his outlook on things. He actually knew so much, even the myconid race and the fungus lord understood it so thoroughly.
“I agree.” The Myconid King agreed to Brian’s request with a heartbroken look on his face.
Seeing the other party agree to his request with his shiny mushroom head, it was Brian's turn to be surprised again.
He originally thought that it would be good if a community of myconids who believed in Boslophel could accumulate one bottle of this magical potion. Who would have thought that there were actually three bottles.
If he had known earlier, he would have asked for five bottles, he thought to himself.
After all, these potions can all improve one's own attributes, and they are rare beings.
He nodded slightly to the Myconid King, and then winked at the Goblin Copper Block.
"What about us? Are there any rewards for us? It won't make our work in vain, right?" Copper Nugget immediately understood what he meant, and quickly pulled Jeep to join in the booing.
“We myconids know how to brew various molds and fungi in the forest into magic potions. If we solve the hidden dangers of the lightless forest, I will treat these potions as your rewards.” King Myconid Make a commitment to them.
“Since we all agree, let’s not waste time and discuss how to deal with the fungus queen and lich as soon as possible.” Golden Elf Severil said.
"The method is very simple." Brian said to Severil, "The copper block will lead you directly to the lich's lair."
He looked at the Myconid King, "As for Basty As a non-leader, you only need to bring your own hunter association and explorer association to gather together all the myconids that have been corrupted by the fungus queen."
"Why do you want to gather together?" asked doubtfully.
In fact, it has vaguely guessed the intention of this surface human being.
That’s what makes it even more incredible.
"As a priest of the Fungus Lord, you shouldn't even have the ability to purify demonic corruption."
Brian said to the Myconid King, "When the Fungus Queen holds a 'wedding' , when her defense is at its weakest, you can take this opportunity to purify the polluted minds of the gathered myconids through mindfulness."
As expected.
The Myconid King took a deep look at Brian. It really couldn't understand why this human from the surface knew so much about their myconid race and the great Lord of Fungi that he could handle him so well.
It turns out that there is such a thing. After hearing Brian's explanation, the golden elf Severil showed a look of surprise.
"Oh, that's right." Brian seemed to have remembered something, and added:
"We happen to have a pacifist Kuo-Toa monk in our team. You can try to invite him. , during the purification process, let him help you promote your ideals of peace to the corrupted myconids. This may have a calming effect on your mind and speed up the process of purifying the myconids."
“I know where the little fishman is hiding, and I will call him over later.”
The Derro dwarf volunteered, “Believe me, he will definitely agree to this. A request that matches his ideal."
"As for the fungus queen's wedding, it will be handled by Hesiah and I," Brian continued.
Hearing the arrangements Brian gave her, Hesiah secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Her silver-grey eyes met Brian's eyes, she smiled slightly at him and nodded in agreement.
Brian retracted his gaze, looked up at the Myconid King Bastiffe, and solemnly warned it:
"I hope that during the 'wedding' of the Fungus Queen, you will Try to stop those less corrupted fungi from going to the Master Society and Yogmooghu Palace. Otherwise, I will never show mercy."
"I heard that the fungus queen's palace is run by ten. Guarded by two fungus bridesmaids and six fungus stewards," Severil kindly reminded Brian:
"You two must be more careful. Once I deal with the lich, I will rush over as quickly as possible to support you."
(End of this chapter)