Chapter 78 Kuo Tao Fishman High Priest
“Everyone, please don’t misunderstand, we have no ill intentions.”
An old fishman wearing a robe walked out of the team, and behind him, It is a row of heavily armed Kuo Tao whippers and Kuo Tao overseers holding pincer staffs.
The old fish man crossed his arms and made a gesture symbolizing peace in the underdark area. He walked over alone, keeping a certain safe distance, and said to Brian and others:
"We are From the Kuo-toa tribe of Slobudo Town, I am Pulu Pulupin, the high priest of Bribodup, the Mother of the Sea. The goddess has answered my prayer and brought you to us. Help us and we'll pay you."
When Brian heard this, he glanced at the Kuo-toa monk on his side from the corner of his eye.
What surprised him was that this guy's expression was as calm as water, and he was completely indifferent to the high priest of the Kuo Tao fish people.
He pondered for a moment, took a few steps forward, folded his arms across his chest, and using the same peaceful posture, asked the old fish man:
"Since you claim to be your goddess We have answered your prayers and brought us here. Then, you must know what we need most at this moment."
"You are escapees, all escaping from the cruel drow. "Come out." The high priest of the Kuo Tao fish people seemed to have prepared these words for a long time, and he said without thinking:
"You are eager to return to the surface world. If you are willing to help us in Slobudo Town, I will not only provide you with generous rewards, but also use my family's keel boat to escort you across the dangerous dark lake."< br>
“If you know enough about our Kuo Tao fish people, you must also know what the ‘Kuo Tao fish heart seal’ is.” The high priest added:
“Believe me, If our warriors help you navigate the dark lake, you will be able to reach anywhere safely and without worries."
Of course Brian knows the so-called 'Kuo Tao Fish Heart Seal'.
Kuo Tao fish people are aquatic creatures, so they do not necessarily need to use boats when moving in the dark lake.
However, using boats is an important part of their traditional culture.
Because the former master of the Kuo-Tao murlocs, the Mind Flayer, once used them as boatmen and guides for their activities in the Underdark, and the current murlocs still continue to do this kind of work.
It may be due to habit, or it may be some deep-seated needs driving them.
In the eyes of other races in the Underdark, the services of the kuo-toa are undeniably valuable.
After all, before this, only the gray dwarves were spontaneously interested in sailing in the Dark Lake, and they were not as good as the Kuo-Toa fishmen.
There is even such a legend among the Kuo-Tao fish people.
The maze of tunnels, passages and pools in the Dark Lake itself is a kind of meditation - navigating it is a spiritual journey.
The Kuo-Toa believe that if they travel through this maze long enough, they can bring great enlightenment to their compatriots.
Among the various weird beliefs of the Kuo-Toa, only this legend can be confirmed through time.
So, they headed to the gray dwarf's King Aldus City. If they had the assistance of the Kuo-Toa people, it would save most of the time on the journey.
Brian looked at the fish-man monk in the team again and found that the other person still had a calm expression, as if the whole thing had nothing to do with him.
He knew that it was obviously impossible to understand the Kuo Tao fish people in Slobudo Town through this piece of wood.
Then, he suddenly noticed that the goblin copper block gave him a wink.
"I'm curious about what kind of help your Slobudo town needs." Brian and the goblin looked at each other, nodded secretly, and asked about the doubts in his heart.
Looking at the fishman high priest in front of him, he recalled the disaster in the Underdark three years later. There seemed to be no news about the town of Slobudo. It can be seen from this that this town should have been destroyed long ago.
"We are Kuo Tao fish people living in Slobudo Town." The fish man high priest said while walking around the crowd, "We have always followed the 'Mother of the Sea' Bri Bodup's will is to live in harmony in the town."
"Alas, until the past few months, a group of "people who saw visions" appeared in the town and caused trouble."
The fishman high priest sighed softly. Whether it was intentional or unintentional, he unknowingly wandered to the side of the Kuo Tao fishman monk.
His move was naturally noticed by the observant Brian, which made him begin to doubt the true identity of the fish-man monk.
Immediately afterwards, Brian found that the fishman high priest paused deliberately in his words, looked at the indifferent monk with a strange look, and then continued:
"Originally, this was not a big problem, until two weeks Once upon a time, Blob Peri, my child, experienced a powerful vision calling herself 'Le Mogugan, the Father of the Deep', who promised her great magical powers. From then on, these new believers began. Gather around her ”
Lemo Gugen, the father of the deep?
Brian fell into deep thought. Just now, a group of Kuo-Toa people they killed also claimed to be followers of the Father of the Deep.
But he discovered that he had never heard of this god.
Whether it was Panzuriel, the sea monster god, or Dagon, the king of the deep sea who was the ancient demon lord, he had heard about it a little bit.
Only he had never heard of Li Mogugen, the father of the deep sea.
"Do you know who the father of the deep sea is, Li Mogugen?" Brian took the opportunity of meditation to send a spiritual message to Hesiah.
"How can I know something that you don't even know." Seeing Brian's slightly frowned brows, Hesiah said helplessly.
"Since you said so, I guess this Father of the Deep Sea is probably disguised as some other evil god who is proficient in illusions." Brian expressed his guess.
"It's very possible." Hesiah echoed.
Hearing the sword mage's perfunctory words, Brian felt that asking her would be more useful than asking a little goblin.
However, when he looked at the small eyes of the copper block, he gave up his thoughts.
"So, what do you mean by telling me these things?" Brian looked at the independently focused eyes of the fishman high priest.
Since kuo-toas have no eyelids, they cannot blink.
When Brian was talking to them, he always felt that the other party was staring at him with strange eyes, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.
“We were divided into two factions.”
The fishman high priest sighed, “and attacked each other. The followers of the Father of the Deep not only established a shrine in Slobudo Town, He also frequently offered sacrifices to the altar, slaughtered and sacrificed blood, and sacrificed the blood to the depths of the dark lake, dedicating it to...something that enjoyed all this there."
"This is your plan. Let us help you put on a show of 'a loving father and a filial daughter', right?" After hearing the other party's explanation, Brian immediately understood the whole story of the incident, and he looked at them with interest.
"Tomorrow is the day when Blob Peri, my child, will hold a large-scale blood sacrifice ceremony." The fishman high priest said with a worried look:
"If she succeeds, she will definitely receive the powerful power bestowed by the Father of the Deep Sea. By then, the balance of Slobudo will be broken. We must act in advance to kill Slobpuri before the blood sacrifice begins. "
"Then what's your plan?" Brian didn't agree to them immediately, but asked instead.
"I plan to let you act as bait to assist us in taking action." The fishman high priest said his thoughts truthfully:
"Blobbery wants to obtain the father of the deep sea. If she has the strength, she must provide a large number of living sacrifices. At this time, if I escort you all over, my child will not only not refuse this generous gift, but also become a 'symbol of reconciliation' for us. In this case, we will. We can use the blood sacrifice ceremony to kill all the heretics including Blobberry.”
(End of this chapter)