Arcane Journey

Chapter 39
Thick fungal woodlands blocked the path of Brian and the little goblin copper nugget in the fluorescent dim environment.

This is a Zeke wood mushroom forest.

It belongs to a huge mushroom that can grow to more than ten meters.

In addition to serving as a canopy, the head-sized spores can also be crushed instead of grains, becoming a specialty food in the Underdark.

In fact, the more important application value of this mushroom is the hard wooden stem.

As one of the rarest wood resources in the Underdark, Zekwood can be used to craft furniture, containers, bridges, platforms, and more.

Those skilled craftsmen can also use processes such as dyeing, sanding and polishing to produce various exquisite patterns on the surface of Zeke wood.

Brian looked at the goblin beside him with a questioning look.

Travelers in the Underdark seldom venture into the Sunless Woodland area, so few maps show its exact location.

Because all the roads leading to the dark forest are full of dangers, and it is difficult to find and navigate.

The same goes for Goblin Copper Nuggets.

But he knew of a tribe of mushroom people living in a fungal grove beyond Silky Pass, and he knew them well.

If there were mushroommen leading the way and guiding them, not only would they be able to pass through the Sunless Forest unharmed, but they would also not be attacked by the exclusive mushroommen in the Sunless Forest.

"Not here?"

Copper Nugget scratched his head in confusion, and said to himself, "It's strange, Timorah, where can they go?"

"Could it be that he has already left?" Brian expressed his guess.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a hissing sound, as if there were countless small voices whispering something in a language he didn't understand.

Brian and the goblin looked at each other, and they walked together in the direction of the sound.

Following the faint sound, they came to a natural cave.

Brian saw a group of myconids, attracted by the rich fungi in the cave, gathering together and dancing silently.

Four of the myconids stood a full 10 feet tall, while the other five were only half that size.

There was also a mushroom man larva standing quietly at the side, keeping a certain distance from other strange behaviors of the same kind.

A mushroom man is a kind of mushroom man who can walk, and is also full of wisdom.

They are one of the most unusual creatures that live underground, gentle by nature, quiet, shy and quick-thinking, and distrustful of outsiders.

Because they think all outsiders are destructive and violent.

In order to maintain a peaceful and quiet existence, their homes are often located away from the underpasses that are often visited by people.

A fungus stands between 2 and 12 feet tall.

The difference between them and other giant toadstools is that they have four limbs - the lower part of the body is divided into two legs in the middle, two arms grow under the 'canopy', and two eyes grow under the canopy.

When they close their eyes, they are well hidden.

A random number of digits grow on their palms, and some mutant individuals even grow more than two arms and legs.

"Don't you find it strange?" Brian, who was hiding aside, looked at the dancing mushroom man, pressed the copper block that was about to appear, and said in a low voice.

"What's so strange?" The goblin obediently hid back again, puzzled.

"I've never seen a dancing mushroom man," Brian said thoughtfully.

He found that the group of myconi were intoxicated in their silent carnival, only one young myconi stood there quietly, motionless.

"That's probably because you haven't been in the Underdark for a long time." Copper Nugget was taken aback, and dryly gave a perfunctory reason.

"Let's go."

Brian thought about it, and finally decided to communicate with them first.

The two appeared together in front of the group of mushroom people.

When the mushroom man found them, he immediately stopped dancing and surrounded them in a fan shape.

"Sorry to bother you." Goblin Copper Nugget hurriedly crossed his arms in front of his chest and said apologetically.

Although Brian didn't speak, he crossed his hands on his chest in a similar manner.

This is a kind of peace gesture that is common in the dark regions. When the good or neutral races see this gesture, they will basically not choose to attack immediately.

The largest of the mushroom crowd stepped out, stood in front of the two, and spewed out a cloud of spores.

The moment the spore cloud fell, Brian immediately observed the color change of the spores vigilantly.

Because adult mushroom people can release many different types of spores such as paralysis, poisoning, hallucinations, etc., this is also their best attack method, so we have to guard against it.

"My soft friends, you are welcome here."

Through the telepathic connection triggered by the cloud of spores, the myconid's thoughts reached the minds of Brian and Copper Nugget.

Although myconids cannot speak, these spores allow them to communicate telepathically with each other or with the outside world.

Brian could feel the enthusiasm of the famous mushroom people for them, which made the doubts in his heart involuntarily aggravated.

He silently winked at Copper Nugget, signaling the other party not to reveal their purpose for coming here.

Although the little goblin didn't understand what Brian meant, he still did it obediently.

"Why did you come here? It took me so long to look for it." Copper Nugget responded in his own consciousness through the spore cloud.

"My soft friends, we myconids never wander in the Underdark casually." The myconids spewed out a cloud of spores again.

"We came here through the dream of the 'Lady' who told us that the greatest and grandest hour of the Underdark is about to come, a day of joy for us myconids. So, my soft Friends, join me in this carnival!"

The voice just fell.

The spores ejected by the mushroom man strangely transformed into another colorful and dazzling color.

"careful!"

Brian, who had been on guard for a long time, yelled, and a bright and scorching light blade instantly appeared from the 'Dawnbringer' who was waiting for the battle.

The goblin copper block was startled, and quickly activated "Shadow Leap" to disappear into the colorful spore cloud.

Brian flashed out of the range of the spore cloud, and the lightsaber in his hand danced with hot sword lights among the mushroom crowd.

In just a moment, the group of mushroom people all turned into ignited firemen, until they were burned to ashes.

"what happened?"

Copper Nugget looked at Brian holding the Shining Sword, sweating from fright, and hurriedly asked.

"This is a group of corrupted mushroommen." Brian put away his weapon and looked at the last surviving mushroomman hatchling.

"Little Mushroom, what's your name." He came to the young mushroom man, and asked in a soft tone through telepathy, "Do you know what happened here?"

He could feel that this little guy was the only mushroom man who hadn't been corrupted.

That's why he kept his hand.

The mushroom man larva timidly took two steps back. After seeing Brian's gentle gaze, it slowly lowered its guard and spewed out a cloud of spores.

"My name is Teemo. I was captured by the dark elves from the dark forest, and I was attacked by purple worms halfway. All the elves were killed by the purple worms. I escaped by luck. They also promised to send me back to the Dark Forest, but for some reason, Uncle Uzib changed. They all said that they had received the gift of 'Mrs.' and let me join their carnival. Thank you for letting the uncles and aunts freed."

lady?Could it be Zugmoy, Queen of Fungi?

Brian was horrified at his guess.

"Then do you want to go back to the Dark Forest?" He squatted beside Teemo, reached out and stroked his little mushroom head, conveying his thoughts to him.

"Are you willing to send me back?" The mushroom man larva excitedly sprayed out a large cloud of spores.

"of course can."

Bryan nodded with a smile, and said with embarrassment, "However, I don't know where the Dark Forest is, so I need you to show me the way, can you?"

"Okay, okay, this is no problem."

The mushroom man larva happily sprayed the spore cloud, "Although I don't know where the matted forest is, I have a natural sense of the way home. If the big brother is willing to take me home, the mushroom man King Busty The leader of Asia will definitely thank you, because the leader likes Teemo the most."

"Let's go then."

Brian looked relieved, and immediately waved to the little goblin beside him, then hugged the little mushroom and left here together.

(End of this chapter)