An infinite journey starting from Baldur's Gate

Chapter 144 Myconid Habitat

The spores penetrated deeply into the body, and the discomfort quickly disappeared. Ma Long straightened up and took a step forward.
Facing these myconids, he expressed his intention:

"We have no hostility, we are just passing by. If possible, it would be best if we can avoid conflict."

At the same time, all the companions around him were also out of discomfort one after another. Astelon watched him try to talk to the myconids and immediately joked:
"I don't think these mushrooms understand human speech."

As soon as she finished speaking, several thoughts suddenly poured into everyone's minds...

"Myconid King, should we classify them as invaders?"

"Myconid King, they destroyed all the defenses outside the circle."

Knowing that these mushrooms appeared out of nowhere and were not their own sources of thoughts, Gale quickly explained:
"Wait a minute! Did you grow those torch mushrooms? I'm so sorry, we didn't know that."

Myconids are one of the few kind-hearted races in the Underdark.

For this reason, Gale really didn't want to fight with him and cause trouble.

"I am the Myconid King. What is your purpose outside my circle? Answer truthfully. Otherwise, you will bear the Myconid's wrath."

At this moment, a voice full of majesty suddenly came through.

"That's...interesting~ I never thought I'd be interrogated by some mushrooms."

Astelon raised his eyebrows and said with a playful smile.

After hearing this, Ying Xin turned around with a straight face and scolded softly:
"Shut up!"

"We were just passing by and had no other purpose. It was a helpless act to destroy your defense measures. I sincerely apologize for this."

Malone sincerely apologizes to the myconids,
To him, myconids that look like mushrooms are also considered intelligent creatures.
After all, he has his own thoughts and consciousness, as well as a unique social structure. As a human being, he will respect it even if he doesn't understand it.

Perhaps feeling the sincerity in the paladin's words, after a moment of silence,

The Myconid King once again conveyed a new message.

"Come to me, Flesh Walker."

Then the several myconids in front of them slowly turned around and walked slowly into the darkness step by step, but they didn't go very far.
He stopped again and turned to stare at everyone.

Seeing this scene, Weir cautiously asked:
"Is the Myconid King inviting us? Gale, are you sure they won't attack?"

As unique residents of the Underdark, myconids have never manifested themselves on earth, except for mages who know information about each other.
The rest of the people have never even heard of the rumors about these mushroom people.

Therefore, vigilance cannot be less.

Hearing this, Gale shook his head and explained:
"I... can't be sure. I also got a partial understanding from books and other mages, but the myconids didn't attack immediately,"

"Personally, I don't think they are hostile. After all, this is the Dark Territory."

Under this eternal darkness, the creatures living here are considered friendly if they don't choose to take action immediately!

The tauren and the shark-lizard beast found that their group went straight to work without saying a word!
After such a comparison, wouldn’t the difference come out~
"Let's follow and don't let down our guard."

After saying that, Ma Long took the lead to follow the myconids in front. Seeing this, his companions stopped talking and took big steps to follow.

……

As several myconids advanced slowly, soon everyone came to a natural cave, where a variety of strange plants and fungi grew.
And most of them emit light, providing fairly bright lighting.

Together we build a rare and beautiful scene!

This is the home of the Myconids, a desolate dark place that can be called a paradise, and the cruelly competitive and dark outside world.
In sharp contrast.

Moreover, in addition to the giant mushrooms with different appearances, there are other races in the cave, including short but sturdy dwarves, tall and strong hobgoblins, and underground gnomes with gray and black skin who are shorter than the dwarves. .

Seeing these alien races coexisting peacefully with the myconids, everyone finally let go of their worries and quickly arrived at their destination.

The king among the mushroom people is naturally a mushroom person, with the tallest body and the brightest colors.

Ma Long and others came to the Myconid King. The opponent was a giant red mushroom that continued to emit bright light that other Myconids could not match.

Currently, this guy is squatting in a squatting position, using his fat and thick fingers to keep touching a dead dwarf next to him...

And not only the bodies of the dwarves,
Next to them lay several corpses of myconids that had been chopped into several pieces.

"Damn...what the hell is this thing doing!?"

"I think it's time to go, preferably right away!"

This situation made it difficult for some people in the team to accept it and made them suspicious. They all thought that the myconids had some unique hobbies.

However, Ma Long pretended not to see it and stood there waiting.

The next moment, the Myconid King slowly stood up.

With its small, inconspicuous eyes, it stared at Malone at the front.

"Flesh Walker, I am about to show you a brutal memory, look carefully."

When the voice of the heart came, it was followed by some memory images. Ma Long and his companions all received each other's transmissions.

They couldn't help but close their eyes and read the things that appeared out of thin air in their minds...

In the memory, there is a scene of several gray-skinned dwarves with ferocious faces, holding sharp weapons and vigorously hacking at the Myconid's body.
The skin of the dwarf that the Myconid King just touched happened to be the same color.

"The gray dwarves are the slave masters second only to the drow among the underground residents. They are cruel and tyrannical, but why did they attack you myconids?"

After reading the memory, Gale asked in confusion.

There should be no conflict between the two. No matter how much the gray dwarves want to capture slaves, they will not be interested in some mushrooms.

The movements are slow and the body is full of toxins.

"Because of a guest."

"Guest? You mean the underground dwarf?"

After receiving this explanation, Weier suddenly remembered that he had seen an underground dwarf after entering the cave.
The law of the Underdark is extremely pure law of the jungle! The underground gnomes are very thin, only one-third as tall as humans.
Whether underground or on the surface, they are the best targets to be oppressed and enslaved.

The slave owners were not afraid of their resistance at all, and even if this happened, they could easily suppress them.

"Yes, she asked us for help before, and we accepted her."

"Now those gray dwarf invaders have killed many of our young people, flesh walkers, I can feel your unique "determination","

"Help my circle and eradicate the rot. You will find the duergar by the lake."

After the Myconid King explained, he asked Ma Long and others for help.

"I see, you want to ask us for help, but it's not easy...is there any reward?"

Astelon gave a vague hint at first, but then thought of it as a group of mushrooms, so she simply said it bluntly.

(End of this chapter)