Final Lord

Chapter 10 Fungus Stone Beast

The time on the road passed in a flash, and two days were gone in the blink of an eye.

Wang Bufu stood on a hill and looked out into the distance. At the foot of the hill was a large forest shaped like an apple. A black river, like the stem of an apple, penetrated the forest and flowed straight into the center.

After careful observation, Wang Bufu discovered that the Black Forest was indeed a special terrain composed of giant mushrooms as Wei Yi said.

But these mushrooms and trees look so similar that if you are not warned in advance, you can't tell the difference at all.

"Uncle Ming, set up camp right here. Then notify Weiyi and have her select 10 cavemen to form a scouting team with me.

We will go into the Black Forest first and clear out a safe zone, and then you will follow with the supply trucks.

If the convoy goes in directly, it will be too conspicuous and prone to ambush."

Butler Ming hesitated to speak. He was worried about Kate and wanted to follow her into the dangerous Black Forest. But thinking of his own weak fighting ability, he could only bury his thoughts in his heart and reluctantly agreed, "Okay, young master."

Not long after Butler Ming conveyed the order, Wei Yi came over alone.

"What's wrong? Weiyi?"

"You asked me to choose the cavemen, but I ran into some problems." Wei Yi said, "I wanted Blind Cat to go with us, but Blind Cat said he only obeys your orders. You told him to guard the bandit leader, and he can't leave at will."

"Oh!" Wang Bufu suddenly realized, "The bandit leader is still alive. It's been two days, and his health is really strong. He is worthy of being a leader. I'll go and take a look."

Wei Yi didn't say anything, but just followed Wang Bufu with her sword in hand.

In the past two days, Wei Yi has been following Wang Bufu intentionally or unintentionally, and can be said to be inseparable from him.

When he arrived near the carriage where the bandit leader was imprisoned, Wang Bufu suddenly smelled a pungent odor, like moldy rotten eggs.

He opened the curtain of the carriage and saw the bandit leader lying on the ground with his hands and feet tied.

He was curled up like a caterpillar, his bloody buttocks sticking up high, his breath barely escaping, and he looked like he was near death. Beneath him, all kinds of filth had piled up, covering half of his body, and the stench was coming from there.

"How did it become like this? The shape is a bit strange." Wang Bufu marveled in amazement.

When he saw Wang Bufu coming in, a little light appeared in the bandit leader's dead eyes, and two lines of tears slowly flowed down.

Wang Bufu looked at his lips which were trembling but unable to make any sound, and knew that he was in a paralyzed state and unable to speak.

So he said to the blind cat who was about to finish him off with his spear: "Wait a moment, let him take his time."

After more than twenty seconds, the effect of the slow-moving toxin gradually wore off, and the bandit leader finally had the strength to speak.

He said weakly, "My Lord, I was wrong. I was blind and offended you. I beg you, please kill me and let me die quickly. Don't let this caveman torture me anymore."

"I don't want to either." Wang Bufu spread his hands and said, "Who told you to be so stubborn and not speak?"

"I'm being stubborn?" The bandit leader was heartbroken. "Why am I being stubborn? Just ask what you want to know. If I don't tell you, you can torture me later. But you didn't even interrogate me. You let this caveman torture me for two whole days!

The flesh on my buttocks was rotting away, I was stinking, and the pain was excruciating. But because of the paralyzing toxin, I couldn't move or pass out, so I could only endure it.

Killing people is not the right thing to do.

I was so mean and shouldn't have insulted your wife. I apologize to you and your wife. Please kill me."

"Oh, didn't I ask?" Wang Bufu looked at the blind cat in confusion?
The blind cat hesitated for a moment, then said honestly, "My Lord, you didn't seem to ask any questions, you just said he was too noisy. Lately, whenever I see him have the energy to talk, I hit him, and he's become much quieter."

"Oh!" Wang Bufu suddenly realized something and slapped the bandit leader. "Can't you just tell me what you want to tell me without me asking? If you don't, I'll continue to torture you until you die."

"I'll confess! I'll confess everything. Where should I even begin?"

"Tsk, you don't even understand this. What a useless thing." Wang Bufu cursed, took out a pen and a small notebook, and sat in front of the bandit leader.

"I'll ask you questions and you'll answer them. If I catch you telling a lie, I'll torture you for two more days. Understand?"

"Understand!"

"Name."

"York Thompson."

"gender."

"what?"

"What? Tell me! You are not honest, give him a blind cat."

The bandit leader shrank his neck and said quickly, "Don't come, don't come. I'm a man."

"That's right. Age."

"Twenty-seven."

"Profession."

"Sandland bandits."

"Attributes."

"What attributes?"

Oh, this NPC seems invisible.

Wang Bufu shook his head and said, "Forget it, just pretend I didn't ask. You know about professional stunts, right?"

"I know, I know." The bandit leader said quickly, "I have two special skills. One is sand riding, which allows me to summon sand horses from the sand.

Another special skill is Sand Armor, which can be switched between Sand Armor and Sand Shield. The Sand Shield can resist magical attacks, and the Sand Armor can resist physical attacks. Both skills can only be activated when there is a large amount of sand.

While Wang Bufu was recording, Weiyi approached him with a dark face and asked in a low voice, "Didn't you say that the skill of summoning sand horses is called Sand Horse Riding? Why is the name wrong?"

"I remembered it wrong, I remembered it wrong," Wang Bufu said, feeling a little guilty. Players usually remember special skill names by nicknames, who would remember the real skill names?

It is so easy to remember to call "The Breath of the Wind" as Hasaki and "The Barrier of Wind" as Wind Wall.

"Let me ask more." Wang Bufu tapped the notebook and said, "Thomson, who sent you to kill me?"

The bandit leader's heart skipped a beat, and he said with a bitter face, "Sir, can I not tell you?"

Wang Bufu laughed and said, "Don't want to say it, right? Blind cat, continue."

"Yes! Lord."

"Stop, stop, stop. I'll tell you what I'm saying." The bandit leader closed his eyes in agony. "Mage Lincoln sent me to kill you. He told me to disguise myself as a bandit, kill you, and then abandon your bodies in the wilderness. That way, he wouldn't have to bear the responsibility for murdering the baron and could smoothly inherit your territory." "Hehe," Wang Bufu laughed. "Still making up lies. I just said, you lie for two days. I mean what I say."

He pointed to a caveman outside the carriage and shouted, "Come here, Big Ass! From today on, you will take over Blind Cat's job and serve him well."

"My lord! I didn't lie, my lord! My lord, please don't..."

"Woo-la!" Big Butt jumped onto the carriage and stabbed the bandit leader's butt with a spear. It pierced the bandit leader's thigh in one go, making the bandit leader scream silently.

"Woo!" Seeing this, the blind cat angrily slapped Big Butt's head. "Woo-la-la..." (You can't use that much force, it could easily kill him. You have to go slowly, only scraping the skin and implanting the poison.)
Blind Cat and Big Butt chatted for a while, and then he taught Big Butt the method he used to entertain the bandit leader in the past two days.

The bandit leader looked at the two cavemen whispering to each other, and his eyes gradually became dead.

Outside the carriage, Wei Yi took advantage of the time to wait for the blind cat to come close to Wang Bufu and asked softly, "Are you sure you don't want to ask anymore? I feel like his defenses have been breached. If you interrogate him a little longer, he will definitely confess."

"It's not that simple." Wang Bufu shook his head and said, "Looking at his unyielding attitude, he must be very loyal to the person behind him. This shows that the person behind him is very capable.

If we don't give him enough strength, even if he does say something, it's likely to mislead us."

Wei Yi narrowed her eyes and said quietly, "Why don't you use torture to increase the intensity? Pry open his fingernails one by one, chop off his fingers one by one, and see if his mouth is harder than his bones."

"Tsk tsk, that's too cruel."

"It's better than your ineffective method."

"That may not be the case." Wang Bufu laughed.

"Weiyi, you should know that there are two ways to gain experience points.

The first way is to fight monsters. Killing monsters will earn you experience points.

Fighting monsters is very dangerous, and not everyone has the conditions to upgrade this way.

The second way is to grow by performing career-related work.

I am a commander. I can gain experience points by commanding battles and winning battles. I can also gain experience points by researching battle tactics, but the experience points gained are less than those gained from actual combat.

You are a swordsman, and you can gain experience points by fighting or training with a sword. You can only use a sword, and using a gun or a knife will not work.

So guess how the Toxic Caveman can gain experience points."

Wei Yi understood immediately, suddenly realizing, "The poison caveman... could it be that he poisoned another creature? Did you treat that sand bandit as a sacrifice for your own growth? Just like livestock being slaughtered by a butcher!"

"Hey, don't be so harsh. I call Thompson a coach. A special coach who helps the cavemen gain experience.

Toxin Cavemen can gain experience by digging or applying slowing poison to other creatures, but the experience gained by digging is pitifully small, and if they want to level up quickly, they have to rely on poisoning.

The stronger the target they poison, the more experience they gain.

Thompson is a level 3 player, with defenses so low that even a Toxic Caveman could penetrate them. Hopefully, he won't try to commit suicide. Such a useful trainer is hard to find. I hope he can hold his tongue for a while longer, ideally until Blind Cat advances.

"So insidious..." Wei Yi muttered under her breath. After a moment, she narrowed her eyes and asked, "Kate, is it possible that after all this work, it turns out that Lincoln is really behind him, and there's no Viscount or Earl at all? Are you just scaring yourself?"

Wang Bufei shook his head and laughed, "If Lincoln had the ability to support more than 30 Saudi bandits, why would he risk so much to seize my little barony? I am at least a legitimate baron of the Bucks Duchy. Killing me would be troublesome.

He might as well take the Saudi bandits to seek refuge with a great nobleman, where he could be made a baron with a little merit.

Don't worry, I'm just trying to win his heart. Next time I interrogate him, I promise to make him talk."

"Kate, are you so confident?"

Wang Bufu saw Weiyi Gru's suspicious eyes, his eyes moved, and he had another bad idea:
"Weiyi, how about we make another bet? If he confesses during the next interrogation, and there really is someone behind it, then from now on, whenever there's a fight, you'll obey my orders.

If he doesn't confess or there's no one behind him, then I'll tell you the secret of the Dead Silence Land."

"Gu." Wei Yi bit her lip and thought for a moment, then nodded vigorously and said, "Okay! Not only the secret of the Dead Silence Land, but also the detailed advanced formula of the Toxic Caveman!"

"Deal." Wang Bufu smiled and gave Weiyi a thumbs-up. "Then, dear Miss Weiyi, can I take advantage of the fruits of victory in advance? Will you obey my orders in the battle in the Black Forest later?"

"You make it sound like you're bound to win." Wei Yi rolled her eyes at Wang Bufu. "As long as you don't blindly give me orders and send me to my death, I'll listen to you."

"Haha, no problem. Let's go, once we get to the Black Forest, I'll show you what it means to be the strongest commander in Commander Academy."

"Tsk, a loser who was expelled from school is so arrogant."

"That's because the Commander Academy was blind. My expulsion isn't my loss, it's the Commander Academy's loss!"

Butler Ming lifted the carriage curtain and watched Wei Yi and Kate bicker as they led the team off, feeling comforted. His daughter and the young master had been separated for several years, and it was wonderful that their relationship could be restored.

"I hope that the master's spirit in heaven will bless you and that both the young master and his beloved daughter can return safely."

……

The mushroom trees in the Black Forest sprouted from the ground, high and low, like magical umbrellas held up by the earth. As soon as Wang Bufu entered the Black Forest, he felt that the air here was much more humid than outside the forest. The moist air was mixed with a muddy smell, which made him feel particularly uncomfortable.

He walked on the land of the Black Forest, and felt that the land was as soft as mud, covered with a layer of sticky translucent substance, like thick sputum.

Occasionally, a few breezes blow by, and some tiny mushroom spores dance lightly in the air like elves, flashing with light.

Wei Yi looked around cautiously and whispered to Wang Bufu:
"The monsters most commonly seen on the outskirts of the Black Forest are ordinary tier 1 humanoid monsters called Fungus Stone Beasts, with mushroom heads and rock bodies. Their rock bodies are incredibly strong, and ordinary swords and knives won't even leave a mark on them.

The only way to deal with them is to chop off their mushroom heads.

This process is extremely dangerous. The Mycelium Stone Beast is very powerful, and if you're not careful when attacking its head, you'll be hit by its rock fist. Given the physical fitness of the Toxic Cave People, a single blow from the Mycelium Stone Beast would probably kill them.

Wang Bufu nodded solemnly, pointed his finger at an ordinary stone in the forest, and asked, "The fungus stone beast you mentioned should be this thing, right?"

【Fungus Stone Beast
Rank: Ordinary 1st rank

Level: 6

Attributes:
Life: 18
Attack: 15
Defense: 4
Speed: 3
Special Skill: Stone Parasite: Body Defense +25, Head Defense -15]

Weiyi carefully observed the stone for a while and said in surprise, "Yes, that's it. It's a mushroom-stone beast. If a mushroom-stone beast isn't moving, its appearance looks exactly like a stone, making it extremely difficult to distinguish. Kate, this is your first time seeing a mushroom-stone beast, and you actually recognized it? You have quite a keen eye."

No... its name is right there on its head.

Wang Bufu laughed inwardly. The monsters in this world were surprisingly just like those in the game, with bright red names on their heads. If you focused your attention, you could see a lot of information about the monsters.

Mimicry? Hiding? No, it can't be hidden at all.

(End of this chapter)