The terraces of lightless woodland are calm and silent.

Suddenly, a soft sound of 'pop' came from the quiet fungus bush.

A crystal clear drop of water slipped from the stalactite and dripped onto the fat umbrella cap of the mushroom.

"We need more hatchlings. Only in this way can we spread the joy brought by the Great Sower to all races in the Underdark."

A leader of the myconids who was in a semi-crazy state kept swaying the dark red umbrella-shaped mushroom cap on his head to the music that only he could hear.

"This should be the leader of the Sowers Association." Brian, who was standing not far away, looked at the leader of the myconids and expressed his guess.

It was seen dancing an unknown dance while carefully taking care of the mycoid spores that were only a few inches tall and had not yet formed any consciousness in the terraced fields. It was completely unaware of the arrival of itself and Hesiah.

He meditated for a moment, using the power of the psychic to quietly invade the depths of the mind of the myconid leader who was in a state of madness, and quietly feel its thoughts and ideas.

Almost as soon as the power of the mind was transmitted into the opponent's consciousness, Brian immediately heard the dim echo of the myconid leader's inner scream.

"Let's go, he is probably the most completely crazy of the myconid leaders we have ever seen."

He looked at the myconid leader in silence for a long time, finally sighed in disappointment, immediately disconnected, and signaled the sword mage beside him to leave.

As the two left, strange things happened again.

Brian had clearly disconnected the teleportation connection with the myconid leader, but he could still faintly hear the other party's singing voice that was transmitted deep into his mind:

Toadstools bloom in rocky beds,

The Lord of Love in Chaos and Darkness.

Make a wish! Hope! Laughter!

A gift for a lady!

Petition! Desire! Dance!

Spread the spores of joy!

…………

Although this singing voice is very weak, it carries the purest madness and joy.

Brian looked shocked, immediately calmed down and made the most correct judgment at the moment.

Almost out of instinct, he instantly activated his first-level power "Mind Blank" to forcefully dispel the madness that the leader of the mycoid had poured into his consciousness.

After the crisis was resolved, he suddenly realized that if his willpower was too weak, he might even be corrupted by the power from the abyss.

This made him secretly blame himself for his negligence, and at the same time, he became more vigilant.

"Are you okay?" Hesiah noticed Brian's strange behavior and looked at him with worry.

"fine."

Brian shook his head slightly and explained to her, "I was a little careless just now. Fortunately, the corrupting power of the abyss is not as strong as imagined."

Hesiah secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She did not continue to ask about the specific reasons, but asked the next question, "Then should we go somewhere else now?"

On the way to the Hunter Society, Brian suddenly wanted to check on the status of other societies.

So, they successively came to the Cultivators' Association, the Builders' Association and the Sowers' Association just now.

From Brian's judgment, we learned that the myconid leaders of the Builders' Society and the Sowers' Society had been corrupted by demons and became slaves of the Fungus Queen.

Although the leader of the cultivator association responsible for caring for fungal crops has not avoided this fate, due to the short time of corruption, he is not yet under its control.

Currently, the core guilds, master guilds, explorer guilds and hunter guilds have not been checked yet.

"The Core Society and the Master Society are deep in the woods and are planning the 'wedding' of the Fungus Queen. We can't get in yet. The Explorer Society is a group of myconids who dare to go into the dark areas. They mainly serve as scouts, patrols and explorers.

Mostly passers-by, they have almost no fixed territory.”

Brian thought for a moment and said: "Let's go, there is no need to check here anymore, go directly to the Hunter Association."

Hesiah nodded slightly and followed Brian closely.

The two walked along the quiet mushroom path for about an hour and came to a mound near the northern edge of the forest - the Hunters' Association.

The Myconids of the Hunter Society are primarily responsible for hunting in the wilds of the Underdark.

In fact, their work does not live up to their name.

They do not slaughter prey, but are only responsible for following the traces of prey. Until a creature dies in the forest, the following hunters will bring the remains back to their leader, and then, after obtaining permission, they will turn it into a creature by activating the spores.

Become a spore slave and guard the myconids' territory.

Therefore, if no accident occurs, the Hunter Association is undoubtedly the strongest.

Because in addition to mushrooms and various fungal plants, they also have many spore slaves.

After all, any creature of large or smaller size can be resurrected through fire-activated spores and become a spore slave.

Moreover, these spore slaves will retain most of their attribute value bonuses during their lifetime.

"Are you the surface people who escorted Teemo back?"

A tall and thin myconid seemed to have been waiting here for a long time. When he saw Brian and Hesiah appearing, he immediately went up to them, sprayed teleportation spores, and said in a slightly cold tone, "I am the Hunter Society.

The leader Luobam."

"That's right." Brian looked at the sword mage next to him and continued, "I heard that the Lightless Woodland..."

"Adventurers in the Underdark, since you are Teemo's savior, I need to remind you two."

Before Brian could finish speaking, the hunter leader suddenly interrupted him and said in a colder tone:

"This is a lightless forest. We myconids have lived here for countless eras and have been operating an unchanging lifestyle. Therefore, I hope you will not be fooled by the performance here. It is best to calm down and not spread rumors.

, the mentality of not believing in rumors rests here until leaving."

Brian glanced at the myconid leader thoughtfully and said with a smile, "I understand what you mean. I learned from Teemo that there are a total of seven association leaders and two myconid kings in your Sunless Woods.

But during the 'Nianhe' ceremony between the leader of the association and the king of the mushrooms, I saw only six people."

"No, no, no, you must have seen it wrong."

The leader of the Hunter Association shook his dark green umbrella-shaped mushroom head, "In our 'Nianhe' ceremony, there were indeed seven association leaders and two myconid kings."

Brian muttered the simplest addition and subtraction in his mind, and immediately changed to an apologetic tone and said:

"I'm sorry, maybe I really got it wrong. Sir, don't worry, we will rest here with the mentality of 'don't spread rumors, don't believe rumors' until we leave."

"Then I'm relieved." A hint of smile appeared in the cold voice of the leader of the association. He threw a gem to Brian and said:

"There are many caves for rest not far ahead. You two can take a rest there to relieve the fatigue of the journey. In addition, this gem can be used as a way for me to express my gratitude to you for saving Teemo."

After the explanation, the leader of the Hunter Association led two Dreadclaw spore servants whose bodies were covered with mushrooms and disappeared from their sight.

"What should we do next?" Hesiah heard the mystery hidden in the words of Brian and the leader of the association, and asked again.

She found that since she got together with Brian, she had begun to become less independent. When doing anything, the first thing she thought of was to ask the other person's opinion.

This is not a good sign, she thought to herself.

"In this situation, we can only wait. If my prediction is correct, the Myconid King Basdia will come to talk to us in person later."

Brian looked at the black opal in his hand. This gem was the key item for him to upgrade the level of Arcane Fire.

Thinking of the Fungus Queen's 'wedding' tomorrow, he felt it was necessary to improve his strength.

So, he pointed to the cave not far away and said to Hesiah, "Please help me stay outside the cave. I plan to prepare a magic ritual. It will take a while. During this period, I must not be manipulated by anyone."

interference."
Chapter completed!