Arcane Journey

Chapter 73 The Mechanical Realm of Clock Nirvana
It was the third day since the battle with the fungal queen ended.

After resting in the lightless forest, Brian appeared alone in a strange space.

He watched the colors unfold before his eyes: gray blue and sunset, brown red and light green, changing constantly on the patches of Zeke wood mushrooms.

The thick, wrinkled roots of the mushrooms are moss-green in the running water, which is slowly blown by the wind into gentle swirls, and seems to be hindered and stagnant by rocks, roots, and hanging and falling leaves.

He found that there was no clear path through the fungal grove, no direct light.

Only luminous fungi, lichens and mosses are mixed into the wind or the bottom of the water, mixed with sunlight and starlight, and mixed into a hazy mass like shadows.

The paths under the tall fungal mushrooms run around the stalks and through the rhizomes, they never skirt any obstacle, they twist and turn like nerve veins.

The ground is not dry and solid, but moist and elastic, which is the result of the cooperation between living organisms and the long and precise death process of fungi.

Mushroom trees nearly [-] meters high grow on this rich 'cemetery', as well as countless small mushrooms that germinate.

Brian walks on a path near the water, which is often blocked by dense glowing moss and flows slowly.

He stopped when he saw a dimly glowing old man.

The old man watched him from the canopy of a Zeke wood mushroom.

"Hello, great fungus master."

Brian kept a distance from the old man who was so hazy that he couldn't see a trace of his face, bowed slightly and saluted him.

At this time, the place where he appears is similar to the spiritual space of the mushroom people Nianhe.

Boslofer, Lord of the Fungi, is the god of the fungi and also a god of meditation.

Therefore, He does not need any warning, and He can share His thoughts continuously with the Mycotic disciples in the material world anytime, anywhere.

Originally, he thought that the divine presence of this god was a giant mushroom man, and then it was floating in a huge mixture of gray-blue mycelium.

Who would have thought that it turned out to be an old human being who couldn't see any face clearly.

"A half-elf from the world of Toril." The old man looked up at Brian, "It's you who helped my people survive a disaster, but you didn't want to accept my gift, right?"

The words of the mushroom man god were very light, but it made Brian feel an unprecedented sense of oppression.

He forcibly maintained the most skillful calm and composed expression, took another deep breath, calmed himself down, controlled his voice, and said neither humble nor humble:

"Yes, because I think I have better options."

After a brief silence.

The old laughter mixed with the gurgling river water echoed in Brian's ears, mocking but harmless.

Brian stood there with a calm expression on his face.

Although the gift of saving the mushroom man is still very good for him now, but thinking of his long-term plan, he still wants to take the initiative to strive for something that will benefit him for life.

After all, once something is missed, it is really missed forever.

"I did promise you, but you also need to understand that promises, sometimes, are what a liar tells a fool."

After the laughter stopped, the old man continued: "Now, I will give you a chance to make a choice that convinces me, otherwise, you will get nothing."

Hearing this, Brian secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

To be honest, he was really worried that what he did would annoy a god, causing the other party to use the excuse of 'greedy' to blackmail his reward.

After calming down, he pondered for a moment, and slowly said what he had thought about a long time ago: "I need the mechanical mirror of the clock's Nirvana to gain control over a small town."

The mechanical mirror of clockwork nirvana.

It is an upper plane of ultimate order.

In the Mechanical Realm, order is regarded as the highest standard no matter where it is.

It consists of perfectly equal bands of light and dark, and perfect equals of heat and cold.

This plane is shaped like a drop-shaped clock, and has a distinct tree-shaped domain.

Each of the laws here constitutes an independent gear kingdom, and all operations rotate according to their own principles.

Each cog works with huge calculation data, except for those puzzling legal functions, even various divine powers cannot understand the functions of these data. [Remarks: "Mechanical Realm - Watch World"]

The reason why Brian said this was mainly because he took a fancy to a characteristic of the Mechanical Realm.

As an Outer Plane of constructs, cogs, and modrons.

When you choose to make a construct creature here, the time and consumption required, as well as the quality of the product, will be reduced and strengthened to varying degrees according to your own recognition of the will of the plane, and you will even be given additional benefits by the will of the plane. ability.

It was this characteristic that inspired him to set up a factory to produce constructs in the Mechanical Realm.

Of course, there is one more important point.

The characteristics of the Mechanical Realm are not only mechanical creation, but also a plane that is closest to the law of time.

Only here can one have the opportunity to explore the most original mystery of time and research legendary spells and domains related to time.

Because Brian's plan is very big, if he wants to gain a foothold in the machine world and form his own power in the future, he has to find a god to protect him.

This is like a person with great ambitions who wants to buy a house in a big city and take root. With his personal ability and hard work, he still has a chance to complete it.

But if he wants to buy land to form forces and factories, he has to open up relationships with the leaders of the city.

otherwise.

What evil gods, demon lords, devil lords, plane business groups, etc., all kinds of ghosts and ghosts have endless levels, and they come here from time to time to brush your territory as a dungeon, and you will lose everything directly.

After all, due to the shackles of the laws of the material plane, the gods cannot descend in person, and even descending into incarnations requires a huge price.

As long as he doesn't become an enemy of the whole world, he can live a nourishing life.

But in the similar outer planes like the Machine Realm, there is no such benefit at all. If a true god bears his grudge, killing you is easier than killing an ant.

Boslofer, Lord of the Fungi, is a deity of medium power who lives in the Mechanic Realm.

In the Mechanic Realm, if it is covered by him, the god-like powers and gods from hostile forces will at least be afraid of it, and they will not dare to do it themselves.

As for the enemies in the legendary realm, when his strength grows and reaches the legendary level, he can basically deal with them by himself.

"Just by you? A mortal who doesn't even know what the Legendary Domain is."

The old man's words contained the purest mockery, and even the hazy gray-blue light covering him turned into bright red symbolizing sarcasm due to the change of mood.

"That's right." Brian said calmly:

"I may not have such an opportunity now, but I am afraid that even the gods may not be able to accurately predict what will happen in the future. Besides, if I unfortunately die before reaching the legendary realm, this condition is for you , which is equivalent to nothing, and there is no loss at all."

"That's not what convinced me."

The fungus lord was silent for a moment, and the hazy color turned into gray blue again.

"I have consulted ancient books." Brian had already guessed that the other party would answer this way, and he continued to say in a neither humble nor overbearing tone:

"Not only do I clearly know the details of the 'disaster of tears', but I also know the ancient history of the Darkwood. When I witnessed the ideology of the Darkwood in the Astral Plane, I further confirmed my own heart." Thoughts. As the fungus master of the fungus clan, I believe you must have better judgment than us mortals."

Brian's words stopped and he stopped talking.

'The Disaster of Tears' happened at the beginning of the creation of the world of Toril, the third era after the Age of Thunder - "The Birth of the Three Creator Races" and the Age of Dawn - "The Battle between Dragons and Giants": The first era of prosperity.

That is what happened about 23000-12000 years ago.

Of course, it can also be called the era of elves.

In this era, with the elves' victories against dragons and giants, the elves' civilization reached its peak in the world of Toril.

Then a familiar scene happened.

For thousands of years, the elves, who are an immigrant race, have long forgotten how the disaster happened in the elf kingdom.

After all, the pain of history will gradually fade away with the passage of time.

These high elves wanted to use magic on the world of Toril to create an ideal home where they could protect themselves forever.

Then hundreds of high elf mages whose strength reached the legendary level gathered in the center of the continent of the world of Toril, now in the area of ​​the Kingdom of Cormyr.

They united and jointly arranged a magic circle with a diameter of more than ten kilometers here.

When the power of the spell reaches its peak.

The huge magical energy instantly exceeded the expectations and control of the elf mages.

As the first elf mage was killed by the magic backlash, the next few hundred elf mages at the legendary level all suffered the same thing in the next few minutes, just like the floating city where Netheril was dumped. fate.

However, this is far from over, and even more terrifying things happened.

These uncontrolled huge magical energies broke through the sky, attracting a huge comet that fell from the sky.

This huge meteorite fell into the very center of the continent, like the end of the world, countless races were completely wiped out, thousands of cities were destroyed, and the four inner seas were also smashed and merged to form today's "Sea of ​​Falling Stars".

With this level of catastrophe, the huge fungal forest located in the underground world in the center of the continent naturally suffered along with it.

As part of the incarnation of the fungal lord, with the fall of the meteorite, the mental body of the huge fungal forest was completely wiped out.

Until now, it has gradually returned to its current state.

In fact, about the ancient history of the dull woodland.

Half of Brian relied on the knowledge he had mastered, and the other half he guessed completely based on the independent spiritual space he saw in the astral plane two days ago.

However, he firmly believes that this is absolutely inseparable from the 'disaster of falling tears'.

Perhaps, Brian didn't know the reason why the fungus lord in front of him couldn't interfere with the mushroom people in the material world.

But he is very clear that the other party is absolutely thinking about how to restore the dull forest to the huge scale before the "disaster of tears" happened.

Now, facing the threat of the fungus queen Zugmoi, the fungus lord who seems to have been fishing can't let the fungus people who believe in him ignore him.

After all, as a Reborn, Brian knew a lot about what was coming.

In the next three years, not only will the matted woodland be devoured by the fungal queen, but even the fungal forest at the bottom of the highest forest will almost suffer the same fate.

A god with medium divine power was so embarrassed by a demon lord.

It can be seen from this that the influence of the fungus lord Boslofer in the main material world is really limited.

As for what caused it, Brian is not quite sure.

He guessed uncertainly that it was very likely that the source had been injured by the 'disaster of tears', so that he hadn't fully recovered until now.

As a result, their influence in the material world is really limited.

Otherwise, the fungus people in the dull forest would not be hanged and beaten by an incarnation transformed from consciousness after the fungus demon.

One thing Brian was very sure of.

Chasing the Fungal Queen back to the Abyss is just the beginning, and as the energy radiating from the leylines grows stronger, she will come back again.

After a long silence, the ideology of the fungus master said slowly, "Your wisdom, it seems, is not at the same level as your strength."

"For me, it's only a matter of time. After all, I have already passed the most difficult path." After recalling the meaning of the words of the Fungus Lord, Brian secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

He knew that the other party was moved.

Although he didn't express the true meaning of the words, as a god, how could he fail to understand that he was willing to help the lightless forest recover its vitality after being ravaged by demons, and increase the number of mushroom people.

But the truth is, even without the Fungi Master, Brian would try his best to help the Fungiman.

After all, these mushroom people have no desires and desires, but they are naturally proficient in making magic potions.

Helping Mushroom Man is completely a low-investment high-return business for him.

If it weren't for the complex terrain of the matted forest, without the guidance of the mushroom man, it would be impossible to enter the core area and not find this place.

I am afraid that this place has long been occupied by aggressive drow elves and has become a magic potion processing factory.

Even so, the dull woodland has been destroyed and rebuilt countless times in history.

"I believe what you said, and I also believe that you may really be able to get there." The Fungus Master nodded slightly, "So, I can agree to your request."

Hearing that the other party agreed, Brian's expression was as calm as ever.

Because from the meaning of the other party's words, he could tell that there was another but...
All assents are destroyed by a but.

"But I will not help you gain control of the Mechanic Realm territory."

The hazy mind of the Fungus Lord continued, "Although my kingdom of God is the closest to Jingtooth Town, I will only ensure that you are not threatened by foreign gods, that's all."

"That's enough." Brian nodded in agreement.

The Mechanic Realm of Clockwork Nirvana is a lawful and neutral plane with a strong tendency towards order, so the gods who live here will never take the initiative to destroy or interfere with this order.

In this regard, Brian is still self-aware.

So all he needed was for the other party to nod in agreement and give him a proper identity.

If his memory is correct, there are five small towns in the outermost layer of the Mechanic Realm, namely: Panzuo Town, Mirror Tooth Town, Crown Biao Town, Ratchet Town and Automatic Town.

"Very good." The Fungus Lord nodded slightly, with a hint of a smile in the old words:
"Your name is Brian, right? Starting today, as the master of the mushroom people, I announce that you will gain the friendship of the entire mushroom people. I hope you can fulfill your obligations, otherwise, what will you understand?" It's called 'promises are for fools'."

After the hazy mind body of the fungus master finished speaking, he threw something at him, and it disappeared.

Brian naturally took the items unceremoniously.

The item, the size of a bottle cap, is a mushroom cap-like emblem with a fungal basket engraved on it, and a crystal vial inside.

He changed his expression and checked the properties of the item:
Spore Lord's Sanctuary +4
Type: jewelry

Quality: Purple Excellent

Attribute: Perception +2
Equipment effect:

1. Those who wear this badge can be immune to any type of spores.

2. This equipment charges 6 charges per day, and the wearer can consume 1 charge to release stable spores, illusion spores and spore areas.

Stabilizing Spores: Releases a ray-like cloud of spores. The target must make a Fortitude save. If the check fails, they will fall into a passive state.Note: The passive state is similar to stun, the difference is that the target can only perform some actions at this time, which does not include attacks.This is a mind-affecting duress-like effect.

Illusionary spores: A ray-like spore cloud is released. The target must make a Fortitude save. If it fails, it will be attacked by a powerful illusion. The effect is the same as that of confusion.

Spore area: releases dust fungi, filling the ground with spores and thick fungi. Any enemy entering this area will cause the fungus to explode, spewing out toxins and a disgusting smell to the enemy.

Explanation: This is the magic equipment personally made by the Lord of Fungi, Boslofer. It represents the friendship of the Fungimen and is often bestowed on adventurers approved by Him.

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