Arcane Journey

Chapter 78 The High Priest of the Kou Tao Fishmen

"Everyone, please don't get me wrong, we have no malicious intentions."

An old murloc wearing a long robe stepped out of the team. Behind him was a row of heavily armed Kou Tao Instigators and Kou Tao Supervisors armed with pincers.

The old murloc crossed his arms, made a gesture symbolizing peace in the dark region, and walked over alone. After keeping a certain safe distance, he said to Brian and the others:

"We are the Kuo-toa tribe from the town of Slobudor, and I am Pru Prupin, High Priestess of the 'Mother of the Sea' Bri Bodup. The Goddess answered my prayer and brought you to us Here. Help us, we'll pay."

Hearing this, Brian glanced at the Kou Tao fishman monk on his side from the corner of his eye.

To his surprise, this guy's expression was as calm as water, and he was completely indifferent to the high priest of the Kou Tao Yuren.

He pondered for a moment, then took a few steps forward, folded his hands on his chest, and asked the old murloc in a peaceful posture:

"Since you claim that your goddess answered your prayers and brought us here. Then, you must know what we need most at this moment."

"You are fugitives, you all escaped from the hands of the cruel drow elves." The high priest of the Kou Tao fishmen seemed to have prepared these words a long time ago, and he said without hesitation:

"You are eager to return to the surface world. If you are willing to help us in Slobudor Town, I will not only provide you with generous rewards, but also use my family's keel boats to escort you across the dangerous dark lake."

"If your Excellency knows enough about our Kou Tao fish people, you must also know what is the 'Kou Tao fish people's heart seal'." The high priest added:

"Believe me, if there are warriors from our tribe to help you navigate in the dark lake, you will be able to reach any place safely and without worries."

Of course Brian knew about the so-called 'Kou Tao Yu Xin Yin'.

Kou-toa murlocs are aquatic creatures, so they don't necessarily need boats when they are active in the dark lake.

However, the use of boats is an important part of their traditional culture.

Because the former masters of the kuo-toa murlocs, the mind flayers, once used them as boatmen and guides for their activities in the Underdark, and the current murlocs continue to do this work.

It may be habit, or it may be some deep-seated need that drives them.

Among the other races of the Underdark, the services of the kuo-toa have undeniable value.

After all, before this, only the gray dwarves were spontaneously interested in navigating the dark lake, and they were not as good as the kuo-tao murlocs.

There is even such a legend circulating in the Kou Tao murloc race.

The labyrinth of tunnels, pathways and pools in the dark lake itself is a kind of meditation—navigating through it is a kind of spiritual journey.

The kuo-toa believe that if they travel through this maze long enough, they can bring great enlightenment to their compatriots.

Among the various weird beliefs of the Kuu Tao murlocs, only this legend can be verified by time.

Therefore, they went to the city of Odus of the gray dwarves. If they had the assistance of the Kuu Tao fishmen, it would save most of the time for the journey.

Brian took another look at the murloc monk in the team, and found that the other party still had a calm expression, as if the whole incident had nothing to do with him.

He knew that it was obviously impossible to get to know the Kuu Tao fish in Slobudor Town through this piece of wood.

Then, he suddenly noticed that the copper goblin gave him a wink.

"I'm curious, what kind of help do you need in Slobudor Town?" Brian and the goblin looked at each other, nodded secretly, and asked the doubts in his heart.

Looking at the murloc high priest in front of him, he recalled the disaster in the Underdark region three years later, and there seemed to be no news about Slobudor Town.

It can be seen from this that this small town should have been destroyed long ago.

"We are the Kou Tao murlocs living in Slobudor Town." The murloc high priest said, wandering around the crowd, "We have always followed the will of 'Mother of the Sea' Bribodup, Live peacefully in a small town."

"Well, it wasn't until the last few months that there was a group of 'visionaries' running around the town."

The high priest of the murloc sighed softly, whether it was intentional or unintentional, he wandered to the side of the murloc monk Kou Tao without knowing it.

His actions were naturally noticed by the observant Brian, which made him doubt the true identity of the murloc monk.

Immediately afterwards, Brian noticed that the high priest of the murloc paused on purpose, and looked at the indifferent monk with a strange look, before continuing:
"It wasn't a big deal until two weeks ago, when Blob Porry, my child, experienced a powerful vision that claimed to be 'Lee Mo Gugan, the Father of the Deep', promising her a powerful The magical power of her. From then on, these new disciples began to gather around her."

Li Mo Gugen, the father of the deep sea?

Brian fell into deep thought. Just now, a group of kuo-tao fish people they killed also claimed to be believers of the father of the deep sea.

But he found that he had never heard of this god.

He has heard of Panzuriel, the god of sea monsters, and Dagon, the king of the deep sea, the ancient demon lord.

Only Li Mo Gugen, the father of the deep sea, he had never heard of.

"Do you know who Li Mo Gugan, the father of the deep sea is?" Brian took the opportunity of contemplation to send a telepathic message to Hesaiah.

"How can I know something that even you don't know." Seeing Brian's frown slightly, Hesaiah said helplessly.

"Since you have said so, I guess this father of the deep sea is very likely to be pretended by some other evil god who is proficient in illusion." Brian said his guess.

"Very likely." Hesaiah echoed.

Hearing the sword mage's perfunctory words, Brian felt that it would be more useful to ask a little goblin than to ask her.

However, when he met the small eyes that were rolling around on the copper block, he gave up the idea in his heart.

"So, what do you mean by telling me these things?" Brian looked into the murloc high priest's independent focusing eyes.

Since kuo-toa don't have eyelids, they don't blink.

When Brian talked with them, he always felt that the other party was staring at him with weird eyes all the time, which made him a little uncomfortable.

"We're divided into two factions."

The high priest of the murloc sighed, "And attacked each other, the believers of the father of the deep sea not only built an altar in Slobudor Town, but also frequently made offerings to the altar, slaughtered and sacrificed blood offerings, and sacrificed blood to the dark Depths of the lake, dedicated to...something that enjoys it all there."

"You are planning to let us help you stage a 'father loving daughter filial piety' drama, right?" Brian immediately understood the whole story after listening to the other party's explanation, and he looked at them with great interest.

"Tomorrow is the day when Blob Poli, my child, will hold a large-scale blood sacrifice ceremony." The high priest of the murloc said with a worried look on his face:
"If she succeeds, she will definitely get the powerful power bestowed by the father of the deep sea. At that time, the balance of Slobudor will be broken. We must act in advance before the blood sacrifice begins, and kill Blob Poli .”

"Then what's your plan?" Brian didn't agree to them immediately, but asked instead.

"I plan to let you act as bait to assist us in taking action." The murloc high priest truthfully expressed his thoughts:

"Blob Poli wants to obtain the power of the father of the deep sea, she must provide a large number of living sacrifices. At this time, if I escort the few of you there, my child will not refuse this generous gift, but also become We serve as 'symbols of reconciliation'. In this way, together we can kill all heretics, including Blob Poli, through blood rituals."

(End of this chapter)