Gluttonous Warlock

Chapter 222 The Fungus Master Will Die
Everyone was very excited to learn that there were diggers gathering in the forest.

"Digger, good at digging and digging holes, and can spit strong acid!"

"Transformed into a fungus, it is most suitable for use as a surprise soldier, attacking the enemy from below the ground!"

Flynn was gearing up.

"Stop talking, go catch the bugs!"

Tao Na couldn't wait, and ran away!
Brother Alan and Griffin quickly chased after them.

A mushroom ring surrounded by mushroom forests, with a flat open space in the center.

There are more than a dozen underground caves distributed, and the diameter of the hole is more than one meter.

When Allen and the others arrived, the natural warlocks under Tao Na were fighting the diggers that came out of the cave.

Dig bugs, which look like giant brown watermelon bugs.

The body surface is covered with a hard ring-shaped carapace.

Just the upper body exposed to the ground is three meters long!

Ten big worms bared their teeth and claws, spitting acid.

There was a pungent sour smell in the forest glade.

Inhale it and you'll feel nauseous!
It would be even worse if it was sprayed with acid!

Metal armor will be corroded to tatters, not to mention flesh and blood.

Tao Na rushed to the scene and raised her hand to cast the 3-ring "Wind Wall Art".

The howling air barrier, like a transparent screen, lay in front of the burrowing insects.

He blew back all the acid it sprayed out, and stuck it on his face.

Burgworms have high acid resistance, so they won't be hurt by their own acid, but they are extremely insulting.

Enraged, the diggers rushed out of the burrow one after another, and rushed towards Tao Na in groups!
"Untúpa!"

The blue-haired girl cast spells calmly.

A light golden halo spread around his body, covering the surrounding ten-meter space.

4-ring magic "Insect Repellent Barrier"!
All insects and insect-shaped monsters, including Warlocks with Zerg blood, will be blocked by this barrier.

Unless Tao Na, the caster, was defeated in the mental confrontation, he would not be able to break through the thin light film.

The bugs that were shrouded in when the enchantment was opened are even worse!

Will continue to take magic damage.

Until he escapes the enchantment, or is killed.

Diggers are physically strong, but their mental attributes are weak.

The group was suppressed by the "worm repelling barrier", smoking all over their bodies, and writhing in pain.

The three diggers rushing forward had no time to turn around.

Not long after, he was killed by the magic rays radiated from the insect repelling barrier.

The rest of the diggers shrank back hastily with clumsy steps.

Trying to burrow back into the ground and hide.

Allen took a step forward and raised his palms.

There is a silver swirl flowing in the palm.

Whirlwind Dragon Claw, start!

The burrower that managed to escape back to the cave was pulled by the strong gravitational force.

One after another, Allen forcibly pulled them out of the hole, hung them on a tree, and twisted in vain.

Julie and Flynn stepped forward with their swords and made up the sword one by one.

Kill all the diggers hanging on the tree.

The siblings acted with discretion, and the long sword infused with magic power pierced through the cracks in the hard carapace of the burrower, stabbing straight into the internal organs, and killed it with one blow!
Try to keep the corpse intact so that it can be used to transform the fungus.

The four of them teamed up to kill ten burrowers cleanly.

Tao Na ordered her men to patrol elsewhere, so as not to reveal the secret of the four people making fungus beasts.

5 minute later.

Ten burrowers implanted with spores "resurrected" on the spot.

Following the instructions of their respective masters, they drilled back into the cave and waited for the call.

……

the next day.

Allen's team found traces of goblins.

Goblins... not much to say.

The most common weak slag in the underground world.

It's not worth wasting precious parasitic spores for goblins.

Allen continued to doze off.

Let Tao Na lead the team to hunt down the group of goblins who are not qualified to transform into mushroom beasts.

While half asleep and half awake, I received a "message technique" from Julie.

Allen reads the letter.

Suddenly, a bright light flashed out of the hazy sleepy eyes!
Allen joins the jungle team. Apart from avoiding Pamela, he also wants to get in touch with some weird underground creatures and collect special ingredients.

It's a pity that the dire bats and diggers don't provide special ingredients.

Until just now, I received a summons from Julie.

Allen had a vague premonition that it was about to be shipped!

Stand up from under the tree and directly cast "Misty Step".

The silver mist appears and disappears at a glance.

Allen's figure appeared a hundred meters away.

Surrounding the mushroom forest is an underground swamp.

In the muddy wetland, bubbling and bubbling.

Every time the bubble bursts, it emits a rotten smell.

Brothers and sisters Tao Na and Griffin led a team to guard the edge of the swamp.

Seeing Allen teleporting over, he quickly waved to him.

"Where is the stone statue?" Allen asked in a low voice.

"Look over there—" Julie pointed to the swamp.

Flynn remote-controlled "Dancing Lights" lighting.

Allen narrowed his eyes slightly.

Under the illumination of the magic light ball, I saw a group of goblin stone sculptures on the edge of the swamp.

This group of wretched little monsters pretended to be running away.

Standing quietly in the mud.

The frightened expression is forever frozen on the stone carving.

"The goblins are petrified."

Allen told the truth.

"We thought so too, the question is who did it?"

Tao Na looked around warily.

"Is it a petrified bull?"

Allen shook his head lightly.

Among the people present, no one knew Man Niu better than him.

"If it's a bull, it won't be so quiet. You should hear the moo like thunder."

"Could it be a snake chicken?"

Julie offers another guess.

Snake Chicken Beast, a legendary monster with the body of a chicken and the tail of a snake.

The toxin secreted by the snake chicken beast can petrify the victim.

"The support team of the Surprise Circus has a sorceress named Coco. I fought against her not long ago."

Flynn recalled.

"That little demon girl, wearing a gorgeous cake dress, is dressed like a princess in a fairy tale."

"However, when she turns on her atavistic form, she will become a half-chicken, half-snake terrifying monster!"

"Two of my teammates were injured by her. Starting from the wound, petrification symptoms spread all over the body, and they couldn't be saved in the end..."

"Could it be the Surprise Circus, sneaking in?"

Allen shook his head again.

"If it is made of cocoa, there will be no stone statues of goblins left, and it will scare the snakes."

In fact, there is another hard evidence that is inconvenient to explain clearly.

After Caius' death, Sonia took over as head of the regiment.

Surprise Circus, now she alone has the final say.

If the circus sneaked into the secret realm, Sonia must send a letter in advance to notify.

"Hush—keep your voice down, there seems to be something moving over there!"

Tao Na was nervous and pointed to the opposite side of the goblin stone statue.

Illuminated by the magic light ball, Allen saw a monster that looked like a giant lizard, lying behind the two stone statues.

This guy has lumps and scales on his back.

The black-yellow complexion blends in with the swampy environment, forming a natural camouflage.

No wonder it was not discovered until now.

After careful observation, Allen found that, unlike ordinary monitor lizards, the monster actually had eight legs!

On the top of the forehead, many sharp bony spurs protrude.

Most impressive are the monster's eyes.

The cold pupils faintly emitted light green light.

"hiss--"

There was a sound of gasping for air.

Allen turned his head and looked at a young man in green robe.

"Junior brother, do you recognize that big reptile?"

The green-robed warlock nodded repeatedly, his voice trembling slightly.

"Brother Alan! That's a petrified lizard!"

"Don't get close to within ten meters, otherwise you will be stared at by its eyes, and you will soon turn into a stone statue!"

"Ten meters away, even if you look at the basilisk, doesn't it matter?" Allen asked with great interest.

"That's not a problem!" The green-robed boy replied firmly.

Allen nodded, turned around and whispered to Julie.

Julie understood.

Holding a piece of mica in his hand, he chanted a mantra in a low voice.

Swish!
Julie waved her hand to cast the 2-ring magic "Flash Dust".

A burst of intense light instantly illuminates the swamp.

The basilisk was the first to suffer, and its eyes were stung by the bright light.

I had to close my eyes, weeping in pain.

Clang!
Flynn draws his sword in hand and injects magic power!
A golden light beam gushed out from the edge of the sword, extending continuously.

Tier 3 light martial art "Sun Sword", similar to "Flame Knife".

The light blade formed by the condensed magic power is longer than the "flame knife".

Counting the length of the blade itself, it can extend up to ten meters!

The light blade part has no entity.

But it can also be used to kill enemies.

The damage caused by the light blade is equivalent to the cutting of the blade, and it has its own "brilliant" attribute, which has special effects on underground creatures that are afraid of light.

Felin urged the Sun Sword, intending to kill the petrified lizard directly from ten meters away.

"Wait a moment!"

Tao Na quickly grabbed his arm.

"Killing a petrified lizard, transforming the corpse into a fungus, shrinking the optic nerve, and possibly losing the supernatural ability of 'Petrified Gaze'!"

Flynn showed hesitation, and turned to look at Allen.

There was a questioning look in his eyes.

Allen thought about it, and felt that Tao Na's words were reasonable.

After all, the fungus is still a corpse.

Parasitic spores can only maintain the functioning of some organs, and organs as delicate as eyeballs may not be able to return to their pre-life state.

If the petrified lizard becomes a fungus, if it loses the signature ability of "Petrified Gaze", it will be of little value.

At this time, the petrified lizard whose eyes were stabbed by the strong light turned around and ran deep into the swamp.

Flicking its tail, its eight short legs swam quickly through the muddy water.

Allen waved his hand, signaling his companion to back off.

Close your eyes by yourself, and activate the "Qi movement induction".

Release the invisible magic thread to lock the petrified lizard.

Slowly raised his right hand, grabbed the big lizard that had escaped more than ten meters away, and activated the spiral dragon claw.

The silver vortex circulated, and the gravitational field opened accordingly!

The petrified lizard, which was paddling desperately, flew into the air with a swish.

He was sucked back abruptly by Allen, and fell to the ground casually.

Boom! !

The petrified lizard fell on its back, stunned.

Allen closed his eyes tightly, relying entirely on air induction for positioning.

Go forward, intending to capture the basilisk alive.

At this moment, the system issued a prompt:
"The smell of special ingredients has been detected!"

"The samples are scarce and cannot be identified!"

The corners of Alan's lips raised slightly, and he pressed the belly of the basilisk with his palm.

The bone spurs in the palm protrude, and the essence is refined by sucking blood!

The blood essence of the petrified lizard is very valuable.

Injecting a warlock with a compatible bloodline may awaken the magical skill of "Petrochemical Gaze"!

Strange things happened...

The petrified lizard was sucked blood, but it didn't struggle and bite as he expected.

Lying on the ground very tamely, let him hold his belly.

Like a big cat enjoying the caress of its owner.

……what's going on?
When things go wrong, there must be a reason.

Allen closed his eyes and pondered.

Wild petrified lizard, quite ferocious.

Never surrender to strangers.

Eliminate all impossible options.

In the end, there was only one possibility left...

Allen freed his right hand and took out the "Tears of the Snake Mother" that he carried close to him.

Manasa, the mother of all snakes, is the main god of reptiles.

According to legend, the orb evolved from a tear of the snake mother, and the holder can tame a group of snakes as friends.

The petrified lizard belongs to the reptile class of Warcraft.

It is a distant relative of snakes.

"Tears of the Snake Mother" also seems to have a charm effect on lizards.

This point has been verified by the Naga clan on snake lizards.

The snake lizard and the petrified lizard are even closer in terms of blood lineage.

Allen was stunned.

So, with a push with his left hand, the basilisk was turned upside down.

The big lizard lay at his feet with hesitant eyes.

Instinctively want to escape, but hesitate.

"Vanima!"

Allen chanted the spell in a low voice, and a cyan beam of light popped out from his fingertips, falling on the head of the petrified lizard.

The petrified lizard trembled, and looked at Allen with a little more intimacy.

Level 4 "Monster Charm", applied to non-hostile monsters, can temporarily win the opponent's favor.

Combined with "Tears of the Snake Mother", it is used to charm snakes and lizards, and the spell effect changes from temporary to permanent!
Allen opened "He Xintong".

Try to communicate with the basilisk he charmed.

The communication was very smooth and very pleasant.

pat!

The basilisk closed its inner eyelids.

With a layer of transparent eyelids, the vision is basically unaffected, and the petrochemical rays are shielded.

Even if you look at it face to face, you don't have to worry about turning into stone.

Allen could finally open his eyes with peace of mind.

Smiled at the basilisk.

"Come on, little brother."

"Take us to your house as guests."

"Visit your brothers and sisters."

The petrified lizard nodded meekly.

Slowly turned around and crawled towards the opposite side of the swamp.

Allen turned back and ordered his companions.

"Tona, Flynn and Julie, come with me."

"The other juniors and juniors will stay here, camp and wait."

After all, step on the "dancing empty step" and walk along the waves.

Brothers Tao Na and Griffin quickly blessed the "flying technique" and hurriedly chased after them.

The four of them flew across the swamp following the petrified lizard leading the way.

In the depths of the swamp, a strange area was found.

In the void, a flashing vortex appeared.

It looks like an arch, about five meters high and two meters wide.

"This is... where the barrier of the secret realm breaks!"

Tao Na couldn't help but change her face.

"Through this vortex, you will be teleported outside the secret realm."

"Isn't that similar to a mushroom ring?" Julie asked.

"The mushroom circle is a stable and controllable teleportation array, and it is also the default gate of the secret realm. This crack is different."

"Only when the enchantment of the secret realm is seriously damaged, will an uncontrolled crack appear."

"The cracks are getting bigger and bigger, and will eventually lead to the complete collapse of the secret realm!"

Tao Na was worried.

Julie and Flynn looked at each other.

According to Tao Na's judgment, the lifespan of the Mushroom Garden Secret Realm is about to come to an end.

In order to compete for the secret realm, the enemy and us fought in the dark.

This conflict, on the contrary, accelerated the decline of the secret realm.

In the end, no one will be able to obtain the secret realm, so all the work is in vain!
This is obviously not an outcome that our side is willing to accept.

Everyone is depressed.

Keep up your spirits and follow in the footsteps of the basilisk.

In short, go to the opposite side first to see what's going on.

The basilisk buried its head through the rift in the Rift Ward.

Allen blessed the protective spell, opened the fleshy armor, and followed the petrified lizard through the crack.

The moment his body entered the vortex, he felt a slight dizziness.

When he woke up, he was already outside the secret realm, in a dark grotto.

The lair of the petrified lizard is deep in the grotto.

A total of four adult basilisks, and seven cubs.

The cub's eyes can also release petrochemical rays, but the range is shorter.

Allen holds the "Tears of the Snake Mother" and wins the lizard family's favor.

Afterwards, "Monster Charm" was added one by one to ensure the friendship will last forever.

After some spiritual communication, Allen successfully persuaded the lizard family to follow him to settle in the secret place of the mushroom garden.

Basilisks will gladly fight for their human friends when necessary.

There is still a pile of eggs in the lizard's nest, which will also be moved to a new home.

Alan packed the lizard eggs into storage bags and helped his lizard friends move them.

Back in the Mushroom Garden, I found a warm and clean cave as a new home for the basilisks.

Allen opened the storage bag, took out the lizard eggs, and carefully placed them in a nest made of dry moss.

The female lizard shook her tail at him in satisfaction.

Crawl into the soft nest and continue to hatch the eggs.

Allen smiled and said goodbye to the Lizard family.

Now he is sure of one thing.

The basilisk doesn't know how to count, and it's careless!

I can't even remember how many eggs I have laid in total.

Allen returned to camp with a lizard egg in his pocket.

drip-

"Eating special ingredients: petrified lizard eggs!"

"Potential +2!"

"Physique +1!"

Current attributes: Physique 46, Dexterity 31, Spirit 51
Potential reserve: 13 points

……

After dinner, Allen lay down by the warm campfire.

Pillowing on Julie's long legs wrapped in black silk, she closed her eyes and rested her mind.

Half asleep and half awake, I heard three friends chatting.

Julie, Flynn and Tona gathered around the fire, frowning.

The topic of the chat is the gradual collapse of the enchantment of the secret realm.

"Leave it alone, it will definitely not work!"

Flynn said worriedly.

"If the enemy finds these cracks, they can bypass the mushroom circle and directly break into the secret realm, which is hard to defend against!"

"Is there a way to restore the enchantment of the secret realm?" Julie asked Tao Na.

"It is said that every time secret realm has a core called 'Time Law Orb'."

Tao Na thought about it and opened her mouth.

"If you can find the Law of Time Orb and manipulate it, maybe there's still time to restore the enchantment of the secret realm."

"Where is the Time Law Orb in Mushroom Garden?"

"Unfortunately, it is impossible for us outsiders to know this secret."

"Only the aborigines who lived here when the secret realm was born can know this secret."

"Tao Na, you mean... the fungus master?" Flynn asked.

Tao Na nodded, looking depressed.

"I tried to communicate with the fungus master, but she ignored me..."

"My lord, I hate outsiders more and more."

"She closed her heart and refused to communicate with outsiders."

"Under such circumstances, I can't gain the trust of the fungus master, and I can't do anything in a hurry..."

Allen sat up abruptly!

Julie was taken aback by him!
Thinking that he was awakened by a nightmare, she quickly hugged him and comforted him softly.

"Don't be afraid, we are all by your side...dream of Angel again?"

Allen shook his head and kissed her cheek.

"Sister Julie, I'm going to talk to the fungus owner."

"You and Flynn, Tao Na, wait here for my return."

As soon as the voice fell, his figure dissipated in a silver mist.

……

"My lord, I want to talk to you."

Allen turned on "He Xintong" to try to establish a spiritual link with the bacteria owner.

Many people, including Tao Na, tried to do this, but they were all rejected by the fungus owner.

Allen is the only exception.

Of all the humans in the mushroom garden, the fungus owner is only willing to communicate with Allen.

It's not like what Flynn said, Alan has any special charm, so that the fungus owner especially favors him.

The real reason is because Allen has done good deeds.

Panthers, a great benevolent man, has won a special position in the mind of the fungus owner through his righteous deeds.

"Alan, you are here..."

The bacterium master sent out weak mental fluctuations.

"A few days ago, thanks to you who extinguished the fire in the garden and saved the mushroom people."

"I'll do it for the kids, thank you..."

If you do good deeds, you will be rewarded.

The benevolent Panthers accepted the thanks from the fungus owner frankly, and then asked straight to the point:
"The enchantment of the secret realm is collapsing, what is the reason?"

"Because... I'm going to die." The fungus owner sighed.

The fungus master is actually a cluster of massive fungal spores.

The collective consciousness of the spores is called the "Brood Will".

In order to compete for the mushroom garden, human beings broke out in war.

The long and brutal war has caused irreparable damage to the local ecology.

The fungus owner is also affected, and the will of the brood is about to collapse.

"The collapse of the barrier is just the beginning."

"Next, the time law in the secret realm will be disordered."

"Time flows from a constant speed to fast and slow..."

"The environment here is no longer suitable for human survival."

"While it's still...you have time, let's go."

The mental fluctuations from the fungus owner revealed strong negative emotions...

As soon as Allen received this wave of fluctuations, he couldn't help feeling depressed, as if the world was gloomy and life was hopeless.

He quickly calmed down, closed his eyes and meditated.

Silently urged the idea of ​​requiem.

Eliminate the negative emotions that the bacterium master infected him... almost high-level hypnotic magic!

This feeling of emptiness, loneliness and coldness seems familiar.

Allen couldn't help but recall not long ago, in Silver Moon Secret Realm.

He and Master Shiva gathered together to help her break through the test of the twelve inner demons.

At that time, I didn't know the heights of the heavens and the earth, and I wanted to experience how terrible the spiritual test that Master Shiva accepted.
As a result, the first test dealt a heavy blow to his self-confidence!
Demons are not necessarily all scary and crazy.

Loneliness, emptiness, all thoughts are ashamed, and it wears down the will.

No matter how you practice, you cannot escape the fate of death.

Since death is inevitable, what's the point of working hard?
Regarding the meaning of life, the more I think about it, the more empty I become.

Alan realized that something was wrong, and hastily withdrew from Master Shiva's meditation world, and did not dare to try the inner demon test again.

It was hard to forget these unpleasant experiences.

At this moment, I have established a spiritual connection with the bacteria owner, and I have been mentally polluted...

Fortunately, Allen possessed the "requiem idea" and defeated the demons that quietly intruded.

After calming down, Allen let out a breath slowly.

"My lord, we don't want to watch the secret realm collapse. Is there any way to remedy it?"

The fungus owner was speechless.

Allen waited for a moment and had to take the initiative to break the silence.

"I heard that the core of the secret realm is called the Time Law Orb. With this orb, can the enchantment of the secret realm be repaired?"

The fungus master sighed, and asked quietly: "The time law orb, isn't it right in front of you?"

Allen couldn't help being stunned.

"You... are the Time Law Orb?"

"A long time ago, I was just a clump of mushrooms without intelligence. I got an adventure by accident and fused with the Orb of the Law of Time to evolve into what I am now."

The host replied softly.

Through spiritual communication with the fungus owner, Allen gradually understood everything...

……

The so-called Time Law Orb is actually a fragment of the Time Godhead.

Different time law orbs have different time law multiples and radiation radii.

The radiation area of ​​the Time Law Orb forms its own set of time laws, which is the foundation of the secret realm!
"I and the Orb of the Law of Time are integrated into one body, and we will live and die together."

The fungus continued.

"I am here, and the time law enchantment is unfolded, and the secret realm can be created."

"After I die, the Time Law Orb will be annihilated, and the secret realm will no longer exist."

"I'm about to die, why don't I talk about restoring the secret realm..."

The emotion conveyed by the bacterium owner was lifeless.

……

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(End of this chapter)