With silent steps, Brian cautiously moved along the dark tunnel.

The stone walls and cave ceiling are full of glowing fungi, as well as plants such as toadstools, mushrooms, and lichens.

The flickering fluorescence made his figure appear blurry, like a ghost floating by in the darkness.

When he reached the intersection of the two tunnels, he suddenly stopped.

He raised his head, his eyes hidden under his hood, and looked around vigilantly, searching for any leaking noises.

This is a wild territory beyond the boundaries of the underground city.

At every corner of the tunnel, there may be any monster that is deadly enough to hide, or it may be any one of thousands of lurking terrors.

Indeed, there are endless ways to die in the Underdark, and they are all different.

If he wants to return to the surface alive, he has to be vigilant at all times as a lonely traveler.

Brian never doubted his own judgment.

Just when he reached the entrance of the tunnel, he did catch a faint breath of dark wind passing by, but at this moment it suddenly disappeared without a trace.

This made him wonder if there were terrible hunters hiding around him.

He is very familiar with the monsters in the Underdark that are good at lurking in the dark.

Such as Dark Veil Monster, Hibernating Pseudo Monster, Burrowing Snatcher Monster...

These can blend into the darkness and wait quietly in the cave tunnels. Whenever prey approaches, they will instantly reveal their hungry hunting teeth or tentacles.

But this time it's different.

Because he had walked through this tunnel once when he was exploring the Arcanist's tomb, he naturally paid close attention to everything around him.

After careful observation, he could see that the luminous fungi and stalactite pillars in the tunnel, and even the gravel on the ground, had not changed much in the two days since he left.

This also means that if there is an enemy, it cannot be the huge monster that I imagined.

Brian recalled his accident when he encountered a purple insect on the Fansi Trail, and immediately realized something.

So he withdrew his gaze and walked towards the intersection of the tunnel as if nothing had happened.

"Come out, little goblin, I've seen you."

When he was about to walk out of the cave, Brian suddenly raised his head and shouted abruptly toward the stalactite pillars on the roof of the cave.

His voice was not as loud as expected, but in this quiet tunnel, it echoed for a long time and was clear to the ears.

I do not know how long it has been.

Just when Brian thought he had made a mistake in his judgment, he finally heard a surprised sound coming from above.

Then, ten steps away from him, a slender spider silk hung down, and a small figure slid down from the spider silk.

This was a gray-skinned goblin, but it was a little different from the goblins Brian had seen before. His expression seemed richer and more humane.

Although the clothes are ragged, they fit him well. He is also wearing a good-quality black cloak, and there is a large backpack hanging on his back, which looks like it should be used to store items.

The most important thing is that the little guy also has two daggers with leather sheaths inserted into his belt.

Looking at the face clearly, he found that this little goblin was the one he met on the Fansi Trail.

"Sir, Taimora, how did you discover me?"

The goblin stretched out his little hand to scratch his head, glanced at Brian awkwardly, and winked at him funnyly, with a light red light shining in his two small eyes.

Brian frowned, thought about it for a moment, and said with a smile: "If I guess correctly, you are the ghost dancer Copper Nugget who lives on the Silk Road, right?"

Ghost Dancer Copper Nugget is a goblin who likes to chase excitement.

He lived in the Underdark for longer than he could remember, and spent most of his time searching for the wealth left behind by the dead on the cobwebs of the silken paths.

His ability to survive to this day, in addition to his superb skills, also plays a big role in his own luck.

It is said that this little goblin will sometimes take the initiative to provide guidance and help to passing adventurers or businessmen if it likes people.

Of course, the premise of all this is that you can afford to hire him.

"You know all this?" The little goblin looked at Brian in surprise, and quickly recalled in his mind whether he had seen him before.

"Of course." Brian nodded slightly and said in a calm tone, "So, I'm curious about your purpose of following me secretly. Don't tell me it's for robbery."

In fact, he had never heard of this goblin robbing adventurers and merchants in the past. Instead, he had heard of the goblin rescuing victims from the spider web. There were quite a lot of similar news.

"How can it be."

Tongnuo'er quickly denied it and said with an apologetic smile, "This is all a misunderstanding. How could I do that? In fact, I was just curious about why you suddenly jumped into the rift valley, so I secretly stayed here to see.

So what happened."

"So, you have been following me secretly since I left the Fansi Trail." Brian changed the topic and asked in a slightly cold tone, "Am I right?"

"Uh..." Sensing the coldness in the other person's words, Tongnuan was a little speechless for a moment and didn't know how to communicate.

He rolled his eyes, as if he wanted to understand something, and then hummed sensibly: "I'm just following you secretly. What's wrong? What can you do to me?"

"So, you want to try it?" Brian said provocatively with a smile.

"Just give it a try, no one is afraid of you!" Copper Nugget patted Brian's butt and shouted without fear: "Taimora, in my territory, I can still let you catch me,

Simply..."

Before Tongnuan'er finished speaking, he immediately noticed something was wrong, as well as some kind of palpitations that made his hair stand on end.

When he was about to escape for his own sake, he suddenly noticed an almost invisible ripple floating in the dim fluorescence.

This weak ripple rushed towards him, like a roaring raging wave, which scared him so much that his legs became weak and he almost knelt on the ground.

A moment!

Tongnuan'er felt a bang in his head and froze on the spot, completely losing control of his body.

Seeing that his newly mastered third-level power "Psychic Shock" had successfully attacked and instantly controlled the little goblin, Brian did not dare to waste time and concentrated again to use another power.

After all, he knew the strength of this little guy very well. The professional characteristics of the ghost dancer made him as slippery as a loach and difficult to deal with.

——"Level 3 power: ectoplasmic cocoon!"

A large number of translucent ectoplasmic threads twisted around the copper block's body and spread throughout the body at an extremely fast speed. In the end, only a terrified and screaming head was left exposed outside the translucent crystal.

"Psychic power?"

The high-pitched voice of the ghost dancer Copper Nugget echoed in the deep tunnel, "You are actually a spellcaster with both spiritual and spiritual cultivation!"

Trapped in the ectoplasmic cocoon, his expression condensed, and he immediately began to use his proud escape methods one after another.

——"Ghost steps!"

——"Shadow jump!"

——"Spirit shuttle!"

——"Horrifying Raid!"

…………

However, what was incredible to him was that none of his life-saving methods worked.

Copper Nugget remembered what he had just screamed, and suddenly felt his face being slapped, and secretly regretted that he should not have spoken harshly to this spell caster.

"It seems that you know a lot. Since you understand, don't waste your efforts. I know that you are a ghost dancer, so I naturally know what you can do."

Brian looked at him with interest, "With your strength, you can definitely feel that the energy of the ectoplasmic cocoon has extended to the etheric plane, and no means of transportation can break it away."

"What do you want?" The little goblin who was bound in the ectoplasmic cocoon finally gave up struggling and said dejectedly.

"I intend to head to the Sunless Glades."

Brian was too lazy to talk nonsense to him, "So I need a guide who is familiar with the path. If you are willing to cooperate, I will not only let you go, but also pay you the compensation you deserve."

"Sunless Glade?"

Copper Block raised his head and looked at him in surprise, "Surface people, don't you know? That's the territory of the myconids. Oh! Taimo La, are you planning to cross the dark lake and go to the gray lake?

A city of dwarves."

"It seems you know a lot." Brian nodded slightly and admitted frankly, "Yes, I do plan to go to the gray dwarf city. So the fastest way is through the lightless forest of the myconids."
Chapter completed!