"Everyone, please don't misunderstand us, we have no ill intentions."

An old fishman wearing a robe walked out of the team. Behind him were a row of heavily armed Kuo Tao whippers and Kuo Tao supervisors holding pincer staffs.

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

"We are the Kuo Tao tribe from Slobudo Town. I am Pulu Puluping, the high priest of Bribodup, the 'Mother of the Sea'. The goddess answered my prayer and brought you to us.

Here. Please help us and we are willing to pay."

When Brian heard this, he glanced at the Kuo-Tao fishman monk on his side from the corner of his eye.

What surprised him was that this guy's expression was as calm as water, and he was completely indifferent to the high priest of the Kuo-toa people.

He pondered for a moment, took a few steps forward, crossed his arms across his chest, and asked the old fishman in the same 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 cruel drow." The high priest of the Kuo Tao fishman seemed to have prepared these words for a long time. He said without thinking:

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

"If you know enough about our Kuo-Tao fish people, you must also know what the 'Kuo-Tao fish heart seal' is." The high priest added:

"Believe me, if there are warriors from my tribe to help you navigate the dark lake, you will definitely be able to reach anywhere safely and without worries."

Of course Brian knew about the so-called 'Kuo Tao Fish Heart Seal'.

Kuo-Toa are aquatic creatures, so they do not necessarily need to use boats when operating in the dark lake.

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

Because the former master of the Kuo-Toa, the Mind Flayer, once used them as boatmen and guides for his activities in the Underdark, and the current murlocs still continue to do this kind of work.

It may be due to habit, or it may be some deep-seated need driving them.

To other races in the Underdark, the kuo-toa's services are of undeniable value.

After all, before this, only the gray dwarves were spontaneously interested in sailing in the Dark Lake, and they were not as good as the Kuo-Toa fishmen.

There is even such a legend among the Kuo-Tao fish people.

The maze of tunnels, passages and pools in the Dark Lake is itself a kind of meditation - navigating it is a 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 Kuo-Toa, only this legend can be proven through time.

Therefore, as they headed to the gray dwarf's King Aldus City, if they had the assistance of the Kuo-Toa people, it would save most of the time on the journey.

Brian looked at the fishman monk in the team again and found that the other person still had a calm expression, as if the whole thing had nothing to do with him.

He knew that it was obviously impossible to understand the Kuo-toa people in Slobudo Town through this piece of wood.

Then, he suddenly noticed the goblin copper block giving him a wink.

"I'm curious about what kind of help your Slobudo town needs." Brian and the goblin looked at each other, nodded secretly, and asked about the doubts in his heart.

Looking at the fishman high priest in front of him, he recalled the disaster in the Underdark three years later. There seemed to be no news about the town of Slobudo.

Grain shrimp

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

"We are Kuo-Tao fish people living in Slobudo Town." The fish-man high priest said while wandering around the crowd, "We have always followed the will of Bribodup, the Mother of the Sea. Living in harmony in a small town.”

"Sigh... It wasn't until the past few months that a group of 'people who saw visions' appeared and were causing trouble in the town."

The fishman high priest sighed softly. Whether it was intentional or unintentional, he unknowingly wandered to the side of the Kuo Tao fishman monk.

His move was naturally noticed by the observant Brian, which made him begin to doubt the true identity of the fish-man monk.

Immediately afterwards, Brian found that the fishman high priest paused deliberately in his words, looked at the indifferent monk with a strange look, and then continued:

"Originally, this was not a big problem. Until two weeks ago, Blobberry, my child, she experienced a powerful vision. The vision claimed to be the 'Father of the Deep Sea, Li Mogugen', and promised to give her great power." The magical power. From then on, these new believers began to gather around her."

Li Mogugen, the father of the deep sea?

Brian fell into deep thought. Just now, a group of Kuo-toa people they killed also claimed to be followers of the Father of the Deep.

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

Whether it was Panzuriel, the sea monster god, or Dagon, the king of the deep sea who was an ancient demon lord, he had heard about it a little bit.

But he had never heard of Li Mogugen, the father of the deep sea.

"Do you know who the father of the deep sea is, Li Mogugen?" Brian took the opportunity of meditation to send a telepathic message to Hesiah.

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

"Since you said so, I guess this Father of the Deep Sea is probably disguised as some other evil god who is proficient in illusions." Brian expressed his guess.

"It's very possible." Hesiah echoed.

After hearing the sword mage's perfunctory words, Brian felt that asking her would be more useful than asking a little goblin.

However, when he looked at the small eyes of the copper block, he gave up the idea in his heart.

"So, what do you mean when you tell me these things?" Brian looked at the independently focused eyes of the fish-man high priest.

Since kuo-toas have no eyelids, they cannot blink.

When Brian was talking to them, he always felt that the other party was staring at him with strange eyes, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"We are divided into two groups."

The fishman high priest sighed, "And they attack each other. The followers of the Father of the Deep Sea not only established an altar in Slobudo Town, but also frequently offered sacrifices to the altar, slaughtered and sacrificed blood, and sacrificed blood to the dark."

Deep in the lake, dedicated to enjoying it all... something there."

"You are planning to let us help you put on a show of 'a loving father and a filial daughter,' right?" After hearing the other party's explanation, Brian immediately understood the whole story of the incident, and he looked at them with interest.

"Tomorrow is the day when Blobberry, my child, will hold a large-scale blood sacrifice ceremony." The fishman high priest said with a worried look:

"If she succeeds, she will definitely receive the powerful power bestowed by the Father of the Deep Sea. By then, Slobudo's balance will be broken. We must act in advance to kill Slobudo before the blood sacrifice begins.

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"Then what is your plan?" Brian did not agree to them immediately, but asked instead.

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

"If Blob Peri wants to gain the power of the Father of the Deep Sea, she must provide a large number of living sacrifices. At this time, if I escort you all over, my child will not only not refuse this generous gift, but also become a
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