This Lich Needs More Money

 Chapter 456 The location of the Mind Flayer

There have always been various theories about the origin of the Kuo Tao fish-man goddess.

Some people believe that this Kuo-Tao fish-man goddess is indeed one of the original gods born in the depths of the sea when chaos first emerged, and is one of the oldest gods.

It goes without saying that the Kuo Tao Fishman Goddess is great. She masters ancient magic that even the Magic Goddess doesn't know about. She should be the most powerful among the gods.

This statement has been widely circulated, and Amber Xiu has seen several versions.

After all, it is the goddess Kuo Tao who "claims herself". Mortals generally cannot falsify the statements of gods, so they record them seriously.

However, the author of this "Atlas of Deep Sea Life" spent a lot of time studying various life forms in the ocean and came to the opposite conclusion. The race of Kuo-Toa appeared later than the mermaids, and the myths circulated by other marine races are completely inconsistent with the great achievements that the goddess Kuo-Toa claims to have.

It is normal to boast about one's own gods, and it is not surprising that there are occasional contradictions.

But the conflicts between other gods are different. The disputes between most myths are just whose position is wrong, who contributes more and who contributes less, who wins and who loses.

For example, the orc **** Gruumsh was blinded in one eye by the elf **** King Corellon. There are many versions circulating in the world. The orcs said it was a shameless sneak attack by the elves, and Corellon stabbed someone in the back before they even started chatting; the elves said it was Gruumsh who was shot in the face without even seeing Corellon's face.

But no matter how they quarrel, the two gods Corellon and Gruumsh still exist. No one will say that Gruumsh did not go at all, and no one will think that Corellon is hiding at home as an elf.

But the fishman goddess Kuo Tao is different. There is no way to get confirmation from other gods about the big events she brags about.

This goddess once boasted that she used ancient magic to suppress the demon prince Demogorgon who invaded the main material plane, and Demogorgon said, "Kuo-Toa mermaid goddess? Who?"

There are many examples like this. Anyway, in various major events, the fish-man goddess Kuo Tao found no such person. Not only that, the image of the Kuo-Tao fish-man goddess seems to be constantly changing in these false stories. What's more interesting is that this change in image is obviously strongly related to the regular epilepsy of the Kuo Tao people.

The Kuo-Toa race was once the slaves of the Mind Flayer, a creature born with powerful spiritual power. It is commonly known as the Soul-sucking Monster, and some people despise it as the Octopus Head. This monster enslaves and reproduces other races through mind control, larval parasitism, etc.

The food of the mind flayers is the brains of various intelligent races. The kuo-toa people are not originally crazy and chaotic. They have been severely mentally distorted after being enslaved by the mind flayers for many years, so that an entire race has developed serious hereditary mental disorders. disease.

Many records about the Kuo-Toa goddess were produced after the Kuo-Toa regained their freedom.

Not the time the story was described, but the time it was written on the stone tablet or book.

After the Kuo-Toa were freed, these confusing myths began to emerge. The oldest record that can be found today, the so-called ancient meteorite stone carving, was later examined to be a product of the later period of the Mind Flayer Empire.

In the end, the author had to write down a conclusion that was considered blasphemous - the Kuo-Toa goddess did not seem to be a real goddess, but was just a delusional deity created by the chaotic thinking of the Kuo-toa people.

After being enslaved for many years, the Kuo Toa people urgently needed a spiritual sustenance, so even after regaining their freedom, they still needed a **** to worship, and then they invented such a god.

The biggest evidence is that the earliest image of the Kuo-Toa mermaid goddess looked a bit like the mind flayer. At that time, the head of the mermaid goddess Kuo-Toa was not a lobster, but an octopus head.

Although it is a bit strange for mortals to make gods, it is still in line with the rules.

Faith can create gods. With the blessing of this invisible power, and with Io's nod, even a piece of snot can become the **** of slime.

There are a huge number of Kuo-Toa fish people. If the concept of the Kuo-Toa fish-people goddess becomes their unified thought, it would not be surprising to create a **** out of thin air.

And this also explains why the Kuo-Toa Goddess has the priesthood of insanity, because the Kuo-Toa are all insane, and it is still serious enough to be permanently inherited.

After working so hard to uncover this story, Amber Xiu got a piece of information. The biggest enemy of the Kuo-Toa people was not any race in the ocean, but the mind flayers.

The mind flayers who once enslaved the Kuo-Toa for a long time should have the means to attack the Kuo-Toa, and this method is very likely to be effective against the Kuo-Toa goddess.

Whether humans or gods, each intelligent race is affected by their birth throughout their lives. Some people call this their original family, and some call it their unfortunate childhood. No matter how you call it, its importance is the same.

Some things are scars that cannot be healed in a lifetime, and people will go crazy when they are mentioned.

Whether it is mind control, intimidation, or some special painful memory implantation, Amber Xiu still doesn't know, but if the mind flayer can be found, he may be able to find a way to deal with the Kuo Tao fish-man goddess.

This is a good direction. However, the history of the Mind Flayer Empire is further back than that of the Dragon Empire. After all, the Dragon Empire was only 1,700 years ago, while the Mind Flayer Empire is seven thousand years old if it doesn't have ten thousand. The mind flayers have long become monsters in the story. Amber Xiu has never seen any of them in his hundreds of years of life. Even the evil race of mind flayers is not even on the wanted list of the Lane people. It is estimated that the evil race of mind flayers does not exist anymore. It has been extinct for a long time.

Then he needs to find someone knowledgeable to guide him, such as his dearest relative and friend, Mr. Huggie Stone, the most knowledgeable historian.

Amberxiu was not polite and directly took out the Code of the Undead and sent a message to Heki Stone, and he sent it in the chat group.

[Ultraman Tiga: Mr. Heki Stone, the erudite vampire historian, has a historical question I would like to ask you. Do you know anything about the Mind Flayer? 】

Huggy Stone seemed to be staring at the chat group forever. As soon as Amberxiu sent this message, Huggy Stone replied: [Why are you asking this all of a sudden? 】

[Ultraman Tiga: I just want to learn about this race. If possible, it would be better to capture one and study it. Do you know where the Mind Flayer can be found? 】

[Don’t like humans: No need to look for them, they are extinct, at least in our plane. There may be mind flayers in other planes outside the realm, but you can't expect to find them here. 】

Amber Xiu's face was filled with disappointment. Could it be that the little clue he had just found was completely lost?

[Don’t like humans: Why are you suddenly looking for a mind flayer? 】

[Ultraman Tiga: I wanted to kidnap the Kuo-Toa murloc goddess, but then found that this **** was difficult to deal with, so I checked the information and found that the Mind Flayer had enslaved the Kuo-Toa mermaids, so I planned to capture one and bring it back for questioning. Asked to see if there was any means to specifically deal with the Kuo Tao fish people. 】

[Don’t like humans: How about just killing the Kuo Tao fish people? Why bother? 】

[Don’t like humans: Wait, the above article is invalid! Did you spell it wrong? What you just wrote was Kuo Tao, the fish-man goddess? ? ? 】

Amberxiu didn't want to go back. Since the mind flayers were extinct, there was no point in talking to this dwarf. But unfortunately, the group friends are already excited.

Gareth jumped out and said: [Brother, are you crazy? Do you know what you are talking about? 】

[Apoptotic Rose: I also said he was crazy, but he still hasn’t admitted it. 】

[Pale Little Skeleton: Wait, what riddle are you talking about? Qiangwei, do you already know this? 】

[Poet: I seem to have seen something extraordinary! 】

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Even the old "poet" appeared, and Amberxiu could no longer remain silent. He could only explain everything he had encountered in the group, and finally concluded: "I don't want to, it's Talos who pushed me too hard." , and the Kuo Tao fish-man goddess is a lunatic who cannot negotiate at all. What can I do? 】

[Poet: Mortals are like ants. That’s how it is. Gradually you will get used to it. However, you can think of using the mind flayer to deal with this lobster head, which is a good direction. 】

[Ultraman Tiga: It’s a pity that all the mind flayers are dead. 】

[Poet: Of course they are all dead in this plane, but there must be many in other planes. The Mind Flayer Empire was once a splendid civilization that spanned multiple planes. Their Nautilus warships could travel through time and space at will, plundering intelligent races in different worlds for control. If you want to find it, it shouldn't be difficult. 】

Amber Xiu was speechless. Of course, a strong man like the poet who was almost a **** found it easy. He should be able to travel through the planes at will, but Amber Xiu couldn't do it. It would take a lot of effort for him to open a star channel. , and he didn’t even know if there were mind flayers in the star realm. Even if there is, it is extremely difficult to locate the mind flayer. The time and other costs are too high, and there is no way to solve the urgent need.

[Poet: Although I don’t know which plane the mind flayer is hiding in, I can give you a hint. Mind flayers can transform any intelligent race into mind flayers by parasitic larvae, so almost all gods dislike this race. No one wants their followers to be taken away and mutated into octopus heads, right? 】

Amberxiu didn't understand what the poet meant at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he immediately understood.

[Ultraman Tiga: Demons that are not tolerated by the gods will be sent to the Land of Chaos for exile. Senior, do you mean that there may be mind flayers in the Land of Chaos? 】

The Land of Chaos is the garbage dump of the gods, and any vicious things that affect the balance of the world will be thrown here.

If you follow this rule, the mind flayer has a high chance of being banished!

Now I can see the advantage of having many friends. Amber has finally found a close friend, a loved one, and is doing well in this exiled world.

(End of chapter)