Chapter 456: The Location of the Mind Flayer

There have 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 began, and is one of the oldest gods.

There is no need to say much about the greatness of the Kuo Tao Fish Goddess. She masters ancient magic that even the Goddess of Magic is unknown to her. She should be the most powerful among all the gods.

This statement was once widely circulated, and Amber Xiu had seen several versions.

After all, it was the Kou Tao fish-man goddess who "claimed" herself, and mortals generally could not disprove the words of the gods, so they all recorded them seriously.

However, the author of this book, Atlas of Deep Sea Life, spent a lot of time studying various life forms in the ocean and came to a completely opposite conclusion. The Kuo-Toa fishmen appeared later than the mermaids, and the myths circulated by other ocean races did not match the great achievements claimed by the Kuo-Toa fishmen goddess.

It is normal to brag about your own gods, and it is not surprising that there are occasional contradictions.

But the conflicts between other gods are different. Most of the disputes between myths are just about who is wrong, who contributes more and who contributes less, who wins and who loses.

For example, the orc god Gruumsh was shot blind in one eye by the elven god-king Corellon. There are many versions of the story circulating among the mortals. The orcs said that the elves attacked shamelessly, and Corellon shot him in the face before the two of them had even started chatting; the elves said that Gruumsh was shot in the face before he even saw Corellon's face.

But no matter how much they argue, the two gods, Corellon and Gruumsh, both exist. No one would say that Gruumsh didn't actually go there, and no one would think that Corellon hid at home and became an elf.

But it was different for the Kuo Tao Fish Goddess. There was no way to get confirmation from other gods for the great events she boasted 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, "Kou-Toa fish-man goddess? Who?"

There are many similar examples. In any case, the Kuo Tao Fish Goddess does not exist in any major event. Not only that, the image of the Kuo Tao Fish Goddess seems to be constantly changing in these false stories. What's more interesting is that this change in image is clearly strongly correlated with the Kuo Tao Fish Goddess' periodic madness.

The Kuo-Toa fishmen were once slaves of the Mind Flayers, a creature with a strong spiritual power, commonly known as soul suckers, or octopus heads. This monster enslaves other races and reproduces through mental control and larval parasitism.

The food of the mind flayers is the brains of various intelligent races. The Kuo-toa were not originally crazy or chaotic, but they suffered serious mental distortion after being enslaved by the mind flayers for many years, so that the entire race has developed serious hereditary mental illnesses.

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

It's not the time described in the story, but the time when it fell on the stone slab or the book.

After the Kuo-Toa gained their freedom, these chaotic myths began to emerge. The oldest record that can be found today, the so-called ancient meteorite carving, was later found to be a product of the late Mind Flayer Empire.

Finally, the author had to write a conclusion that was considered blasphemous - the Kuo-Toa goddess did not seem to be a real goddess, but a deity imagined by the Kuo-Toa people's confused minds.

After years of slavery, the Kuo-Toa fish people were in urgent need of a spiritual sustenance, so even after regaining their freedom, they still needed a god to worship, and then they invented such a god.

The biggest evidence is that the earliest image of the Kuo-Tao murloc goddess looked a bit like the Mind Flayer. At that time, the head of the Kuo-Tao murloc goddess was not a lobster, but an octopus head.

Although it is a bit strange for a mortal to create a god, it is still in line with the rules.

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

The number of Kuo Tao fishmen is huge. If the concept of Kuo Tao fishmen goddess becomes their unified thought, it is not surprising that a god is created out of thin air.

This also explains why the Kuo-Toa goddess has the priesthood of insanity, because all Kuo-Toa are mentally ill, and the condition is so serious that it can be inherited permanently.

After working so hard to dig up this story, Amberxiu obtained a piece of information: the biggest enemy of the Kou Toa murlocs was not any race in the ocean, but the Mind Flayer.

The mind flayers who once enslaved the Kuo-Toa for a long time should have the means to launch special attacks against them, and this means is very likely to work on the Kuo-Toa goddess as well.

Whether they are humans or gods, all intelligent races are influenced by their birth throughout their lives. Some people call this the original family, some people call it an unfortunate childhood, but no matter what it is called, its importance is the same.

Some things are like scars that can never be healed in a lifetime, and you will go crazy when someone mentions them.

Whether it was mind control, intimidation, or some special painful memory implantation, Amberxiu still didn't know, but if he could find the Mind Flayer, perhaps he could find a way to deal with the Kou Tao Fish Goddess.

This is a good direction.

However, the history of the Mind Flayer Empire is even older than that of the Dragon Empire. The Dragon Empire was only 1,700 years ago, while the Mind Flayer Empire was at least 7,000 years old. The Mind Flayers have long become monsters in stories. Amber has never seen any in his hundreds of years of life. Even the wanted list of the Lion people does not include the evil race of Mind Flayers. It is estimated that they have been extinct for a long time.

Then he needed to find someone who knew the subject to give him guidance, such as his beloved friend, the most knowledgeable historian, Mr. Herky Stone.

Amberxiu didn't hesitate to take out the Code of the Undead and send a message to Hecky Stone in the chat group.

[Ultraman Tiga: Mr. Herky Stone, the learned vampire historian, I have a historical question to ask you. Do you know about the Mind Flayer? ]

Herky Stone seemed to be staring at the chat group forever. As soon as Amber Xiu sent this message, Herky Stone replied: [Why are you asking this suddenly? ]

[Ultraman Tiga: I just want to learn more about this race. If possible, it would be even better to catch one and study it. Do you know where to find the Heart Flayer? ]

[Don't like humans: Don't look for them, they are extinct, at least they are extinct in our plane. Maybe there are still mind flayers in other planes outside the domain, but you won't find them here.]

Amber Xiu's face was full of disappointment. No way, the little clue he just found was completely cut off?

[Don't like humans: Why are you looking for the mind flayer all of a sudden? ]

[Ultraman Tiga: I wanted to kidnap the goddess of the Kuo-Toa fishmen, but I found that this deity was difficult to deal with, so I looked up some information and found that the Mind Flayer had enslaved the Kuo-Toa fishmen, so I planned to catch one and ask if there was any way to deal with the Kuo-Toa fishmen.]

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

[I don't like humans: Why not just kill the Kou Tao fishmen? Why go through so much trouble? ]

[Don't like humans: Wait, the previous one is invalid! Did you send it by mistake? What you just wrote was the Kuo Tao fish-man goddess???]

Amber Xiu didn't want to reply. Since the Mind Flayer was already extinct, what was the point of talking to this dwarf? But unfortunately, the group members were already excited.

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

[Dead Rose: I also said he was crazy, but he still refused to admit it.]

【Pale Little Skeleton: Wait, what kind of riddle are you talking about? Rose, you already know this?】

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

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Even the old senior "poet" showed up, and Amberxiu couldn't keep silent anymore. He could only explain everything he had experienced in the group, and finally concluded: [I didn't want to do it either, but Talos pushed me too hard, and the Kuo Tao fish goddess was a psychopath who couldn't be negotiated with at all. What could I do? ]

[Poet: Mortals are like ants, that's how it is, you will get used to it slowly. 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 Heart 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 brilliant civilization that spanned multiple planes. Their Nautilus warships could travel through time and space at will, plundering intelligent races in different worlds and controlling them. If you want to find them, it shouldn't be difficult.]

Amber Xiu was speechless. A powerful person like the poet, who was close to being a god, certainly thought it was not difficult. He should be able to travel through the planes at will, but Amber Xiu could not do it. It took him a lot of effort to open a channel to the astral world, and he didn't even know if there were any mind flayers in the astral world. Even if there were, it would be extremely difficult to locate the location of the mind flayer. The time and other costs were too high, and there was no way to solve the urgent problem.

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

At first, Amber did not understand what the poet meant, but after thinking about it carefully, he immediately understood.

[Ultraman Tiga: All evil demons that are not tolerated by the gods will be exiled to the land of chaos. Senior, do you mean that there may be heart-stealing demons in the land of chaos? ]

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

If this rule is followed, the chances of the Mind Flayer being exiled are very high! Now we can see the benefits of having many friends. Fortunately, Amber has a close friend and a loved one who is doing well in this exiled world.

(End of this chapter)