Conspiracy

Chapter 833: Conspiracy

In a vast swamp dozens of kilometers from Perugia City.

The air here had been dyed yellow by plague. Living fungi covered the bark of the trees, their mycelia swaying through the air... grotesquely posed fungal monsters could be seen everywhere among the bushes.

However, compared to those monsters formed from collections of fungi—

There were even more shaman priests in the swamp, wearing antlered helmets and taking Human Form.

In the deeper regions, one could find the wooden hut settlements they had built.

These shaman priests carried strange tools as they gathered fungal colonies from the swamp. Using a unique screening method, they selected fungi that met the "standards" and sent them to The Depths of the swamp in exchange for the "lord's blessing."

At this moment.

A massive Shaman Priest, also wearing antlers, returned from the Outside World by running on all fours.

After his identity was confirmed by the high-ranking antlers on his head, he headed directly for the maze cave in The Depths.

Passing through layers of barriers, he followed the one-way trail inside the maze cave and arrived at its core.

The lord of this swamp sat upon a giant mushroom throne woven from all kinds of soft mushrooms.

"Anudar, what could be important enough for you to abandon your scouting duties and return to report to me?"

"My lord... that rat in Perugia City is dead!"

"What did you say? Ramsden is dead?"

That fellow might have been a madman who often fed on other Abyssal Demons, but he had always been cautious and clever. His only flaw was his inability to suppress his madness... Could he have provoked an Ancestral Body stronger than himself and been killed in return?

"No. The humans assembled a large force and launched a rule-compliant