Angel had always thought Duoling Garden was very quiet. Yet at this moment, he finally understood that the quietness was merely superficial. The emotional signals floating above the mushroom forest were as clamorous as a massive chatroom.
Moreover, the mushrooms were particularly orderly in the way they chatted.
One spoke, then another.
For a moment, Angel felt as if he had logged into a gathering place called the "Mushroom Forum."
There being many emotional signals would have been one thing; Angel had sensed a great many emotions near the Star Pool Ruins lately, and had grown accustomed to it. But the emotional signals emitted by these mushrooms were different. Not only were there many of them, but everything they discussed was related to Angel.
More precisely, it was related to Shava.
"I can already sense it—the noble aura is drawing near!"
"I feel like I'm about to open up."
"Don't open up. Shut that filthy mouthpart of yours. Lady Shava would not want to see an inferior mushroom with a mouth full of sharp teeth dripping with foul-smelling saliva. Don't drag down the standing of us mushrooms!"
"That's right, stay calm! Perhaps Lady Shava will stroke me too, just as she stroked the Bone-Chewing Mushroom!"
"Compared to the Bone-Chewing Mushroom, I'm more envious of those Miying hatchlings that ran away from home. Not only were they not punished for running away, they even encountered Lady Shava. Most importantly... Lady Shava actually brought them along. So jealous!"
"I want to become Lady Shava's follower too! Praise the Queen, praise Shava!"
The above was only a portion of the emotions Angel had sensed. It was precisely because he had sensed the rainbow flattery filling the entire mushroom forest that his expression had become so strange.
It felt like a warrior solemnly believed