The atmosphere inside the cabin grew rather heavy for a moment.
The Pitfall Lord waited for Kroya's answer, while Kroya pondered how he could help.
To be honest, he really wanted to make this deal.
Even setting aside the grade A soul solution for now.
The Yavana Sacred Mine had countless connections to the Convicts under his care, and he wanted to learn some inside information outsiders did not know.
For example, the real reason these Convicts came into being, and whether that place had even the slightest connection to the Aether Plane or the Earth Mother Goddess.
There was another crucial point: did these fungi... have any connection to his Ancient Pasture Fungus and blood pasture fungus, or even that Voidglow Mushroom?
These were all things he wanted to know.
He very much wanted to cooperate, but the problem was... he did not know any Merfolk Song that could awaken nightmares and soothe the mind!
The one he had learned so far could only control ocean magic. It had no effect whatsoever on the mind.
As for anything else...
He racked his brains, hoping to find something useful.
After thinking for quite a while.
"Wait."
Something suddenly occurred to him.
The Ancient Pasture Fungus growing on the seabed!
The gas they released prevented people from dreaming, leaving dreams under their own control. Did that count as destroying nightmares?
Could it work on these infected people, then?
Hadn't the Pitfall Lord mentioned just now that those people would fall into dreams?
At that thought, he said directly, "Could you provide me with one of those mushrooms?"
"Well... I must warn you, once that mushroom infects a single person or magical beast, it spreads at an uncontrollable rate."
The Pitfall Lord's expression was solemn. "If your territory gets infected, the consequences