"I don't care. Voodoo Mushrooms originate in Africa, so you have to give me an explanation."
As he spoke, Su Ming tossed a small red mushroom in front of the big cat. The red fungus bounced on the ground, then rolled up to the Leopard God's massive paw.
Sure enough, Monark did not argue with a madman over why he had been smacked with a Frying Pan. After lying there and sighing for quite a while, he finally got up to help the Sorcerer Supreme identify the mushroom.
Just as Deathstroke had expected, it was a material used in African voodoo. Tribal witch doctors generally used it to maintain their authority.
If there were disobedient villagers or people who dared question them, they would secretly use this mushroom on them and make them "die."
The witch doctor would then appear at the graveyard, "revive" the corpse, and bring it home to use as a slave. That was the origin of the legendary Voodoo Zombie.
The controlled person would have a stiff expression, rolled-back eyes, and never say a word, just like a truly animated corpse. Their family members would be too terrified to say anything.
These voodoo undead would only act upon certain code words, much like a form of deep hypnosis. While being controlled, they still retained their memories and thoughts, but their bodies were completely beyond their control.
The advantage was that witch doctors only needed to give simple commands for these people to complete relatively complex tasks, such as "go farm" or "go fetch water." Their existing memories would make their bodies repeat the things they had done before.
Different tribes had different methods for creating Voodoo Zombies. There were probably thousands in total, but to a Dark Mage like Monark, controlling people with drugs or plants