56 The Dark Forest

"Hmm, then where do I find this... sh'klan? And what exactly does it do?" Lucius asked after a moment of thought.

"You trust this thing? It just said you might not survive," Alpha protested, however, Lucius wanted to hear it out.

"It's called the Shri'kilian, and it grants those that are capable of attaining it a better vessel for poison. It makes them bigger, stronger, and an elder among their clan members," the shroom explained.

~This sounds an awful lot like evolution,~ Lucius realized.

"How many times can one eat it? How many times can you grow from it?" he asked.

"Just once. Eating any more would be useless, however finding one is already hard enough. As for where to find it, it can only be found in the Dark Forest, near the trees protected by the hairy-folk," the shroom replied.