We moved toward the luminous algae forest, it seemed like the safest place to be, if predators tried to come after us then they would first have to navigate through the blinding forest.
Our species diluted and grew bigger to accommodate to the brightness but we eventually settled in the forest, we had used magic circles to bind together some of the algae to make a hollow.
In the hollow we were able to organize it so that we could see outside, but any intruders would have a hard time finding us. because the magic circles we drew and maintained actually increased the brightness of the algae.
One of the scouts came up to me, "Leader, we have witnessed hostiles near the perimeter, they seemed to be covered in a tough object, capable of blocking physical and reducing our magic"
The hostiles the scout was talking about was a group of creatures that were smaller than us, though they were smaller of us, we could not easily defeat them. They easily took the attacks of the Leysuri like it was nothing and our magical attacks only showed minor effects to them. To make matters worst, their bodies were shiny, it almost blinded us.
"Hmm, interesting, any news of other inhabitants?"
"Only ones we have found are multi-leg shiny creature and a green creature that looks like the algae.
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"Do they communicate?" I asked the scout and he nods.
"I have heard them speak but unable to understand, what should we do?"
"Good question, for now just gather more information, we need to be able to survive out here, and send a caravan back to the caves, I am sure they can make use of the luminous algae from here"
"Yes sir" and with that the scout left.
I looked toward the algae that grew in long strands to make towering spires of matter. I had a few people examining it to see what it was made out of and how important it was.
"What do you do" I wondered, the mysteries of the world continued to elude me, for now we had so much to learn and so much we don't know.
I had seen creatures with thin objects in their fins/hands/flippers but I did not understand the purpose of such, If only we could communicate.
What should I do, the hostiles were hard to deal with, and the green creatures always ran away. The multi-legged creature seemed to be friendly but we have only met a few times and no words could be exchanged.
Should I send someone to try to learn and communicate with them? Exert dominance with Wargre? Befriend them and trade? Keep them as slaves? what should I do with the species around us?