Chapter 246 245. This is my fungal blanket

The core content of the announcement was clear and firm: the guild officially and temporarily took over the actual management rights of Dumb Wind Town, and all output in the town and within a few miles of the surrounding area would be fully allocated by the branch president Far.

The announcement also gave specific follow-up measures for Yafeng Town. On the one hand, special personnel will be sent to investigate the current situation of the dungeon. On the other hand, roads will be cleared in Yafeng Town and its surrounding areas, and clear mushroom growing areas will be demarcated. Personnel appointed by the guild will be responsible for unified picking and management.

Adventurers who still want to collect mushrooms must either enter the dungeon or search deep into the forest beyond the current management area.

This is not the end. The announcement also said that with subsequent developments, the scope of management may continue to expand.

For civilians, the response to this move was relatively calm, even with a hint of anticipation.

Although they have lost the freedom to collect mushrooms on their own, President Farr's continued provision of relief food has made them believe that these centrally managed mushrooms will most likely benefit the refugees in the end.

What's more, if a large-scale mushroom field plan is really carried out as stated in the announcement, the large amount of labor required will inevitably come from civilians like them, rather than adventurers who are used to living on the edge of a knife. This will provide some of them with a stable livelihood.

After all, in the originally free competition of gathering, they could not compete with those adventurers.

On the contrary, this undoubtedly harmed the interests of the adventurers.

Although this move will not affect the survival of the adventurers, it will only prevent them from making easy money as they do now.

Anyone would be jealous and angry if the fat meat that was right in their mouth was snatched away, so they are protesting here now!

Of course, this courage also depends on the protection of large numbers. Adventurers have always been the group that knows how to judge the situation best.

Fal knew full well that there was no need to pay attention to the noise. He could just enforce it forcefully. Anyone who dared to step out would be jailed for defying the Duke and the Guild. He would then help him recall whether the Duke's family had this power under the law.

This was exactly what Farr had anticipated. Although it might offend adventurers and damage his reputation, it would have an immediate effect.

But Ms Inanna said she had a "more convincing" approach.

Inanna did not reveal the details, and Far did not have much expectation for this Duke's daughter who had no real achievements, but she represented the St. Clair family after all, so Far had no choice but to accompany her in whatever she wanted to try.

The worst-case scenario is that she would overdo things and exacerbate the conflict, and then he would have to step in to clean up the mess.

Even if you think about it from another perspective, if she really messed up, Fal would naturally gain more control in subsequent actions.

Under the protection of the guards and Puji, Inanna walked onto the temporary platform.

As soon as she appeared, the noisy voices in the camp quickly faded away, and in the end, only the suppressed breathing sounds remained.

All the adventurers' eyes were focused on the Duke's daughter, waiting for her words.

"Adventurers," Inanna's clear voice pierced the air, reaching everyone's ears. "You shouldn't be so dissatisfied. This land undoubtedly belongs to my Saint Clair family."

She paused briefly, her gaze sweeping over the bustling crowd below. "As for this mushroom blanket, it belongs to me, and I naturally have absolute authority over it. In fact, it's more accurate to say that you were previously collecting mushrooms without permission, and I didn't pursue the matter."

"ha?"

"What did she say?"

"The fungal creep grew in the dungeon, so how did it become yours? Why? Because of that 'Puff King' that's been away from the dungeon for so long?"

Most of the adventurers present had heard about the "King of Puji", but no one believed that owning a Puji that had been taken away for a long time could represent Inanna's ownership of the fungal blanket, and the voices of doubt rose again.

"What vulgar things!" Faced with these questioning voices about the young lady, a guard's face turned pale, his hand already on the hilt of the sword, just wanting to pick out a few of the most aggressive guys to make an example of them, but was stopped by Inanna.

Farr stood in the shadows a little further behind, his brows slightly furrowed.

He agreed with Inanna's claim to ownership of the territory, but directly claiming the fungal blanket as personal property would easily arouse public outrage. Could this rich lady think that others would agree as long as she said it?

Fal gestured to Mirabelle, who was ready to come out and clean up the mess for Inanna.

Faced with doubts, Inanna simply picked up the knight Puji, calmly walked down the platform, and walked straight to the edge of the camp, where a fungal blanket area had just spread to the nearby area.

Everyone's eyes followed her. The adventurers looked at each other, confused as to what she was going to do. Was she going to just declare ownership and leave?

Inanna stood at the edge of the fungal creep, facing the crowd, and said loudly: "First of all, it's not called 'King of Puji'! Its name is 'Knight'!"

She lifted the knight, Puji, high in her arms, and declared in a sudden, undeniable voice, "Secondly, this fungal blanket is indeed mine! And the proof is—"

Before she finished speaking, she suddenly pushed the knight towards the fungal blanket!

Bobobobo——

An incredible sight occurred!

Under everyone's horrified gaze, the fungal mat behind Inanna seemed to be injected with life!

With her foothold as the center, countless mushrooms seemed to be stimulated by invisible hands in an instant, and like ripples suddenly spreading on the water surface, they rushed out of the blanket one after another!

They did not appear sporadically, but emerged and expanded madly in clusters!

In just less than half a minute, the fungal area as far as the eye could see was completely covered by a layer of thick, lush and suffocating mushrooms!

Mushrooms of various colors are crowded together, the density of which far exceeds the limit of natural growth, and there is no shortage of the delicious red mushrooms that everyone craves for!

The entire camp fell into deathly silence for a moment.

The adventurers who were shouting just now seemed to be strangled by the throat, staring in amazement at the fungal mat that seemed to be endowed with miracles, as well as Inanna and the knight Puji in front of the fungal mat.

Even Farr opened his mouth slightly, unable to hide the extreme shock on his face.

Anyone with a little knowledge might guess that it was some powerful natural magic item, but someone like Farr who truly understood natural magic would instantly deny this possibility.

Even if it is natural magic, to achieve this kind of effect, the elves' great magician must take action personally. This is obviously not something that can be done by ordinary magic props.

At this moment, a somewhat absurd thought emerged in everyone's mind: This fungal mat... is it really hers?!

"Hmph!" Looking at the speechless crowd, Inanna raised the corners of her lips and snorted softly.

The pride in her heart was almost overflowing. Just now, the boss praised her for her good performance!

(End of this chapter)