Chapter 3 3. The Duke's Fury

"You, say it again."

Duke Amara's knuckles were clenched white, and the armrests of the mahogany main seat groaned under the weight.

Butler Eric's neck was covered in cold sweat, but he still pronounced each syllable clearly.

"After Pero and Oaks tricked the young lady away in your name, they first went to the Amethyst Underground City, then crossed the border and fled to the Hermit Empire. Judging from the direction they went, they should be seeking refuge with Duke Sigimund."

"Damn traitor! Damn vampire!" The wooden handrail was crushed, and blood flames were boiling in the Duke's pupils. "Inanna is still alive, the tracking mark is still there, and the revenge mark has not been transferred. I have to save her."

"master!"

Seeing the Duke taking off his great sword and rushing to save his daughter regardless of anything, Eric had no choice but to shout loudly.

"As soon as you leave, Sigimund will lead the Blood Knights to destroy the High Castle.

If you lose the High Castle, there will be no place to defend it. Not only your duchy, but the entire Southern Federation will be in danger."

"So you want me to watch Inanna die?"

The bluestone floor tiles under Alama's feet began to crack, and the spider-web-like cracks continued to expand. The aura of the LV70 top human powerhouse forced Eric to kneel on one knee on the ground.

"The diamond-level adventure team 'Silver Thorn' is active nearby. You can privately commission them to go to the Purple Crystal Dungeon to look for the young lady.

At the High Castle, you pretend to leave, lure Sigimund in, and then strike him head-on to avenge the assassination."

Eric almost fell to the ground after saying this in one breath.

The pressure on Eric gradually disappeared, and Alama sat back in his chair. He stretched out his hand, condensed the coordinates of Inanna into a crystal and handed it to the butler.

“Just do as you say. Tell those adventurers to bring Inanna back alive, and I will give them a city!

But if anything happens to my daughter..."

"Yes, sir."

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Deep in the dungeon, in the mushroom garden.

Inanna, who had no idea that her father had started asking people to look for her, was watching the scene in front of her with a little horror at the edge of the breeding area.

Next to the deep pit where slimes are raised, there is a hollow Pooji filled with ordinary mushrooms to feed the slimes.

As a result, when the slime was pouring mushrooms, it bounced and stuck to its feet, dragging the little thing down.

The next second, the slimes in the deep pit swarmed over and wrapped Puji tightly.

The wrapped Puji was still struggling, and it seemed that it could still be saved.

"Lin Jun, Lin Jun, you slime are so hungry!"

Lin Jun, who was busy, heard the call and turned his attention back for a moment.

"Got it. I'll send a new one over right away. I've told you that the breeding area is dangerous, so don't go there."

Inanna wanted to say that she didn't mean that, but when she saw the Puji in the slime, which was completely motionless and starting to decompose, she swallowed her words.

The world underground is so cruel.

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The underground world is indeed cruel.

In order to survive in this cruel place, Lin Jun is always busy.

The Pujis' intelligence is at most at the level where they can automatically find their way after receiving an order.

Both breeding and mining require Lin Jun to concentrate on micro-management, not to mention that the border of the mushroom garden will be attacked by various monsters from time to time.

Even though Lin Jun had level 5 mental integration, it was still quite difficult for him to operate.

It is actually very rare to be able to spare the energy to help Inanna familiarize herself with the environment.

Although she didn't show it, Lin Jun was actually very happy to have someone with whom she could communicate.

At least I won’t have to talk to myself anymore to ensure that my language skills don’t deteriorate.

But after that I had no time to take care of her, so I could only let her wander around on her own.

Lin Jun needed to concentrate his attention on the border of the mushroom garden, as fire flies were coming in swarms over there again.

This flying insect looks like a mosquito but is slightly larger than a puffball. Its average level is around LV20.

They are far from the strongest monsters here, but they are definitely the most annoying.

It can fly, is agile, appears in groups, and will use its sharp beak to stalk away lone Puji when it gets the chance. It is Lin Jun's biggest enemy in the early stages of her development.

Fortunately, Lin Jun already has a mature response plan.

Faced with swarms of flying fire flies, several Pujis, whose mushroom caps were replaced by nozzles, squeezed out slime all over the sky.

These mucuses are highly adhesive and corrosive. Once the fire flies are touched by them, they cannot fly and are forced to fall to the ground.

The purple mushrooms on the ground spewed out hallucinogenic spores, which incapacitated the fireflies that fell to the ground.

Soon, after losing 7 companions, the remaining fire mosquitoes ran away without looking back.

But Lin Jun knew that this kind of thing would not learn its lesson and would come again next time.

Puji, with a shell on his head, killed the unconscious fire flies one by one, and the corpses of these monsters were then thrown into the mushroom garden to become fresh fertilizer.

[Seven Sins of Greed Trigger]

[Plundering skills: High temperature resistance LV5→LV6]

Upgraded?

Sure, sure. Once your resistance to high temperatures is higher, you can try to sneak through the Fire Demon's lair and see what the upper level looks like.

Open the panel.

[Race: Mushroom-Mushroom Master]

[Level LV42]

[HP: 420/420]

[Magic power: 8045/12450]

[Racial Talent:

Magic gathering (mycelium can absorb magic from the environment to continuously provide experience)

Scavenging (decomposing corpses to gain nutrition and experience)]

[Fixed state: connected to the fungus network]

[Skills: Puji Creation LV5, Magic Storage LV4, Magic Perception LV4, Entanglement LV3, Mushroom Cannon LV6, Precision LV4, Mimicry LV2, Storage Cyst LV4, Mycelium Network LV6, Follower Control LV6, Mental Integration LV5, Air Sense LV6, High Temperature Resistance LV6, Dodge LV6, Pecking LV7, Hallucinogenic Spores LV4, Chitin Shell LV4, Digestive Mucus LV3, Rolling Charge LV5]

【title:

Seven Sins of Greed (Unique Title): Randomly take skills/fixed buffs from corpses

Mosquito Killer: Increases damage to mosquitoes by 10%

Brave: Not restricted by race level, can randomly draw a special title or skill (already used)]

There are no attributes on Lin Jun’s panel, and his body looks like an ordinary mushroom.

A mushroom should only have 420 HP at level 42. More than 3,000 HP like Inanna is really outrageous.

As for Lin Jun's abnormally high magical power, it actually includes the entire mushroom garden.

The most outrageous thing on the panel is the title of brave hero, which even he himself finds outrageous.

How can a mushroom like me have such a title?

Lin Jun had never seen his summoner, so he didn't know whether he was a crazy wizard or a god with a bad taste.

But one thing is certain - the other person is definitely not mentally normal.

Is it true that someone would deliberately summon a mushroom hero?

However, thanks to this title, Lin Jun drew Greed with the privilege of a brave hero, and used Greed to continuously seize the skills of the underground monsters, and finally used the skills to arm the Pujis.

From being chased by slimes for food in the beginning to farming in the corner of the class now, the whole process was filled with sadness and tears.

It’s hard to imagine what I would have done if I hadn’t drawn Greed. I would probably have turned into shit.

So, why summon it into a mushroom?

This question has almost become his obsession, second only to climbing to the surface.

…

After dealing with the fire mosquito, Lin Jun finally had time to see what the new kid was doing.

Ah... I'm stealing the purple crystals I dug up...

(End of this chapter)