This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 13 13. The Garden is Empty
"This, this..." The young man's mushroom hat trembled, and he looked around for any outside figures. "What should I do? If it's really a killer..."

"Then you're dead."

"Huh? No hope of winning?"

Seeing that Inanna was still harboring illusions, Lin Jun mercilessly analyzed the situation for her:

"Think about it, we're trapped on this floor and can't escape, but they can easily get down from above. The difference in strength is obvious."

"so what should I do?"

"How about being ready to self-destruct with the magic crystal at any time?"

"perish together?"

"I can die with dignity."

"That makes sense..."

When the Silver Thorn Team reached the center of the mushroom garden, they saw a pink Pooji with a large magic crystal on its head, magic power surging around it, and ready to self-destruct at any time.

Lin Jun also thoughtfully arranged two Pujis on her left and right, which made her look more imposing.

The explosion of such a large piece of magic crystal is incomparable to the one at the door.

The night owl immediately wanted to use its speed advantage to eliminate the threat as soon as possible.

Shadow Binding

As expected of a teammate, Ivan used a spell to restrain Night Owl right from the start.

"Calm down, you fool."

It was only after Ivan's reminder that Night Owl noticed that Captain Nova was looking at the pink Puji in front of him with excitement.

Feeling the direction of the positioning crystal in his hand, there was no doubt that the Puji in front of him was their rescue target - the Duke's daughter Inanna St. Clair.

Nova immediately knelt on one knee and performed standard aristocratic etiquette towards Inanna.

"Miss Inanna, we are adventurers sent by your father, Duke Amara, to rescue you. We apologize for scaring you."

As he said this, he winked at Night Owl, who was standing stupidly beside him holding a dagger.

He was now extremely glad that he had stopped Night Owl from clearing the area before coming in.

He didn't even dare to think about what would happen if the Duke discovered that the adventurer who was supposed to rescue his daughter was stained with his mark of revenge...

Gollum—

I'm afraid that not only will the Duke himself be hunting them down, but the Adventurer's Guild will definitely issue a high bounty on them in order to clear themselves of this mess.

Only then did I realize that the world was so big and there was no place for me to live.

Thinking of this, Nova shuddered and looked at Night Owl with an even more unfriendly look - she had indeed become more and more reckless recently, and it was time for her to go back and hold a self-reflection meeting.

"How should I know..." The glared Night Owl muttered, put away his weapon, and knelt down in the captain's posture.

Although he didn't understand the conversation, seeing several people kneeling in front of Inanna, Lin Jun was sure of their purpose.

Inanna was so excited that she jumped up with the magic crystal still in critical state.

Lin Jun was so scared that he quickly persuaded her to calm down, otherwise it would be a big joke if she exploded.

"Old man...Father actually came to save me!"

Inanna didn't know that she had positioning magic. After listening to the two traitors, she always thought that the Duke would be too busy to save her.

Just now I suspected that the people in front of me were here to wipe out the roots of my evil, but now I feel like crying for joy, but there are no tears.

"Boss, did you hear that? We can go out now!"

"When you get out there, you can grow mushrooms all over my private woodland."

"The old man will definitely agree."

"We can still...can still..."

"Boss, why don't you speak?"

"Lin Jun?"

A Puji came to Inanna with a Grade A magic crystal slightly smaller than the one on her head.

"Newcomer, you've done a good job these days. Here's your bonus."

"Don't mention me to these people. I wish you good luck in the future."

Lin Jun finally replied, but the content of the reply left her confused. "Don't you want to go out too? Why?"

"..."

"Ms. Inanna, is this possible to communicate?"

The voice rang directly in Inanna's mind as usual, but it was not Lin Jun who spoke.

Inanna looked at the old halfling in front of her and realized that he was the one who used the telepathic spell.

"can……"

"I'm so glad to see you're safe and sound. I know you've been solidified by the Transfiguration spell. Don't worry, we'll prepare a reversal ritual for you once we get out of the dungeon. Please be patient for a while."

"Ah."

Ivan felt that the girl in front of him was shy and somewhat introverted, which was inconsistent with the information they had collected before.

But the positioning crystal is definitely correct, the one in front of him must be the Duke's daughter.

Think about it, a little girl is suddenly betrayed and her life is hanging by a thread. It is normal for her personality to change a little.

"Ms. Inanna, can you tell me what you have been through?"

"I...I don't want to say..."

Inanna remembered Lin Jun's words, and after thinking about it for a while, she did not choose to make up a story, but kept silent.

Sure enough, after a moment of hesitation, Ivan took the initiative to comfort her: "Ah, it's okay, it's not really an inquiry."

Ivan certainly knew what secrets might be hidden in this mushroom garden.

Otherwise, the Duke's daughter would not have been able to survive here. It seems that she gets along well with the Pujis here.

At any other time, he would have definitely found out to satisfy his curiosity.

But now this is a task that involves the reward of an entire city.

The Duke's daughter in front of him had turned pink. Even if she wanted to step on the Night Owl's head and spray spores, he had to help hold the Night Owl down so that it wouldn't move.

Not to mention the little secret here.

"We'll be returning soon. Is there anything we need to take with us?"

At Inanna's signal, Ivan took out a box and put away the magic crystal that came later.

As for the piece on Inanna's head, she still insisted on tying it on her head.

Ivan just replaced the mycelial tentacles originally used to tie the magic crystals with a tough ribbon.

After that, Ivan had a brief conversation with his teammates and then returned with Inanna in his arms.

As we get further away from the mushroom garden, the connection between the mushroom network becomes weaker and weaker.

Without the vision provided by the fungus web, Inanna felt like she was back to the time when she was just turned into Puji.

Loneliness, fear—

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Looking at the team of adventurers disappearing in the passage, Lin Jun came out from his hiding place driving the strongest Puji.

Of course he couldn't go with Inanna.

After spending so many days with Inanna, he knew that what Inanna said was her true thoughts.

But it was impossible for Lin Jun to trust the adventurer, let alone a great noble like Inanna's father.

He wasn't sure if there was anything about him that was worth these people's attention.

Even if I was taken out and identified, I would probably just be the pet of the Duke's daughter.

And what would the Duke do if he found out that he could gain great benefits by killing his daughter's pet?
This is just a hypothesis, but Lin Jun will never put his hopes on others.

Moreover, not going with Inanna did not mean that he would not follow them from a distance and use these adventurers to open a safe path for himself.

He placed his collection of sunstone fragments and an S-class magic crystal under the shell of Super Puji.

Summon the only 40 combat Pujis.

Lin Jun took a last look at the mushroom garden he had created, which had helped him through the most difficult times - it had completed its mission.

Following Inanna's weak bacterial network signal, Lin Jun also stepped into the passage.

(End of this chapter)