Mushroom Lord in the Underground City

After officially forming an alliance, Lin Jun granted access to the Underground City Rift passage, deepening the exchange between the two sides.

Of course, there is a toll of contribution points, after all, it’s Lin Jun who maintains this passage.

After officially forming an alliance, Lin Jun granted access to the Underground City Rift passage, and communication between the two sides immediately became frequent.

Of course, there is a toll of contribution points for passage, after all, it truly relies on him for maintenance.

Lin Jun also wisely let the Dwarves prepare a large batch of Temperature Pendants in advance, and set them up for rent at the entrance of the Rift.

Ordinary people might not be able to afford such magic items, but renting one for a period of time is still manageable.

That’s good now.

Many people want to go to Fungus Castle to seek family, and there are quite a few former slaves over there who want to visit their hometown.

Lin Jun strongly supports such acts of seeking family, especially for Mushroom Transformers, whose requests for family reunion will receive higher priority assistance.

The reason is simple, if your family has turned into Puki, and you want to live together again, connecting to the Fungal Network is a matter of time for better communication.

More people will thus choose Symbiotic Mycelium until "Symbiotic Mycelium" becomes a "normal phenomenon" in the United Kingdom.

In summary, from the moment the pact was signed, the United Kingdom was already Lin Jun’s possession.

Besides the United Kingdom, Lin Jun is quite confident in the Elves.

The proportion of Symbiotic Mycelium is not high among the Elves, since they weren’t directly involved in the war, but the relationship between both sides is fairly harmonious, with fanatical groups like the Spore Society existing, the resistance to an alliance seems minimal.

Not to mention Lin Jun has the card of the Sword Saint at his disposal.

Later on, he’ll strip off his disguise and bind him to the Elf Princess’s side, how could the great plan fail?

Making the Sword Saint lose face to secure an alliance is simply a win-win!

The real trouble, instead, comes from the Mountain Dwarves who first cooperated with Fungus Castle.

The battle in the Northern Territory showed them the power of Mycelium, and the Empire took the opportunity to spread the threat theory of "Mycelium Spiritual Control," even fabricating several incidents of "parasites attacking ordinary dwarves."

Even though a few rational Dwarves questioned these claims, most Dwarves would only believe the "truth" they want to believe.

Among the Dwarves, where the proportion of parasites was already not high, the anti-Mycelium sentiment suddenly surged.

Now, those among the Dwarves still supporting increased communication with Fungus Castle are either those with business dealings there or simply have Mycelium growing on themselves.

Even in the Clan Council, people are divided into two factions, arguing endlessly.

Lin Jun didn’t think of responding, but the situation in the Mountains is different from the United Kingdom, and at present, he really can’t find a good entry point.

Moreover, Fungus Castle still has other urgent matters awaiting Lin Jun...

...

Mushroom Garden.

Marshal Puki sat on his mobile throne, overlooking the Mushroom Race below.

"Let me remind you once more, after loading this skill, you are no longer a little mushroom, ordinary Puki happiness can no longer be touched, understand?"

"No longer... even a bit?" Number Four tilted his mushroom hat.

Lin Jun explained softly, "The cultivation cost of Leviathan is too high, after installation, it’s impossible to let you die casually and change bodies. Moreover, with such a large size, it’s sure that you won’t be able to squeeze into a Pink Puki’s embrace."

"This..." Number Four turned toward the Pink Puki behind him.

Inanna gazed at him, her eyes full of reluctance and worry, "Number Four..."

Number Four remembered the warm embrace of the Pink Puki, the comfortable squeezing, and also recalled his mushroom race glory, the humiliation of being struck down by Chis... curling up its tentacles.

He should be an honorable mushroom race warrior, not a useless mushroom who can’t beat anyone!

"Have you thought it through? If you want to give it up, it’s okay, just give this body to Seven..."

Lin Jun hadn’t finished speaking when Number Four suddenly turned his mushroom hat with resolve. Behind him came Inanna’s soft call, he didn’t turn his hat: "I... want to load Leviathan!"

The mycelium on the Fungal Mat beneath Number Four stretched, connecting to his mushroom body.

[Leviathan]

The magic power consumed at the moment the skill is loaded is not much, but this is just the beginning.

This skill is like a bottomless pit, as long as magic power is invested, Number Four’s body size will keep growing.

How big it can grow all depends on how much magic power is inputted, whether there is a limit is temporarily unknown.

However, as the volume increases, the daily maintenance magic power consumption also increases, and eventually, it will reach a balance point between input and consumption.

Chis used [Gluttony] to eat sea creatures and rocks to grow to that size, who knows how big Number Four can grow relying on the Fungal Mat’s magic supply?

And in order to grow as much as possible, after reaching a certain size, it will be arranged to a magic abundant yet scarcely consumed no man’s land to focus on expanding its size.

"To gain, you must give, pursue glory, Number Four, enjoy your last moments of joy." Marshal Puki turned and left, his bright red cloak fluttering in the passage.

After the guards left, Number Four could no longer hold back and plunged into Inanna’s arms.

"Pink Puki!"

"Wooo... Number Four! Even if you grow bigger, I will still squeeze you!"

...

Alright, the [Leviathan] stripped from Chis’s soul finally has a destination, sure to shine in the future war with the Demon King.

Besides this, there are still two matters on Fungus Castle’s side.

One is Xiao Hai’s [Ancient Dragon Path], after the battle with Chis, by capturing and importing Giant Dragons from the Dwarves, Lin Jun has helped Xiao Hai push the progress to 64%.

However, the Dragon Struggle has lasted this long, the traces of Giant Dragons are becoming increasingly rare, Lin Jun is now a bit worried that the remaining Giant Dragons might not be enough.

After all, Xiao Hai started the Dragon Struggle too late, now it feels like this matter can only rely on luck.

And the other matter is that Little Pig is finally Level 70!

To level up rapidly, Little Pig has been personally in the front lines during previous battles, plus Lin Jun’s Water of Life, and lately indulging in thrice daily dragon blood filled with power, finally reaching the Blood Race Marquis’s maximum level.

Honestly, Lin Jun has spent quite a few S-Class Demon Crystals to buy dragons from the Mountains, even if he later procured many cheap Low-Level Demon Crystals from the Mountains as raw materials, it’s still somewhat tight financially.

However, Lin Jun still managed to squeeze out the necessary S-Class Demon Crystals for the blood ceremony.

After all, Little Pig counts as the most useful tool under his command.

Since the blood ceremony is to be held, it’s also time for a certain Blood Race Duke, who has been free-ranging for a long time in Fungus Castle, to join the table.

...

In the central region of Fungus Castle, inside a mansion adorned with dark red drapery.

A Lizardman maid carried a tray, respectfully presenting a crystal-clear wine glass to the former Empire Duke before her: "Lady Eleanor, the dragon blood you requested."

Eleanor took the glass, sipped it, and immediately furrowed her brow.

She extended two fingers into her lips, slowly pulling out a strand of white mycelium.

"Useless! Can’t even accomplish this little task!" The wine glass smashed by the maid’s feet, shards flying, dragon blood splashing onto that black and white checkered long skirt, staining it deeply red.

Eleanor’s eyes narrowed into dangerous slits, crimson light flickered in her pupils.

If this maid weren’t dispatched by Fungus Castle’s City Hall, she would have long been sucked to a dried corpse if it were her own servant.

Eleanor is mostly content with life at Fungus Castle, the Mushroom Lord appreciates her value and has taken care of her in many aspects.

The only thing she couldn’t adapt to was the absence of past power over life and death.

However, this is only temporary.

Louisa, the traitor, finally wants to advance, and with this as leverage, she will reclaim her power!

Eleanor was contemplating how to best manipulate Louisa when she suddenly noticed with the corner of her eye that the foolish Lizardman maid hadn’t begun cleaning up the mess on the floor, instead, she stood frozen, staring directly at her head.

Fury surged, Eleanor waved her hand, the blood on the floor whipped at the maid’s face: "What are you looking at? Is there writing on my head? Fool worthy of dungeon torture!"

The maid got up from the floor, holding her face, reflecting on how difficult this high-salary job was.

Then, she focused on cleaning the ground, not daring to glance at the line of floating text that appeared on Eleanor’s head.

"Public execution three days later at Puki Square (not recommended to miss)"