This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 264, Section 263: Ellawen

"Big mushroom, did you save me?"

Inside the tree hollow, the elf finally awoke, her pale face showing the weakness of someone who had survived a catastrophe, yet unable to hide her excitement.

She kept stroking the scout's smooth mushroom cap with her fingers, her eyes full of joy.

Upon opening his eyes, he saw two cleanly severed wind wolf corpses at the cave entrance, and a Puji with dark red bloodstains still remaining on its tentacle blade beside him. The conclusion was obvious!
It must have been this new friend who fought off the wolves and protected her from the coma!
While being eaten by wolves isn't necessarily a bad thing, it's obviously better to survive and continue making friends!

But... it's just too unbelievable that Puji killed the Wind Wolf!
She didn't bother to investigate why the little creature was helping her. As someone with the title of "Friend of Animals," it was common for her to be approached and helped by forest creatures.

Pfft... Does that make me half an animal?

She didn't dwell on these minor details; all she wanted to do now was to get closer to her savior, "Mushroom."

I still vividly remember the warm and soft touch before I fell into a coma, and now I can't help but want to stick my arm around it to express my gratitude.

Faced with the pervert who was clinging to her with a lecherous look, Scout Puji decisively raised one foot and pressed it against her cheek.

Name: Iraven Shiraishi

Lin Jun didn't want to casually parasitize unfamiliar entities, nor did she want to finish them off. So, after discovering that the elf couldn't die, Lin Jun considered letting the scout, Puji, leave to continue exploring.

The reason why the scout Puji wasn't allowed to leave immediately was simple: her title of "friend of animals."

It's not that Lin Jun was affected by the title, but rather that someone with this title should have many animal friends!

Wouldn't it be perfectly logical to have another Puji friend mixed in?
I'm wondering if I can sneak into the city of the elves.

As for the issue of monsters entering and leaving the dungeon, it is not a problem in the Divine Tree Dungeon.

This is the only dungeon without restrictions on the movement of monsters or any so-called monster tides, although the "only" in the previous sentence is no longer the only one.

The fact that sunlight can shine into the underground city shows that it is quite special.

The reason for this unusual situation is not recorded in the collected materials.

This is normal. Lin Jun's information comes from Inanna and Aidin, but humans don't actually have a deep understanding of this dungeon located in the territory of the elves.

After all, outsiders are not welcome throughout the Elven territory. Only a few recognized individuals can move freely in the forest without fear of being shot by arrows flying from anywhere, and this area of ​​activity also includes the Sacred Tree Dungeon.

It is said that the Sword Saint briefly received this recognition in his youth, but it was later revoked for unknown reasons.

In short, Lin Jun changed the scout Puji's mission plan to infiltrate the elven city and explore the dungeon, and naturally other scouts took over this task.

Anyway, Lin Jun now has a lot of control capacity, so maintaining one or two more [Family Control] is not a problem.

As expected, the elf named Elaven does indeed seem to consider Puji her "animal friend." The only problem is, this guy is a little too enthusiastic...

……

"Just once! Just let me touch your belly one more time!" Iraven pounced again, arms outstretched, trying to touch Plop's belly.

Her response was [Assault Ejection LV7]!
The scout stepped on Ella's face as she leaned in, using the momentum to propel himself to the other end of the tree hole.

Elaine stumbled from the kick, clutching her nose and crouching down. Two round, muddy footprints were clearly visible on her face. She rubbed her aching nose, her fingertips quickly stained with bright red—her nose was bleeding…

"Hiss..." she muttered under her breath as she wiped the blood from her nose, "Stingy... It's so strange, the fur balls clearly like being stuck to each other like this..." Despite her muttering, she didn't press the matter further.

She stood up, deftly dragged the two wind wolf corpses from the tree hollow entrance, and walked out. Lin Jun thought she was going to make a fire to roast meat to replenish her strength, but instead found that she had dug a hole and buried the two wind wolves under the tree.

After doing all this, she stretched, moved her hands and feet, and felt her strength slowly returning.

Then, her gaze fell on the giant tree beside her, which required several people to encircle it.

She took a deep breath, took a running start, and used both her hands and feet to leap up the straight tree trunk!
The speed was indeed astonishing, and the movements were quite agile, but... it was completely lacking in the elegance and grace expected of an elven ranger.

Her limbs gripped the bark, her body pressed tightly against the trunk as she struggled upwards, a sight that reminded Lin Jun of a giant cockroach…

In no time, she climbed to the branch laden with fruit, deftly picked a few plump, greenish-red fruits, stuffed them into the small leather pouch at her waist, and then, once again, crawled down backwards like a cockroach.

While munching on a fruit, Errawen offered one to Puji: "Can I eat this?"

Scout Puji ignored her, and Ellawen didn't care either. She shrugged, withdrew her hand, and stuffed the second fruit into her mouth, muttering to herself, "Hmm... That's strange, Puji... How do you usually eat?"

She might encounter puffies in some caves in the forest, but she hadn't studied them much before, and this one in front of her...

The mushroom cap has a small opening of unknown purpose, a pair of small wings on its back, and four bladed tentacles; it looks like a mutated species.

After eating the fruit and replenishing her energy, she prepared to go back.

But, before that...

Aylawen knelt in front of Puji, her expression serious.

A bright green light shone in his palm, and he gently grasped one of the scout's mycelial tentacles.

This time, she didn't speak the Elvish language that Lin Jun couldn't understand at all.

Strangely enough, a vague yet friendly thought, accompanied by the green light, came directly to me—come with me!
Is this the racial talent of elves, natural affinity?
It's not in any language; it's more like a gesture that everyone understands, like when someone waves at you, you know they're saying hello.

This communication method feels similar to that of tree spirits.

Come to think of it, am I actually part of "nature"...?

The scout flapped its wings and flew up, landing squarely on the elf's head.

Unfortunately, this head was obviously not as convenient and comfortable as the one with its own "handrails" as the Hunt's, so with a thud, he clamped his feet together and fixed himself on Elawen's head.

It's finally up and running... but it's a little different from the heartwarming scene I imagined...

But Ailaven was still very happy that Puji was willing to come with her.

"So you're just like Feifei, you both like to stay on my head!" She happily shook her head, feeling the thud of weight. "I hope you two don't fight over territory when you meet! Speaking of which... where's Feifei?"

She suddenly remembered her companion, cupped her hands to her mouth, took a deep breath, and let out a clear and long whistle.

A muffled bird call answered her, coming from the gurgling belly above her head...

(End of this chapter)