This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 397, Section 396: The Creator of Familiars

In the deepest part of Puji Dungeon, in an empty cave.

This is a remote, borderland place with no local specialties.

Before the fungal carpet appeared, this place was bare and there was nothing there. After the fungal carpet spread, mushrooms grew and attracted some mushroom-eating beetles to live in it. Other than that, there was nothing.

There are many similar caves in the deeper areas. Lin Jun usually conducts any skill experiments in these places, and today is no exception.

As the experiment began, the magic within the entire cave's fungal carpet started to converge wildly towards a single point.

The rolling beetles, insensitive to magic, were completely unaware of this change and continued leisurely munching on the mushrooms in the fungal carpet.

A rolling beetle was munching on a plump mushroom when it suddenly noticed that the cap beneath its mouth was rapidly drying up and shrinking, as if the essence of life had been drained away in an instant.

It turned its simple brain in confusion, and before it could even look for the next mushroom, its entire body was thrown away by a force.

In mid-air, the stressed rolling beetle curled into a ball, and the moment it landed, it rolled away and disappeared into places like crevices between rocks.

In the center of the cave, the vortex of magic almost materialized, and the fungal carpet lost its luster at a visible speed, turning from lustrous and plump to withered and dry, and finally losing all activity.

This was not the end; even the neighboring caves were not spared, and the mushrooms that were once growing vigorously withered away.

When the storm of magic subsided, the fungal carpet in all five caves vanished as the magic was drained.

In return, Lin Jun gained... half a knight's butt...

After the magic vortex disappeared, Puji's bottom, which had lost its support, wobbled and fell onto the withered fungal carpet.

Very well, I was just being too unrealistic. New abilities don't work for free...

[Title: Familiar Creator (Quickly create a Familiar)]

This title appeared immediately after I reached LV10 in [Puji Creation] yesterday.

The title system has always been a mystery; the conditions for obtaining all titles are hidden, and ordinary people have no chance to even come into contact with them.

However, it is clear that one of the conditions for the appearance of this [Fellowship Creator] must be that [Puji Creation] is at the maximum level, or some other creation skill is at the maximum level.
The effect is just as its name suggests: quickly create a Puji, which currently requires normal magic power.

Lin Jun is currently at [Puji Creation LV10]. Without using magic to shorten the time, a cannon fodder Puji with three or four skills can be created in just a few hours, an elite Puji with ten or fewer skills and corresponding attributes can be created in about five days, and more powerful Puji such as heavy armor Puji and scout Puji can be created in about half a month.

The birth of these Puji can be accelerated by magic. Just like in the cult incident, those cannon fodder Puji used to explode poison were all spawned in just half a minute.

However, there is a limit to acceleration. Under extreme conditions of wasting magic power, an elite Puji can land in half a day, while a scout Puji will need at least three days.

As for knights, those things can only be developed slowly.

Although the creation of this title ability failed, this is why Lin Jun wanted to greedily obtain the knight for free.

With normal mana consumption, elite Poji can be generated on the creep without any pressure. With a little preparation and pre-charging, scout and heavy armor Poji can be generated quickly.

Simply put, Lin Jun can now be parachuted into high-level Puji instead of always having to rely on cannon fodder Puji.

In theory, Knight Puji can also be airdropped, but even the magic power required to normally nurture a Knight Puji far exceeds the upper limit that a piece of creep can store.

Lin Jun changed to a different cave, intending to spawn a heavily armored Poji to see what it was like.

This time, however, there was no response...

Okay... so there's a cooling effect too...

After some research, it was roughly confirmed that this capability can be used once every five days. Therefore, this capability cannot be used as a regular production method and can only be used for emergencies.

It's alright, but ultimately it's just a title I got for free out of nowhere.

……

Meanwhile, in the far north, a city is beginning to take shape thanks to the voluntary labor of multiple ethnic groups.

As per Lin Jun's request, a circular city wall was built with four gates: the North Gate, the South Gate, the West Gate, and the Wai Gate.

In the future, all the prisoners under his command will be moved there, instead of being crammed into the mushroom garden like they are now.

These prisoners of war included more than just combatants.

The half-demon tribe was raided by that despicable Qisi... Lin Jun was furious just thinking about Qisi. After stealing her spoils, that guy simply disappeared without a trace, and no one knew where he hid them, making it impossible for Lin Jun to find him to cause trouble...

In short, the half-demon tribe was indeed left with only combat personnel, but the lizardmen were brought back by Lin Jun as a whole tribe.

Later, as Lin Jun redeemed various slaves from other tribes, the composition of her population became increasingly complex.

There were demons, humans, and even dwarves among them, and most of them were not combatants.

A fortified city with sound defenses is quite necessary.

Now that the project is nearing completion, the chief engineer came over and asked Lin Jun to name the city.

Lin Jun thought for a moment: "Let's make it more imposing and call it the Mycelium Explosive Castle!"

Shou didn't sense any domineering aura in his words at all. He wanted to speak several times, but in the end, he decided against it.

Just as Lin Jun was thinking about how to develop the Mycelium Bullet Fortress into the City of World Desire, Xinghuo came to report bad news to Marshal Puji on the Hunting Head.

"You mean several nearby tribes might unite against us? How did you figure that out?"

Lin Jun quickly scanned several locations in the northern border but didn't notice anything unusual.

"Boss, it's trade. The slaves that the nearby tribes have recently brought for trade are almost all weak, disabled, or children who lack combat power, and they're only exchanging them for ordinary mushrooms, not delicious mushrooms."

"what do you mean?"

"The former indicates that they have begun to be wary of our continued growth in strength, while the latter is likely that they are preparing for war. After all, with the arrival of spring, even in the North, food sources become more abundant. There's no reason for them to completely forgo enjoying delicious mushrooms at this time and instead hoard ordinary mushrooms. As for the target of the war... given their almost simultaneous changes, they are likely already in secret contact with each other, so the most likely target is naturally us."

Xinghuo paused for a moment, then added, "Of course, this is just my personal speculation, and it still needs to be verified by multiple parties."

"Hmm...that makes sense." Although she said that, Lin Jun was thinking, how could someone guess so much from just one transaction?

Besides, everyone's doing business well, why would they suddenly attack? They haven't even made the first move yet!

Verifying the speculation about Xinghuo isn't difficult; we can figure it out by spending some time keeping a close eye on it later.

Even if it were true, Lin Jun wasn't too worried.

The combined strength of the tribes within that area is not weak, but Lin Jun's strength in the far north has undergone a complete transformation, in addition to the much larger fungal carpet.

Putting everything else aside, if they really dared to make a move, Lin Jun could easily defeat them one by one with her raw strength and superior vision.

In comparison, the changes concerning the situation on the mainland are far more important.

(End of this chapter)