This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 408, Section 407: Hold On
As the sun rose, its golden-red rays bathed the earth, illuminating Dylan's mud-covered face.

Leaning on his shovel, his voice hoarse and trembling with disbelief, he asked, "Boss, is what you said... all true?"

"Of course it's true. When did I lie to you?"

Dylan clutched the crumpled note tightly in his hand, saying nothing.

However, the depression in his heart was quickly dispelled by this sudden good news, and tears welled up uncontrollably, leaving two clear streaks mixed with the mud on his face.

“Bella…Bella is really alive!” He cried and laughed like a child, repeating over and over, “I knew it! I knew she wouldn’t leave so easily! She’s my daughter, Dylan!”

"Come on, you're nothing special. If you ask me, your daughter is much better than you. She's already level 48 and almost at the diamond-level adventurer level."

As if suddenly remembering something, he abruptly threw down the shovel and scrambled out of the pit on all fours: "I have to find her! Right now!"

Just then, a creature leaped to the edge of the pit, its mycelial tentacles flashing out like lightning.

Dylan felt dizzy and spun around in the air like a top for two and a half times before falling back to the bottom of the pit with a "plop".

"Are you feeling better?" Lin Jun asked.

Dylan, lying in the pit, nodded after a long while.

Things are different now. The west coast is in chaos and war. In the past, Dylan would have had a hard time finding Bella, who was adrift at sea, let alone finding her.

"You don't need to worry too much. They seem to be quite strong in combat, so there shouldn't be any problems." Lin Jun was deeply impressed by that marksman who could kill you from three kilometers away.

After a long while, Dylan finally sat up slowly and wiped his face: "Boss, you're right... I was out of my mind."

In any case, knowing that his daughter was alive and seemed to be doing well was wonderful news.

He kept thinking about his daughter the whole way, feeling anxious and uncertain, and didn't return to Puji's house until noon.

As soon as I opened the door, I heard Bianca's enthusiastic voice:

"Welcome... Boss? Where have you been? Do you know... Ugh, so dirty!" Bianca, who had originally intended to confront him, took a few steps back to make way after seeing Dylan covered in mud, and casually scooped a maid away with a splash.

She was responsible for cleaning the maids' clothes when they got dirty.

Seeing Dylan sit back down at the counter, Bianca grumbled angrily as she mopped up the mud on the floor, "Several groups of customers came in this morning asking about the prices of those newly concocted potions. I didn't know the prices, so I had to turn them all down! I lost several deals for nothing!"

It's no wonder Bianca is so interested; she can earn a few copper coins for every bottle of those potions she sells.

Unfortunately, Dylan remained lost in thought, only vaguely replying, "Okay, okay..."

Bianca narrowed her eyes suspiciously, swallowed the rest of her complaint, and quietly observed her boss's unusual behavior.

Distracted and restless, experiencing alternating periods of sadness and joy.

These are clearly symptoms of falling in love!
Bianca made her judgment based on her "rich" life experience.

Bianca sighed as she retreated to the kitchen, wondering if her job would still be as enjoyable after the boss's wife took over...

……

On the other side, in Jingu City.

Although nearly half of the transport team was killed, they successfully brought back a large number of corpses.

Compared to the expected corpses of civilians or ordinary soldiers, the fresh corpses of pigmen warriors obviously provide more magic to the creep.

With Lin Jun's deliberate subsidies, even more puji sprouted from the fungal carpet.

At the same time, ordinary soldiers were also assigned to become Puji Masters.

A few days later, the number of Puji Masters had reached nearly a thousand.

Angela, who inexplicably became a Puji Master, is among them, and now she is a true Puji Master Commander.

And the anticipated attack by the demons arrived as expected.

The snake people I'd dealt with before, and a group of lizard people I'd never seen before.

The enemy force has exceeded four thousand men.

Of all the people, Angela was most worried about the lizardmen.

Lizardmen aren't as physically robust as snakemen, but they have the highest rate of bow users. Puji fears this type of ranged unit the most.

After Angela expressed her concerns to the Viscount, the Viscount made a decision that surprised everyone.

He abandoned the city walls and ordered everyone to hide in the more complex urban area.

Another commander lodged a protest, and his reasons were also valid.

Street fighting shattered the troops and scattered them within the city, posing a significant challenge to morale.

These guys under their command are just a garrison, and their morale isn't very high to begin with. If they fight in urban warfare like this, they'll probably collapse very quickly.

However, the Viscount felt that the chances of winning in a direct confrontation were even smaller. This time, the enemy was well aware of Puji's existence and would not send people up to their deaths for nothing.

The range of the Poji Mushroom Cannon is only about 100 meters, which is no match for the Lizardman's archers.

As for sending soldiers to engage in firefights, the numerical disparity is difficult to overcome; only urban warfare offers any hope.

Sure enough, after the demons launched their attack, the lizardmen first used their bows and arrows to sweep the city walls, killing most of the few remaining creatures on them. Only after confirming that there were no obstacles did they advance wave after wave.

After they climbed the empty city walls, they felt that humanity had given up and even began to speculate on which direction the humans would escape from.

However, it doesn't matter which direction they go; eventually, most people will be caught up by them and transported back to the empire to become slaves.

Then, in the city, they ran into Puji again.

In the street fighting, the usefulness of the puffy once again exceeded the Viscount's expectations.

The snake people were still able to fight back against the sudden attack, but the lizard people suffered heavy losses in an instant.

If even one self-destructing Poji misses its way into the party, four or five more half-dead lizardmen will instantly appear, lying on the ground groaning in agony.

Those little creatures dart between houses or hide in the roadside trash, waiting for the demons to approach before suddenly bursting out.

Those Puji masters usually stay at a safe distance of one or two hundred meters, and they don't use micro-management. They just give the attack order when the distance is about right.

One of the Puji masters sensed that his Puji was almost dead, and decisively ran back.

However, a stray arrow shot by a lizardman struck him, piercing his chest, and the Pujishi immediately collapsed to the ground, howling in agony.

Angela walked over, broke the arrow in half, and pulled it out: "What are you howling about? You're not going to die! Take him away!"

A soldier took away this novice who was a first-time Puji master and had no idea how resilient he was.

If a Pujishi isn't killed instantly by a shot, he generally won't die.

Even the toughest guys survived after having their hearts and lungs pierced by arrows and pulling them out in time, let alone those who were only pierced through the chest!

Angela gazed at the demon soldiers engulfed in poisonous fog and explosions in the distance, knowing that they had won this battle once again.

The Puji's street fighting is not about fighting morale like in traditional street fighting, but rather about the Puji being worn down by the enemy's flesh and blood and morale, with death not being a big loss.

These little creatures are a nightmare for any army if they can get close enough!

Sure enough, after advancing less than a kilometer into the city, the leaders of the snake people and lizard people realized something was wrong and recalled their troops.

After fighting for so long, we've eliminated countless magical creatures, and it seems we're far from reaching our limit.

Who would dare to continue fighting?
Left with no other choice, they had to retreat.

The snake-man leader wanted to slap himself twice. Why did he have to think about this wretched place again?

He never expected that after so many days, there would be even more poop in the city than when he last came!

How do humans replenish their magical pets?
Before leaving, he glanced at a patch of fungal carpet in the city and had a sudden realization.

……

After they retreated, news of how difficult it was to conquer Golden Valley City spread throughout the demon race's raiding forces.

Until the Demon Duke recalled these troops to the main army, Golden Valley City was not attacked on a large scale again, becoming one of the few cities in the west that held out until the end.

(End of this chapter)