This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 89, Chapter 88: So nobody cares about me after all! (Seeking first subscription)

"Brother Dylan, stop taking your clothes off, have a drink."

Seeing Dylan finish tidying up the camp and was about to take off his clothes, Chlorlo handed him the flask containing magic potions.

"Brother Chlorlo, this isn't right..."

Having passed through two cities, both of which had been equipped with monitoring arrays, Dylan couldn't enter the cities to resupply, and he had to use his magic potions sparingly.

Kloro, thanks to her racial shapeshifting talent, was able to evade the checks of those low-level magic arrays and never lacked supplies along the way.

But these past few days, Dylan has been drinking Chlorlo's magic potions, which makes him feel rather embarrassed.

"Don't mention it. If you were naked and attracted attention, it would be dangerous for me too. Don't be so polite with me, it's just a little magic potion."

Dylan scratched his head, took the potion and drank a few sips, then took out a few gold coins from his pocket.

Klorane immediately understood what he meant and reached out to stop his hand from holding the gold coins.

"No need, it's all on public funds anyway."

In Klorane's view, Dylan was just a young man who had just started out.

Although Dylan looks older than himself, the businessman, it's just the age of the host he's parasitizing, just like himself, whose real age is also older than the businessman he's pretending to be.

Every time he saw Dylan's numerous mistakes, it reminded him of himself when he first entered the industry.

He himself owes his success to the help of some seniors.

Dylan's situation is much worse than his back then.

Their mimicry level is low, their spy training is unprofessional, and they're doing the most difficult delivery missions.

Although Dylan has always stuck to his principles and has not revealed any mission information.

But Klorane still noticed Dylan's backpack, which he almost always carried with him but never opened.

Or rather, after spending so many days together, it's hard not to notice.

Klorane didn't even find any pockets that could be opened on the bag; it was probably a sealed item that would automatically destroy itself if forced open.

This kind of delivery task is the most difficult.

When gathering intelligence, all you need to do is be careful not to act too strangely, but when it comes to a delivery mission, especially with such a suspicious big package!

Sometimes, Klora would wonder if Dylan had offended someone and was deliberately sent to his death.

All I can say is that I should mentor this unfortunate junior for as long as possible before my own new tasks come down.

"Brother Chlorlo, why are the inspections so strict lately?"

"Brother Chlorlo, why are the inspections so strict lately?"

Dylan remembered that in the past, people could just walk into the city from this area, unlike now where there were screenings and testing arrays.

"Brother Dylan, your stuttering problem..."

"Of course it will be strict, it's because we're afraid of His Majesty's retaliation!"

"Your Majesty... the Emperor?" Dylan still felt a little uncomfortable saying the word himself.

"That's right, His Majesty the Emperor must be furious right now."

The human-created fake hero summoning trap left Lord Shadow Fiend's fate unknown, causing the Empire a huge loss.

How could His Majesty not retaliate? It's just that no one knows how to do so yet.

The disappearance of the Shadow Demon couldn't be kept secret, so these things weren't exactly secrets among the demons. Kloro told them everything without any hesitation.

But this is the first time Dylan has heard it!
What kind of fake hero summoning?
trap?

Did he even kill Shadow Fiend, one of the Twelve Pillars of the Empire?

So much has happened outside while I was in the dungeon!?

However, he quickly grasped the key point—revenge!
"Then... is it possible to go to war directly?"

Going to war is undoubtedly the most direct and impactful form of retaliation.

But Chlorlo simply waved his hand. "How could that be, Brother Dylan? For us spies, judging the situation is an essential skill."

The elves and dwarves are still watching; they won't just stand by and watch us wipe out humanity and become powerful.

unless……"

Chloe paused deliberately as she spoke, and Dylan followed up with, "Unless what?"

Chlorlo leaned closer and put her arm around Dylan's shoulder. Even though they were in the wild and there was no one else around, she still lowered her voice and said:

"There is now a theory that, in addition to that trap, humanity actually secretly held a real hero summoning ceremony."

If this news is confirmed, the empire can wage war without any scruples.

"Huh?" Now Dylan's eyes were truly clear, and he couldn't understand the relationship between summoning a hero and starting a war without any scruples.

Upon seeing this, Kloro looked utterly defeated.

"How foolish! If there were truly heroes, the elves and dwarves wouldn't be helping humans!"
Our empire has become powerful, and their lives are not easy. Does that mean that their lives will be better if humanity becomes powerful?
Our current stance on humanity's side is merely a means to balance the Empire's power.

But if the hero is actually summoned, the situation will be different.

Now that the Demon King has disappeared, the heroes who grow up possess combat power beyond what is currently possible!
Believe me, not only do we want to get rid of him as soon as possible, but if we have the chance to kill the hero, the elves and dwarves won't let him go either.

Who would want an extra person above them who can arbitrarily decide their life or death without any restrictions?
At that point, they will most likely remain bystanders, at least until the hero dies.

Of course, all of this is based on the premise that a true hero is summoned.

Kloro unscrewed the flask, poured herself a mouthful of magic potion to soothe her throat, and seeing that Dylan didn't seem to have fully understood, she didn't press him.

But then, a final reminder was given:
"Brother Dylan, some dangerous missions might come down soon, so you need to know your limits."

Failure to complete the mission will result in punishment, but if you are caught by humans, you will lose your life!

We need to carefully weigh the two options!

After saying that, he patted Dylan on the shoulder and led the way on their way.

Dylan followed behind, still processing the huge amount of information he had just received.
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Lin Jun was also processing this sudden information.

Humans versus demons, elves, dwarves, heroes summoning, traps, confrontations, friction, revenge...

No wonder!
No wonder there are so few Diamond-level players in dungeons!

No wonder we haven't encountered any humans above level 60 entering the dungeon yet!

It turns out they were lured away by the demons.

Doesn't that mean...

Is there almost no one who can threaten me now?
We controlled the spread of the fungal mat to only the first five layers, and did not continue to spread downwards, in order to avoid attracting more attention.

In hindsight, this caution actually wasted a lot of development time!

Fortunately, the tense relationship between humans and demons continues, and may even escalate into war.

It's not too late to start developing downwards now. Before humans can spare any attention, let the mushrooms spread throughout the entire dungeon!

Even... we might be able to try and let the mycelium grow through the dungeon entrances that we've been too afraid to touch before...

……

Speaking of which, the rumor about summoning heroes is probably false...

Aren't I the real hero?

Even Lin Jun couldn't quite understand it. Were the so-called heroes really helping humans?

So far, I haven't killed a single demon, but I've dismembered a bunch of humans. What kind of hero am I?
As for the demon warrior?
That doesn't make sense either, does it? Wouldn't that conflict with the Demon King's identity?

and many more……

Could TM be a monster hero?

(End of this chapter)