[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms":3,"chapter-this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-62":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","This Dungeon Has Sprouted Mushrooms",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2219117,3995,"Chapter 62: 70 Vampire Duke","this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-62",62,"\u003Cp>Night Lily Manor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The core territory of the Vampire Duke Eleanor, with three cities, seventeen small towns, and several villages distributed in all directions around it, like stars surrounding the moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eleanor's territory is adjacent to the north of the Duke of Sigismund's territory and is not on the border of the empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the territory, there are neither large dungeons nor special mineral resources, and even the land is relatively barren, yet it is still an indispensable part of the empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because 70% of the blood plasma of the entire Hermit Empire is produced here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between the hundreds of blood livestock farms operating day and night, mourning lily plantations nourished by corpse fertilizer stretch out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, the 20 high-quality blood servants and four carts of blood plasma needed by the Imperial Capital have all set off in the evening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Count Duke and Duke Barnabas are both urging for this month's blood plasma, but there are only 3,200 pots left in stock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yesterday, an attack occurred at Farm No. 45, two lower-level servants were killed, and more than sixty blood livestock escaped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is suspected to be the work of two elves who have been committing crimes recently, and Viscount Arnold is leading people to deal with this matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two thousand slaves newly bought from the archipelago have arrived at Eternal Wave Port, and 1,656 survived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Milky white petals floated in the thick blood plasma, and the manor manager stood respectfully by the pool, his hands folded on his abdomen, reporting the recent situation of the territory meticulously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eleanor leaned on the edge of the pool without a stitch of clothing, and the steaming blood mist gathered into dark red water droplets in the depression of her collarbone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A male favorite was soaked in the blood plasma waist-deep, carefully pressing the mistress's ankles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Among the surviving slaves, how many embryos are suitable for cultivation as blood servants?\" Eleanor asked softly with her eyes closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"According to the selection criteria you newly promulgated, thirty-seven people were initially screened, including five orcs...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gray-blue nails suddenly gripped the edge of the pool, blood plasma winding down along the gaps between the fingers, Eleanor propped up half of her body, looking at her subordinate with dissatisfaction:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Orcs? A mouthful of hair when you bite them, what's the use of keeping them? Send them all to the farm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The manager hesitated for a moment and bowed his waist lower: \"Master, Count Duke specifically ordered that orc blood servants are needed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah, that barbarian...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eleanor waved away the wet hair sticking to her chest, as if she remembered that there was such a thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then keep them, don't ask me about this matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If blood plasma is insufficient, prioritize supply to Barnabas; for Duke, it doesn't matter if it's a week late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then tell Arnold that if he can't catch those little thieves, his defense chief's badge should be replaced with iron shackles.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eleanor said while getting up, blood and petals sliding off her pale skin, and walked out just like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The male favorite held up scarlet velvet and chased after her, draping it over her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The manager also followed quickly: \"Dinner has been prepared for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the side hall where dark red curtains hung, stood a sixteen-year-old girl wearing a clean dress, with a ruddy complexion and smooth skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the so-called dinner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike those blood livestock in the farms who huddled beside rusty iron troughs, gnawing on paste mixed with blood-supplementing agents, being squeezed day and night, and living no more than three years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This one was carefully trained from the age of ten, cultivated through daily balanced nutrition, moderate exercise, and high-level blood servants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were 60 such blood servants in the manor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition to the work of servants on weekdays, they also need to provide the freshest blood for the mistress to suck once a month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As in the past, the girl untied the buttons at the collar and obediently walked in front of the mistress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eleanor took her into her arms, and her canine teeth accurately pierced the edge of the scar that had healed last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, unlike the past, the mistress did not release her at the appropriate time this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl went from enduring, trembling, to finally begging for mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eleanor remained indifferent throughout the whole process, until she sucked the last drop of blood, she licked the corner of her mouth and pushed away the dry corpse in her arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The manager on the side lowered his head, as if he had no objection to losing a high-level blood servant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hoo—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eleanor exhaled lightly, and the skin of her body gradually turned from pale to ruddy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even her height, body shape, and appearance changed accordingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, she actually turned into the appearance of the girl who had just died on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"[Substitute LV10]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike [Mimicry] which simply simulates appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Substitute], as one of the rare talents of the blood race, can not only steal the appearance of the sucked object but even acquire recent memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even [Detection Spell] can't see any flaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Eleanor arrives in the United Kingdom, as long as she can catch a lone ritual participant, she can easily mix into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is also the reason why the Emperor sent her to assassinate the hero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there any movement on Knoxfell's side?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Knoxfell left his residence the day before yesterday and has been missing since.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Eleanor nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the Hermit Empire is ruled by vampires, under the Emperor, nearly half of the dukes are other races.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Knoxfell, who went with her to solve the hero this time, is a shadow demon—an elemental spirit aggregate that escaped from chaos, has no physical body, and relies entirely on shackles to stay in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two said they were performing the task together, but in fact, they were each relying on their own ability to mix into the scene and then make trouble together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for any communication, cooperation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nonexistent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the summoning scene, not tripping each other up to grab the kill can be considered very tacit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, do you need to send someone to create chaos and divert some of the humans' power?\" The manager put forward his suggestion at the right time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eleanor thought about it and agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for the candidate... let it be Lacus, who lost the scripture last time and made me so embarrassed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tell him, if he does well this time, he will be promoted when he comes back; if he doesn't do well, he will die there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's just that I don't know if they will be hindered when passing through the Duke of Sigismund's territory?\" The manager worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He dares!\" Mentioning Sigismund, Eleanor immediately became irritable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was this guy with a brain full of war who poisoned and slaughtered on the border, causing her source of blood livestock to lose a large chunk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, how could there be a situation where she had to delay to supply?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That idiot only knew how to kill all humans, without thinking, if humans were all dead, would he, a vampire, really go to suck the blood of monsters?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two not only mocked each other at the meeting for this but also used many means in each other's territory, and the relationship was quite bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the Emperor's task, if he dares to play tricks, that's just right!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying that, Eleanor turned her robe and turned into a bat, flying out of the manor directly from the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Eleanor flew away, the manager straightened his waist and looked at the dry corpse at his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have to cultivate new ones again...\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1295,"2026-06-17T15:02:37.041Z","2026-06-18T03:34:23.509Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","98fe57459d740b8883f97bfdc291030e907cecd52809bdafad38af8f27d279c8","this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-63","this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-61",165,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-dungeon-has-sprouted-mushrooms-cover.jpg"]