Chapter 71

The dwarf laughed happily, as if he had already completed the hunt.

After laughing, he looked Vira up and down, then looked at the two sisters waiting for Vira in the distance.

"Young man, you must have some skills to be able to come to this floor. Silver-rank?"

Vira nodded, already guessing what he was going to say.

"How about it? Want to join us?

That Big Black Mushroom's special scales are good stuff, not to mention there's a bounty on it.

Once the hunt is finished, the four Gold-rankers here take half of all the proceeds, and the remaining Silver-rankers take the other half.

You definitely won't lose out!"

"I can't make that decision; I have to discuss it with my teammates," Vira said with a smile.

The dwarf nodded, indicating he understood.

He had only mentioned it in passing anyway; it didn't matter to him whether Vira joined or not.

After returning to the two sisters, Vira repeated everything he had found out.

"What do you think?"

Feiling said in disbelief, "How could there be a monster on the fifth floor that even Gold-rankers can't beat?"

"Big sister, maybe it's a floor boss," Feiyin whispered from the side.

A so-called floor boss refers to special existences that exceed the strength of the floor, like the Old Bat.

But in reality, this is an unofficial term.

After all, such monsters don't exist on every floor; each one is an exception.

"I don't think it's necessary. We don't know anything about that Big Black Mushroom.

Since even Gold-rankers can't beat it, it must be quite dangerous; there's no need to invite trouble."

The purpose of their trip was to go to the sixth floor to collect the paralytic fluid of the flower demons.

Most of it would be used to complete the quest, and Feiyin would keep a small portion to craft items.

Feiyin nodded from the side, agreeing with her sister's assessment.

The two sisters' thoughts didn't surprise Vira; he thought the same.

Returning to politely decline the dwarf, the three of them headed toward the sixth floor while it was still not yet night.

Before leaving, they waved goodbye to the dwarf.

What Vira didn't know was that this was the last time he would see this group.

——

The radiance of magic shone in a corner of the mushroom garden.

A large group of adventurers was surrounding and beating a large black Puji here.

Bang!

With one mushroom-fist, it hammered a person away; after landing, the Silver-rank adventurer with broken arms let out a painful wail.

But this didn't affect the actions of the other adventurers in the slightest.

Taking advantage of the gap in Xiao Hei's punches, two adventurers holding large shields pressed in, trying to use skills to restrain her.

Xiao Hei shoved one of them aside with her shoulder, once again creating some distance.

After the adventurers reorganized their formation, they steadily surrounded her again.

Xiao Hei wanted to retreat, but several ice walls appeared behind her.

She seemed to have fallen into a passive situation.

This was actually Lin Jun's problem.

Lin Jun had long noticed this group of adventurers sleeping in the stairs, but he didn't know what they planned to do.

Since there had been no movement, Lin Jun had put most of his attention on the scout.

It wasn't until the battle broke out in the mushroom garden that Lin Jun realized they were already fighting Xiao Hei.

This was completely beyond Lin Jun's expectations.

What on earth were these humans thinking?

He had spent days persuading her before Xiao Hei finally learned not to attack humans.

Although she had developed a bit of a hoarding habit at some point, in reality, empty glass bottles were all it took to satisfy her.

Right now, her little nest was full of this "trash."

And this group of people, instead, actively sought her out to throw their lives away?

If one or two came to die, that would be fine; it was normal for people to die in the dungeon.

But twenty-two people!

And four Gold-rankers!

If they all disappeared together, it would definitely cause a huge sensation above!

Lin Jun had to be careful.

So, the moment he discovered the battle, he kept telling Xiao Hei to hold back.

Although Xiao Hei wasn't happy, she was still obedient.

Otherwise, that Silver-rank adventurer would have exploded from the previous punch.

Lin Jun was already directing the Puji toward this area; they would be able to surround them in just 7 minutes.

By then, if he beat this group of adventurers into critical condition and threw them out naked, the adventurers should learn their lesson.

That was what Lin Jun had originally thought...

Originally, he could have let them go like this...

[Charge LV6]

An adventurer holding a large shield charged over; Xiao Hei kicked him head-on, and the adventurer rolled away with his shield, but didn't suffer much substantial damage.

Because she had to hold back her strength, Xiao Hei wasn't very good at controlling how much force to use.

After entangling for another two minutes, the dwarf finally found an opportunity and slashed an axe at the Big Black Mushroom's feet.

[Earth-Binding Slash LV5]

"Hahaha, let's see how you run now!"

The chains formed by earth elements entangled Xiao Hei; they weren't very strong, and Xiao Hei could break free with brute force in just half a second.

But that half-second was enough.

[Piercing Strike LV7]

Sixth-tier magic—Falling Rock.

Seventh-tier magic—Lightning Strike.

Four or five different attacks arrived in an instant, hitting Xiao Hei.

"These scales have such tough defense!

Who among you is willing to sell me your share of the scales?

I guarantee a fair price."

The dwarf, while working his arm, made an offer for his new armor material.

In his view, the Big Black Mushroom's speed was just a bit troublesome; although the scale defense was high, after taking that hit, it should be crippled if not dead.

Next, they just needed to retreat in time and not get surrounded by the Puji.

In fact, Xiao Hei's defense was indeed broken.

[HP -120]

Three scales on her right shoulder shattered.

It wasn't a very serious injury, but [Mimicry] failed, and Xiao Hei was angry too.

"This... what is this?"

"Humanoid?"

After the smoke cleared, what appeared before all the adventurers was a furious dragon-person...

Oh no!

Lin Jun already wanted to cover his non-existent eyes.

It took the adventurers three minutes to find an opportunity to break her defense.

Xiao Hei spread her wings, rushed into the crowd, and exploded with full power; it only took her two minutes to kill all the Silver-rankers.

Under absolute speed, every adventurer was an isolated individual, each having to face Xiao Hei's attack alone.

Two minutes later, in the center of the battlefield littered with corpses, the four Gold-rank adventurers huddled together were already drenched in sweat.

"Damn it, what's going on? Weren't we fighting a Puji? What is this thing?"

"Idiot! Can't you tell? Mimicry!"

"This kind of monster mimics a Puji?"

"We're dead, we're dead, we're dead..."

Amidst the clamor, Lin Jun's Puji finally arrived at the scene.

[Mushroom Cannon LV8] xN

Xiao Hei landed on the ground, stomped on a corpse to vent her anger, and then flew back to the mushroom house, feeling aggrieved.

This was blaming him for making her hold back, which resulted in her getting hurt.

Sigh——

I'll send some new flavors over later to coax her...

What should I do next?

How will the humans react?

Fortunately, he wasn't in the same state of lacking confidence as when he first arrived on the fifth floor.

In any case, let's produce a batch of combat Puji first.

——

One day later.

"This trip was really smooth."

Feiling, who had returned from the sixth floor, sighed.

"With this quest turned in, we won't have to be too frugal for a while; Vira, your sword needs maintenance too."

"Vira?" Seeing that Vira didn't reply, Feiling turned her head in confusion.

Vira was squatting on the ground, digging a piece of scrap iron out of the dirt.

It seemed to have broken off from some battle axe...