Upon opening his eyes, Dylan found himself once again in the familiar Mushroom House.

As Dylan sat up, the mycelium connected to the fungal mat slowly broke away from his back.

He casually picked up a cloth from the side, and after gently wiping the stickiness off his back, he donned his clothes.

A small inconvenience in the life of a Fungus Person, which he had now completely adapted to.

"Finally awake? How do you feel?" The boss's voice suddenly echoed in his mind.

Right, this wasn't just an ordinary nap.

Previously, the boss talked about increasing his survival rate, seemed to have added more skills to him.

He felt not much different from Puki...

Dylan stood by the Mushroom House, sensing the changes upon awakening.

[Acceleration Level 6]

Pulling out the longsword from his waist, he tried swinging it.

Downward slash! Straight thrust! Vortex slash!

These were separate actions, yet thanks to acceleration, they flowed smoothly like a stream!

"This feels amazing!"

"No, you won't figure it out by just doing that."

"Then how am I supposed to..."

Following the boss's words, four Puki emerged from the Mushroom Forest.

Familiar scale armor, familiar four bladed tentacles, they were mass-produced melee Puki—last time, two of them had Dylan running for cover.

Watching the four Puki approaching, Dylan instinctively took two steps back.

"Boss... can't we just start with two?"

"If you dare to just run, I'll have Xiao Hai fight you."

Gulp—

Such cruel words!

The boss must be joking, right?

Dylan glanced at Xiao Hai chomping on Puki while watching the drama, trying to recall the power of her claws...

Courage surged into his body all at once!

"Just four Puki, that's all!"

Watching Dylan charge forward, managing to keep up with the four melee Puki, not losing ground for the moment.

Indeed, [Acceleration] was handy!

Without a speed disadvantage, Dylan relied on more experienced maneuvers, preventing the Puki from surrounding him.

He even found opportunities to strike one of the Puki before taking any damage himself.

Though, due to insufficient attack power, he only managed to slice through the scale armor, causing minimal damage.

But that was enough.

Lin Jun gave him [Acceleration] for survival, dodge and run when you can't win.

"That's enough."

Because Dylan couldn't inflict fatal injuries on the Puki and was gradually running out of physical strength, Lin Jun called a stop as time went on, letting the Puki retreat.

Dylan plopped down on the spot, looking at his hands with slight excitement.

So strong!

With his current self, he could take on those three informants head-on without needing to ambush them.

This feeling of rapid strength increase, he had never experienced in his life!

It's utterly captivating.

Of course, Dylan hadn't let power get to his head, he still remembered his goal.

"Boss, when are we setting off?"

"No rush, lie back down, I'll give you another ability."

"Again?" Dylan was a bit worried about losing too much time.

"It's nearly a two-month journey, a day or two won't matter," Lin Jun said impatiently.

To give Dylan skills, the entire Mushroom Garden hadn't produced new Puki in these two days.

Yet he's being picky!

Dylan scratched his head, "Boss, what ability are you adding?"

"Magic Storage."

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Night Owl stood on top of the carriage, gazing ahead.

A battle was taking place there.

The car's canopy suddenly rasped as Ivan was also awakened, using [Reconnaissance Skill] toward the front.

"Humans, humans, Wind Wolves, Wind Wolf King..."

Ivan's voice suddenly raised by eight degrees.

"It's demons attacking the convoy, hurry up and help them!"

...

Dozens of Wind Wolves were attacking a convoy with over a dozen soldiers.

The soldiers leaned against the carriage, with twelve long spears forming a thorny iron ring around it, each spear's shaft stained with gray-blue wolf fur.

In the midst, two spellcasters continuously threw magic into the wolf horde.

This barely prevented them from being overwhelmed by the waves of attacks from the Wind Wolves.

"Hold tight! Don't leave gaps, strike those beasts' heads if they approach!"

The Guard Captain shouted as he commanded the soldiers, not idly standing by as he skewered a closer Wind Wolf.

However, this seemed to give a chance to the Wind Wolf King, who had been observing from the distant rocks.

With a brief howl, a Wind Blade shot out from the Wind Wolf King's mouth, aiming straight at the Guard Captain struggling to pull his spear's tip from the wolf carcass.

Clang—

The Wind Blade struck the iron armor without penetrating, but the sudden impact sent the Guard Captain tumbling backwards.

A gap instantly appeared in the spear formation, and the Wind Wolves, not giving the Guard Captain a chance to stand back, rushed through it.

The soldiers on both sides were soon overwhelmed by the wolves, and the defense line crumbled in an instant.

The Guard Captain himself was leaped upon by two wolves, biting at his arms.

It's over!

In this despair, a shadow zipped by like the wind.

The Guard Captain was astonished to see the necks of the two Wind Wolves on him burst out a large amount of blood.

The wolf bodies collapsed, their heads still biting on his wrist guard.

Not just these two, all the wolves that rushed in had their heads severed in no time.

"Ice Storm!"

A slightly elderly voice came from afar.

Soon after, a relentless cold wind blew past the convoy.

The remaining dozens of Wind Wolves, including the proud Wind Wolf King standing on the rock, all turned into motionless ice statues after the cold wind.

Even though the spellcasters deliberately avoided the convoy, the residual chill still made the Guard Captain shiver.

"Are you all okay?" Nova approached with Ivan and Gall.

The Guard Captain looked around, seeing that although his men were injured, none seemed too serious.

"Thank you, we're saved."

"No," the Guard Captain suddenly remembered something, "hurry and save Mei Na!"

"Mei Na?"

"The priest! She was scattered by the wolves, ran into the forest!"

Upon hearing this, Ivan immediately scanned the forest, quickly pointing in a direction.

"Night Owl, over there!"

Night Owl, who was observing the ice statues, darted swiftly in the direction Ivan pointed.

Soon, a few Wind Wolf whimpers came from the forest.

After another moment, Night Owl emerged from the forest with a dusty, half-torn-clothed priest.

Seeing this, the Guard Captain also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Good thing I'm fast, her Light Curtain was almost breached," Night Owl said with a smile, pointing to the priest named Mei Na.

After reclaiming the priest, the Guard Captain repeatedly thanked Nova and the others.

"Are you also escorting a priest to Oath City?" Nova inquired.

The Guard Captain nodded in affirmation, but as he looked at the carriage with the damaged wheel, he couldn't help but give a bitter smile.

Nova noticed their situation, thinking it was on their way anyway.

"Do you need me to help get the priest there?"

"I truly... truly thank you!" the Guard Captain bowed appreciatively.

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