603 Confrontation

Everything was more or less ready. Only Eiding and Inanna were absent.

When traces of the Red Dragon had first appeared, the two of them had still been at the Duke's Mansion. Even now, they were still traveling through the night, hurrying toward Puji Dungeon. Judging by the Red Dragon's speed, they would arrive roughly half a day late.

It was not a big problem. Even if they could not beat it, he had spent so much of his fortune building this Fungal Fortress; surely it could hold out for half a day, right?

Through the Mycelium Network, Linden shared the Red Dragon's image with all the core members. Even Old Dylan, who had long since retired, sat in Puji House and watched the live feed.

"This is... No... ahem, Little Black's distant relative."

"It's a little blurry..."

On the screen, all they could see was a vague dragon-shaped shadow flying through the sky.

There was nothing Linden could do about that. The Fungal Carpet was, after all, based on scouting the surrounding area from the ground.

That dragon was flying so high that Linden had already done his best to magnify the image.

But this was enough. Linden only wanted everyone to adapt in advance as best they could.

After that, he found Sword Saint Puji, who was eager to give it a try.

He looked as if he intended to use this dragon to test his current strength.

"Fourteen, didn't you slay a dragon before? Are you confident this time?"

The Sword Saint did not brag about his past achievements. "The one Alama and I killed back then was already in poor condition, and in terms of size, it should have been a whole circle smaller than the one flying toward us now."

The reason Linden asked this