Recaps

Inanna was rescued from the Dungeon while Linden expanded his power, discovered a mana-rich Treasure Room, and conquered the Swamp Zone. Dylan, saved by Linden after facing Parasitic Trees, reached Bella with a Rebirth Potion but left before she woke, hiding his own mutation.

• Pero and Oakes transformed Inanna into a Puji and threw her into the Dungeon, where Linden’s Pujis found her and connected her to the Mycelium Network.
• Linden helped Inanna use Magic Crystals and brought her on expeditions, but their Earth Worm hunt failed after a second worm appeared and knocked her unconscious.
• Nova, Night Owl, Ivan, and Garr found Inanna, and Linden followed them as the Silver Thorn Squad carried her toward the surface.
• The Flame Demon attacked the squad, but Nova used the Life-Seeking Wood Core to pierce its armor and destroy its Lava Heart while Linden watched.
• Linden escaped the Werewolves, entered the Eighth Floor, and found a mana-filled Treasure Room where he grew Mycelium and produced more Pujis.
• Dylan entered the Hidden Room while wounded by Parasitic Trees, and Linden’s Pujis killed them before Linden healed Dylan and plundered Fusion Parasitism.
• Linden overcame the Swamp Zone’s Parasitic Trees with repeated Puji attacks and made the zone the center of his expanding Mushroom Garden.
• Dylan bought a Rebirth Potion and reached burning Finlad, where he gave the potion to Bella before leaving so she would not learn about his mutation.

Linden expanded his Puji network across the Fifth Floor as a Magic Tide brought monsters surging through the Dungeon and devastated the surface. After the tide receded, he began rebuilding and encountered Gray and Calvin, while Little Black stayed with him.

• Dylan returned to the Fifth Floor, became Linden’s subordinate, and sold adventurers an expensive guide to the floor.
• Vera’s party was ambushed by Grongba and Nasa, but Fatty Puji killed Grongba and Linden’s Pujis captured Nasa.
• Linden’s Pujis defeated the powerful Old Bat and recovered its three S-Rank Magic Crystals, while two Gold Rank Orc Adventurers disappeared during an investigation.
• A Magic Tide sealed the Dungeon entrance and sent monsters pouring through the floors as Linden’s Pujis and the Adventurers fought to hold their positions.
• A Three-Headed Snake broke the surface defense, Feiyin was badly wounded, and a Relic Association elder rescued Vera’s group before heading to Mute Wind Town.
• Linden defeated the Dragonkin daughter of an Ancient Dragon with his Knight Puji and spores, then recruited her to help escape the collapsed cave and called her Little Black.
• Linden began restoring the Mushroom Garden and spreading Puji outposts through the upper floors as Gray and Calvin sneaked into the Dungeon seeking a Parasitic Tree Seed.
• Pujis captured Gray and Calvin in the mushroom forest, fed the unconscious Calvin, and left Gray supplies before he carried Calvin back toward the Floor Passage.

Linden questioned Dylan about the Yellow Book and prepared the Dungeon while Dylan searched for Bella and planned to leave for the Archipelago. Meanwhile, the Vampire Empire and human powers moved toward war, and a failed attack on the Hero summoning ended with a separate ritual succeeding in the Western Isles.

• Dylan escaped Lacus’s pursuit with the Yellow Book, reached the Dungeon, and was captured by Linden, who learned about the book’s ties to Vampires and the Demon Race.
• Linden sealed away the Holy Scripture, tested Puji security on Wells’s party, and confirmed that Jini used a ritual to erase Wells’s skills before killing him.
• Linden upgraded Little Black’s Mimicry, while Dylan sent Inanna a letter and an S-Rank Magic Crystal and learned that Bella had gone to the Archipelago.
• The Vampire emperor ordered Eleanor and Knoxfell to kill the summoned Hero, while Eleanor later disguised herself with a blood servant’s appearance and sent Lacus to disrupt the summoning.
• Nova, Ivan, Garr, and Night Owl traveled to Oath City to help guard the Hero summoning, and Night Owl attacked the knight captain as the ritual began.
• Linden sent Scout Puji through an Escape Scroll, and Dylan later found Scout and carried grass back for the Fungal Carpet.
• A Shadow Demon seized Night Owl and attacked the summoning array, but Duke Amara and the priests trapped it as Eleanor fled and the demon realized the summoning was a trap.
• In a concealed Western Isles basement, a priest and nine pastors completed another summoning ritual, bringing a blonde woman and a middle-aged man seated on a toilet into the formation.

Linden expanded his influence through the Dungeon, recruiting Treant Demons and experimenting with new Puji abilities as conflict and danger mounted. Dylan and Clolo reached Clark after a violent journey, while Linden noticed a possible lead in the city.

• Tanaka Hideshichi discovered his Hero title after being summoned with a toilet, escaped the basement, and left the priests celebrating their success.
• Linden used the Sun Stone to channel Knight’s excess mana into the Mycelium Network and persuaded Dylan to accept his green appearance.
• Vera returned to Mute Wind Town with Feiling and Feiyin, then entered the Dungeon and learned that a dangerous Big Black Mushroom hunted shiny objects at night.
• The adventurers attacked Little Black, who transformed into a Dragonkin and killed them before Linden’s Puji arrived.
• Dylan confronted a noble knight attacking a village girl, and he and Linden killed the knight before Clolo revealed himself as a shapeshifter and joined Dylan.
• Linden expanded across the Sixth Floor, created stone turret Pujis, recruited Treant Demons as Mycelium Network relay nodes, and began testing their abilities.
• Norris was trapped beneath rubble after Puji Mushrooms attacked two ore thieves, and Linden offered him a chance to live in exchange for a price.
• Little Black killed a giant Flower Demon after it attacked the Pujis, while Dylan and Clolo entered Clark through a drainage outlet and Linden noticed a black-robed person with Abyss Magic.