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The Mushroom Hero was such an incredible man even when he was just ten years of age? But this is… isn’t this just a game? It’s a game, right? Why do they treat the past of a character as if it actually happened in real life? This feels so odd sometimes… Does this world’s history actually happened, or is it something made up by their developers?
Lucious Luminous seemed to be a Hero of Legend, a man that was known across the world as the Mushroom Hero in the past… But apparently this past in this world lacked the Players, us, and the System wasn’t there either. In such a past, the Dark Demon King of Miasma existed, and Lucious and his Mushroom Brigade defeated him with everything they had, dying in the process as well…
But how come that dungeon appeared? Apparently the demon king had used his remnant power to trap the body of Lucious in a tomb alongiside his soul, sealing him there for an eternity… Until we found the key by killing wild mushroom monsters. Was the dungeon theme after mushrooms because of the Brigade that was always at his side?
“So you guys… were you guys the reason why he was called the Mushroom Hero despite not being really a Mushroom Man?” Asked Titan.
“Precisely!” Said Sporegon. “We requested him countless times to not take our name as his own but he never listened… Our lord prided himself on his brigade of mushrooms, us! So he… he… sniff… He named himself the Mushroom Hero!”
“He also saved our tribe from the hunters that were chasing us down…” Said Magius. “He protected our people and made them be recognized as people and not monsters!”
“This is why, for all of us, he’s our hero, the Mushroom Hero!” Said Chef.
“Y-Yeah… Hahh… Lucious!”
“Lord Lucious…!”
“Recalling him bring so much joy and also sorrow to our hearts!”
The mushrooms all began to cry tears of both happiness and sorrow. They recalled all the good experiences they had with Lucious but also felt the sadness of him having departed while leaving them behind now.
“Perhaps his duty had already ended, but yours remain.” Said the chief, while sipping some herbal tea. “You guys gotta work hard so you honor your Lord even when he’s up in heaven!”
“O-Old man…”
“You’re right!”
“Yeah!”
“We’ll serve our new lady, who carries his legacy!”
“The Mushroom Hero Legacy!”
“Hahaha… You guys, cool it down for now. It is fine if you feel sad for the passing of someone… I also… I experienced something very painful as well. It feels very sad, I know… It feels like your heart is ripped apart from your chest, and you’re forced to just keep going without one… with all the pain, agony, and everything else life throws at you all at the same time… I know it very well…” I sighed.
“L-Lady Planta…”
“So you’ve gone through the same as well…”
“Our Lady really understand our pain…”
“She surely is the next successor to be the Mushroom Hero then!”
“Indeed… To be honest, I had slight doubts but now… I get it! She’s really the one!”
“We all acknowledge you as our master, Lady Planta!”
The mushroom brigade suddenly jumped towards me and began to hug me while crying loudly. They were making a big mess but the squirrels were not laughing or finding it weird, it seems their story moved the hearts of everybody.
“So you went through a lot, huh…” Said Titan while drinking some tea.
“Y-Yeah, hahaha! But that’s part of the past, don’t worry!” I said.
“She’s a strong girl!” Said Rita. “She has lived by herself ever since then and done just fine… My friend is probably the strongest-willed woman you’ll ever find!”
“C-Come on, you’re exaggerating now!” I sighed while feeling slightly embarrassed.
After the mushroom brigade calmed down and decided to continue their meals, the little Silver came from outside of my clothes, as she was sleeping inside of my dress by coiling around my torso, and seemed rather hungry. I began giving her small chunks of meat, she was rather hungry after reaching Level 10. 𝙚𝙙𝙤𝒗𝒆𝒍．𝒄𝙤𝙢
“You’re hungry, dearie? Don’t worry, there’s lots of meat here.” I said, as she stuffed herself with Mimic Meatloaf.
“When are you planning to evolve her, Planta? She’s already Level 10!” Said Titan.
“I-I know about that but I don’t know, maybe tomorrow? I kind of want to wait a bit more.” I said.
“Hm, I bet she’ll grow as big as the original snake from back then! …Oh! That reminds me we found that big hot spring there, you guys gotta visit it later on! The dungeon is now available for anybody to enter, right?” Asked Rita.
“Yeah but it still has monsters! We have to periodically clean it from monsters if people is going to visit it… But there is a rare species of moss and mushrooms that can be used for medicine, and also the hot spring water is highly curative and even restores youth in the skin.” I said. “Bathing in there felt as nice as bathing in real hot spring…”
“Then you shall leave that work to us, Lady Planta!” Said Sporegon. “Indeed, we shall cleanse the dungeon periodically from monsters, do not worry!”
“Oooh, you guys are willing to do that? That would be nice!” I said.
“And we can also- Eh!?” Asked Magius in shock, as she noticed Silver around my neck.
“What is it? Oh! This is Silver, a pet I found inside the dungeon-”
“THAT’S THE HERO’S DRAGON?!”
All the Mushroom Brigade suddenly began to scream in shock, looking at Silver as if she had done something very incredible… And did they said the Hero’s Dragon?!
“What…?” I asked. “C-Can you guys elaborate?”
“The Hero’s Dragon! Silver Fang!” Said Sporegon. “Did you… by any chance battled it?! That small pup must be part of the same race!”
“What? The snake?” Asked Rita. “We killed it.”
“EEEEEH?!”
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