"Two... two heroes!"
Exclamations continuously rang out from the surroundings.
Though it clearly wasn't a familiar language, he could somehow understand it completely without any obstacles after hearing it—truly mystical.
Tanaka calmly surveyed his surroundings.
A spacious basement illuminated by oil lamps.
On the ground, unknown pigments had been used to paint several circles inside and out, still faintly glowing.
Around them knelt a circle of figures wrapped in long robes, their mouths producing continuous chanting sounds that rose and fell.
He wasn't some old fossil disconnected from society.
He knew about plotlines involving transmigration to other worlds.
But summoning someone along with their toilet during bathroom time, and without toilet paper—was this reasonable?
Or perhaps he should be grateful they summoned the toilet along with him, otherwise he'd be squatting in a horse stance right now...
Beside him was a tall, blonde woman.
Seeing her short pants and stockings, she should be someone summoned just like himself.
But what was with the bloodstained dagger in her hand?
No... now wasn't the time to think about others. What he should be thinking about was how to naturally pull up his pants.
Having transmigrated, shouldn't he get some kind of superpower?
Like invisibility or something...
As he thought this, a status panel belonging to him appeared in his field of vision.
**[Name: Tanaka Hidehichi]**
**[Race: Human]**
**[Level: LV1]**
**[HP: 90/90]**
**[Strength: 4]**
**[Agility: 3]**
**[Constitution: 4]**
**[Intelligence: 7]**
**[Spirit: 4]**
**[Racial Talent: Experience Gain +20%]**
**[Skills: Poison Resistance LV3, Mental Resistance LV4]**
**[Title: Hero (Not restricted by racial level limits, can randomly draw one special title or skill, usable)]**
Hero, huh...
Tanaka focused his will on the "usable" part.
**[Hero title effect has been used]**
**[Acquired skill: ...]**
Three minutes after transmigrating to another world, looking at his newly acquired skill, a glimmer of life finally returned to Tanaka's eyes.
...
The priest's forehead struck heavily against the stone slab, his silver-edged hood sliding askew as it fell, his voice choked with excitement: "Ixion... Ixion's blessing!"
Two heroes appearing in the same era—such a thing happened once in a millennium!
This was proof that the Lord of Light deeply loved humanity, and he was fortunate enough to participate in it!
Though the surrounding priests didn't know as much as the head priest, they understood that one more hero meant one more chance for humanity's victory.
They either prayed devoutly in low voices or whispered excitedly among themselves.
For a moment, they actually left the two heroes standing there neglected.
The blonde beauty's expression changed several times before she stepped forward and opened her mouth...
"Everyone, could you all look at me?"
Someone had spoken first—it was that exhibitionist beside her who still hadn't pulled up his pants.
Tanaka naturally spoke the common human language of this other world, as if he'd been born knowing it.
He raised a finger high, looking around, seeing that everyone's attention had been drawn by his words.
Excellent!
*Flash—*
An instant of blinding light, and everyone froze in place.
Seeing this, Tanaka calmly pulled up his pants and closed the toilet lid.
Passing through the kneeling priests, he left the basement.
He also took a stack of grass paper made from unknown materials.
Shortly after he left, everyone simultaneously came to their senses at the same moment.
The priest looked at the figure successfully summoned in the magic circle, tears of excitement streaming down his face.
"Success... Success! We successfully summoned a hero! Lord Bishop, I haven't failed your trust..."
He then began praising the Lord of Light in low voices for sending down a hero representing hope in humanity's time of crisis.
The blonde woman in the summoning circle frowned as she observed her surroundings.
When her gaze swept over the white porcelain toilet beside her, she couldn't help but look at it strangely for an extra moment.
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Fifth floor of the Amethyst Dungeon.
Ohhhhhhh!
This power!
Massive amounts of mana surged from within the knight's body—so much that the knight couldn't contain it all, causing it to leak out from various parts of his body.
If one looked at the knight from a mana perception perspective right now, it would be like a Saiyan powering up!
Not good, not good!
It felt like it was going to explode!
Hastily pressing the knight against the fungal carpet, letting the excess mana disperse through the mycelial network.
Only then did the knight "cool down."
Lin Jun was now excited with a touch of lingering fear.
He'd been a bit careless, not expecting the effect to be this good. Next time he experimented, he shouldn't stay in the same space as his main body.
A dungeon floor five overlord dying from experimental self-explosion would be too embarrassing.
The mana now surging from the knight all came from the light emitted by the **[Sun Stone (Fragment)]** being converted into mana through **[Photosynthesis]**.
Lin Jun even felt that the amount of mana might be more than directly sunbathing on the surface.
After all, none of the plants on the surface could produce this much mana.
Truly worthy of being a divine artifact!
Even if it was still incomplete.
This Sun Stone had been gathering dust in his possession for so long, and he'd finally found its proper use.
However, a new problem was troubling Lin Jun.
**[Photosynthesis]** was a passive skill.
And the amount of mana provided by the Sun Stone seemed a bit too abundant.
The knight either had to stay connected to the mycelial network like now, transferring excess mana out.
Or constantly use various skills to consume mana, otherwise it would explode like an overloaded magic crystal.
The power would probably be even stronger than the **[Self-Destruct]** skill!
Other people's mechs were about how long the battery would last after going out.
The knight faced the risk of being burst by its own mana shortly after going out...
It rather gave the feeling of having equipment too good for one's own level.
Fortunately, Lin Jun currently had no situation requiring the knight's full power.
Acting as a mana generator for now was quite good too.
...
Meanwhile, on the surface.
"Boss, is this situation right?"
Before the scout, Dylan, who had canceled his **[Mimicry]**, revealed skin that was a mixture of green mycelium and flesh.
Though he'd long known he wasn't quite human anymore.
The white mycelium had been barely acceptable to look at.
Now it was great—after the boss gave him this **[Photosynthesis]**, no matter how you looked at it, he resembled a large goblin.
Dylan was having trouble accepting it for a moment.
The scout approached, patting the dejected Dylan with a tentacle.
"Dylan, this is all the price of power!
With such hesitation and uncertainty, how can you break through difficulties and reach the pinnacle?"
"Boss... I never thought about reaching any..."
"Foolish!"
Lin Jun directly interrupted Dylan.
"How will you protect your daughter if you don't become stronger?
Just turning green!
If it were for your daughter, even if I gave you three extra arms and four extra legs, would you object?"
Dylan prostrated on the ground.
That's right!
It's all for his daughter!
Just changing color—after mimicry, it would all look the same anyway.
"Boss, I understand now. You're right! For my daughter's sake!"
Lin Jun watched as test subject number one was finally convinced, controlling the scout to nod the mushroom cap with satisfaction.
...
...
...
"Boss... um... the extra arms and legs were just metaphors, right?"
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