Chapter 80: yunoYuno liked this kind of challenge more than he liked mushroom stew. With his stubby fists clenched tightly at his sides and his short legs braced apart like a warrior preparing for a duel, he locked eyes with the enormous statue of the Mother Tree. The statue towered over the sacred ground, her carved wooden face gentle and full of divine wisdom. Her crown of leaf-carved braids reached high into the sky, while her thick arms spread out protectively as though she were blessing all who knelt before her. But Yuno had no time for worship today.He took in a deep breath, twitched his little round cap, and with a sudden push of energy, he activated his Jet Mushroom skill. A powerful burst of air erupted from beneath him like a geyser, shooting his tiny mushroom body high into the air. A green shimmer trailed behind him as he soared upward, spinning slightly as he adjusted his flight. He felt weightless for a moment, suspended in the wind, and then he gently landed right on

Chapter 82: The Nosebleed Awakening - the endYuno blinked twice. Then he blinked a third time, because what he was seeing simply could not be true. He rubbed his eyes with both hands, and when that didn't work, he tilted his head side to side, squinting as if trying to focus on a distant object that refused to come into focus. There were not one, but two pigs standing in front of him. At least, that was what his brain told him, though his instincts were screaming otherwise. One of the figures was familiar, that much was certain. The round pink snout, the beady little eyes, the adorable ears that always twitched whenever she got excited—yes, that was Piggy, no doubt about it. But the other figure—"What in the name of mushroom spores am I looking at?" Yuno muttered, taking a cautious step forward.He turned his head over his shoulder for a better angle and tried calling out, "Piggy?"The piglet—or what had once been Piggy—froze immediately, as if struck by lightning. Its entire body w