The wrong transmigrator assigned by the system

But the next moment, a large number of blue crystals pierced out of the black mud, instantly banishing the darkness and revealing a ferocious beast covered with a thick layer of crystals.

At this moment, the beast's six eyes no longer emitted the golden light of the sun, but turned into the dark blue of the soul.

"Now, let's have some fun!" With a roar, the beast pounced on the two dragon-humanoid monsters. Crystals sprouted from the ground it trodden upon!

He grabbed the two monsters by the neck, lifted them up, and then slammed them heavily to the ground!

The dragon-human type monsters also possessed crystallization magic, which was rapidly eroding their bodies in the hands of the raging beast. If they hadn't also possessed this magic, they would have already been killed by it.

"Is this all you've got? Is this all the magic the White Dragon has to offer? You've really disappointed me!!"

The two dragon-humanoid monsters were completely unable to respond to the beast's mocking roar; in fact, they were finding it incredibly difficult to even breathe.

But just as the two dragon-humanoid monsters were about to be cursed to death, two blinding beams of light suddenly burst forth from their bodies, forcing the mad beast to release them and retreat quickly.

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"How is the situation?" Count Lothric, who was staying at Count Phoenix Aimon's mansion, went over to ask when he saw Phoenix, Dahl, and Antu return with the Grand Duke and Phoenix's granddaughter.

"The high priest of the church said that the Grand Duke and the others should not turn into beasts again for the time being. It's just that Viscount Lu Ming and those hunters were too ruthless, leaving the two children with great psychological trauma. Moreover, the hunters are still monitoring the Grand Duke and the others, and it seems that as long as the Grand Duke and the others show even the slightest sign of beastly behavior, they will be hunted down and killed." With a feigned sigh, Antu Laques pointed to some hunters in the shadows outside the Earl's mansion and said to Lothric.

“As long as the Grand Duke and the others don’t turn into beasts for the time being, the hunters shouldn’t forcibly hunt him down. After all, they are also looking for a way to undo their beast transformation. If they can find a solution through the Grand Duke and the others, it will be a good thing for Miracaiser.” Lothric glanced at the hunters and smiled slightly.

"Yes! If the Grand Duke stops turning into a beast..."

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Seeing that Dahl seemed to disagree with his words, Lothric couldn't help but ask him.

"According to Viscount Lu Ming, the blood that the Grand Duke and the other child received for the blood therapy contained not only the blood of the old gods, but also power comparable to that of the Demon King."

Upon hearing this, Losrick was immediately stunned.

His expression quickly turned grim: "Are you saying that someone mixed that old monster's blood into the blood of the ancient gods that was forcibly injected into the Grand Duke and the others?"

Feeling the unintentional pressure emanating from Lothric, both Dahl and Antu couldn't help but tremble.

They never imagined that Lothric was actually a fourth-tier archmage!

'Are all Lords of Cinder this powerful?' Antu and Dahl both thought to themselves, looking at Lothric with some fear.

Perhaps sensing Antu and Dahl's unusual behavior, Lothric immediately calmed down. After glancing briefly at the two who were startled by him, Lothric walked silently and quickly toward the room arranged for the Grand Duke to rest temporarily.

After knocking on the door and receiving permission from the Grand Duke and Phoenix inside, Count Lothric entered.

Noticing that Count Lothric looked rather grim, Count Phoenix Aymon couldn't help but ask, "Count Lothric, is something the matter?"

Count Lothric ignored Count Phoenix Amon and addressed Grand Duke Raelus directly: "Grand Duke, I, Count Lothric, request your permission to investigate the matter of you being forcibly injected with the blood of the Old Gods!"

"Why?" Lying in bed, pale-faced Rael asked with difficulty.

"If someone has mixed the blood of someone considered taboo by the Kingdom of Lothric with the blood of an ancient god, as a Lothric citizen, I cannot turn a blind eye to this!"

"Alright! Go ahead and investigate!" (To be continued.)

Chapter Seven - Contradictions

In the afternoon, after lunch, Philner's mother couldn't help but talk to old Ozmoz, who was looking at the latest civil investigation, about Lu Ming and Philner in her room.

"Old man, have you noticed that our son-in-law and daughter seem to have some kind of conflict? During lunch just now, our son-in-law didn't say a word, and his expression was a bit strange. Is it because of Sham that our daughter and he had a fight?"

“I don’t think so. I think it’s more like Lu Ming is unable to protect Philna because of her greed.” Taking off his glasses, old Ozmoz shook his head.

"What do you mean?"

Sitting in his chair, old Ozmoz said with a wry smile, "A couple of days ago, Lu Ming suddenly brought Philna back from the Grand Duke's mansion, and I noticed that he kept looking out the window, clearly looking for assassins. Yesterday at the banquet, Philna, who always looked forward to showing off her dancing skills at noble banquets, remained silent and expressionless when Lu Ming invited her. Moreover, while they were dancing, I saw Philna deliberately stepping on Lu Ming's foot."

"this......"

“Because Philna has been living in the Grand Duke’s mansion, she has to get involved in almost everything, which makes many nobles think that she wants to seize power. The Grand Duke naturally cannot tolerate her. If it weren’t for Lu Ming and his hunters, do you think our daughter would still be sitting there sulking?”

"How can you say that our daughter doesn't have any feelings for her son-in-law?"

"He does have feelings, but they're all negative. It's a pity that Lu Ming has to pretend to really like Philna in front of us to coax us."

"But according to your logic, if our daughter loses her husband's protection, then wouldn't the Grand Duke be..."

“We still have two children. If we can’t save Philner, we’ll have to sacrifice them to save the king. Otherwise, it would be bad to draw the Grand Duke’s wrath on them.”

"You really have the heart to abandon your precious daughter!?"

“This isn’t up to me! Lu Ming hasn’t smiled since he came back today. It’s obvious that Philner said something to the Grand Duke that can’t be said, which has made him not want to continue the relationship.”

"Sigh! Philner has never been a very obedient child. Now she's caused such a big problem; I don't know what will happen to her in the future..."

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At 3 p.m., Lu Ming went out alone with the Aries Staff, leaving Philner and Sham to rest in the room.

During this time, Sham planned to have a serious talk with Philna, hoping she could truly see the pros and cons and stop doing anything strange.

Unfortunately, before Sham could even speak, Philner said, "I don't need your pity!"

Looking at Philner's stubborn face, Sham shook his head helplessly and asked, "Do you really think I'm pitying you?"

"..."

“There’s absolutely nothing about you that I should pity. The reason you’re being targeted by the Grand Duke is because of your insatiable greed and lack of self-control. The reason you’re not supported by the nobles is because you were conservative at the noble assembly. And the reason Lu Ming wants to abandon you is even more because you’re ungrateful and want to frame him in front of those earls. Tell me yourself, why should I pity someone as cowardly, conservative, greedy, and ungrateful as you?” Sham’s words were hurtful. If she weren’t a swordsman, Philner would have fought her to the death. But now she didn’t have the guts.

Do you know why I'm asking Lu Ming to give you another chance?

"why?"

"Hehe! Because I feel that if I just give up on you like this, wouldn't all the accusations and sacrifices Lu Ming has made over the past few months be for nothing? So I won't let him give you up until I've squeezed out all the value you still have! You can rest assured about that."

Looking at Sham's face, which was no less striking than his own, Philner clenched his fists tightly. After a long while, he loosened his fists and said angrily, "I will definitely take your seat!"

"Take my place? You mean the position to help manage the entire territory? If you have the ability and win his favor, you can try. However, given your selfish and self-centered nature, and your disregard for your family, I think he probably won't like you at all!"

"Don't worry, it's none of your business! I have my own ways of making him fall in love with me!"

“But whether you can fall in love with him is another question.” Sham smiled and looked at Philner with the eyes of a mentally challenged and foolish person, which made Philner very annoyed.

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"Are you here to help me?" Losrick, who had been chased into an alley and was cornered, suddenly saw Lu Ming follow the group into the alley and knock them all unconscious. He asked, panting.

“Because the blood that caused the Grand Duke's beast form contains the blood of Lothric's Demon King Sloanes, I think you will definitely ask the Grand Duke to investigate this matter. That's why I came to see you.” Lu Ming said to the Earl of Lothric, smashing a holy staff on the head of a henchman who had been knocked unconscious.

Upon seeing this, Count Lothric couldn't help but laugh and said, "Because of the three months of hunting, you already know the consequences of blood therapy, so even if you want to join forces with me, you still need to find the guy who cooperated with that old monster?"

"So what?"

"Ha! I hope you won't hold me back!"

"I'll return those words to you verbatim!"

Just as Lu Ming and Lothric were getting on each other's nerves, another dozen or twenty henchmen came running over.

"It seems our opponent is quite powerful!"

"It must have been done by one of the earls. Otherwise, these people wouldn't dare to corner us here."

“The Earl? Phoenix Amon? It seems that only he has the motive and ability to do this.”

As Lu Ming drew his Irithyll straight sword and walked step by step toward the henchmen, he shook his head and said, "It wasn't Count Amon. Although he had a motive, it would be too stupid to act in his own home. Even if he wanted to use reverse psychology, this isn't how you do it!"

As he spoke, Lu Ming attacked the henchmen, quickly cutting them down to pieces, leaving them groaning on the ground.

"Speak, who sent you here!" Lu Ming asked coldly, holding the icy blade of the Irithyll Straight Sword to the neck of the henchman's leader.

"Yes...yes...yes..."

"Ah~!!"

Seeing that the leader was unwilling to reveal who had instructed him, Lothric, who had been walking step by step, drew his sword without hesitation and cut off the leader's finger!

"Speak!" Compared to Lu Ming's icy killing intent, Lothric appeared even more sinister and terrifying. Because he didn't want to kill; instead, he wanted to torture people!

"It's Lord Radman from the west of the city!" Overwhelmed by pain and fear, the leader of the henchmen immediately betrayed the one who had instigated it.

Lu Ming and Lothric exchanged a glance, then set off for the west of the city without another word. However, these small fry would naturally be imprisoned for several years for attacking a noble!

The western part of Agamemnon borders the industrial and civilian boroughs. While it doesn't have the same level of squalor as the civilian boroughs, it's still incredibly dangerous.

Because of the presence of a black market here, Lu Ming and his companion have already encountered several pickpockets.

Lu Ming was wearing a black trench coat custom-made by the (Hunter) organization, so almost no one dared to steal his things. But in Lothric, even his underwear was stolen without his knowledge.

"Six gold coins. Thirty-seven silver coins, all stolen. That damned bastard, if he finds out who he is, he'll kill him!" Count Lothric said viciously, looking at his empty money bag.

"Who told you to go out dressed in a magician's robe? Those pickpockets only steal from you because you're just an ordinary magician, who else would they steal from?" Lu Ming joked with a smile as he stood in front of Radman's house, which he had found after asking around.

"Do you think the major guild will reimburse you for this money?"

"Probably not." Seeing Losrick suffer a loss, Lu Ming smiled happily.

"Alright. After this is all over, I'm going to catch those damn thieves and torture them severely!"

"Suit yourself!" With a slight smile, Lu Ming pushed open the door to Radman's house.

As soon as they entered the house, Lu Ming and Lothric smelled a strong odor of rotting plants, causing them both to frown.

Just then, Radman, whom the henchman's leader had mentioned, heard his front door being opened and rushed out of his room with two short axes in hand. He demanded of Lu Ming and Lothric, "Who are you?! What are you doing in my house?!"

The two nobles exchanged a glance, and then Radman was struck by bad luck.

In no time, Lu Ming and Lothric tied the short dwarf to a chair, leaving him unable to live or die.

Sitting on a chair not far away, Lu Ming fiddled with a syringe. A large amount of dark mud gushed out from his shadow, enveloping Radman's hands and feet, eroding his body and soul bit by bit.

"You'd better expose the person behind you sooner rather than later, and I might get her to let you go. Otherwise, we have plenty of time to slowly corrupt you into a wandering ghost."

Even as the dark mud relentlessly eroded him, and despite holding a mixture of blood containing the blood of the old gods and some evil beings in his hand, Radman remained clenched in his teeth, uttering not a single word.

“In the west of the city, you are the only one named Radman. We couldn’t have mistaken you for someone else. Besides, you yourself admitted that you are Radman.”

"If you're thinking of waiting for someone to come and rescue you, then you're sorely mistaken. Because one of us is a viscount and the other is one of the six earls, even if someone comes to rescue you, they'd better think twice before deciding whether they're even a match for the two of us!"

"So, you might as well just confess obediently!"

Radman didn't listen to a word Lu Ming and Lothric said. He stubbornly refused to reveal the mastermind behind it all.

Seeing this, Lu Ming stood up and said with a smile, "Even if you don't say it, we know who it is. It's nothing more than Count Phoenix Aimon and Count Dahl Cacalo."

Seeing that Radman remained unmoved, Lu Ming immediately thought of someone else. He then smiled and said, "Oh, it's Count Antu Laques! Thank you!"

Upon hearing Lu Ming mention Antu Laques's name, Radman immediately panicked.

Seeing the panic on his face, Lu Ming and Lothric immediately focused their attention on Count Antu Laques, the leading figure among the direct descendants of the Rells nobles.