“He brought his own wine, but he collapsed after just one glass. Sigh! How boring.” Lu Ming glanced at Duke Raels lying on the ground, being carried away by Shumira, and smiled speechlessly. Then he opened another bottle of strong liquor and filled everyone’s glasses again.
Seeing this, Count Lothric, who wasn't much of a drinker and wasn't in good health to begin with, looked at Nero with a questioning gaze: 'Didn't you say he didn't drink at all? What the hell is going on??'
"I don't know either! He definitely doesn't drink at all!" Nero replied with a look in his eyes.
"What's wrong, you two? Let's drink this!" He smiled and watched Lothric and Nero exchange glances, then picked up his glass and clinked it with theirs before downing his drink.
Thus, Lothric and Nero had no choice but to drink the wine with bitter faces.
Carmel, who had also downed two glasses of strong liquor and was almost dizzy, secretly gestured to a dwarf and a caveman at a table not far away, asking them to come and help.
Immediately, the two guys ran over with their cups.
"These are Greaves Copperbrow and Wara Wara Kas, who just joined the organization." Knowing that dwarves and cavemen were good drinkers, Nero smiled and greeted Lu Ming as soon as he saw the two approaching. He looked as if victory was already in his grasp.
After giving the two newcomers a quick glance, Lu Ming smiled and poured them both a glass of wine, saying, "Congratulations on joining the (Hunter) family."
Seeing Lu Ming, the former hunter leader, pour them drinks, the short, stout, bearded dwarf and the giant potato-like man with green scales were flattered and quickly downed their drinks. However, after clinking glasses with Lu Ming five times, they too were drunk and collapsed to the ground.
After trying to get these two guys, who should have been heavy drinkers, to drink themselves into a stupor twice, and confirming that they were truly out of it, Nero, Hemphis, Lothric, and Camelus finally had them taken to a hotel in town to rest.
Playing with his wine glass, Lu Ming smiled slightly and said to the four guys who were already backing down, "Dwarves and cavemen are indeed good drinkers. But the problem is, they drink low-alcohol ale and fruit wine. What you brought is strong liquor. The two of them can drink five glasses, and in these big glasses of ale, that's already pretty good."
Seeing Lu Ming fiddling with the exquisitely crafted little wine glass, Nero and the other three exchanged glances, then gritted their teeth and said, "Let's go for it!"
Then he started drinking with Lu Ming.
Lu Ming glanced at the four men indifferently, then filled everyone's glasses without saying a word, and laughed, "If you're willing to die, I'm willing to bury you."
Immediately, Nero, Helmphis, Lothric, and Carmel swallowed hard. They thought to themselves, "Today's probably going to be a disaster!"
Several hours later, as the wedding banquet drew to a close, only Nero and Hemphis remained conscious among Nero's group of four. The other two were slumped under the table. Lu Ming, however, aside from a slightly flushed face, seemed completely unaffected. Despite having drunk seven or eight bottles of strong liquor, he showed no signs of intoxication. This was a huge blow to Nero and the others.
However, after seeing the miserable state of Nero and other important figures, many people were glad that they hadn't foolishly joined the battle, otherwise they might be sleeping under the table like him now!
The wedding banquet officially ended at around 10 o'clock.
Those who were closer to the guests were escorted by the servants to guest rooms on the second and fourth floors. The remaining guests went to the town's inn to rest.
Lu Ming, attended by his seven beautiful wives, went to his room to prepare for his wonderful wedding night.
As a viscount, Lu Ming's room had a large bed, big enough to comfortably fit eight people with plenty of room to spare. So tonight, regardless of whether Sham and the others agreed or not, Lu Ming was determined to sleep with his seven wives.
Looking at his wife sitting on the edge of the bed, dressed in different styles of wedding dresses, Lu Ming slowly undressed himself.
"My dears, from today onwards, you are my wives."
Upon hearing Lu Ming's words, Lily and the others couldn't help but blush.
Meanwhile, Miral and Mena began to remove Lily's wedding dress, revealing her beautiful body.
Step by step, Lu Ming walked over, gently cupped Lily's slightly shy face, and kissed her passionately.
Then everyone climbed into the big bed and began a night of sleeping together under the same covers...
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Dream.
The woman in black robes, who was studying magic, heard Lu Ming's footsteps and said without speaking, "I thought you would play with them until dawn."
Lu Ming picked her up in one go and walked towards the bed next to him, saying with a smile, "They're all very tired. They only did it once, and they're already clamoring to sleep. So I had no choice but to come to you."
After Lu Ming gently placed her on the bed, the woman in black robes said somewhat angrily, "So I was just a substitute after all!"
"Hehe." Lu Ming chuckled helplessly, looking at the sullen woman in black robes. He knelt on one knee.
Upon seeing this, the woman in black robes was taken aback. But before she could speak, Lu Ming took out a ring identical to the ones Lily and the others had, and asked the woman in black robes, "Will you marry me?"
"..." The woman in black robes remained silent for a long while before slowly making her move and saying, "I am willing."
She cried when Lu Ming personally put the ring on her finger.
"Lu Ming, Lu Ming..." The woman in black robes suddenly threw herself into Lu Ming's arms and burst into tears.
Even though I can never leave this place, never fulfill my wishes again, what does it matter? Wouldn't I still do foolish things if I went out? Being here with him is the most fulfilling thing, isn't it?
"Silly woman, you're my wife now. You can't go back on your word." He picked up the woman in the black robe and sat down on the bed with her. Lu Ming gently comforted her while kissing her cheek.
"Mmm!" The woman in the black robe nodded slightly, blushing. She reached out and carefully removed her husband's clothes.
After both of them had taken off their clothes, Lu Ming pinned the woman down and began his assault.
Outside the room, Bishop Amelia, who was studying the miracle, heard the commotion coming from inside and angrily exclaimed, "Is this what you're researching divine blood for? It's disgusting!" (To be continued.)
Chapter Thirty-Three - One Year Later
On this day, Lu Ming sat on a recliner in the yard, holding his one-year-old daughter Emma, basking in the sun.
At this moment, in early spring, basking in the warm sun is a very comfortable thing. Although Lu Ming and his youngest daughter Emma were already so comfortable that they fell asleep.
Not far away, Sham, who was teaching Lisa and the others swordsmanship, glanced at Lu Ming, who was already asleep like his daughter. He gently knocked the swords out of Lisa and the others' hands, then quickly walked over to Lu Ming and covered him and Emma, who was fast asleep in Lu Ming's arms, with a blanket.
Just then, the voices of Princess Ella and Kanina could be heard coming from inside the mansion.
"It's been over a year, how come you still can't learn the Vortex Soul Block?"
"God knows what happened!"
"Sigh! It seems that not only has your body not grown much, but your brain hasn't grown much either!"
"Hey! I'm a princess too!"
"Your Highness, could you please learn how to use the Vortex Soul Block quickly? I don't want to be dragged here to be taught to you again and again!"
"you!!"
Just as Sham was frowning, about to stop their argument, he heard Mena's voice: "Alright, alright, you two stop arguing. Otherwise, Lu Ming will punish you by making you water the 'King of Flowers' again. I think you both know how terrible the 'King of Flowers' is at this time of year, right?"
"..." It was obvious that Kanina and Princess Ella knew how terrifying the Queen of the Night flower was during its pollen season, and they immediately fell silent.
Before long, Sham saw Mena holding a pair of two-month-old babies in the shadows at the entrance of the mansion, watching her.
At this point, a year had passed since their wedding to Lu Ming. In that year, Lily gave birth to a daughter for Lu Ming, and Mena gave birth to twins. Apart from Philna, who was three months pregnant, the others had not yet conceived.
As half-human, half-vampire, Mena's two daughters are naturally unafraid of the sun. How could the children of the Lord of Cinder possibly be afraid of the sun?
The children weren't afraid of the sun, but it was a bit of a hardship for Mena. After all, she was a vampire and couldn't possibly carry both of them into the sun, so she had to leave it to Sham and the others.
However, Mena became pregnant first and gave birth to twins, one of whom was a boy, which displeased the children's maternal grandfather, Count Vlad. Because of this, the Hatu family of Sham and the Ozmoz family of Fernah began to put pressure on him and the Vlad family, so he did not attend the baby's full-month celebration, which saddened Mena.
Of course, this incident didn't affect Mena and Sham's relationship at all. Things remained the same as before.
On the surface, they appear amicable, but the internal struggle between the two Lilies and Sham and Philner is incredibly fierce. Although they won't do anything to the children or each other, Sham's men have now appeared in Philner's caravan, Philner has bribed part of Lily's territory guard, and Lily has also taken away some of Sham's control over his territory. They are going to great lengths to seize all the power from each other.
Mena, Yulsie, and Miral were terrified and withdrew from the competition. Otherwise, the little they had wouldn't have been enough to contend with those three forces.
Sham called Lisa over, and then together they quickly walked over to Mena, taking Lu Ming's real second daughter Alex and eldest son Wesker from Mena's arms so that Mena could go to sleep for a while.
When Sham and Lisa carried the two children back into the yard, Lu Ming had already woken up.
"How's the construction going at the academy?"
"There's no news yet. However, with Mshu and Zalak there, there shouldn't be any problems."
Upon hearing this, Lu Ming couldn't help but laugh and said, "They've only fallen for two girls, and you're punishing them like this? Isn't that a bit too much?"
“Philna and I will listen to you and not stop them from doing things with those two women. Are you going to stop even this little bit of punishment?” Sham said, sounding very aggrieved.
"Fine. If you two want to plant spies in the academy, then so be it." With a helpless expression, Lu Ming touched Emma, his eldest daughter who had been awakened by his and Sham's conversation, and said.
Seeing that Lu Ming already knew about his and Philna's thoughts, Sham, unusually playful, stuck out his tongue at Lu Ming.
Seeing this, Lu Ming couldn't help but laugh. He picked up Emma and gave the recliner to his beloved wife.
Since Lu Ming had given up his seat, Sham sat down without hesitation, covering himself with the stall. While coaxing Wesker, he said to Lu Ming, "Carmels sent a letter. She said that Haska's virus has been suppressed and that the virus will soon be completely eradicated in the country."
"Yes. She did a great job. But I doubt her letter was about this."
“That’s right. She wrote because the royal family and the nobles of the capital want to infiltrate (the Hunters). She and Archbishop Tut both hope that you can return to (the Hunters) and take charge of the overall situation.”
"Are they planning to build a teleportation point here?"
"Yes."
"Oh, I see. I understand."
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Before having lunch in the evening, Lu Ming sat alone in his study, looking at the tasks and messages on his phone.
"Congratulations on completing the main quest: [The Hunter's Intensified Virus], you have obtained 1 Crystal Soul Block and 20 Skill Points."
"Crystallized Soul Block? That's it? All my waiting and hard work over the past year got me this skill? What the hell?!"
Looking at the mission rewards, Lu Ming felt cheated and immediately added skill points to Swiftness, Flame Kick, and Flame Ejection.
Four new skills were unlocked at once: Lightning Palm, Flame Vortex, Wild Thunder, and Dragon Breath. Except for Flame Vortex, which requires two skill points, the others all require three. Unfortunately, Swiftness required far too many skill points, leaving Lu Ming with only three, so he could only learn one skill.
"Aside from Wild Thunder, which is a self-harming skill, the other three all have built-in control effects. Of course, Flame Vortex and Dragon Breath are the best, but the most powerful is Lightning Palm. So I should learn Lightning Palm. After all, I'm currently very weak against water-type attacks."
After a brief moment's thought, Lu Ming immediately learned the Lightning Palm skill. New skills were also unlocked on the skill tree: Electric Shock Wave and Charging Ray.
Having run out of skill points, Lu Ming didn't bother to look at the skill point requirements for the two new skills. Instead, he opened the information bar and checked the messages he had just received.
"The new instance is ready and will begin tomorrow at 3 PM. Have fun playing!"
From: Death, Lepluto.
"..."
Compared to the dungeons prepared by other gods, the Grim Reaper's dungeon has one advantage: you can find out where the dungeon is in advance.
Over the past year, Lu Ming had attempted the dungeons prepared by the Moon Goddess twice, once failing at the Graveyard and the other time at the Forest of Fallen Giants. He obtained no skill books either time, and aside from some weapons and equipment, the Elemental Ash Ring, and the Fire Keeper's Eye and Spiral Sword Fragments (their uses were unknown), he gained almost nothing of note.
And what's worse! There weren't any dungeon quests for either of these two instances!
This time, however, there is a dungeon quest.
It's obvious that dungeon quests were created by Death itself, so only Death's dungeons will have dungeon quests.
"The mutated sacrifice... Is this time the dungeon Farron Fortress? I never thought my wild ramblings would actually come true. Am I here to end the Undead Legion now? Heh..." With just one glance at the mission name, Lu Ming knew where this dungeon was.
As before, this mission, like the previous dungeon missions, requires hunting down a certain number of monsters. However, this time the target is four gigantic, bizarre sacrificial beasts.
However, now is not the time to think about issuing quests, since the dungeon doesn't start until tomorrow, and there's plenty of time. The main quests, on the other hand, need to be planned in advance. After all, the objectives of the main quests are all rather strange.
Just like this main quest, "The Disguised Viper," which requires Lu Ming to find the spies who have infiltrated the (Hunter) organization.
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