The wrong transmigrator assigned by the system

These people came to urge Lu Ming and the others to quickly come up with a way to make Cocodora play a role in the cavalry charge, just like Yongjira.

However, Cocodora was inherently unsuitable for charging, and few of its skills were ranged. Even when riding alongside a knight, it was difficult to be effective. The electromagnetic levitation tactic had to be abandoned because there were simply too few Cocodoras with this skill. As a result, the matter was repeatedly delayed, and the small squad of the Deucalion Cavalry Regiment eventually joined the work of developing tactics and methods for coordinating Cocodora and cavalry before leaving.

Unfortunately, for three consecutive days, all the effort yielded nothing but an impossible result.

Left with no other choice, they had to abandon the idea of ​​having Cocodora join the charge. Instead, they had Cocodora assist the cavalry in fighting on foot alongside the dismounted knights in areas unsuitable for cavalry charges. This way, Cocodora could utilize her full potential without being exhausted from assisting the cavalry charge.

Thus, Lu Ming, along with several guards and the knights, headed to the border between Erebus and the Duchy of Yaru to convey their final conclusions and the precautions to be taken during infantry combat to the Deucalion Cavalry Regiment already stationed at the border. Meanwhile, Grand Duke Rael was also there, discussing with Tartarus's side where to attack after the attack began.

As Lu Ming and his group entered Deucalion's camp, they quickly saw many soldiers from the Duchy of Yaru who had been defeated and captured in the attacks on Erebus over the past few days. They were all locked in cages, their eyes filled with hatred as they looked at Lu Ming and the other Erebus nobles and knights…

After dismounting in the camp, Lu Ming and his companions entered the main tent of the Deucalion Cavalry Regiment. There, they met Grand Duke Rael and the Deucalion commander, Toures Hedist.

She was Grand Duke Reys's older sister, and the only illegitimate daughter the previous Grand Duke publicly acknowledged. Because of this, although she was able to become the commander of Deucalion through her abilities, she couldn't inherit the Grand Duke's title and remained only a viscount, without any land...

"Hello, Miss Tures, I am Lu Ming of Odysseus. It's a pleasure to meet you." Looking at the tall, silver-haired woman in the tent, dressed in armor and wearing a scarlet cloak, with a scar over her right eye, Lu Ming greeted her with a smile.

“I’ve heard of you, Viscount Lu Ming. However, you’d better call me Viscount Hadist from now on, after all, those naive noble ladies are just like that!” Toures’s voice was a little cold, but she was still polite to Lu Ming. At least when she looked at Lu Ming, her eyes did not have the same coldness she showed when she looked at the other Deucalion knights.

Just then, Raelus, who was talking with the Tartarus people, noticed Lu Ming's arrival and couldn't help but laugh, "You haven't come up with a solution yet, have you?"

"You did this on purpose, didn't you?"

"Yes."

"..." Lu Ming looked at Grand Duke Reys speechlessly, somewhat annoyed. But after a while, he stopped thinking about those things and instead took out a document and handed it to Grand Duke Reys, saying, "This is the plan for using the Cocodora that we developed after testing it for a long time with the knights of Deucalion. Unlike the Yongjira, which excels in ranged attacks, the Cocodora is better at melee combat. However, they are not fast and cannot keep up with cavalry charges. In addition, even if they use their lightweight bodies to accelerate, the power of their charge skills will decrease due to the lighter bodies. Therefore, we think it's best to use the Cocodora in places where it's not suitable for a full-scale charge, and when fighting enemy infantry, to break through the enemy's defenses. Moreover, the Cocodora's steel body is very sturdy, and enemy arrows cannot harm them. We only need to prepare visible eye shields for them."

Looking at the test data of Lu Ming and the others in the document, Grand Duke Rael nodded slightly, then said to Tures, "Sister, you heard what Lu Ming said. He's preparing to let the knights get acquainted with Cocodora. In a few days, we'll launch a full-scale attack, heading straight for Yaru's capital and forcing them to surrender!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Upon hearing this, Torres immediately stepped out of the military tent and instructed the squad leaders among the knights to begin practicing foot combat with Cocodora and familiarizing themselves with the areas that needed attention.

After she left the tent, Grand Duke Rael breathed a slight sigh of relief and said to Lu Ming, "I don't know why, but I always feel a lot of pressure when my sister is around. It might be because of that beast-like aura she exudes, which makes me feel uncomfortable."

"A beast-like aura?" Upon hearing this, Lu Ming looked at Grand Duke Rael with some curiosity.

"Yes, a beast! When she fights, she's like a beast. She often hands over command of the troops to her adjutant while she takes up arms and fights on the battlefield. That's why she went blind in her right eye! Also, I heard that when she's fighting the enemy, she sometimes crawls on the ground like a beast!"

"Why does that sound a lot like the War Knights of Irithyll Valley?"

Hearing Lu Ming's murmur, Rael suddenly said protectively, "The War Knights are true beasts, but my sister isn't!"

"Yes, yes, yes! You're right. We warrior knights are all beasts!"

"Feel sorry......"

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In the afternoon, Lu Ming sat in the camp, watching the knights of Deucalion train, lost in thought.

At this moment, a female knight, dressed in a scarlet cloak like Tures, came to Lu Ming's side and, like Lu Ming, watched the knights' training.

Suddenly, the knight spoke up and asked Lu Ming, "What are your thoughts on Yaru's declaration of war against us, Erebus?"

"Someone wants to use us and the allied forces to eliminate the deep-seated problems within Yaru. Right now, Yaru has both the headquarters of the Evil Spirit Church and the remnants of Evines's faction. This person wants to use our power to wipe them all out so that he can take the entire Duchy of Yaru into his hands."

"Lord Lothric shares this view, but unfortunately, he says this war is inevitable. Otherwise, with the cooperation of the Yaru military and our side, we should be able to eliminate the Yaru problem with less loss."

"Hehehe!" Lu Ming couldn't help but laugh when he heard the man's words.

"why are you laughing?"

"What am I laughing at? I'm laughing at your lack of understanding. The reason Yaru is fighting us now is because their army, like ours, is controlled by those evil thugs. Otherwise, with their own army, why would they need our help?"

"..." The man paused for a moment, then bowed to Lu Ming and said, "Thank you for your guidance."

“Miss Haimir, as Miss Tures’s adjutant, you can’t be blind to the truth of the matter!” Lu Ming said with a smile, then looked in the direction of the Duchy of Yaru and said, “The Yaru army is here again.”

Upon hearing this, the female knight, whom Lu Ming called Haimir, also looked in the direction of the Duchy of Yaru. Seeing birds scattering and fleeing in the distance, she immediately ran to assemble the army.

Yaru's army was mostly infantry, with few cavalry, while Erebus's army, due to its vast plains, was predominantly cavalry. Infantry legions consisted of only a few small legions of less than a thousand men each, and Mac's undead legion.

Because cavalry is far more effective than infantry in battle on the plains. And the border region where the Deucalion Cavalry was stationed happened to be a sparsely wooded plain. It was impossible for the Yaru forces to defeat the Deucalion Cavalry, which numbered over 15,000. Therefore, upon discovering the return of the Yaru army, Haimir only mustered 5,000 heavy cavalry to meet them.

This wasn't blind confidence, but rather because, apart from Erebus, Tartarus and Styx had both stationed their armies on the borders of the Duchy of Arru, preventing Arru from concentrating its main forces to attack Deucalion's cavalry lines. Each attack could only send a small infantry legion of ten thousand men, while the main force remained stationary. This was to prevent Tartarus and Styx's armies from penetrating deep into Arru's territory while they were fighting Erebus!

However, watching the flock of birds startled into flight in the distance, Lu Ming had a very uneasy feeling. To find out if this feeling was real, Lu Ming summoned a light elemental bird and sent it to investigate.

Meanwhile, Haimir had already led his heavy cavalry to prepare to set off to meet Yaru's army.

Before setting off, Haimir and Toures hugged and kissed, and only separated after a while.

Watching Haimir's retreating figure as he led his heavy cavalry away from the camp, Tures said expressionlessly to Count Lothric, who had somehow appeared in the camp and stood behind him, "Lothric, you'd better not use teleportation magic to appear behind me again, or I might accidentally kill you, and don't blame me!"

"Ha! Miss Toures is quite interesting!"

"I'm not joking!"

"I know."

Toures suddenly turned around, glaring at Lothric with a fierce expression, and roared, "So, are you involved in my relationship with Haimir?!"

"I've known about the two young ladies for a while now. My opinion is the same as the Viscount's—they're quite a sight for sore eyes!"

"What do you mean?"

"It's nothing special, just enjoying the beautiful sight of the two kissing. It's a pity that Duke Rael doesn't approve, because his two fiancées often do the same thing now, keeping him up at night."

"..." Upon hearing this, Tures suddenly blushed and said, "You like it because you are not native to Miracaissa. If you were, you wouldn't think this way."

"Miss Torres, your words are an insult to me and Viscount Lu Ming!" After giving Torres a cold glare, who was unaware that she had said something wrong, Lothric quickly walked toward the military tent where Grand Duke Rael was.

Watching Lothric's retreating figure, Toures arrogantly offered no apology, even though Lothric was a count, while she was merely a viscount.

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A few minutes later, Lu Ming was summoned to Reyrs's military tent. As soon as he entered the tent, he heard Lothric saying that the two daughters of the Grand Duke of Yaru, who had been assassinated, were now in Agamemnon. He said that as long as the Church of the Evil Spirits, the remnants of Evenes, and the forces of Falcels were dispersed, they could stabilize Yaru and stop wasting energy there, allowing them to focus all their efforts on preparing for the war against the Aifa Empire.

Upon seeing Lu Ming arrive, Count Lothric immediately said to him, "Lu Ming, you've come at the right time. We have something we need your help with."

Lu Ming sat down on a low stool on the left side of the military tent and said, "Tell me, what is it that you can't come up with a solution to?"

Seeing that Lu Ming had already sat down, Lothric ignored Lu Ming's teasing and said to himself, "The two ladies of Yaru said that after they become Grand Dukes, they can appease the people of Yaru and make them not resent us, Erebus, but Grand Duke Rael must choose one of them as his future principal wife."

Upon hearing this, Lu Ming frowned, muttering to himself as he pondered, "So, Yaru has handed over the choice of the next Grand Duke to us, Erebus, and even thrown a Grand Duchess at us. This is a dilemma. No matter who we choose as Grand Duchess, it will make someone else the new Grand Duke of Yaru. No matter who we choose, it's not the right choice... Damn it! Disgusting!"

"Now you know our predicament!" Count Lothric said gloatingly, looking at Lu Ming's pained expression.

Suddenly, Lu Ming shook his head, turned to Grand Duke Raels, and suggested, "If the two young ladies have similar political acumen and look alike, I think we could let someone who doesn't know the situation choose them?"

"For example, my older sister?"

“It’s much better for Miss Torres to make the selection than for you to do so. That way, you won’t leave any political leverage that the Yalu side could use against us!” Lu Ming sighed, somewhat helplessly.

As soon as Lu Ming finished speaking, a bird of light element suddenly flew into the military tent, landed on the ground, and called out to Lu Ming.

Upon seeing this, Lu Ming immediately used the contract to examine the bird's memories to see what he had seen.

But he only glanced at it before immediately retreating and running out of the tent. Rael and his companion knew something was wrong and rushed out as well. They then heard Lu Ming shout to Deucalion's soldiers, "Something's happened with Viscount Haimir! Everyone, mount your horses immediately!!"

Upon hearing Lu Ming's words, Tures immediately mounted his warhorse and ordered the soldiers, "Mount up!"

"Yes!!" (To be continued.)

Chapter 78 - Yaru's Puppet Soldiers

Riding on horseback, Tures led seven thousand heavy cavalry to the border to rescue five thousand knights, including Haimir.

Lu Ming and Lothric, who were not members of the Deucalion Cavalry, were also in their group, because what Haimir and his men encountered this time was not something that could be defeated with a sword.

The Duchy of Yaru has sent puppet soldiers from Anpu this time!

These soldiers, composed entirely of sand and mud, are largely impervious to sword strikes and hammer blows. Only mages and priests can defeat these disgusting puppet soldiers; ordinary soldiers are doomed to die when they encounter them.

Fortunately, the knights of Deucalion's horses were equipped with basic offensive alchemical potions, which allowed them to hold out for a while while they awaited rescue.

In order to find Haimir and the others more quickly, Lu Ming and Lothric both released light elemental birds to lead the way.

What puzzled Lu Ming and Lothric was that they had been searching for over ten minutes since leaving the camp, yet they hadn't found the place where Haimir and his group were fighting the puppet soldiers. This was truly strange. They were almost inside the Duchy of Yaru at this point. It was impossible that they hadn't encountered Haimir and his group, who had only been there for a few minutes, before running into the puppet soldiers.

Looking at the light elemental birds leading the way in the sky, Lu Ming and Lothric both used illusion dispelling magic, but the surroundings remained the same.

Sensing something was amiss, Lothric frowned and asked Lu Ming, "Could those knights have been dragged to the Shadow World?"

Lu Ming shook his head and said, "No. My shadow creatures have searched the entire Shadow World. There is no trace of Haimir and the others."

Upon hearing this, Lothric became even more puzzled.

To be honest, not only were the two mages, Lu Ming and Lothric, puzzled by the current situation, but even the knights of Deucalion felt that something was amiss.

After searching for so long without finding the battlefield, everyone wondered if Haimir and his men had been defeated as soon as they encountered the Yaru forces. But if they were just passing through, what's the point of leaving no trace along the way? Even if they were defeated, Deucalion's knights would have fought the enemy first; it's impossible for them to leave without a trace. It's unlikely that Haimir and his men surrendered to the Yaru forces, is it?

As time passed, Lu Ming and Lothric pulled on the reins, bringing the horses to a stop.

Seeing this, Torres also led his team to stop the Cavaliers.

Seeing Lu Ming and Lothric looking at the light elemental birds in the sky with puzzled expressions, their eyes gleaming with a faint blue magical light, Tures knew that the two of them were viewing the memories of those light elemental birds through the contract. Helpless, Tures could only suppress his anxiety and wait for Lu Ming and Lothric to find the reason.

After about half a minute, Lu Ming and Lothric exited the birds' memories, exchanged a glance, raised the Aries Staff and wand in their hands, and fired several Soul Spears into the sky.

The azure soul spear shot swiftly into the sky, quickly striking something. Then, a mournful cry echoed from the heavens as a gigantic, transparent monster, resembling a whale, plummeted from the sky, landing heavily not far from the Deucalion Knights, causing the earth to tremble instantly.

Gazing at the enormous, transparent whale, Tures and the knights were somewhat astonished. They looked at Lu Ming and Lothric, hoping they could tell them what the whale was. But Lu Ming and Lothric didn't answer them; instead, they spurred their horses forward without hesitation.

Only then did Torres and the others realize that a fierce battlefield had appeared directly in front of them, seemingly out of nowhere. The two sides locked in combat were none other than the Deucalion knights, including Haimir, whom they had been searching for so long, and the puppet army legion of the Duchy of Yaru.

Puppet soldiers are inorganic soldiers controlled by mages. They possess no intelligence and can only operate instinctively, relying on pre-defined spells prescribed by the mage. Therefore, while puppet soldiers are difficult to deal with, they are utterly useless against an army that understands them and has mages or priests present. This is why Amp abandoned the strategy of using puppet soldiers as the main force and instead developed his own unique army.

The puppet soldiers gradually came into two types: one type was created by family-affiliated mages and exported to other duchies as cannon fodder; the other type was the puppet soldiers created by intelligent races, like those of Falserth.

The ones currently fighting against Haymir and the Deucalion knights are the former type. They are controlled by magic, exist in humanoid forms, and wield iron pieces that are not even swords, fighting against the Deucalion knights. Relying on their powerful immortality, these puppet soldiers were able to fight against the most elite cavalry regiment of Erebus, wearing down four hundred of Haymir's knights with zero losses, and transporting their weapons and armor from underground back to Yaru.

But after the two mages, Lu Ming and Lothric, joined the battle, the situation changed completely.

The puppet soldiers were powered by magic, but this magic was highly unstable. When a puppet soldier was struck by other offensive magic, the magic controlling it would malfunction, causing the puppet to disintegrate. This malfunctioning magic would then dissipate naturally after a few minutes. Therefore, when Lu Ming and Lothric entered the battle, unleashing their enhanced Farron Short Arrows and Light Spears, these spells quickly overwhelmed the puppet soldiers, reducing them to sand and dirt!

However, to Lu Ming and Lothric's surprise, among these easily defeated ordinary puppet soldiers, there were actually two puppet soldiers that were completely different from the normal puppet soldiers.

They were two puppet soldiers dressed in the armor of Lothric knights, wielding the straight sword of Irithyll, with red light flashing through the gaps in their helmets.

If it weren't for the magical bindings they were under, Lu Ming and Lothric might have mistaken them for summoned undead or Unburnt Ashes.

What's strange is that these two peculiar puppet soldiers don't behave in a fixed way like other puppet soldiers. Instead, they behave like living people, changing in countless ways.

Relying on the sharpness of the Irithyll straight sword and the sturdiness of the Lothric Knight shield, these two golems killed dozens of Deucalion Knights, making the knights prefer to use basic alchemical potions to attack the terrifyingly large number of ordinary golems rather than fight these two agile and somewhat unpredictable peculiar golems.

Just as Lu Ming and Lothric saw the two peculiar puppet soldiers, the two puppet soldiers also saw them.

Upon seeing Lu Ming and Lothric, the two puppet soldiers let out a terrifying shriek and then rushed towards them at a speed that even a cavalry charge couldn't match. Before the knights around Lu Ming and Lothric could react, their horses were knocked away by the two puppet soldiers!