The wrong transmigrator assigned by the system

Immediately, all the knights began to charge in the same direction.

Pan's soldiers, whose only mages had been forcibly killed by the enemy, suffered a severe drop in morale and were unable to stop Deucalion and the Knights of Euglesotus from retreating.

So soon, the knights of the Duchy of Erebus, led by Tures and others, broke through the encirclement and prepared to leave.

Seeing this, Lu Ming stopped entangled with Yugluna and used his Divine Speed ​​to forcefully carve a bloody path with his Irithyll Straight Sword, rejoining his men and climbing onto Ramanras's warhorse.

Watching Lu Ming and the others retreat, Yugluna paused for a moment, then turned to face the undead soldiers of Dolangreg. She then instructed her adjutant to direct the soldiers to treat the wounded, bury the dead, and tally the casualties on both sides.

Approaching the highest-ranking undead soldier in Dorangreg, Yugluna said, "Thank you for your help."

"Unfortunately, it didn't help you..." The undead glanced at the corpse of [Pan]'s mage and sighed.

"The mage's death was unavoidable. We in Yaru don't have a cavalry regiment, and infantry always suffers against cavalry. But at least, the Erebus side also lost quite a few men, so it wasn't a huge loss. With your help, I think the next time we fight them, it will be a more evenly matched situation, unlike this time." As a renowned noblewoman and general of Yaru, Yugluna knew how to boost morale, so she smiled and said to the undead.

"Whatever..."

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"I heard you got beaten up by a woman and couldn't fight back?" Lothric and Hawkwood, having somehow heard the news, ran into Lu Ming's tent to tease him, as he had just returned to camp with his troops less than an hour ago.

Explaining would be tantamount to making excuses, so Lu Ming chose to remain silent.

To be honest, he was much stronger than Yogg-Luna in a one-on-one fight, but in the chaos of the battlefield, he couldn't unleash his full power, and being overwhelmed by Yogg-Luna was inevitable. Besides, he didn't have time to draw his Farron Greatsword this time, and fighting a light weapon like the Irithyll Straight Sword against a heavy weapon like the Farron Greatsword was bound to put him at a disadvantage.

But to prevent those two bastards, Lothric and Hawkwood, from underestimating him, he planned to capture Yogluna, Pan's commander, alive the next time he clashed with Pan, so that one of them, who was at odds with him, and the other, who looked down on him, wouldn't keep bringing this up!

However, their bad relationship didn't stop them from discussing business together.

Lu Ming and Lothric were both nobles of Erebus and the founders of the Yogthotus cavalry regiment, while Hawkwood was Lu Ming's former recruit to serve as Yogthotus's instructor and commander of a thousand knights. Therefore, it was perfectly normal for the three of them to discuss official business and the war situation together.

However, Torres didn't quite agree. In her view, Lu Ming and Lothric were both impulsive and scheming, while Hawkwood, a true member of the Farron Undead Legion, always seemed to exude a strange aura. Moreover, being watched by him always gave Torres the feeling of a little rabbit being targeted by a wicked fox.

So when the three of them got together, Toures would not hesitate to pull Haimir and Ramanlas to where the three of them were, to prevent them from coming up with any plans that would harm others and themselves.

Lu Ming and the other two couldn't say anything about it, since Toures was their boss's sister.

“Because the headquarters of the Evil Spirit Church is located within the Duchy of Yaru, the Church of Light has sent many spies (hunters) to infiltrate both the Evil Spirit Church and the Duchy of Yaru. According to their intelligence, the current Grand Duchess of Yaru is the illegitimate daughter of the previous Grand Duchess's three surviving children, and also the youngest, only six years old this year. Currently, besides this child, the Evil Spirit Church has no one else who can rightfully inherit the Grand Duchess's position. Therefore, once the Evil Spirit Church loses this child, it will no longer be able to control the [Pan] army.” Sitting on the blanket, Lu Ming said to everyone.

"Are you planning to send someone to assassinate this child?" Because of Lu Ming's words and his subjective impression of Lu Ming, Tures misunderstood Lu Ming's words and couldn't help but frown and ask.

Upon hearing this, Ramanlas couldn't help but look at Lu Ming with some surprise, as if she hadn't expected him to be this kind of person.

“I’m sorry, I’m not as ruthless as you. I’ve already arranged for men to rescue the Grand Duke from the clutches of the Evil Spirit Church. He should have made contact with his spies by now. The rescue operation is scheduled to begin tonight. At this point, Miss Hadist is asking me to change plans and assassinate the Grand Duke instead. Isn’t that a bit unreasonable?” Lu Ming glared at Tures with dissatisfaction, then shifted the blame onto Tures.

At this point, even if Toures wanted to explain, it was too late. After all, Lu Ming hadn't specified whether it was a rescue or an assassination!

Seeing that Lu Ming had no intention of assassinating the child, Ramanlas felt a little ashamed. She hadn't stood by her husband's side and had been swayed by Tures's words. It was really wrong of her.

"If your men rescue that Grand Duke, what will he do next? Will he send him over to stop our confrontation with [Pan]?" After listening to Lu Ming's arrangements, Lothric frowned and thought for a moment before asking Lu Ming.

"Yes, he will send that Grand Duke over so that she can persuade [Pan] to become an ally of Erebus, Tartarus, and Styx, and completely wipe the power of the Evil Spirit Church from the land of Yaru!"

"But what if [Pan] doesn't agree to turn against us and join our side, or doesn't even recognize that the Grand Duke as their Grand Duke?"

“If it’s the former, even if they don’t join us, they won’t fight us anymore. It won’t hinder our efforts to deal with the stubborn problem of the Church of Evil. But if it’s the latter, then we can only stall [Pan] and wait for Tartarus and Styx to defeat the armies of the other two counts of Yaru and capture Yaru’s capital. By then, even if [Pan] doesn’t recognize the Grand Duke’s legitimacy, there’ll be nothing he can do.”

“…” Lothric paused for a moment, then asked, “What if your men fail? What if they don’t rescue the Grand Duke?”

"After the death of the previous Grand Duke of Yaru, he had twenty-seven children in the capital of Yaru. Now, only one remains. What do you think is the reason this child wasn't killed like her brothers and sisters?" Lu Ming asked, hands in his pockets, looking at Lothric.

Upon hearing this, Lothric, Highmir, and Hawkwood realized that the operation had a very high success rate and was unlikely to fail, so they stopped asking questions about it. However, Tures and Ramanlas still didn't understand what Lu Ming was talking about...

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Late at night, on a small street in the capital of Yaru, Shay, the former priest of the Evil Spirit Church and now a member of several secret agents, was secretly using a special magical device to summon the shadow creatures that had been driven away by the Evil Spirit Church from the capital of Yaru in the Shadow World back to the capital.

Furthermore, with the help of this magical device, they were able to summon a large number of shadow demons to the capital of the shadow world and devour all the cultists of the evil spirit church!

Furthermore, because they had already signed a pact with the Shadow Demon, they could freely roam the capital city of the Shadow World, teeming with shadow creatures, without fear of being attacked. While they couldn't sign a master-servant pact with the Shadow Demon like Lu Ming, thus commanding the Shadow Demon and its shadow creatures, it was something they had never dared to dream of before. It's important to understand that Shadow Demons are beings as powerful as dragons; even a mere peace pact is not something ordinary mages can easily forge.

Heaven knows how Lu Ming managed to sign master-servant contracts with more than a dozen powerful shadow demons!

After activating the magic device, Shay and the others waited for about twenty minutes before entering the Shadow World with the help of some weak creatures from the Shadow World.

At this moment, the capital city in the Shadow World has been occupied by the Shadow Demons, and almost all of the Evil Spirit Church's people here have been eaten! Even those who escaped dare not return to the Shadow World.

Walking along the streets of the Shadow World, Shay and the others made their way step by step toward the Grand Duke's mansion in the noble district.

Sensing the fierce gazes of the Shadow Demons in the city directed at them, Shay and his companions quickened their pace and entered the Grand Duke's mansion.

Because of the Shadow Demons, there are no cultists from the Church of Evil Spirits in the Grand Duchy of the Shadow World.

Using a special magical device, Shay and his companions quickly found the room where their companion was.

After changing into the clothes of the evil cult, they left the shadow world and returned to the normal world with the help of weak shadow creatures.

Just as they left the Shadow World, Shay and the others saw a person dressed like them in the Evil Spirit Church, looking at them.

"You're all too late!" The man walked over with a little girl who looked only six years old, complaining as he asked Shay and the others, "Did you bring the things?"

“We won’t let Grand Duke Vilka Hackz be eaten by the Shadow Demons! So of course we brought the stuff!” Shay replied angrily, then took an ice phoenix emblem carrying a longsword from his pocket.

Upon seeing this, the man immediately pinned the emblem on the little girl and said, "Young lady, you will be safe if you go with them. In the future, remember to govern Yaru well."

Upon hearing this, the little girl and Shay asked in unison, "And what about you?"

The man glanced at Shay briefly, then said to the little girl, "Young lady, I am your knight, so I must protect your safety. The Evil Spirit Church is searching for you like mad, and I must stay and hold them off, otherwise you won't be able to leave."

After saying that, the man grabbed his weapon and ran quickly out of the room.

Seeing this, Shay picked up the little girl without hesitation and entered the Shadow World with the others.

But at that moment, they could all hear the sounds of the evil spirit cult members fighting with the man from before...

"Ernice..." (To be continued.)

Chapter 86 - Blood Forest

The next morning, Lu Ming woke up on his simple bed in his military tent. After stretching, he used magic to condense a floating ball of water and used it to wash his face.

Just then, a messenger rushed in and said to him, "Your Excellency, Pan's army is gathering, seemingly intending to fight us to the death, so General Hades wants you to go to her tent. The Duke and Earl of Lothric are already there!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Ming frowned slightly, then put on his armor, picked up his helmet, and followed the messenger into the Tures military tent.

Sure enough, Lothric, Hawkwood, Mike (who had arrived the previous evening), and some mid-level officers were already there, while his wife, Ramonras, was discussing something with Torres.

Helpless, feeling that things were getting strange, Lu Ming had no choice but to go to Los Rick and Mike to ask about the situation.

“We don’t know why Pan suddenly gathered all his forces to attack us. But one thing we’re sure of is that we’re about to have a head-on battle with Pan!” While speaking to Lu Ming, Lothric gave him a few hand gestures, telling him that the middle-ranking officers of Yogsotus and all of his lord’s guards had been replaced by the insectoid servants that Ramanlas had brought back from the capital to Erebus.

Upon learning of this, he frowned deeply, feeling profoundly puzzled by Ramanlas's actions.

At that moment, he noticed that Haimir, who was not far away, looked a little off. Whenever he looked at her, she seemed to avoid his gaze.

Seeing this, he immediately guessed most of the truth. Even so, he was still somewhat disappointed in Ramanlas...

"This battle will be jointly commanded by the Duke and me. Lu Ming, Lothric, Mike, and Hawkwood, the four of you will each lead a thousand knights to charge from the flanks. The priests and mages will be commanded by Haimir, and the remaining knights will be commanded by the sergeant majors of each unit. Each sergeant major will command one hundred men, for a total of ninety cavalry squadrons!" Suddenly, Tures stopped his discussion with Ramanas and turned to the people in the tent.

"Yes, General!" the mid-level officers of Deucalion shouted as soon as Torres finished speaking.

Thus, Lu Ming and Lothric, two mages who were not warriors at all, had no room to refuse. They could only stand there dejectedly, listening to the very faint laughter coming from Hawkwood and Mike.

"Then, begin assembling the army! Today we will fight a bloody battle with [Pan] to avenge the brothers who have died in the past two days!"

At Tures's command, almost everyone except Lu Ming, Lothric, Mike, and Hawkwood shouted in unison, "Yes!"

Then everyone left the military tent to assemble the troops. Only Lu Ming stayed behind in the tent.

Seeing that Lu Ming had not gone to assemble the troops, Tures frowned and asked, "Is there anything else, Viscount Lu Ming?"

"..." Looking at Ramanlas, whose eyes were somewhat evasive when she looked at him, Lu Ming paused for a moment, then said, "Miss Tures, I would like to talk to my wife."

Unfortunately, Ramanlas suddenly shook his head, indicating that now was not the time to chat, as he needed to discuss some matters with Toures.

"I understand." Seeing Ramanlas shake his head, Lu Ming sighed and turned to leave.

Seeing this, Ramanlas suddenly reached out her hand, seemingly wanting to call out to him, but after thinking for a moment, she ultimately didn't...

Stepping out of the military tent, Lu Ming had a guard fetch a warhorse, then mounted it and rode over to Lothric and the others. He watched as they gathered their knights, along with several insectoid warriors promoted by Ramanas, who were swaggering and mocking their subordinates who had been dismissed by Ramanas.

"How does it feel to have all your hard work come to nothing?" At this moment, Lothric rode up to Lu Ming's side and asked him casually as he watched the insectoid warriors insulting Lu Ming's lord's guard.

"I can only say that I misjudged her. Moreover, my idea of ​​getting her a territory back was just wishful thinking on my part. She had no such intention at all, and even kept thinking about returning to the capital to face Her Majesty the Empress's execution."

"So, is the plan still going to proceed?" Mike also rushed over and asked Lu Ming.

"Do you think our Empress will allow me to stop this plan? My wife and son are in the capital right now!" With a wry smile, Lu Ming, feeling somewhat annoyed, rode his horse to the insectoid warriors and lashed them hard with his whip.

Even after being promoted by Ramanlas, these insectoid warriors dared not show the slightest disrespect to Lu Ming. So they could only stand there and be whipped, without daring to utter a single word.

Looking at the knights of his guard who had just been bullying him, but now the insectoid warriors who dared not utter a word after being whipped by him, Lu Ming gradually lost the idea of ​​continuing to punish them, and instead led his guards away.

The insectoids stood there, watching Lu Ming leave angrily, and Lothric and Mike also left with their knights. Then they laughed strangely, as if some conspiracy had succeeded.

But they didn't know that Haimir was watching them from behind a large tree not far away.

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Leading the knights, Lu Ming and the others arrived at a part of the forest where the trees were not very dense.

Directly in front of them was the combined forces of Pan and the undead under Dorangreg.

Lu Ming looked up at the sun, then took out his pocket watch and checked the time. It was 8:40. According to divination, this was a very inauspicious time, unsuitable for military campaigns.

Although Lu Ming didn't really believe in divination, if magic existed, why wasn't there divination? Therefore, Lu Ming felt that this battle would probably not end well for either side.

"What's wrong, Viscount Lu Ming?" Just as Lu Ming was secretly praying for himself and Ramanlas to escape unscathed, Haimir, who was in charge of commanding the priests and mages, suddenly came over and asked him.

"It's nothing, just a vague sense of foreboding."

Looking at the Pan and the small number of undead allied forces in the distance, Haimir thought for a moment, then asked rather abruptly, "Who are those guards of His Excellency the Duke?"

"Why are you asking this?" Lu Ming looked at Haimir with some surprise when he heard Haimir's question.

"It's nothing, I just felt those people didn't seem like truly loyal guards..."

“Is that so…” Lu Ming glanced at Ramanlas, who stood in the center of the troops looking like a commander, and sighed, “They are spies planted by the royal family. As long as Ramanlas gives them important positions, they will not hesitate to use magical devices to report things to the royal family. Then Her Majesty the Queen will begin to suspect Ramanlas. Finally, Ramanlas and her children will receive a death sentence jointly signed by Her Majesty the Queen and the Regent. And the ones who will carry it out will be those people.”

Upon hearing this, Haimir's eyes widened, and he asked, "Then why did you let the Duke be the commander of Yugsotus?"

“That’s different. Before, the officers in Yugsotus were all my and Lothric’s men. They were just guards to protect Ramanas. But now, Ramanas is using them to replace me. This means she has selfish motives and ambitions, and the royal family will never allow a royal member who has been sent away to have ambitions!” As he spoke, Lu Ming suddenly said to Haimir, “Please pass on a message to Miss Tures for me.”

"Wh...what?"

"If Ramanlas really receives a death sentence, don't think that Grand Duke Raels can protect her. Besides, the torture by the Evil Spirit Church is nothing but child's play in my eyes. I have a thousand ways to make her wish she were dead!" Lu Ming coldly uttered these words that shocked Haimir. Then, he snorted and led his thousand knights away from Haimir's army to prepare for the charge once the battle began.

Haimir looked at Tures with worry, sighing inwardly. He thought, "General, your plan to avoid marriage has succeeded. But you've forgotten that the Grand Duke's power base is currently weak. He's unlikely to offend any of his most capable subordinates for your sake. Besides, is Viscount Lu Ming really someone you can afford to offend?"