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"Eh!?" Hearing Lord Lothric's words, Haymila was immediately shocked. She never expected that the usually dedicated Earl Lothric would say such a thing.

“Strictly speaking, we don’t have anything to do right now. If we have to say something, then all we have to do is rest and wait for orders to return home.” Mike picked up an orange from the bedside table of Lu Ming’s temporary hospital bed, peeled it, and said to Haimir.

"But what about the remnants of the Evil Spirit Church? Shouldn't we help Yaru eliminate them?"

Lu Ming shook his head and said, "No! Over ninety percent of the high-ranking members of the Evil Spirit Church should have been captured by now. We don't need to do anything more to the rest. Yaru will take care of them himself. Moreover, we have almost wiped out all the Evil Spirit Church members in the count's territory near Erebus. We have dealt with enough. Continuing would only make Yaru resentful. I believe Tartarus and Styx think the same way."

"..."

Before Haimir could say anything, Lothric placed the apple-peel dagger on the bedside table, took a bite of an apple, and said, "Neither of you has ever been involved in noble circles, so you don't quite understand their ways. I understand. But I want to say that once you receive your fiefs, you might be played by many nobles until you're left with nothing! You might think that our help in dealing with the remnants of the Evil Spirit Church is providing assistance to Yaru, but in the eyes of Yaru's nobles, it's just a sign that you two want more. In the end, you might have worked for nothing and still be branded as greedy."

"..."

"The arrogant dragon, lost in the past, is eyeing our forest. As members of the forest, we should not focus our attention on mere insects; our enemy is that dragon."

"A line from the opera 'Dragon'? I didn't expect you to like opera, Hawkwood!" Haimir looked at Hawkwood, who usually seemed uninterested in anything, with some surprise.

With a helpless smile, Hawkwood pointed at Lu Ming and said, "When I was in Odysseus territory, this bastard took me to see it eight times."

“I think ‘Dragon’ is pretty good, I like it too. It’s just that the play ‘King in Yellow’, I don’t quite understand it. And every time I watch it, I feel my SAN value dropping rapidly…” Mike continued.

"I'm not going to see 'The King in Yellow.' My sanity can't withstand the strain of that play. I don't want to be ruined by that play instead of by those girls like Roya," Lu Ming added, continuing the conversation.

"Why do I feel like it's okay?" Lothric asked, looking completely bewildered.

"......" "......" "......"

At this point, Toures couldn't take it anymore and angrily shouted, "Why are you all talking about opera and plays?! We're discussing serious matters!!"

Lothric glanced at Tures, then leaned back in his chair, somewhat annoyed, and asked, "You still don't understand?"

"Uh..." Apart from Lu Ming, Lothric, Mike, and Hawkwood looking at him like he was an idiot, Tures couldn't help but doubt his life.

But her lover, the beautiful Miss Haimir, came to her rescue just in time: "Um, what is this SAN value you're talking about?"

"SAN value means rationality. It comes from a board game we play. When your SAN value drops to 0, it means you've gone mad." Mike didn't want to continue talking about unpleasant things, so he explained the SAN value to her, Ramanlas, and Toures, following up on what Haimir had said.

"But the word SAN doesn't seem to be from the language of Dolangreg, Lothric, Farran, or Irithyll, does it?"

"This word comes from an unknown undead, who knows what language it speaks. Just leave the game and the word behind!"

"..." Tures looked at everyone speechlessly, sighed helplessly, and then sat down on another chair not far away, watching Lu Ming and the others chat idly. They didn't want to think about those things, and she couldn't force them. Besides, she really didn't understand these things.

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While Lu Ming and the others were chatting idly in the temporary ward, Grand Duke Vilka was discussing compensation for Erebus with Yugluna and two nobles who had refused the recruitment of the Evil Spirit Church.

“Are we really going to turn the land we're giving as compensation to Erebus into an enclave? I think this will easily provoke the dissatisfaction of the Duchy of Erebus! After all, we were the ones who declared war first.” Yugluna was very uneasy about the compensation plan offered by the nobles, because it was practically nothing. The only valuable thing was two viscountries. And one of them turned out to be an enclave that was essentially nothing…

“To be honest, we don’t really want to do this either. After all, because of the evil cult, the Church of the Evil Spirits, we have more than enough people and nobles to manage those lands. But with our Duchy of Yaru in such a dangerous and weak state, we can’t show weakness, otherwise Styx and Tartarus will come and tear a piece of our flesh off! So we have to be tough right now!” One of the two nobles stood up and said to Yugluna and Grand Duke Vilka.

"But the two daughters of the previous Grand Duke are still in the Duchy of Erebus! If they use even more reparations as leverage to get Grand Duke Reys Hedist of the Duchy of Erebus to support one of them in overthrowing Grand Duke Vilka Hakz and taking the throne himself, the blow to Yaru would be far greater than giving us a viscountry that isn't an exclave!"

“Of course we’ve considered this. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have proposed such a compensation plan in the previous meeting!” Another nobleman stood up and said to Yugluna and Grand Duke Vilka.

"So, how do you nobles intend to deal with those two young ladies?!" Yugluna slammed her hand on the table and demanded angrily.

"To us, Yaru is currently very weak. Our army consists only of [Pan] and a few viscount-level armies, totaling less than ten thousand men. Erepos, while suffering heavy losses of its elite forces, has not mobilized its various earldom armies. Its military strength still comprises approximately thirty thousand cavalry and seven thousand infantry. At first glance, our national strength is no match for Erepos... But! We, Yaru, are within Miracaissa! Erepos, on the other hand, are outside. They will participate in the battle against the invasion of the Aifa Empire in early summer. We can use this time to bring in refugees from Tartarus and Erepos, bringing them into our Yaru Duchy, making them Yaru citizens, thus restoring some of our national strength! Then, Erepos will have to think twice before threatening us again!!"

Hearing the two nobles' words, Yugluna frowned and asked with great dissatisfaction, "How can you be so sure that Erebus won't launch a military campaign against us between now and early summer?"

"General, I think you're overthinking this. The Deucalion Cavalry has suffered heavy losses, Eugenesus has been almost completely wiped out, and instead of returning to replenish their ranks and prepare to defend against foreign enemies, they're launching an attack on us, Yaru. What's the logic behind this?"

"Your Excellencies, you are quite right. But you have forgotten one thing!"

"what?"

"The Grand Duke of Erebus is very young this year, only twelve or thirteen years old, so many things in Erebus are the result of discussions among the counts and viscounts. Among them, the two who have the greatest influence on Erebus are Viscount Lu Ming and Earl of Lothric. One is the founder of the (hunter) organization and the principal of the Prometheus Magic School, and the other is the Grand Duke's advisor. If they both feel that our compensation is insufficient, they will definitely advocate continuing the war against us! Because these two are both radical nobles!"

"..." Upon hearing this, the two nobles couldn't help but swallow hard... (To be continued.)

Chapter 101 - Returning Home

Name: Lu Ming

Sex: Male

Race: (Wolf Blood 100%/Blood Healing 99%/Firewood 57%/Dragon Blood 9%)

Rating: 41

Experience required to reach the next level: 47564646

Stamina: 82

Power: 84

Agility: 82

Intelligence: 126

Spirit: 83

Mana: 7500

Affiliation: Farron Undead Legion

System evaluation: A somewhat inexperienced immortal squad archmage.

While Ramanlas went to wash up, Lu Ming lay on the large bed in the master bedroom of his temporary residence, a not-so-large mansion, examining the gains from this war against the Evil Spirit Church.

Because he had used the Undead Chest before, Lu Ming's mana didn't return to 9000 even after leveling up. Furthermore, because he had accidentally consumed a significant amount of dragon blood in the dungeon and during his fight with Fal'Sels, an extra "dragon blood" stat appeared in his attribute panel, making Lu Ming slightly uneasy.

But these are not the most important things.

Most importantly, what is the use of the souls of the white dragon Seath and Pharsels in his inventory? He is not immortal and cannot manipulate souls, and since no one knows how to condense souls, there is no way to condense these two souls into weapons, rings, spells, miracles, or sorcery.

However, it is worth mentioning that he achieved two accomplishments and acquired many valuable items during this period.

Congratulations on achieving the achievement: Heath's Jealousy, and obtaining the Elder's Crystal Staff x1.

Congratulations on achieving the achievement: Dragon Hunt! You have obtained 1 Dragon Hunt Greatbow and 666 Dragon Hunt Thunder Arrows.

"The latter achievement is undeniable because I killed Falcelles. But the former, could it be because Hiss's soul was in my phone and saw me kill the scaled Falcelles, so he rewarded me? Ha! How could that be!" With a self-deprecating laugh, Lu Ming put his phone away and stopped thinking about it.

He was still feeling dizzy from the excessive blood loss, so he fell asleep quickly.

When Ramanlas returned and saw that Lu Ming was already asleep, she smiled faintly, then nestled into his arms and drifted off to sleep herself...

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A few days later, one morning, after a meeting with the nobles, Yugluna, along with a count newly appointed by the Duke of Vilka, arrived at the temporary residence of Lu Ming and the others from the Duchy of Erebus.

“Count Milkladnev, what brings you here?” Lu Ming, who was practicing his sword in the garden, walked up to Yugluna and another count when they arrived at the area where they were temporarily staying and asked with a smile.

Yes, Yugluna has been promoted to count by Grand Duke Vilkahakz to replace the six former counts of Yaru, who have all been executed.

'Why are we facing such a formidable opponent right from the start?!' Yugluna complained inwardly, then adopted a businesslike tone and said to Lu Ming, 'We're here to inquire why Duke Unos and General Tures Hedist haven't withdrawn their troops back to Erebus!'

"Withdraw your troops? I'm sorry, and forgive my bluntness, but we don't seem to have received any orders to withdraw. I think the Grand Duke has no intention of sending us back to Erebus." Lu Ming smiled slightly, speaking in a polite manner, saying the last thing Yugluna and the other count of the Yaru Duchy wanted to hear.

Hearing Lu Ming's words, Yugluna frowned slightly and asked angrily, "What exactly do you Erebus want?!"

“Politics, like war, is a contest of patience,” Yugluna’s question prompted Lothric to emerge from the house. He walked up to Lu Ming with a smile and said.

“I know you are dissatisfied with the compensation, and the nobles know it too. After negotiations, we have decided to give you another piece of land in Erebus. Why are you still unwilling to leave?!”

“For enclaves like these, which we have absolutely no control over on our own soil, having more is as good as having none.” Lothric sneered, then asked the count from the Duchy of Yaru who had come with Yugluna, “Don’t you think so?”

Although he wanted to shake his head, the terrifying aura emanating from Lothric made the new count somewhat afraid, and he involuntarily nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Yugluna was nearly driven mad with anger. She had brought the count along hoping he would offer her advice, given her limited political knowledge, but instead, he had been manipulated by Lothric. Now, she had become a laughingstock.

Seeing Yugluna's face turn ashen, looking like she was about to explode, Lu Ming couldn't help but laugh and said, "Even though you're furious, I still have to say it. It seems you haven't thought clearly about what you should be doing."

"What do you mean?"

"Ha! Don't think we, Erebus, don't know what you Yaru are thinking! We've already given you Yaru face by not supporting those two young ladies to the stage. Don't mistake our good intentions for weakness. You should know that we, Erebus, still have tens of thousands of troops!" With a sneer, Lu Ming's smile vanished, and he spoke coldly.

Upon hearing this, Yugluna glared at Lu Ming, then said, "If that's the case, you'd better go and talk to the nobles. I'm just a countess who only knows how to lead troops into battle. If you want to play political coercion, go play with them!"

"I'm sorry, we're only here to fight. The person who was supposed to negotiate with your nobles hasn't arrived yet, so please don't rush. Once he arrives, he will naturally negotiate with you. But at that time, I hope you won't make any more mistakes. After all, that person brought seven thousand heavy cavalry!" Lothric chuckled, then dropped a bombshell.

Upon hearing this, Yugluna and the other count were immediately horrified. They had never succeeded before, yet Erebus still dared to wage war against Yaru at this time.

"They dare to send troops here at this time? Does Erebus not intend to deal with the invasion of the Aifa Empire in early summer?" Gritting her teeth, Yugluna glared at Lu Ming and Lothric, a bead of cold sweat trickling down her forehead. She was terrified by Erebus's madness.

When their national strength was abundant, the Duchy of Yaru and Pan were no match for any other duchy. However, the Duchy of Yaru had only just broken free from the corruption of the Evil Spirit Church, a cult that had raged for over twenty years, and its national strength was simply insufficient to support another war. Even if Pan still had the strength to fight, it could not turn the tide of the war.

If Erebus were to wage war against Yarru again, he would show no mercy.

If Yaru falls to the powerful Erebus, even the Grand Duke might no longer be a member of the same clan as Grand Duke Hakz's father. The imperial capital, Aurenor, will then relinquish the Duchy of Yaru to another capable duke, making him/her the new Grand Duke. The previous Grand Duke's family will lose their territory; with luck, they might retain the title of duke; with bad luck, they will be wiped out!

Moreover, Ramanlasunos is a duke and a member of the royal family; she might very well be the one to succeed the Grand Duke.

Upon hearing this news, Yugluna immediately left with the other count to discuss the matter with the Grand Duke and the nobles.

But neither of them expected that upon returning to the Grand Duke's mansion, they would encounter a nobleman from Erebus, just like Lu Ming, Lothric, and Mike. He was Earl Hemfis Emun, one of the six earls of Erebus.

Upon seeing Hemphis's pale face and the clothes he wore in Erebus, clothes reserved only for counts, Yugluna and Lu Ming knew things had taken a turn for the worse for Yaru. Hemphis was, after all, a count; he couldn't have come to Yaru without guards. And Lu Ming and Lu Ming had previously mentioned that seven thousand heavy cavalry would be coming to Yaru; these heavy cavalry were very likely Hemphis's personal guard!

Yugluna and another count from the Duchy of Yaru exchanged a glance, both sighing softly, thinking: 'Yaru is in danger.'

At this moment, Hemfies suddenly saw the two of them and walked over, saying, "You must be counts of the Duchy of Yaru? I am Count Hemfies Aimon of Erebus, here to discuss the cession of land with you."

Although Hemphis spoke in a very friendly manner, Yugluna and the other woman felt a completely different feeling from him, similar to that of Lu Ming or Lothric.

Lu Ming is a fierce and cunning wolf, Lothric is a vicious two-legged dragon, and Hemphis is like a highly venomous spider monster!

The first two types are proactive attackers, giving their prey no chance to breathe, while the latter is a terrifying entity that habitually strikes after the enemy has made their move. Against the first two, one can control the situation by constantly seizing the initiative. But against the latter, anyone would find it extremely difficult; every step feels like walking on thin ice that could break at any moment, requiring careful consideration before acting.

“I am Count Yugluna Mikradnev.” “I am Count Viktor Prakdora…”

Since the other party had come to their door, Yugluna and the other count could not refuse to accept the offer. They could only introduce themselves and lead Hemfis into the Grand Duke's mansion.

Soon, all the nobles in the capital were summoned to the Grand Duke's mansion, and Lu Ming, Lothric, Ramanlas, Tures and others from the Duchy of Erebus were also invited to the Grand Duke's mansion.

Sitting in the conference room, Lu Ming and Lothric watched in silence as Hemphis was questioned by the nobles of Yaru, and then shut down by Hemphis with a few words. They couldn't help but feel a little smug.

"Count Aimon, I wonder why you sent you with seven thousand heavy cavalry to Yaru? Surely you don't intend to continue fighting with Yaru?"

"You must understand, although our Yalu is currently weak, we are not someone who can be easily manipulated!"

"Indeed, I advise you to take those seven thousand heavy cavalry, along with Deucalion, Euglesotus, and your undead legion, back to your homeland! Otherwise, don't blame us, Yaru!"

Seeing the nobles of Yaru challenging him one by one, Hemphis did only one thing and said one sentence, which completely terrified them. That sentence was: "Let's divide Yaru."

Hemphis said this to the messengers of Tartarus and Styx.