The wrong transmigrator assigned by the system

Lu Ming naturally wouldn't give him that chance. After pulling Ramanlas away to avoid Riccard's attack, he immediately picked up the Bow of Hope and fired a series of arrows at Riccard, intending to kill him in one shot.

Seeing this, Likat couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth, and suddenly swung the longsword in his hand, unleashing a sword aura that knocked down all the arrows shot by Lu Ming.

"What kind of skill do you have?! Lu Ming!!" After knocking down the arrow, Likat laughed and shouted at Lu Ming.

Lu Ming's response was like a sharp arrow.

"Hmph!" Having once again deflected Lu Ming's arrow, Likat laughed and said, "I am the Dragon Slayer now! Your little tricks have no effect on me!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Ming slightly curled the corners of his mouth. Without taking any arrows, he drew the Bow of Hope, and instantly a bolt of lightning appeared between the bowstrings, shooting out like a lightning arrow!

"Likat, if you're so capable, then shoot down this arrow!" Lu Ming chuckled and said loudly, looking coldly at Likat.

Unfortunately, Licat did not foolishly use his inner energy to directly block the thunderous arrows from the Bow of Hope. Instead, he chose to leap onto his horse to dodge due to an inexplicable unease.

The moment Licat dismounted, his horse was struck by Lu Ming's lightning arrow and turned to ashes in a flash of lightning!

Upon seeing this, Likat immediately understood why he had felt such intense unease the moment he saw the arrow. The reason was that when Lu Ming activated the power of the Bow of Hope, he had added a terrifying magical force to the lightning arrow. It was this very magical force that caused his deep unease and also turned his warhorse to ashes.

"Compressed, high-concentration magic? No wonder they run a magic school, their understanding of magic is truly impressive!" Likater glanced at Lu Ming and praised him to himself.

But he quickly threw away his longsword, took out the Ulster Spear from his spatial storage, and prepared to have some fun with Lu Ming.

Seeing that Licarte had taken out a hideous spear with a head covered in rotting flesh like ivy, Lu Ming couldn't help but laugh. He then drew back the Bow of Hope once more, gathering almost fifty percent of his magic power and transforming it into a dark blue lightning arrow!

Meanwhile, Licat imbued his Ulster Spear with crimson energy, preparing to deliver a fatal blow to Lu Ming with a powerful energy thrust!

"Shadow Sun!!" "Crimson Thrust!!"

Two loud roars suddenly rang out, and Lu Ming and Likat simultaneously unleashed their attacks!

One side unleashed terrifying lightning arrows that thundered across the entire battlefield; the other, mimicking the attack, thrust out compressed qi. In the instant of their release, both arrows and qi broke free of the air's constraints, creating a sonic boom!

The shockwave from the attack knocked over all the soldiers around Lu Ming and Likat, leaving no one standing beside them.

0.1 seconds after they launched their attacks, the Thunder Arrow collided with the Qi Thrust!

The two energies intertwined, entangled and devouring each other in mid-air...

At that moment, Lothric suddenly realized that the two energies were becoming extremely unstable. He quickly scrambled down and shouted, "Everyone, get down!!"

Upon hearing Lothric's roar, all of Miracaiser's soldiers and troops, including Lu Ming, dropped to the ground and hid behind the crenellations of the city walls.

The next moment, Likat was horrified to discover that Lu Ming's lightning arrows and his own qi had undergone an extremely unstable fusion, and were emitting an unusually strange light!

Upon seeing this, Ricard's expression changed drastically. He hurriedly used the protective skill he had purchased with Yusaha's phone, erecting a green energy shield to protect himself within it...

Just a moment later, the energy cluster formed by the fusion of the two energies suddenly collapsed, then expanded and exploded!

In that instant, azure and crimson light filled the battlefield, engulfing everything...

Chapter Seventeen - Living

"Cough cough cough..." Because of the pervasive dust, Ricard, like the other surviving elven soldiers, was coughing violently. But unlike them, while Ricard was coughing from the dust, he was also using his special power to control the Dark Cursed Ones, making them take advantage of the opportunity when Lu Ming's people hid behind the parapet to climb up the city wall and give them a surprise.

But soon, Licarte heard a heavy thud, and he could sense that one of the Deep Cursed Ones he could control was missing!

Without even looking, Licarta knew that something had knocked his Deep Curse-Beater off the city wall.

He initially thought that Lu Ming had climbed up from behind the parapet and cut the Dark Curse One down from the city wall, but after hearing more and more heavy objects fall to the ground, he realized that Lu Ming was not the only one on the city wall killing this strange creature, the Dark Curse One.

So after learning about this, Licarta summoned all the Dark Cursed Ones back, and at the same time, Medivh Arms, who was relatively far away, used a basic wind spell to disperse the dust that filled the battlefield.

In that instant, Likat realized that one-third of the elven soldiers under his command had already been lost due to his contest with Lu Ming, and the morale of the remaining soldiers had also vanished.

"Damn it!" Seeing that it was impossible to take Mordred Fortress today, Licat gritted his teeth and glared at Lu Ming on the city wall.

However, this made him realize what had knocked his Deep Curse-Bender off the city walls.

Those were more than fifty puppet soldiers who resembled cheetahs and had sharp claws!

Likat glanced at his soldiers, then at Lu Ming and the others on the city wall who were coldly watching him. He gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, snorted, and turned to leave with the Dark Cursed Ones to rest and prepare for the next attack.

"Let's go!!"

Upon hearing Licarta's order, the Elven soldiers, who had little desire to attack the city but were forced to do so, immediately carried their wounded and quickly retreated with Licarta, the Dark Cursebringer, Medivh Ams, and other members of the Dark forces.

Instead of launching an attack, Lu Ming and the others watched them leave.

There were two reasons why they didn't attack the already defeated combined forces of Aifa and the Dark Ones. First, Ricard, a half-Dark One-Cursed, was too powerful. A forced attack would likely result in thousands of casualties, not to mention the Dark One-Cursed who could unleash death-cursing clouds. Second, elven reinforcements had already arrived at the town, and a major battle with them was inevitable once Ricard and his men returned.

Therefore, Lu Ming and his group did not launch a surprise attack to inflict heavy losses on Likat's army. After all, it was better to let them fight amongst themselves than to continue fighting them, thereby weakening the strength of the Elf race and the Dark Ones, and giving Lu Ming and his group a chance to gain an advantage.

After watching Licat and the others leave, Lu Ming and the others made arrangements for scouting the enemy forces, and then went back to rest.

Just as Lu Ming, Miral, and Ramanlas returned to their room, they saw Kate sitting by the window, gazing into the distance, seemingly lost in thought.

"Do you think my mother can survive that man's scheme?" Kate suddenly turned around and asked them, perhaps noticing that Lu Ming and the other two had returned to the house.

“I don’t know. But I think it would be difficult for her to survive its machinations. After all, she’s too powerful. Over the years, she has never intended to pass the throne to your sister, so the nobles despise her and hope that the person in power will be someone more gentle, rather than someone as extremely powerful as your mother!” Lu Ming said to Kate as he took off his dusty armor and clothes.

“Is that so…” Hearing Lu Ming’s words, Kate paused for a moment, then looked out the window again. But this time, she wasn’t thinking about her mother, the Elven Queen, but about her two older sisters who were on the battlefields of Tartarus and Ampu respectively.

Seeing Kate like this, Lu Ming and the other two didn't say anything. After locking the door, they took a bath in a large wooden tub to wash away all the dust and sweat. Then they changed into clean clothes and prepared to go find Tures and the others to discuss their next plan.

But to everyone's surprise, Kate took the initiative to help Lu Ming get dressed, as if she had already resigned herself to her fate.

This surprised Miral slightly, and she couldn't help but ask, "Do you know what you're doing? You're someone who..."

“I know!” Kate interrupted Miral before she could finish, saying angrily, “I’m just a bargaining chip, a freebie used to win people over, so why should I work for that family that only wants power?! Why can’t I stand up for myself?! Why should I be abused, beaten, and killed for the sake of that family’s reputation?!”

“…” Miral fell silent upon hearing Kate’s words, because Kate simply wanted to live and didn’t want to be tortured by Lu Ming or anyone else…

"If I really only saw you as a trophy, you would have been given away long ago." Lu Mingqian said with a smile, reaching out to pat Kate's head.

“…” Upon hearing Lu Ming’s words, Kate stared blankly at him for a long while before saying, “I can give you the troop deployment and main combat strategy of your Aifa Empire, but you have to promise me one thing!”

"What is it?"

"I hope you won't send me back to Aifa. I want to stay by your side, at least that way I won't have to worry about being assassinated by my sisters and mother..."

Hearing Kate's words, Lu Ming couldn't help but recall what he had seen and heard in the capital. The royal family was indeed ruthless when it came to power, even to the point of disregarding family ties. Therefore, it was understandable that Kate wanted to stay with his soldiers and live a peaceful life.

So when he was trying to persuade her, Lu Ming kept using the promise of a peaceful and stable life as a condition to tempt her.

"can!"

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That night, Ricard was dragged before an elven general by several sword masters, and kicked to the ground by the elves, forced to kneel before the general. Medivh Ams was also forced to kneel like him.

Just as Lu Ming and the others had expected, as soon as Likat's army returned to the vicinity of the small town, they were attacked by the main force of the Elven army.

Although the Deep Cursed Ones fought back desperately and the Cursed Clouds killed seven or eight thousand elven soldiers, inflicting heavy losses on the elves, he and Medivh Ams were exhausted of their spiritual energy and magic by the elven general's men, and were thus captured by them.

Looking at the monster-like Ricard and Medivh Ams, Duchess Taftier Caslanca, the commander-in-chief of the last main force of the Elven army attacking Erebus, coldly asked, "You killed that Monska fellow, didn't you?"

"Yes." Knowing that the other party already knew everything and had no way to deny it, Lika nodded and said, "When the Erebus used trickery to make General Monska Vixtustasa's soldiers suspicious of him, we pushed them from behind, causing their conflict to erupt, so that we, the Deep, could reap the benefits!"

Upon hearing this, General Taffertier couldn't help but glance at Licatt, then extended an olive branch, saying to him and Medivh Arms, "Now I'm giving you both a chance. Whether you want to live or be executed by me now is up to you!"

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

Taffertier rose from his seat, circled Ricard and Medivh, and said, "Bringing Eldridge to Alpha was my idea and the other two dukes's. In other words, you've only been able to survive in the Alpha Empire because we wanted to give you a way out. If you or Eldridge go too far, we are fully capable of wiping you all out, including Eldridge!"

"That's impossible! Lord Eldridge's strength is far beyond what you can compare to!" Medivh Arms shouted when he heard Taftier's slander of Eldridge.

Taffertier simply sneered at this and said nothing.

But then Licard thought of a possibility and couldn't help but ask, "Do you perhaps have some ashes of the Fireless Realm?"

"Hahahaha~!! Clever!" Taftier laughed and tapped Likat's forehead with his slender finger, then said, "Do you think we, the elves of Aifa, are fools? To bring such an evil force like yours into the country without any preparation, give you a territory, and let you develop freely?"

"No! On the contrary, we have made ample preparations, and have prepared everything that can deal with Eldridge, as well as weapons to eliminate the monsters of your Underdark forces!" Suddenly, Taftier's expression turned grim.

“I can tell you why Eldridge doesn’t allow, nor dares to allow, your people to eat our Aifa nobles! It’s because he knows that every one of our Aifa nobles keeps more than two Unflamed Ashes imprisoned in their homes! If you attack our Aifa nobles, and we release so many Unflamed Ashes, then what will happen to Eldridge, your Deep Saint?”

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

Looking at the silent Ricard and Medivh, Taftier reached out and patted them on the shoulder. As they listened, sweating profusely, he suddenly said, "Do you still think your Eldridge, your Deep Saint, is so great? He, like the other Lords of Cinder, fears the arrival of the Unflamed Ashes. He is afraid of death too! So now you choose! Will you continue to follow your Eldridge, or will you choose to follow me and Her Highness the High Princess?"

Upon hearing this, both Ricard and Medivh swallowed hard. They never imagined that the usually arrogant elves could be so cautious, having planned everything long before Eldridge even entered the Aifar Empire!

Upon hearing this, both Licarta and Medivh understood that the reason Eldridge and Deep were able to enter the Aifar Empire was simply because the nobles wanted to replace the empress with a more gentle and submissive eldest princess, rather than having the warlike Elven empress continue to sit on the throne.

Eldridge and his Deep were merely weapons introduced by the nobles to avoid dirtying their own hands; their sole purpose was to kill the Queen. Once the Queen was devoured by Eldridge, it would be time for the nobles to turn against the Church of the Deep and Eldridge himself!

So, driven by their most primal instinct—to survive—Richard and Medivh chose to betray Eldridge, the Lord of the Deep and Lord of Cinder, and instead became the Duchess of Tavertiel's two dogs!

“I am Rickart Devonslan…” “I am Medivh Arms…”

"I pledge my allegiance to you, my esteemed master, Duke Kaslanka! This loyalty will last until death!"

Licarte and Medivh knelt on the ground and swore to Taftier that they would never betray her!

Seeing this, Taffertier couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Now I'm giving you a task: to subdue all those Deep Cursed Ones. I expect that tomorrow, when my army attacks Mordred Keep, you'll have them do the same thing as today! However, I don't want to see them using living elves to fill the moat! Understand?"

“Yes, sir!” Compared to Eldridge’s cunning, Taftier gave Licard and his companion a more terrifying feeling, so neither of them dared to refuse any of her requests.

“Very well, then I look forward to our banquet tomorrow at Mordred Fortress, which is a million times better than this dilapidated little town!” Seeing that Licarte and Medivh agreed to her request without hesitation, Taftier said with a good smile, and then left with her two bodyguards.

Only then did Ricard and Medivh breathe a slight sigh of relief. Taffertier's aura was so venomous, it was suffocating them. Even Ricard, that ancient monster who had lived for who knows how many years, felt the same way!

After catching their breath on the ground, Licarte and Medivh got up and swaggered away from the room that had humiliated them. They went to the place where the Dark Cursed were imprisoned by the elves' magic, and used the power of their former master to help their current master control those Dark Cursed.

Meanwhile, Taffertier was arranging for spies to keep a close watch on Rickart and Medivh, lest the two of them try anything funny!

"Your Grace, if you don't trust them, why use them?" Seeing that Taftier didn't trust Ricard and his companion, yet went to great lengths to win them over, her adjutant asked with some doubt.

"What do you know?! These two guys are both ambitious. If we use them properly, they can be our weapons when we counter Eldridge! Moreover, they are both from the Duchy of Erebus. Although they have long since betrayed Erebus, they still know some secret passages and tunnels! Once we conquer Mordred, they will be our guides, allowing us to march straight to Agamemnon as quickly as possible!"

Chapter 18 - Testing

Unlike the previous two elven generals, Tafertiel was not particularly valiant. As a high-ranking female elf, she was more adept at strategy than brute force. She rarely commanded sieges herself, so when the army was about to attack a city, she would delegate command to her husband, Earl Hilarton Bilal.

This elf, however, was a noble elven who genuinely opposed allowing You Sui to enter the Aifa Empire. Before the siege, he had already made things difficult for Likat and his companion in every way, leaving them angry but unable to speak out. They could only suppress their rage and gather their troops to prepare for the siege.

In terms of strength, Ricard was already considered one of the top experts in a country like Miracaissa. However, compared to the Aifa Empire, which had a history of tens of thousands of years, Miracaissa, a country founded by humans, beastmen, and merfolk with only a few thousand years of history, was not so impressive. And compared to the strong individuals within the Aifa Empire, Ricard was hardly a strong figure.

It should be noted that Tafertiel's rank is already the same as Ricard's, not to mention that there are two other powerful individuals in this army who are at the same rank as Ricard. Even if Ricard and his companion wanted to escape or resist, they would be ruthlessly suppressed and eventually executed.

This was absolutely unacceptable to Ricard, who had grand ambitions for everything. So he chose to endure humiliation and wait for the day when he could personally kill all the elves, including Taftier! But now was not the time.

“Richard, we must find a chance to escape. Neither the Elves nor the Deep treat us like human beings. If this continues, we will die!” Just as Richard gathered the Deep Cursed Ones, preparing to join the Elves in another attack on the fortified Mordred Fortress, Medivh suddenly found him secretly and expressed his unease about the current situation.

“Medivh, you should have faith in Lord Eldridge. Those elven nobles are just keeping some Unburnt Ashes in captivity; they pose no threat to Lord Eldridge whatsoever! Besides, we are not human; we are his most important subordinates! Within the Church of the Deep, we are the most likely to replace Archbishop MacDonald!” For some reason, Licarta swayed Medivh Arms, urging him to continue to have faith in Eldridge and to continue to secretly pledge allegiance to him.

However, he didn't tell Medivh a single thing about his inner thoughts, even though Medivh had saved him. Without Medivh, Licarte himself would have been corrupted into a wandering ghost by the monsters in the Deep long ago!