The wrong transmigrator assigned by the system

"Yes, sir!" the adjutant replied loudly, then began to relay Duchess Taftier's orders, instructing the one thousand mages among their nineteen thousand soldiers to begin bombarding the Miracaesar Kingdom's cavalry legion with magic.

But upon noticing the elves' action, Ramanaus Unos immediately led a thousand priests from the Yggdrasil Light Cavalry Legion and unleashed a barrage of lightning spears at them, delivering a heavy blow before the elven mages could even cast their spells.

Even so, the elven mages, enduring the barrage of lightning spears, managed to unleash their magic upon the ragtag army of Lu Ming and his men. Many soldiers were blown to pieces, their bodies scattered and destroyed.

However, the army of the Duchy of Erebus was the most skilled cavalry force in the entire Kingdom of Miracaiser, and such magical bombardment had no effect on stopping their charge.

Tens of thousands of cavalrymen swept towards the elven army like an iron torrent, crushing the elven soldiers in their path and showing them what the Erebus knight charge was all about.

"Damn it! Everyone, bring out the Holy Spirit Stones! We're going to fight them to the death!!" Perhaps unwilling to accept defeat, Tafertiel decided to have his soldiers bring out the Holy Spirit Stones, the last trump card of the Elven army, intending to use them to turn the tide and deliver an unimaginable fatal blow to Lu Ming's army!

The Holy Spirit Stone is a unique energy stone condensed by the elves from the fruit of a sacred tree blessed by the gods. After using it, the elves can transform their bodies into a divine tree state that is impervious to swords and spears, and immune to water and fire. For up to an hour, they can sweep away enemies with an almost invincible presence!

Of course, something this powerful also has very strong side effects!

When an elf uses the Holy Spirit Stone to transform their body into a divine tree state, regardless of their age, they will only live for about six months after the Holy Spirit Stone's effects wear off. This is because the Holy Spirit Stone forcibly unleashes 98% of an elf's lifespan and potential. As the Holy Spirit Stone's power is depleted, the elf's unleashed potential will also be exhausted, naturally resulting in a very short lifespan.

This is why long-lived races like the elves can continue living for so long even after exhausting so much of their physical energy. If it were humans, beastmen, or merfolk—races with an average lifespan of eighty to one hundred years—they would likely die immediately after the effects wore off!

However, apart from elves, other races cannot use the Holy Spirit Stone. Perhaps Lu Ming and Lothric can...

Upon hearing Duchess Taftier's command, her elven soldiers did not hesitate to take out the Holy Spirit Stones and activate them amidst shouts of "For the Queen!" In the end, these elven soldiers transformed into wooden puppet-like divine tree forms amidst clusters of green light and began to counterattack against the army of the Kingdom of Miracaiser.

Soon, the soldiers under Lu Ming and his men discovered that their weapons were completely ineffective against the spirits that had transformed into sacred trees. The few who were able to kill the spirits in their sacred tree form did so not by cutting them down, but by crushing them with heavy weapons.

Thus, Lu Ming and the others could only lead their cavalry to break through the ranks of these reckless elves, using their mobility to avoid engaging them in close combat, and then make further plans after figuring out why these elves had become like this.

In order to find a way to deal with these wooden elves that even sharp blades like the Irithyll Straight Sword couldn't cut through, Lu Ming and the mages of Yggdrasil used magic to grab several elven soldiers' corpses as they charged out of the elven army's formation.

After breaking out of the elven army's attack range, Lu Ming and the mages began searching the elven soldiers' corpses for the things that made the elves invulnerable to weapons, in order to find a way to deal with those elves.

Soon, they found the Holy Spirit Stone and used magic to examine it. Lu Ming and the other magicians then learned what it was.

Riding his horse, Tures saw Lu Ming beside him and asked Lu Ming, who was holding the Holy Spirit Stone and frowning in silence, "Are those elves difficult to deal with?"

"No, that's not it. The effects on these elves only last for an hour at most, after which they will become extremely weak. So we just need to wait for the enhancement effects on them to disappear," Lu Ming said, shaking his head.

Hearing this, Tures was initially relieved, but seeing that Lu Ming was still frowning, as if he was worried about something, she couldn't help but ask, "Then why do you still look so worried?"

Lu Ming did not answer, but instead said to her and Edsor, "Miss Tures and Edsor, you two take 20,000 cavalry back to Mordred first. I am worried that other elven armies will use this force to attack the fortress!"

Upon hearing this, Toures and Edso were immediately startled and hurriedly led their soldiers back to Mordred.

As Lu Ming had feared, it turned out that an elven force of about 10,000 men was attacking Mordred Fortress using Holy Spirit Stones. If Miral and the others hadn't used the Cocodora and Cocodora Rocks to imprison the tree-transformed elves, Mordred Fortress might have fallen by the time they returned.

Of course, that's a story for another time.

Seeing that Toures and Edsor had taken away 20,000 cavalry, Duchess Tafertiel, who had not used the Holy Spirit Stone, immediately ordered the mages to use the group magic Wind Spirit Boots, which could increase running speed, so that the divine tree-transformed elven soldiers could catch up with Lu Ming and his group riding warhorses.

However, she did not forget Medivh Arms, who was disguised as Hyladon, and his army. While sending most of her soldiers to fight Miracath's cavalry, she also sent 5,000 soldiers to fight Medivh Arms's troops.

This thwarted his plan to wait until Tafertiel's army and Miracaiser's army were nearly exhausted before launching a sudden attack to end the battle. After all, his elven soldiers numbered less than ten thousand, and a direct confrontation with Tafertiel's or Lu Ming's armies would result in a horrific defeat!

Unfortunately, Taftier didn't give him that chance, so he had no choice but to lead his soldiers in, even if it meant facing a tough situation.

However, since Tafertiel had already used the Elven race's trump card, the Holy Spirit Stone, he couldn't be stingy with these obedient Elven soldiers any longer. So he decisively ordered his soldiers, "Everyone, use the Holy Spirit Stone and retaliate against the enemy!!"

Upon hearing the order, the elven soldiers under Medivh Arms looked at each other in bewilderment, unsure of what to do.

These soldiers, though serving under Hylalton, felt their rebellion against Duchess Taftier was wrong, and using the Holy Stone would be excessive. They were elves, as were the Duchess's soldiers; the use of the Holy Stone was forbidden in an elven civil war.

Before the Miracathians attacked, Duchess Taftier's side had no intention of using the Holy Stone, even though they had previously held the advantage. However, Duchess Taftier only ordered her soldiers to use the Holy Stone because of the sudden appearance of the Miracathians, a fact that Medivh Arms's current soldiers could not deny.

However, in order not to die here now, these soldiers who followed the wrong people finally chose to use the Holy Spirit Stone to live for another six months!

They took out the Holy Spirit Stone, activated it, and transformed into a divine tree amidst clusters of green light, beginning a fierce battle with the soldiers under Duchess Taftier's command.

However, this protracted struggle was pointless. Neither the soldiers under Medivh Arms nor those under Duchess Taftier Kaslanca could kill or wound the other. Even the elven officers with weapons forged from the ashes of giants could not inflict the slightest harm on the transformed elven soldiers!

Meanwhile, on Lu Ming's side, most of the cavalrymen carrying heavy weapons put away their swords and replaced them with heavy weapons such as chain hammers, greatswords, and iron hammers, and began to use these heavy weapons to attack the divine tree spirits.

Lu Ming also took out the Farron Greatsword and began smashing the heads of the divine wood elves with its heavy weight as his warhorse galloped.

What's frustrating is that if you accidentally only smash half of a tree-transformed elf's head, you have to finish it off with another hit.

After killing some of the Divine Wood Elves, Lu Ming was suddenly targeted by a terrifying killing intent.

"What?" Feeling a chill run down his spine, Lu Ming immediately turned around and used the Franz Greatsword to protect himself, but even so, he was still sent flying by a powerful force.

In the instant he was sent flying, Lu Ming saw an elven woman holding the Ulster Spear, glaring fiercely at him.

In that instant, Lu Ming knew who she was.

With a jolt, he flipped in mid-air and, upon landing, slammed the Farron Greatsword down heavily on the head of a divine tree-transformed Elven soldier!

Immediately afterwards, Lu Ming slowly stood up from the ground, swung the Farron Greatsword forcefully, looked coldly at the elven woman, and sneered: "You really like being a woman, don't you, Licarte Wenderslan."

"Speak as much as you can now! Because in a moment, I will use this Ulster spear to pierce your body, and then kill your family, friends, and students one by one!" Holding the Ulster spear, Ricard, disguised as the Duchess of Tafftier's adjutant, dismounted from his warhorse, pointed the tip of the Ulster spear at Lu Ming, snorted coldly, and threatened him viciously.

Upon hearing this, Lu Ming couldn't help but sneer. He drew his Blue Flame Sword and pointed it at Ricard, saying, "Who will win and who will lose is still unknown! Ricard, don't laugh too soon!"

"You're the one who shouldn't be laughing too soon, Lu Ming!!" Licarte roared ferociously, then grabbed the Ulster gun and charged towards Lu Ming.

Upon seeing this, Lu Ming immediately rushed forward, using the Fran Greatsword to unleash a Nitrogen Charge, deflecting Ricard's attack. He then used the Blue Flame Sword to slash at Ricard's neck, intending to kill him with a single blow.

However, a crimson aura suddenly blocked Lu Ming's slash and even knocked him back!

"The Dragon Slayer's Aura Shield? Interesting!" Lu Ming, who had taken several steps back, looked at Licard, whose scarlet aura burned like flames, and gradually became excited.

Wolf blood and the blood of the ancient gods slowly boiled within Lu Ming's body, causing something resembling protective energy to appear on his body.

But whether it was Ricard or anyone else who saw this scene, or even Lu Ming himself, they all knew that this was not Qi, but the flames of the abyss, which were even more insane than the Dark Abyss—the Black Flame!

With a red glint in his eyes, Lu Ming, dressed in a suit of immortal armor, looking like an immortal being swallowed by the abyss, smiled and pointed his sword at Ricard, saying, "Now, let's see if your Abyss is more powerful, or if the all-consuming Abyss is more powerful!"

Chapter Twenty-Two - Black Flame

Looking at Lu Ming, whose body was engulfed in black flames, Ramanlas felt a little scared. She had seen Lu Ming use these black flames to attack a young dragon when they were hunting. Afterwards, she specifically asked the Fire Keeper who lived in Lu Ming's mansion and learned that it was the power of the abyss. The reason Lu Ming could use it now was because he had already stepped into the abyss.

When Lu Ming falls completely into it, he will turn into a monster!

But what puzzled everyone who knew what the Abyss was was that although Lu Ming used the power of the Abyss, he still retained his rationality and human form, and did not go completely insane, which seemed impossible to them.

However, Lu Ming did not have time to answer their questions, nor did he want to answer their doubts.

Wielding the Farron Greatsword engulfed in black flames, Lu Ming charged toward Ricard and slashed down heavily with the sword.

Seeing this, the cunning and treacherous Ricard naturally wouldn't choose to fight Lu Ming head-on. Just as Lu Ming charged forward, Ricard chose to dodge and thrust his Ulster pistol at Lu Ming's neck.

But when Lu Ming's greatsword slammed into the ground, a burst of black flame suddenly erupted from the greatsword, instantly sending Ricard and his weapon flying.

The next moment, Lu Ming swung his Blue Flame Sword, shooting a series of dark beads at Likat, who had been blasted away by the black flame eruption, intending to deliver a fatal blow!

But at that moment, Licarta suddenly used the Ulster Lance to knock a divine tree-transformed elven soldier away in mid-air, and the direction the elven soldier flew out was exactly the direction from which the dark orbs that Lu Ming had fired came.

The crowd heard several sounds of wood breaking, and then they saw that although the elven soldier had survived the Dark Pearl thanks to his Divine Wood Transformation, he was unable to get up. His torso was shattered in many places by the Dark Pearl, and one of his shoulders was completely broken!

Seeing the elven soldier's miserable state, Ricard's face darkened as he stood up again after landing.

"The power of the abyss? Truly... damn it!" Unable to use the Holy Spirit Stone and seeing the transformed tree-like elven soldier so badly beaten by Lu Ming's dark magic, Likat didn't want to fight Lu Ming head-on. He knew that a direct confrontation would only result in mutual destruction. So, he looked at the surrounding transformed tree-like elven soldiers and ordered them, "Listen up! This guy is the culprit who caused the plague to ravage the empire! Killing him is avenging our people! So come and help me, let's take down this demon together!"

Upon hearing this, the elven soldiers who had already become divine trees immediately looked at Lu Ming with hatred and spontaneously surrounded him.

Standing there with his sword in hand, Lu Ming looked around at the elven soldiers surrounding him and Ricard, who was holding the Ulster Lance. Suddenly, Lu Ming shouted, "You don't need to come and help me. I can handle them myself!"

Upon hearing this, Lothric, Ramanlas, and Lu Ming's personal guards, who had just started heading this way, all stopped.

Lothric glanced at Lu Ming briefly before turning and leading his cavalry toward the room where Taftier was!

Ramanlas cried out worriedly, "Be careful!!"

Then, accompanied by Lu Ming's personal guards, he led the soldiers of the Yugsotus Cavalry Regiment to attack Medivh Ams, who was disguised as Hilarton Bilal.

Seeing Lu Ming tell those who came to his aid not to come, Likat couldn't help but comment: "You're incredibly arrogant! We have over thirty elves, and you're all alone, yet you're telling them not to come to your aid. Do you think you have any chance of winning?"

"Winning chances? Ha! With these elves using some kind of trick to unleash their potential, do you really think they can stump me?" Lu Ming asked with a smile, looking at the somewhat arrogant Ricard who mistakenly thought he had already won.

"What?!" Upon hearing this, Licard was immediately startled.

At that moment, he saw Lu Ming plunge the Farron Greatsword into the ground, and a ball of black flames spread out from the Farron Greatsword. Like a swarm of ants devouring each other, it crawled onto the divine wood-transformed elf soldiers who were positioned at the front, burning them to ashes!

"The black flames of the abyss are no ordinary flames. Don't think that just because they've become some kind of unburnt hardwood, they won't be burned to ashes by these black flames!" Lu Ming pulled the Fran Greatsword from the ground, then smiled slightly and charged towards Ricard.

Likat's plan to use the transformed elves to deal with Lu Ming was thwarted by the black flames of the abyss. Now, he could only draw Lu Ming's attacks himself, allowing the elven soldiers to find an opportunity to ambush Lu Ming and bring him victory.

Of course, he himself actually has the same trump card!

By imbuing his own inner energy into the Ulster Spear, Ricard, after parrying Lu Ming's attack, began to unleash a barrage of spear strikes on Lu Ming. With each strike, he would release some inner energy to attack Lu Ming's vital points, while simultaneously creating opportunities for the elven soldiers to attack Lu Ming as well.

To be honest, although the black flames were incredibly effective against the transformed elven soldiers, Lu Ming was actually at a disadvantage the whole time. Therefore, Lu Ming was constantly looking for an opportunity to kill Likat, this monster whose nature and age were unknown!

At the same time, Lothric was attacking Duchess Taftier, the commander-in-chief of the elven army, with the Lance of Light. He suppressed this duchess, who was a dragon slayer like Ricard, with his own strength!

“I don’t know when my adjutant was replaced by that cunning lackey, Ricard Wendezlan, but it seems that the only nobleman in your Miracaissa Kingdom who can compare to you is about to be killed by him!” Because a mage’s magic can be restored with potions, while a warrior’s aura cannot, Count Tafertiel, who had been suppressed by Lothric and had to use his sword aura to shatter Lothric’s magic, chose to use Lu Ming’s situation to disrupt Lothric’s mind in order to change his extremely unfavorable situation.

Unfortunately, Lothric completely ignored what Taftier was saying and focused solely on attacking her with magic.

When the battle reached its climax and Taftier was on the verge of defeat, she couldn't hold back any longer and roared, "Don't you care about your country's fighting strength? That guy's strength is extremely rare for a small duchy like yours, which is just a small kingdom within Miracaissa! Isn't his death a loss for you?!"

However, Lothric's answer almost choked her to death!

"Do you really think that guy, who can only survive by clinging to the protection of the Darkness, can defeat that bastard?"

"..." Upon hearing Lothric's words, Taftier couldn't help but glance at Lu Ming's side, only to be surprised to find that Lu Ming, who had just been besieged, was now using the black flames on his Farron Greatsword to attack the divine wood-transformed elven soldiers, forcing them back one by one. Some elven soldiers were even smashed to pieces by his sword because they couldn't dodge in time!

"How is this possible!?" Taftier was quite surprised to see this.

Lothric laughed and said, "Regardless of whether that bastard's weapon is a greatsword or something, he is still essentially a mage."

"And do mages always use magic in battle?" Following Lothric's words, Taftier thought of something, and her expression turned ferocious with anger. She glared fiercely at Lothric, then took out her own Holy Stone, unleashing her potential and transforming into a divine dragon slayer.

Compared to ordinary elven soldiers, Taftier's transformation into a divine tree was far more terrifying. At least the ever-flowing aura of the divine tree instantly turned Lothric from the upper hand to the lower hand, forcing him to rely on his magic to stall for time until the enhancement effect of the Holy Spirit Stone ended.

Of course, there's no need to elaborate on these points.

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A dozen minutes later, Lu Ming seized the opportunity when Ricard's right leg was trapped by his quicksand magic, rushed forward in one step, and unleashed a slash aimed straight at Ricard's head!

But at the last moment, Ricardo forcefully broke free from the control of the quicksand, leaped backward to avoid Lu Ming's attack, and then used the Ulster Spear to leave a wound on Lu Ming's body!

Looking down at the wound on his right arm, Lu Ming frowned as he looked at Likat, took a deep breath, and then unleashed his divine speed to attack Likat.

Upon seeing this, Licard immediately and instinctively held the Ulster pistol horizontally in front of him.

The next moment, a tremendous force struck Licard's Ulster gun, sending him flying!

Having landed a successful blow, Lu Ming immediately unleashed his divine speed once more, charging towards Ricard, intending to kill him with this attack.