The wrong transmigrator assigned by the system

“Your Highness, there are many documents. Even if we rely on Miss Toures and Miss Haimir alone, we still won’t be able to complete them, even if R'lyeh’s troops arrive.”

"..." With no other option, the two dukes had to give up watching Lu Ming beat up Hemphis, Cassie, and Faris, and followed the knight to a secret room inside the fortress.

As for why Winslant wasn't among those who were beaten up, it's because she's a woman, and Lu Ming wouldn't dare to use such force, nor could she herself rush up and fight Lu Ming head-on.

Seeing the two dukes being led away by a knight, Lu Ming and Winsland frowned, wondering if something had happened.

So they chose to finish the fight quickly, and in no time they had taken down Hemphis and the other two. Then they quickly caught up with the Grand Duke and his men.

Lying on the ground, Hemfies and the other two couldn't understand why Winslant had suddenly and inexplicably helped Lu Ming attack them, even though she was the one who said she wanted to beat Lu Ming up.

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"What happened? Why did you have to use such a ridiculous excuse to summon the Grand Dukes?" Following the two Grand Dukes, Lu Ming and Winsland arrived at the room where Tures was. Seeing Tures and Haimir looking at a letter with furrowed brows, Lu Ming went over and asked them.

Tures pushed the letter in front of Lu Ming and the other three, saying, "Just received intelligence that a rebellion has broken out within the Aifa Empire. The Deep Saint Eldridge attempted to assassinate the Elven Queen and most of the royal family, but failed due to divine revelation from the Elven gods. However, the Elven army did not completely annihilate the Deep Church; instead, many soldiers defected, leading to their defeat at the hands of the Deep Church. Currently, the Elven army and the Deep Church are engaged in battle near the capital of the Aifa Empire, and it is expected to last for a long time."

Looking at the letter, Lu Ming asked with some doubt, "The Church of the Deep arose because a branch of the White Cult worshipped the power of Bishop Eldridge of the White Cult. Its later growth was merely due to Eldridge's terrifying reputation, which allowed him to protect those with ill intentions. Apart from Eldridge's two bishops and one bishop from Rosalia, most others don't really understand the nature of the Deep. There are even rumors that members of the Church of the Deep have been corrupted by the Deep and driven mad. Given the arrogance of the Elves, how could they possibly have a church where, apart from Eldridge, no one understands what the Deep is?"

“What if Rosalia were here too?” Haimir suddenly asked from the side.

"What? That's impossible! She has no power at all and does nothing to help the situation. Besides, even if that bastard Eldridge summoned her from the Cathedral of the Deep to the Empire of Aifa, there's no reason for those elves to abandon their own goddess and worship such a useless, silent goddess, is there?"

"She can also resurrect elves, reset their age, and allow them to change their appearance at will."

"Yes, changing one's ugly appearance at will, and eventually turning into a maggot-like person."

"Will it turn into a maggot-infested person?!"

"Yes!"

Seeing that Lu Ming and the others had steered the conversation astray, Grand Duke Rael immediately interrupted them and asked, "You two didn't call us here under some pretext just to tell us this good news, did you?"

Upon hearing this, Toures was taken aback at first, then nodded with a serious expression and said, "Of course not."

"Intelligence indicates that during the battle against the Church of the Deep, the elven army deployed some elves that had never been seen before. These are elves that have merged with the trees, as if they were parasitizing the bodies of tree spirits. They manipulate the roots of trees to move, wield branches to attack, use tough bark to defend against attacks, and are even resistant to magic below the third tier!"

Chapter 49 - Conspiracy

Because he didn't know what the tree-like spirit mentioned in the intelligence report was, Lu Ming called Camias over and asked her if she knew anything about this strange spirit. Unfortunately, her answer was: "I don't know what this strange spirit is, and I've never heard of it."

Seeing that even Camillas, the daughter of General Roas, didn't know what this strange spirit was, Lu Ming and the others gave up their hopes of finding out what the spirit was beforehand and decided to wait until their scouts had obtained the information before figuring out how to deal with it.

But at that moment, Camillas suddenly suggested, "I think you could ask Catherine. Her status is no lower than mine, and she should also have access to documents or things related to these elves."

Upon hearing this, Grand Duke Rael and Grand Duke Feram immediately looked at Lu Ming.

Seeing that both dukes were looking at him, Lu Ming had no choice but to nod and indicate that he would ask Catherine, also known as Kate.

However, before he went to find Kate, he glared at Camillas, looking very unhappy, which made Camillas hurry to follow him.

Are you angry?

"Yes, I'm angry. I didn't expect you to still be like this, not knowing what things are off-limits."

"Okay, okay, I'll be good and listen to you from now on! Please don't be angry anymore!"

"From now on, you are not allowed to act on your own initiative!"

"Yes Yes Yes!"

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"An elf that seems to be one with the tree? It seems that only tree elves can fit this description." After listening to Lu Ming and Camias's description, Kate thought for a moment and then gave a possible answer.

Upon hearing this answer, Camillas asked in disbelief, "How is this possible! Shouldn't tree spirits be half-plant spirits? How could they become something like that?"

“Normally, the only difference between a tree spirit and an ordinary elf is that their skin is green and they have a few leaves on their heads. But at certain times, a tree spirit will merge with a tree blessed by the gods, becoming a half-elf, half-monster. That's why tree spirits are called tree spirits.” Kate was very friendly to Camias because they were both elves, and she answered Camias's questions without reservation.

However, Camillas showed no appreciation whatsoever, usually speaking coldly to her, only treating her slightly better when she needed Camillas' help.

After learning that those strange elves were a rare species of tree elves, Lu Ming asked Kate, "So how strong are these tree elves in combat?"

"So-so, very so-so. Their defense is excellent, but their offensive capabilities are unbelievably poor. The only thing worth mentioning is their ability to assist other types of elves. Because the trees they reside in are blessed by the gods, they can work in groups of three, using their sacred trees to cast divine spells to heal the wounds of all the elves on the battlefield." Kate didn't want to answer Lu Ming at first, but under Camias's gaze, she finally spoke.

"Then, what about the treatment speed?" Lu Ming asked immediately after receiving the answer.

"I don't know. I've only seen some records of it in books. You know, these tree spirits usually live in the countryside. Under normal circumstances, a 'noble' like me would never have any contact with them!" Kate arrogantly turned her head away and said with great pride.

Seeing this, Lu Ming continued to press for answers. It seemed Kate genuinely knew nothing more about the tree spirits, and further questioning wouldn't yield any further information. So, after writing down the information Kate provided, he took it to the Grand Steward to deliver it. As for other intelligence, that would have to be gathered by spies.

Lu Ming felt that these tree spirits couldn't possibly only possess defensive and healing abilities; otherwise, the Elven race wouldn't have kept them hidden near the capital as a secret weapon. Perhaps they possessed some unimaginable unique advantages over the Dark Ones or other forces, otherwise they wouldn't have used them for the purpose of conquering the Dark Ones.

Seeing Lu Ming get up and leave, Kate immediately pulled aside Camillas, her fellow clansman, wanting to chat with her for a while to relieve her boredom.

Unfortunately, Camillas had no intention of talking to her at all. She broke free from her hand and quickly followed Lu Ming.

This greatly frustrated Kate. She was an elf from the Aifa Empire, and like other elves of the Aifa Empire, she was arrogant and disdainful of speaking to other races. Therefore, her only interlocutor was Kemias; otherwise, she could only speak to Mirar, Ramanlas, and the Dark elf Chimera. This was simply unacceptable to her.

However, sometimes she would take the initiative to talk to Lu Ming, and even slightly flirt with him, hoping to keep him from losing patience. She knew very well who could protect her!

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Emerging from the room, Lu Ming and Camias, carrying information about the tree spirits, headed towards the room where the Grand Duke and the others were currently located.

On their way, they unfortunately encountered two members of the royal family, Aman Korsaunos and Aman Caltonunos.

Upon seeing the two royals with ill intentions, Lu Ming and Camillas immediately moved aside, intending to brush past them and have nothing to do with them. Unfortunately, the two royals blocked their path. Even after Lu Ming and Camillas reached the other side of the corridor, the two of them would run back to their side and block their way.

This action clearly indicated that the two of them were there to cause trouble. Therefore, Lu Ming asked with considerable displeasure, "What do you mean by this?"

“It’s nothing, I just wanted to have a word with Viscount Lu Ming,” Amancalton said to Lu Ming with an unsettling smile.

"Regarding the plan, we have some questions we'd like to ask Viscount Lu Ming, so we humbly request that you do us the honor of meeting us." At this moment, Amankorsa noticed that Lu Ming's hand had subtly rested on the hilt of Irithyll's straight sword. Knowing that Lu Ming might chop them up if they didn't give a reasonable explanation, he immediately used Lu Ming and the Grand Dukes' plan as a pretext to keep Lu Ming occupied while he considered other options.

"The plan?" Hearing Aman Korsa use the plan as a pretext, Lu Ming couldn't help but sneer inwardly, but outwardly asked, "Is there anything about the plan that you don't understand?"

"Well, we're wondering how our army should treat the civilians of the Aifa Empire when we're at war with them. We're unsure whether we should strictly control our troops or just give them a little leeway, so we'd like to ask Viscount Lu Ming. After all, the Grand Duke and the others seem to be busy, and we don't want to bother them."

Given this, coupled with the fact that Amankorsa kept glancing at Camias intentionally or unintentionally while speaking, Lu Ming naturally knew that he was playing a divisive game. Unfortunately for him, the guy miscalculated.

Before Lu Ming could speak, Camillas arrogantly said, "What's there to ask! Why not just kill them all?"

Upon hearing this, Amankorza and Amancalton were startled and quickly looked at Lu Ming, hoping he wouldn't say the same. Killing civilians was a grave violation of chivalry; if word got out that their armies would massacre civilians, they would instantly become enemies of all the knights of the Miracaissa Kingdom! At that point, no matter who was behind them, no one could save them!

Therefore, they desperately hope that Lu Ming will not say such things, otherwise even if they can drag Lu Ming down with them, they will also be ruined for his reputation!

However, Lu Ming had no intention of ruining his reputation along with those two bastards. Trading his reputation for the downfall of these two scoundrels would be far too much of a loss.

Therefore, he said, "I think we should try our best to restrain the soldiers! After all, those civilians will also be our people of Miracaissa in the future. Killing them or discriminating against them would be a very wrong idea. In addition, the elves in the area we are about to attack have always been oppressed by the elven nobles. Even if they do not welcome us, they will not take the initiative to help those nobles of Aifa."

As he spoke, he suddenly gave a strange smile and said, "Of course, if you want to be different, then do as you please. Don't overthink it. The elven assassins won't target you because of that."

Upon hearing this, the two royal members immediately broke out in a cold sweat and made way for Lu Ming and Camillas to go to the Grand Duke's room, no longer daring to obstruct them. Furthermore, they dared not do anything further for the time being, as Lu Ming's words were a blatant warning.

Lu Ming's words meant that it didn't matter whether you listened to them or not. However, if you disobeyed, don't blame us for killing you both.

Therefore, Amankorsa and his companion naturally dared not provoke Lu Ming and Camias again. After all, Lu Ming was so ruthless that he would even dare to stab the corpse of the late emperor, let alone the two of them. As for Camias, she wasn't even a member of Miracaisa's Kingdom. She was an elf from the Aifa Empire. Why should she be afraid of someone from a distant branch of the family, someone even her own nobles didn't want to associate with?

Watching Lu Ming and Camias' departing figures, a flash of hatred crossed Amankorza and his companion's faces. After they were out of sight, they returned to their room and began to consider which of the Grand Dukes who hadn't yet arrived could be won over to help them gain benefits. Ultimately, they discovered that apart from Grand Duke Hastur of Karksar, almost no Grand Duke would help them sabotage the already established plans!

There was nothing they could do but proceed slowly, waiting for an opportunity to seize the land, equivalent to two duchies, from the hands of the dukes.

Just as the two royals were discussing how to scheme against Lu Ming and the others in their room, Lu Ming and Camillas came to the room where the Grand Dukes were and reported the information they had obtained from Kate to the two Grand Dukes.

"Tree spirits? Those strange spirits are tree spirits that have merged with the sacred tree blessed by the gods?!" Upon hearing that the strange spirits they had been worried about for so long, and that it might change the course of the battle, were tree spirits, everyone was somewhat incredulous.

But they quickly accepted it. Grand Duke Rael even glanced at Tures, somewhat angrily, and said, "Don't make such a fuss like that again. Not only did you worry about yourself, but you also made us all anxious for ages!"

"I didn't know these elves were just tree spirits used to heal other elves, and the intelligence report made it sound so dangerous, so it's normal to be worried!" Tures said, standing to the side, feeling wronged.

At this moment, Lu Ming thought for a moment and then voiced his doubts.

"We cannot be entirely certain that the tree spirits fused with the sacred tree will have no impact on our plans. If their abilities can significantly increase the sustained combat capability of Aifa's army, that would be bad news for us!"

Upon hearing this, Earl Winsland nodded slightly and said, "Indeed, if their healing abilities are strong, it will boost the morale of the Aifa army, making it difficult for our soldiers to kill them. In the end, we might even be dragged into a terrible situation where we have to use our soldiers' lives to exchange for the magic of those tree spirits! So now, we must obtain enough intelligence in order to make the right judgment!"

"So, we can only wait for new intelligence to arrive before we can make the right judgment?"

“We are still waiting for the other two Grand Dukes to arrive with their armies. Moreover, almost all the blacksmiths in Tartarus are currently forging the Golden Staff Spear for Styx's magical legion. So waiting a little longer won't hurt; just consider it waiting for the army and weapons.” Lu Ming indicated that they had to wait whether they wanted to or not, so why rush?

Helpless, Grand Duke Rael and Grand Duke Feram had no choice but to wait patiently for intelligence to arrive before figuring out how to defeat the Aifar army, which possessed those tree spirits.

However, Lu Ming then said, "In our previous battles, we used cavalry, so we were always pursuing lethal miracles. But the tree spirits of Aifa gave me an idea: we can rely on the power of miracles to train our infantry legions into an invincible and powerful army!"

"what?"

"I know two saintesses of the Sun Princess who possess the Sun Princess's miracles, all of which are healing miracles capable of healing soldiers over a wide area. Therefore, we can have the infantry legion's priests or soldiers who can use miracles learn these miracles, thereby greatly enhancing the infantry legion's survivability!"

Upon hearing Lu Ming's words, Tures continued, "Furthermore, these priests can also provide healing for our cavalry legions, giving our cavalry and infantry a strong ability to sustain combat, so that we won't suffer losses when facing Aifa's army!"

That's it!

After listening to Lu Ming and Tures's words, the two dukes exchanged a glance, then nodded and said, "Once the army of the Duchy of R'lyeh arrives, have those two you know train Duke Ufa's army. Anyway, the merfolk aren't suited for land combat; having them do healing work isn't bad!" (To be continued...)

Chapter 50 - War

Time flies, and ten days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Over the course of these ten days, the armies of the other two duchies besides Yaru, Karksa, and Anpu also arrived one after another, beginning their integration training and hellish officer-led combat training.

Compared to these unfortunate fellows, the priests and soldiers who chose to learn the miracles of the Sun Princess from the two serpentine saints were much happier, at least they wouldn't suffer.

Like Rael and Ferael, the Grand Dukes of Adun and Ufa also found watching the soldiers and officers train a form of entertainment. Although this forced the soldiers to exert more effort during training, leaving them nearly exhausted afterward, the Grand Dukes preferred it to this. Besides, leaving them idle in their rooms would drive them mad! So rather than slowly losing sanity and going insane, watching the soldiers train was far better!

Because of this idea, Amancaldon and Amancolsa couldn't find the time to win over the two grand dukes and their soldiers, so they had no choice but to reluctantly bring the royal family's troops into the training program.

Upon seeing this, Lu Ming and the others exclaimed that this was more in line with their opinion. Instead of resorting to scheming and plotting to harm others for personal gain, they should instead prepare to fight their way to victory on the battlefield and directly claim credit from the Empress and the Regent.

Unfortunately, these two members of the royal family remained unrepentant. They planned to intensify their efforts to turn and frame some nobles when the armies of various duchies attacked the Aifa Empire and seized all the land on the Dragon Ridge Mountains side, so that the rewards given to them would become rewards for the two of them.

If Lu Ming and the others knew what those two were really thinking, they would definitely cut those two bastards into pieces and feed them to the dogs without hesitation!

After a short period of training, the armies of the various duchies were almost fully integrated. Therefore, Lu Ming and Winsland approached the grand dukes and proposed setting off to march on the Aifa Empire!

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July 24st, midsummer.

After defeating two invading armies of the Aifa Empire, Miracaissa's army amassed approximately 400,000 troops and marched back into Aifa territory. They quickly captured several cities and fortresses that had been overlooked by the Aifa Empire's leadership. Using this as a base, Miracaissa's army split into several columns, advancing in different directions towards the Dragon Ridge Mountains. Their aim was to seize all the passages leading from the Dragon Ridge Mountains to the heart of the Aifa Empire, completely blocking any further attacks on Miracaissa and ending the war.

As one of the main forces of the army marching towards the important passage of the Dragon Ridge Mountains, the Terra Canyon, Yogg-Sotus conscripted many young, impoverished elves along the way, using them as additional troops for Yogg-Sotus.

While the elves of Aifa are fiercely protective of their own, their pride is marred by a deeply unfortunate habit: discrimination. They discriminate against humans, beastmen, half-elves, and Dark elves. These races are denied wages and property in the Aifa Empire; they are reduced to begging or working for unscrupulous elven masters for meager rations. Consequently, these races are easily recruited by the Aifa Empire and put to use by Yogg-Sotus.

Furthermore, the elves also harbor discriminatory attitudes towards the descendants of criminals within their own race. While this is true in every country, it is particularly severe among the elves of Aifa.

Unlike the races mentioned above, the descendants of elven criminals cannot even get a job as a means of exchanging food, and no elves are willing to give them food when they beg. They can only scavenge scraps in the garbage to fill their stomachs.