The wrong transmigrator assigned by the system

However, Lu Ming was somewhat curious whether that dilapidated fortress could really serve its purpose. In his memory, the fortress didn't seem very large, and many parts of it were destroyed, making it impossible for it to function as a fortress to defend against enemy troops.

However, at that moment, Taldarimus Unos suddenly approached Lu Ming and his companions, saying, "After you left Aureno, the royal family arranged for the fortress to be repaired and expanded. Now it's almost the size of a city. Moreover, its sturdiness is unmatched by ordinary fortresses. Even without the protection of magic arrays, its walls can easily withstand the sword aura attacks of the Dragonblood Warriors. The royal family has conducted tests; the walls can withstand nine attacks from the Dragonblood Warriors' qi attacks before collapsing. Therefore, Viscount Lu Ming, you have absolutely no need to worry about whether it can withstand the attack of the Aifa army!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Ming frowned and asked, "Is this matter only known to the Duchy of Stix?"

"This...this, please forgive me, Viscount Lu Ming, I cannot say." Tadarims finally managed to speak after being stumped by Lu Ming's question.

Seeing that Taldarimus refused to answer the question, Lu Ming couldn't help but sneer and joined in the work of inscribing the magic circle with the Aries Staff.

At least two or three duchies knew about the repair of the Dolangreg Fortress, which had been summoned to Gaia Forest, but Erebus and Tartarus, currently the most economically powerful of all the duchies, naturally couldn't know. The reason for repairing the fortress was precisely to defend against a potential attack from Erebus and Tartarus.

The royal family and the involved duchies didn't really trust Erebus and Tartarus, which was quite unsettling. However, it was only natural for them to be wary of Erebus and Tartarus. After all, the duchies had previously distrusted each other, and suddenly forcing them to unite would inevitably arouse suspicion in some duchies, prompting them to prepare contingency plans to prevent any unforeseen problems.

Lu Ming understood this perfectly. But whether the two Grand Dukes understood it or not was anyone else's guess.

If the two dukes become extremely furious after learning about this, Lu Ming will not say a good word for either of them!

Besides, no matter how much effort the royal family put into repairing that fortress, it's all for nothing now. Since they've already agreed to summon the fortress in times of crisis, forget about taking it back!

With Lu Ming's addition, many other mages from Erebus and Tartarus also joined in the creation of the magic circle.

"Plow of the Wind!" After chanting, some mages called out the names of the spells they were using, and then they saw invisible and colorless wind blades cutting deep trenches in the ground, gradually perfecting the magic circle.

As the work of inscribing the magic circle progressed step by step towards completion, Viscount Auberic suddenly said to Taldarimus beside him, "Your Excellency, could you please inform the Grand Duke of Erebus and Tartarus in advance which fortress we are about to summon?"

Upon hearing this, Tadarims was completely stunned. He never dreamed that Viscount Auberlic would betray him.

Those two dukes are not like Lu Ming. If they get angry, they might hang him, and no one here would dare to speak up for him!

So he turned to Viscount Auberwick and said, “I have other matters to attend to in my troops, so I’ll leave this to Viscount Hecate.”

After saying that, he turned and ran, leaving Viscount Auberwick no room for further conversation, which left her stunned and frozen in place.

Upon seeing this, Lu Ming, who was not far away, couldn't help but laugh out loud, which earned him a glare from Viscount Auberick.

But at that moment, Lu Ming suddenly smiled and pointed behind her, causing her to turn around. She saw two grand dukes standing behind her, looking at her with displeasure...

Soon after, everyone in the camp heard Viscount Auberick's screams, which startled many of them.

This also led those who didn't know the truth to believe that Viscount Auberick had done something wrong and had been beaten!

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Summoning magic circles are extremely intricate and complex magic circles. In particular, the giant magic circles require a great deal of time for magicians to inscribe the magic runes, incantations, and other elements. Therefore, half a day is simply not enough time to complete them.

So after it got completely dark that day, all the mages who had almost exhausted their magic power ate a simple dinner and went to sleep early to slowly recover their magic power.

Only Lu Ming and Ramanlas were forced to stay in the Grand Dukes' tents, where they held tedious meetings with numerous commanders until late at night.

When the two of them emerged from the dukes' tent, exhausted, most of the soldiers were already asleep, and even Chimera had been waiting for them and was almost asleep.

Lu Ming quickly climbed onto the simple low bed, holding Chimera and Ramanlas in his arms on either side, ready to fall asleep. But at that moment, he suddenly heard the conversation of several patrolling soldiers outside the military tent.

Have you heard?

"what?"

"It's about the fortress that the mages are trying to summon, which has a haunted legend!"

"No way? Wasn't that fortress specially built by the royal family for this war, just in case? How come it's inexplicably haunted?"

"What do you know! My cousin-in-law is from a branch of the royal family. Although he's currently a centurion under Lord Taldarimus, he's still quite well-informed. He told me that the fortress wasn't built by the royal family themselves, but rather by the undead fortress in Gaia Forest that was summoned by the rebels from Evanes!"

"What?! It was repaired and expanded using the fortress of the undead?!"

Shh! Are you trying to wake everyone up?

"Oh. Sorry, sorry. I was just a little surprised. By the way, what's this about the fortress being haunted?"

"That fortress used to be the fortress of the undead kingdom of Drangreg, but it was destroyed in a war with them over a type of giant that turns into trees after death. Although all the strange giants in the fortress were killed by the undead of Drangreg, the undead who weren't from Drangreg were also haunted by the war. Because their resentment runs so deep, even now, though the fortress is in the Gaia Forest, at night, people still see the ghosts of Drangreg soldiers hacking at the Giant Tree with weapons!"

Hearing this, Lu Ming couldn't help but smile helplessly, not intending to listen any further. However, he noticed that Ramanlas and Chimera were trembling with fear because of the soldiers' conversation.

He couldn't help but shout, "What are you doing here, disturbing other people's sleep instead of patrolling?!"

Immediately, the soldiers were frightened and ran away.

At this moment, Ramanlas asked with some fear, "Is that fortress really haunted?"

The chimera on the other side asked the same question: "You know how to deal with ghosts, right?"

Unexpectedly, Lu Ming, who was afraid of ghosts, couldn't help but laugh when he saw the pitiful looks of Ramanlas and Chimera. "Don't worry, I'm here for you!"

Upon hearing this, Ramanlas and Chimera snuggled closer into Lu Ming's arms.

And so, the three of them slept peacefully until four o'clock the next morning...

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"Get up quickly and finish the magic circle!!"

Before dawn, a loud shout woke Lu Ming and the other two from their peaceful sleep.

Because they had been in meetings all night, Lu Ming and his group didn't go to sleep until after 1 a.m., so they were naturally furious. Like many mages whose magic hadn't fully recovered, the first thing they did after getting dressed and leaving the tent was to find the person who had woken them up and settle the score.

The person assigned to this job, which made her an easy target for beatings, was none other than Viscount Auberlic, who had been reprimanded by the two grand dukes the day before. Therefore, the only one who ended up spanking her was Duke Ramanlas.

After Auberick was brought to tears by Ramanlas, Lu Ming and the other mages, whose good dreams had been ruined, finally returned satisfied to have breakfast and inscribe the magic circle. As for the poor Viscount Auberick, only Earl Winsland, who had entrusted the task to him, could console him.

After Lu Ming finished breakfast, washed his face, and joined in the work of inscribing the magic circle, Count Farisias, who was not far away, suddenly ran over inexplicably and looked around mysteriously to make sure that no one was eavesdropping.

This puzzled Lu Ming, who couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"

"Um, does anyone in Yugsotus know how to summon magic?" After confirming that no one was around, Count Farisas asked Lu Ming in a very low voice.

"Basically, all of us magicians can do that."

"Then... will it summon buildings?"

"Some of them will summon huts or similar structures."

"That......"

"Wait a minute!" Suddenly, Lu Ming had a very bad feeling and couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that the mages in your Styx army can't summon buildings?"

Under Lu Ming's almost desperate gaze, Count Faris nodded...

"Are you guys kidding me?! You can't summon buildings, so you're making them draw magic circles here just to mess with us?! ...

Upon hearing Lu Ming's roar, Yugsotus and the other mages stopped what they were doing and glared menacingly at the Stix mages. In the end, the Stix mages were collectively beaten for deceiving everyone's feelings.

Although the magic circle still had to be drawn in the end, Styx could only receive a best suggestion award at this point, and could not receive the greatest credit in everyone's hearts as before.

We completed most of the magic circle and performed the summoning, yet you get the biggest credit. Why? Besides, this proposal was reached after everyone discussed it; it wasn't suggested by your Styx family!

Based on this idea, after the magic circle was completed, the mages of the various duchies strictly forbade the mages of Stix, the land of magic, from approaching the magic circle. As a result, they could only stand far away, watching with teary eyes as Lu Ming led a large group of mages from various troops, but none of them were mages from the Duchy of Stix, to begin chanting incantations and summoning the fortress.

As the incantation was slowly chanted, terrifying lightning flashed within the enormous magic circle. A storm swept up green grass and red earth, which surged into the magic circle and, amidst bursts of lightning and thunder like the roar of a giant dragon, were compressed into a small sphere at the center of the magic circle.

Finally, the sphere was sucked into a suddenly appearing spatial rift, and the surrounding light and darkness were also sucked in. With a crisp sound of shattering glass, it burst into an extremely dazzling array of colors.

When all was quiet, the fortress deep in the Gaia Forest near the imperial capital of Miracaissa, Oreno, was summoned here.

However, it seems that in addition to this fortress, Lu Ming has also summoned an unknown region...

Chapter 59 - Myself

As the light emitted by the summoning magic faded, a massive fortress, clearly distinguishable between old and new, appeared before Lu Ming and his companions.

Just as everyone was cheering for the successful summoning of the fortress, Lu Ming's attention was drawn to a building on a high mountain located to the side of the fortress that had been summoned along with the fortress.

Looking at the mountain surrounded by cliffs and precipices, with the only way to get up there being a section of the fortress wall, Lu Ming murmured uncertainly, "This is... the Fire-Binding Ritual Site?"

Ramanlas and the others didn't know why Lu Ming kept looking at the building on the mountain that had been inexplicably summoned along with the fortress, but it seemed to be as difficult to destroy as the fortress, and there was an extremely mysterious power there.

After frowning and pondering for a moment, Lu Ming ordered the knights of his own army, Yggdrasil: "The mages go inside the fortress to inscribe space and reinforce the magic circle. The rest of you, come with me to the Firelink Shrine!"

Instead of wondering why the Firelink Shrine is here, and why it was summoned here along with the fortress in Gaia Forest, it's better to go and see what's going on up there. Besides, if that little dwarf Rudolf is in the Firelink Shrine, Lu Ming can easily kill him to prevent him from playing any tricks on him.

"Yes!" Upon hearing Lu Ming's order, all the knights of Yugsotus immediately responded and followed Lu Ming, the so-called deputy commander, into the fortress, preparing to explore the situation on the high mountain.

Upon seeing this, Grand Duke Rael and Lord Ferael frowned, summoned some knights, and followed Lu Ming and the others into the fortress and up the mountain.

The others, however, had no intention of getting involved. After all, it was a place that had been summoned inexplicably, and there might be something terrifying there. Not to mention, the buildings on that mountain possessed a mysterious power.

Walking briskly inside the fortress, Lu Ming and his companions soon arrived at the top of the city wall, where they encountered several ragged wandering spirits.

Facing these creatures, Lu Ming and his companions naturally showed no mercy. With a single gesture from Lu Ming, several Yogg-Sotus Knights charged towards the wandering spirits without hesitation, cutting them down one by one with their swords and taking their bewildered lives.

"Take their corpses with you." Looking at those undead spirits that were completely different from the ones he had dealt with in the past, pale as ashes, Lu Ming thought for a moment and then decided to have the knights use specially made chains to bind them and take them with him to the Firelink Shrine.

Stepping on the crenellations of the fortress walls, Lu Ming and the others climbed up the high mountain where the fire-lighting ritual site was located. Then they saw countless stone coffins placed in various places on the mountain. Upon closer inspection, the dust on the ground was actually the ashes of cremated remains.

"Keep moving forward!" With a single sword stroke, Lu Ming cut down a charging ghost, then turned to the knights who were starting to feel uneasy and gave them an order.

"What's up there? Why do we feel more and more uneasy as we get closer to it?" As they approached the Firelink Shrine, Grand Duke Raeles came to Lu Ming's side and asked with some doubt and fear.

Hearing this, Lu Ming was slightly surprised. Apart from sensing the power emanating from the Firelink Shrine, he felt nothing else. Moreover, the closer he got to the Firelink Shrine, the more at ease he felt, as if he were returning home. However, the expressions on the faces of the two dukes and the knights told Lu Ming that they were not lying.

Thus, Lu Ming fell into deep confusion.

"That's where the Lords of Cinder linked the First Flame. It's normal for me, who has the Flame within me, to feel at ease, since it was built for that purpose. But the power it exudes makes others uneasy... Could it be?"

Suddenly, Lu Ming thought of a possibility: there was something in the Fire-Binding Ritual Ground radiating power, attracting him to go there, but not wanting ordinary people to go there.

"Rudolph? Or who?" Lu Ming murmured to himself before heading alone to the Firelink Shrine.

However, at this moment, Ramanlas and Chimera suddenly caught up with him, and no matter what Lu Ming and the others said, they insisted on going with Lu Ming.

There was no other way, so Lu Ming had to take them with him.

In a plaza-like place, Lu Ming picked up a spiral sword from the ground. He then looked around but did not find the humanoid scabbard that should have been there.

Pushing open the gate, Lu Ming and his two companions crossed the plaza, killed several wandering spirits, and arrived at the gate of the Fire Ritual Site.

"White Mist Gate?"

However, what puzzled Lu Ming was that the gate to the Fire Linking Ritual Site was blocked by a white mist. This was really strange; there couldn't possibly be a boss behind it, could there?

Taking a deep breath, Lu Ming reached out and placed his hand on the white mist door, then walked into the white mist door.

However, he did not see the boss, nor the Fire Keeper or Ludos, but only a dark mass on the throne of the Holy King of Lothric.

After Ramanlas and Chimera entered the Firelink Shrine, Lu Ming glanced back at the white mist gate that hadn't disappeared, sighed slightly, and said, "Well, it seems we can't get out without eliminating this darkness."

As he spoke, he swung his spiral sword, and instantly the fire ignited on it.

As the flames of the torch illuminated the fire-lighting ritual site, the darkness immediately let out a roar, then began to split into a large group of dark humanoids, wielding spiral swords burning with black flames, and charged towards Lu Ming and his companions.