The wrong transmigrator assigned by the system

But at that moment, one of Taldarimus's men suddenly spoke up at an inopportune time: "I would like to ask Viscount Liu Ming, what if the army of Aifa chooses to send magical beasts to attack the crystal pillars, and the curse on the crystal pillars causes those magical beasts to attack us instead? Also, shouldn't crops be impossible to grow in such a crystal area? Do you have any ideas on how we can be self-sufficient in food supplies when we are stationed at this fortress?"

Seeing that the person who jumped out at this inopportune moment was one of his own subordinates, Taldarimus turned pale with fright. But just as he was about to reprimand the man, he heard Liu Ming say with a smile, "The curse of the crystal pillars is a special mental curse prepared for humans, elves, beastmen, merfolk, and cavemen—races in the Aifa Empire that might be incorporated into cannon fodder camps. It has no effect on ordinary animal magical beasts! So this sergeant doesn't need to worry about magical beasts. As for the issue of self-sufficiency in food, I've thought about it. If this sergeant goes to the crystal land outside the fortress, he will find that the soil beneath the crystals has become more fertile than before. If you wish, you can use magic circles to form a barrier nearby to keep the crystals outside the barrier and plant crops inside!"

Seeing that his questions had been answered one by one by Liu Ming, the man wanted to ask more, but Tadarimus spoke up at this point.

He yelled at the man, "You bastard, what are you asking here?! Get out of here right now!!"

He had originally intended to cultivate good relationships with key figures in various duchies, such as Liu Ming, Winsland, and Hemfis, so that they could work for him or recommend one or two capable individuals to serve as his future ministers in governing the duchies. However, because of the incompetence of his subordinates, Liu Ming and the others were now looking at him strangely, as if he had ordered those people to cause trouble. Therefore, he was only thinking about how to repair his relationship with Liu Ming and the others, and had no intention of paying attention to these useless and troublesome subordinates. Consequently, he showed his subordinates no respect whatsoever.

His men were naturally furious. They snorted and left in anger, no longer wanting to help this royal who didn't know how to protect them, these greedy people. They rode their horses out of the fortress and back to Miracaissa.

When Taldarimus learned of this, he was furious and wanted to send men to hunt down these scoundrels who had made him lose face.

But before that, he had to apologize to Liu Ming and Grand Duke Rael, lest they target him and make things difficult for him.

"I am very sorry, Grand Duke Hadist and Viscount Lu Ming. I failed to manage my men properly, and I apologize to both of you."

Seeing Taldarimus sincerely bow and apologize to him and Grand Duke Rael, Lu Ming basically ruled out that he was the one who had slandered the two grand dukes, and his subordinates were even more likely to be the ones who had. After all, in the eyes of Winsland and the others, it was basically Taldarimus's own doing to have his subordinates slander the grand dukes, so it wasn't unreasonable for him to warn the Chimera to be careful of the royal family.

Faced with Taldarimus's sincere apology, Grand Duke Rael and Liu Ming exchanged glances before admonishing him: "Many times, those so-called rebel leaders did not necessarily want to rebel, but were forced into that position by their own men and then executed."

Upon hearing this, Tadarims was startled. He wasn't stupid; he naturally understood the meaning behind Grand Duke Rael's words.

As he weighed his options, unsure how to answer the Grand Duke's question, Liu Ming suddenly said, "Some things can be kept from your subordinates, but others cannot. Since they work for you, you should at least tell them what they can expect. Otherwise, they will continue to do what they are doing now, striving to gain as much as possible for themselves!"

"...I understand, I know what to do." After thinking for a moment about the meaning behind Liu Ming's words, Taldarimus said to Liu Ming and the Grand Duke.

Then he left to find his subordinates who hadn't yet chosen to leave.

The others, after the sergeants from various units brought them the casualty reports of their soldiers, also chose to leave the meeting room to deal with the burial and compensation of their own fallen soldiers.

Therefore, Liu Ming and the others did not stay in the conference room for too long. After briefly discussing the points that they might need to pay attention to in tomorrow's battle, they went back to their rooms to rest.

After returning to his room, Liu Ming summoned several Shadow Wolves with magic. While stroking their heads, he commanded them, "Go and follow those fleeing guys, and see who's behind them."

He did not believe that Taldarimus's subordinates, who were confidants of the Regent and the Queen, were a group of insignificant and greedy people, and he absolutely did not believe that there was no one else behind them!

Those who reach that position are not fools, nor would they fail to carefully select their subordinates. Therefore, it is likely that the reason why Taldarimus's subordinates slandered him to the two Grand Dukes is because they were handed over to Taldarimus by others, rather than being chosen by him himself.

Regardless of who is targeting him, Liu Ming has no intention of giving them a reason to continue targeting him. Once he knows who it is, he will not be at ease until he kills them to prevent future troubles!

With Eldridge in front of him, 6 Ming absolutely could not allow another threat to appear behind him.

And this person who wants to become a threat behind Liu Ming will face extremely terrifying retaliation from Liu Ming.

"Do you think you can bully me just because I'm someone special? Ha!"

Chapter Sixty-Three - Shadow

Night. Aragosa walked across the crystal-covered plains of Azertus, looking at the crystals reflecting an ominous glow in the moonlight, and felt a strange sense of unease.

Before these crystals covered the area, the Fireleaf Guard mages could still cause some trouble for the Miracaesar people with magic, but now they can only cast spells in the camp and can no longer use magic to attack the Miracaesar people.

Having lost magic as a powerful weapon, the only thing Fireleaf could use to cause trouble for the Miracaesars was the cannons made by the giant slaves and dwarf slaves.

These crystals, capable of absorbing magical energy, are arguably the things she hates most right now. However, she also desperately doesn't want them to disappear. What she desires most is for the people of the Church of the Deep to defeat the Bloodleaf soldiers, storm the capital of Aifa, and eliminate the warlike elven queen, allowing the Aifa Empire to enter a period of stable recovery and restore its strength to what it was four or five hundred years ago, preventing its demise in their generation.

Therefore, these crystallizations that can hold her back are essential to her and the other nobles' plans!

Just as Aragosa was strolling and contemplating among the crystals under the moonlight, Strisley arrived and walked straight to her side, saying, "I just received news that someone in the Miracaesar army is targeting the mage who used crystal magic to turn the Plains of Azertus into what it is now. Several have already been discovered and have had to flee back to the Kingdom of Miracaesar."

"Do you think we should take advantage of this?" Upon hearing this, Aragosana immediately thought of a way to use this, and couldn't help but feel that Strylisa was thinking the same thing as her.

And that is exactly the case.

Strylisa smiled slightly and said, "Our spies have secretly made contact with those in Miracath who are targeting that magician and his alliance with the Duchy of Erebus and the Duchy of Tartarus. They have indicated that they will help us capture the fortress and defeat the Miracath army."

"So, what do they want?"

"Half the land!" Strychlis laughed as if she were talking about something ridiculous. "These shameless Miracaesar scoundrels are demanding that we give them half of the territory currently occupied by the Miracaesar army, and then they will help us unconditionally!"

Upon hearing this, Aragosa laughed and said, "Then, let's agree to their demands. We can take back the land after they get it! After all, we didn't say how long we'd give them the land—a hundred years is a gift, a day is a gift—and they have no reason to object. Besides, they are traitors to Miracaesar. Even if they wanted the nobles of the principalities who currently hold power to forgive and help them, the people of the various principalities of Miracaesar would never help them."

"In this way, we can reclaim all the land they have occupied!"

Aragosana and Strylisa smiled at each other, then returned to the camp together.

Meanwhile, in a secret room within the fortress of Miracaissa's allied forces—a room known only to the royal family—Aman Korsa and Aman Carlton were discussing with their subordinates how to gain more power and how to damage the reputation of Lu Ming and his group.

Just when everyone was at a loss about these two matters, one of Aman Korza's men suddenly spoke up and laughed sinisterly.

Immediately, everyone turned to look at him, angrily demanding, "What are you laughing at?! Are you looking down on us?!"

"Yeah! I despise you bunch of good-for-nothings! You can't even figure out a solution for something this simple!"

Hearing this man look down on them so much, Aman Korza and Aman Carlton's men were immediately enraged and wanted to rush up and rebuke him.

But then, Amankorza suddenly spoke up: "So what's your plan?"

"My plan is simple: join forces with the Fireleaf Guard of Aifa to break through this fortress. This will naturally diminish the prestige of Lu Ming and Winslantmir of Erebus and Tartarus, as well as their standing in the hearts of the royal family and the Wolf Pack Council, thus giving the two lords a chance to gain power!" This arrogant subordinate said to the crowd with his head held high.

Upon hearing this, almost everyone hesitated. After all, this was no small matter; a single misstep could easily ruin the entire plan. In that case, not only would the duchies of Erebus, Tartarus, Styx, and R'lyeh not let them off the hook, but even the royal family and the Wolfpack Council wouldn't let them go!

However, this somewhat madman said, "Everyone, think about it: if this fortress isn't breached, will the two of you have any chance of gaining anything? Or will you gain nothing at all? So instead of coming here for nothing, why not take a gamble!"

Upon hearing this, the brothers Amankorsa and Amancalton thought it made sense. Rather than gain nothing, they might as well take a gamble. At least in their view, a proud race like the elves of Aifa wouldn't stoop to underhanded tactics, so they entrusted the matter to their arrogant subordinate. Little did they know, this man had already done so, and the elves were indeed too proud to engage in scheming. Most importantly, this man's purpose wasn't even for the brothers themselves.

"Well then, my lords, I will go and prepare to meet with the Fireleaf Guard's spies. I already saw them inside the fortress when I arrived." After saying this in a nonchalant manner that startled everyone present, the arrogant man left behind the Amankorza, Amancalton brothers, and their men, and turned to leave.

After leaving the secret room, the person glanced behind him discreetly. After confirming that no one was following him, he flicked his finger and cast a few spells, instantly disappearing from sight. He then quickly arrived at a secret room in the fortress, which had been created by the mages of the Yggdrasil Cavalry.

Meanwhile, inside the secret room, Lu Ming, Winslant, Hemfies, and others were discussing something.

Everyone except Lu Ming was startled when the secret room suddenly opened and closed inexplicably.

But the person had no intention of frightening the crowd. They quickly revealed themselves and tore off their disguise mask, revealing their beautiful and delicate face.

"How is it?" Lu Ming reached out and pulled the beautiful woman, who was disguised as a subordinate of the Aman Korsa and Aman Carlton brothers, into his arms, and then asked her.

"Everything is going smoothly. Both the elves of the Fireleaf Guard and those two ambitious royals have fallen into the trap. We're just waiting for them to make their move, and then we'll give them a surprise!" The woman hugged Lu Ming and smiled charmingly.

The woman's every smile and gesture was so radiant that it made all the other women present feel as if they were candles about to go out, unable to lift their heads. They couldn't help but glare at Lu Ming, secretly questioning him with their eyes where he had found such an outrageously beautiful woman who didn't seem to be human or beast-eared.

Seeing that none of the women present could look directly at the woman he was holding, and that the other men were too afraid to look at her because she was so beautiful, Lu Ming couldn't help but find it somewhat amusing. But he still gave an answer that surprised everyone.

"She is Yul Sica's twin sister, a fierce white dragon."

Upon hearing this, everyone present was startled by his statement, the truth of which was uncertain. However, after carefully examining the woman and seeing that she did indeed have small scales on her neck, they believed him.

The woman whom Lu Ming described as a ferocious white dragon punched him angrily after hearing his words, then stood up from his arms and sat down in an empty seat next to Ramanlas.

Because she was considered ugly by the Miracais, and given that this woman might actually be a dragon, Ramanlas seemed somewhat reserved when she sat down next to her. However, a gentle look from Lu Ming reassured her slightly.

After everyone accepted the woman who was half-dragon, or possibly a dragon, Lu Ming addressed the crowd: "As you all know, our forces are not as numerous as Aifa's Fireleaf Guard, so this is our best opportunity to ambush them. Priscilla revealed to the Fireleaf Guard the location where the people of Dorangreg used to raise fire lizards. There is a tunnel dug by the fire lizards there, leading directly outside the fortress. Although it is covered by a layer of soil and crystals, it won't take long to dig. So exposing it to the Fireleaf Guard will be a perfect way to lure them in."

He then added, "The tunnel is located underground in the center of the fortress, so we only need to plant enough magic bombs there beforehand to kill all the Fireleaf soldiers who enter the underground level! Moreover, thanks to the fortress's own sturdiness and the reinforcement of the magic array, it can completely withstand the impact of the explosives! In addition, the mages of our Yggdrasil Cavalry Regiment are currently working with the mages of Stix's Magic Fist Mage Legion to expand that underground area using spatial magic arrays. If nothing unexpected happens, wiping out 10,000 Fireleaf soldiers is entirely possible. Furthermore, it can also damage the morale of the Fireleaf Guards, causing their soldiers to become war-weary and doubt the decisions of their commanders. This is much more effective than killing tens of thousands of enemy soldiers!"

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded and left the room to make preparations.

Just as Lu Ming said, this operation was meant to make the Fireleaf Guard soldiers doubt their commander's decisions. Furthermore, it was also an operation to teach Aman Korsa and Aman Carlton, the two members of the royal family, the price of greed. From the beginning, these two bastards had been a hindrance. Now, if they remained greedy and unwilling to do anything useful for the Kingdom of Miracaissa after this operation, Lu Ming and the others would propose their execution to the two Grand Dukes on charges of 'treason'.

After all, the two dukes had been displeased with them for a long time and were just waiting for an opportunity to eliminate the trouble forever!

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Three hours later, in a spot on the crystal plain of Azertuth, obscured by many large crystal blocks, the caveman slaves of the Fireleaf Guard were frantically digging.

Behind these cavemen was an elven army of about seven thousand, waiting for the caveman slaves to dig a tunnel to the space beneath the Miracaesar fortress. This would allow them to sneak into the fortress, destroy the walls from the inside, and then let the other elves of the Fireleaf Guard storm in and capture the fortress.

They pushed over the crystal blocks, sat atop these enormous crystals, and watched the poor caveman slaves, their bodies stained with blood, digging without a shred of pity. To these elves, the cavemen were merely their property, not living beings!

Suddenly, one of the cavemen slaves, exhausted, stopped digging, wanting to rest before continuing. But the elves shot him dead with an arrow, and said menacingly to the other cavemen, "You'd better hurry, or we'll kill you all!"

Upon hearing this, the cave dweller slaves dared not stop digging and immediately began digging frantically, lest they follow in the footsteps of that audacious cave dweller.

Although his hands were bleeding profusely from the crystals while digging, it was still better than going to the Grim Reaper for tea. At least after completing the mission, he could return to his little corner in the Fire Leaf military camp, where he and his fellow slaves would rest.

Driven by their fear of death, the cave dwellers quickly dug tunnels and reported to the merciless elves.

Seeing that the caveman slaves had already dug the tunnel, the elves immediately ordered the cavemen to follow an elven soldier back to the camp and instructed the elf to ask Duke Aragosa for more elven soldiers to come and help.

Unarmed, the caveman slaves had no choice but to follow the strong elf with a sharp weapon back to Fireleaf's camp.

About an hour later, a reinforcement of five thousand elves arrived.

At this moment, the seven thousand elven soldiers had already descended into the tunnel and arrived at a hot area directly below the fortress.

This place was a maze, a labyrinth beyond imagination. The seven thousand elven soldiers wandered around for an hour without finding a way to the upper levels.

However, these elves found many broken swords and damaged armor piled up here, which clearly indicates that the Miracathians used this place to store damaged equipment, so there must be a path leading to the upper level!

So they chose to continue searching for a path to help the Fireleaf Guards capture the fortress.

Suddenly, several humans emerged from the sweltering maze, startling the elven soldiers.

Just as they were about to attack, the humans suddenly said, "Don't attack, we're on your side."

Although most of the elven soldiers couldn't understand the language of the Kingdom of Miracaissa, the army's commander happened to know a little Miracaissa, so she stopped the soldiers from attacking the humans and asked them, "Who are you?"

"I am Amankorza, the one who made a deal with your commander to tell her about this place!"

Chapter Sixty-Four - Roaring Flames

Upon hearing Amankorsa's words, the elven officer frowned slightly, secretly pondering Amankorsa's purpose.

Just then, Amankorsa sensed the elven officer's suspicion. To avoid arousing suspicion, he quickly spoke up, "This place is only known to my troops, and these destroyed weapons and equipment were also placed here by my troops. Don't laugh, but I'm a member of the royal family of the Kingdom of Miracaissa, and hold a high position of power in the capital, Aureno. Yet, in this godforsaken place, those bastards actually made me and my troops deal with this garbage! They really don't take me, a member of the royal family, seriously! That's why I chose to cooperate with you, to make those bastards suffer a huge setback!"

Upon hearing this, the elven officer believed Aman'rza's story. However, in her eyes, Aman'rza and this sweltering garbage dump were a perfect match, because Aman'rza was utterly worthless! For the sake of his own power, he disregarded the interests of his nation, willing to forgo readily available victory for a mere sliver of elusive power—he was simply an utterly hopeless idiot!

But that's exactly the kind of jerk they need; otherwise, who would guide them?

"Do you know the way to the upper level?" The elven officer frowned as he looked at Aman'korza's disgusting face.

"Of course! Only my men and I know this place, so of course I know how to get to the upper levels!" Amankorza smiled obsequiously, shamelessly and proudly stating that he had betrayed his comrades.

"..." The elven officer stared silently at Amankorza, barely suppressing the urge to slap him. After a long while, he coldly said, "Lead the way!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Please come this way!" Seeing that the elven officer was a little angry, Amankorsa immediately began to lead the elven army.

Walking at the very front of the procession, Amankorsa fantasized about the day he would become a Grand Duke, how majestic he would be. But at that very moment, above them, groups of knights were already lying in ambush.

The land he painstakingly acquired through such scheming and trickery will ultimately not belong to him; everything he did was utterly ridiculous!

Originally, Lu Ming and the others planned that he would not die. At least, as long as he behaved himself, he would be fine. But now he chose to personally lead the elven army into this huge fortress, just to make Lu Ming and the others stumble. Little did he know that this was actually a trap that Lu Ming and the others had dug!

Upon reaching the staircase leading to the upper level, Aman'korza turned to the elven officer and said, "This is the path to the upper level. Now let's go and give those bastards from the duchies of Erebus, Tartarus, and Styx a good beating..."

"That's our business, none of your concern!" Suddenly, the elven officer slashed at Amankorza with his sword, cleaving his body in two!