The wrong transmigrator assigned by the system

"I don't know what you nobles and priests are thinking, but in my opinion, entrusting the future of the empire to two humans is not something we soldiers on the front lines can feel at ease with. Especially since these two humans are men!"

Sitting to the side, watching the two female Dark Elves arguing in Dark Elven, Lu Ming, though not fully understanding their words, knew it was likely due to the Dark Elves' xenophobia, similar to that of the Elven race. The fortress commander didn't trust him and Lothric, and since they had been invited by the higher-ups of Dark Aifa, the conflict had created a clash of ideologies between the envoys and the fortress commander.

However, despite the fact that he and Lothric were the cause of their conflict, neither Lu Ming nor Lothric intended to say anything. They were both in a mood to watch the show, which made Chimera feel somewhat awkward.

This awkward situation only ended when a Dark Elf soldier ran in...

"Your Excellency, many of our compatriots afflicted by the Undead Curse are rushing over from the direction of the country!"

Chapter Six - The Curse of the Undead

Standing on the fortress wall, Liu Ming watched the Dark Elves rushing towards them. Seeing that most of them still retained their sanity and did not appear to have become spirits, he prepared to have the Dark Elf soldiers greet them and examine them to see how many of them were afflicted by the Undead Curse.

Before he could even speak, the Dark Elf fortress commander immediately ordered the Dark Elf soldiers to prepare to shoot down the Dark Elfs who were running towards them with arrows!

Upon hearing the chimera's translation, Liu Ming immediately found the fortress commander and explained to her that what they were doing was wrong. Excessive shooting of the Dark Elves, who were afflicted by the Undead Curse, would turn them into wandering spirits.

However, the fortress commander's answer shocked him.

"Those were just a bunch of male Dark Elves, so their deaths are no big deal. There's nothing to feel sorry about!"

Although Liu Ming knew that the Dark Elves were a matriarchal society, he was unaware of their extreme discrimination against men. This might be because only the Poison God was male among the gods they worshipped, but to go to such lengths was truly excessive.

However, the envoy who had brought him and Lord Lothric here then said, “Count Ming, you may believe that men and women should be equal, but this is impossible for us Dark Elves. Moreover, it’s not just us; even the merfolk, dwarves, lizardmen, and insectoids all practice racial discrimination! So please don’t interfere with how we treat our own kind. We invited you and Count Lothric here so that you could teach us how to deal with wandering spirits, not so that you could interfere with our traditions!”

Upon hearing this, Liu Ming snorted coldly and said, "Your own foolish actions are creating many wandering souls! We Miracais are not stupid enough to create more enemies for ourselves when dealing with wandering souls!"

"Then what do you think should be done?" The fortress commander looked at Liu Ming arrogantly after hearing the translator's interpretation of what Liu Ming said, and asked.

"What we should do now is to find the Dark Elves who have already shown signs of becoming spirits and isolate them! Instead of wiping out all of them! Doing so would be foolish! You are only made of flesh and blood, and you only have one life. Do you really think it's right to exchange your own lives for the death of the undead? They can be resurrected!"

Upon hearing this, the fortress commander gritted his teeth and began to think. Just as Liu Ming had said, they only had one life. To risk their lives against undead that could be resurrected was utterly foolish.

So in the end, she chose to compromise and instead had the soldiers use attacks to warn the Dark Elves not to come any closer. She said they would send soldiers to pick them up and give them a place to live.

Thus, the Dark Elves, cursed by the Undead Curse, stopped two or three hundred meters away from the fortress, where they were assigned to their positions by the Dark Elf soldiers inside.

At first, when they came into contact with their fellow Dark Elves who were afflicted by the curse, the Dark Elves in the fortress seemed very afraid, which made those Dark Elves with the curse very uneasy.

But when Liu Ming also arrived, things changed.

6 Ming, accompanied by the chimera who was acting as a translator, arrived before a Dark Elf who was hiding himself in a robe and was in a severely wandering state. He asked in a very gentle tone, "You still have reason, right? Can you say your name?"

"Dunaya...Dunaya..." The wandering Dark Elf uttered his name with difficulty. Although he had forgotten his surname, it was still quite good.

Upon hearing that this Dark Elf was a female Dark Elf, the Dark Elf soldiers were slightly taken aback. They hadn't expected that among these Dark Elf afflicted by the Undead Curse, there would be a woman of high social standing. And these soldiers had almost attacked their female comrade just moments before... If it weren't for Liu Ming's intervention, perhaps their hands would have been stained with the blood of their female comrade, and they would have pushed her into the fire!

Therefore, some soldiers couldn't help but feel a bit of goodwill towards Liu Ming, the human count from the Kingdom of Miracaissa, who had been invited by the imperial high command with great difficulty.

Seeing the Dark Elf Undead, whose spirit form was severely distorted but who could still say his name, Liu Ming took out a human-shaped figurine from his pocket, handed it to the Dark Elf, and said with a smile, "Looks like you can still say your name. Here, this is your reward for being such a good boy. Do you know what this is? This thing is called a human-shaped figurine. Do you know whose figurine it is? That's right, it's your figurine."

Holding the statue given to him by Liu Ming, the Dark Elf stared intently at it. Amidst the gentle words of the Chimera's translator, the Dark Elf crushed the statue, scattering the fragments onto himself. Then, a scene that astonished all the Dark Elfs unfolded.

This Dark Elf, which had become severely skeletal, miraculously reverted to its normal form, without showing any trace of its skeletal nature.

Moreover, this Dark Elf seemed to have regained some of his thinking ability. But only a little. However, for the Dark Elves who had been tormented by the Undead Curse to the point of almost losing hope, this little bit was enough.

Inspired by this almost impossible event, the Dark Elves, afflicted by the Undead Curse, immediately cooperated with the fortress soldiers, voluntarily lining up according to their degree of ghoulification.

Upon seeing this, the fortress commander couldn't help but look at Liu Ming with newfound respect, while the envoy from the Dark Elf Empire's high command was somewhat smug, having brought in an expert to deal with the Undead Curse, assuming the Dark Elf leadership would reward her with high-ranking positions and generous salaries. But was that really the case?

Both Ming and Lothric know how to deal with the undead, but can their approach really be accepted by the higher-ups of the Dark Elf race?

The answer is unknown!

Because of the self-awareness of the Dark Elves who were entangled in the Undead Curse, these Dark Elves were quickly assigned to different groups.

Although the Dark Elves, who had become severely afflicted with spirit possession, were isolated, they did not cause trouble because they had all received the human figures from Liu Ming. Instead, they stayed obediently in their rooms, waiting for their assignments.

What puzzled Liu Ming was that all the Dark Elves who were severely afflicted with spirit form were female, while male Dark Elves rarely exhibited this phenomenon. This was completely different from the situation of the undead humans and beast-eared races in Miracaiser.

This may be due to the different degrees of desire for power. In Mirakaiser, women are a vulnerable group, and there are very few women with a strong desire to acquire power. Therefore, the phenomenon of female undead becoming spirits is rare in Mirakaiser. However, the situation is quite the opposite in Dark Aifa, where men are the vulnerable group, which is why male Dark Elves rarely become spirits.

"Is it because of the ** of power**?" Sitting in the conference room, Liu Ming looked at the translated transcript of the confessions the Dark Elves had obtained from the cursed Dark Elves, pondering why the Undead Curse resulted in varying degrees of soul transformation. Ultimately, he arrived at an answer: **.**

Even knowing the reason for this phenomenon, Liu Ming and the others couldn't change anything. Not to mention, regardless of speed, the immortals would eventually become wandering spirits—an irreversible fate.

Seeing Liu Ming carefully studying the translated version of the confession, the fortress commander grew impatient after a while. She snapped at Liu Ming, "Count Liu Ming, put down that useless confession! What we should be thinking about now is how to deal with the curse of the undead, not studying the confessions of those cursed beings! Solving the spread of this curse is the most urgent matter!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Ming blinked and looked at the Chimera. After she translated for him, he said, "I know very well that this curse is not contagious. As long as your country's mages stop summoning the undead, the curse will not spread. But the problem is, after solving the problem of the curse spreading, how will you deal with those Dark Elves who have already been cursed!"

"That's our own business; it's none of your country's concern!"

"Alright, since you've said so, then I, Liu, will not presume to be polite any longer." With a cold smile, Liu Ming tapped his fingers lightly on the table. A few seconds later, he smiled at the envoy from the Dark Elf leadership and said, "Then, Your Excellency, I think we should continue on our way. After all, we've already wasted enough time here."

Upon hearing this, the fortress commander slammed his fist on the table and roared, "You bastard surnamed Liu! Have you forgotten that you haven't told us how to completely kill the undead?!"

"Isn't this none of your business? It seems like you're the one who said that!" Leaning back in his chair, Liu Ming smiled faintly, his gaze towards the fortress commander carrying a hint of contempt.

Upon seeing this, the fortress commander flew into a rage, blurting out in Miracaesar, "You bastard, you've tricked me!!"

Immediately, everyone except Liu Ming, along with the Dark Elf, was taken aback. No one had expected the fortress commander to speak Mirakaesar, nor did anyone know that her reason for not speaking Mirakaesar was because she looked down on the Mirakaesar people...

As a proud and arrogant Dark Elf who looked down on all races except Dark Elves, the fortress commander found it hard to accept that she had been tricked by Liu Ming. She was so angry that she trembled and her hand involuntarily gripped the hilt of her sword, as if she was about to attack Liu Ming.

But at that moment, Liu Ming's aura suddenly changed, becoming fierce and terrifying, forcefully suppressing the fortress and preventing it from making a move. Because at that moment, her instincts told her that she was no match for Liu Ming!

Just as the fortress commander was being overwhelmed by Liu Ming's imposing aura, Liu Ming suddenly laughed in the language of the Dark Elves: "Don't think that your race is the only intelligent race on this continent. We humans, beastmen, and fishmen also have intelligence! Moreover, our strength is not inferior!"

Upon hearing Liu Ming's seemingly provocative words, all the Dark elves except for the Chimera and the envoy were enraged.

However, none of them dared to or wanted to disrespect Liu Ming. This was because they recognized Liu Ming's strength, and felt guilty towards the fortress commander for being the first to disrespect Liu Ming, an envoy whom the country had painstakingly invited to help.

After all, Liu Ming was only invited to help. Since you don't want his help, he can naturally just quit. But if that's the case, what about the envoy's efforts and sacrifices?

Perhaps seeing the despair in the envoy's eyes, and knowing that she must have gone to great lengths and made many sacrifices to successfully snatch away Lu Ming and Lothric, two nobles of high rank and power in Miracaissa, the fortress commander gritted his teeth, suppressed his anger, and bowed to Lu Ming, apologizing, "I'm sorry, if I have been disrespectful in any way, I, Asilia Gomela Miller, apologize to you!"

Seeing that the arrogant fortress commander was unwilling and resentful in apologizing to him, Liu Ming smiled indifferently, then picked up the confession again and began to read it.

Seeing that Liu Ming was completely ignoring her, Asilia felt that Liu Ming was insulting her, but she could not say anything and could only sit in her seat and sulk.

But soon, a Dark Elf dressed in strange clothes barged into the conference room, attracting the attention of everyone, including the Dark Elf.

"I apologize for being late. I was sent by Her Majesty the Queen to welcome Count Lu Ming and Count Lothric. My name is Finnie Gloria Durree." Ignoring the somewhat strange looks from the people in the conference room, the Dark Elf introduced herself: "As you can see, I am a priestess of the Goddess Kaeya. My strength is considerable!"

"Kaeya's priest?" Looking at the Dark Elf who barged into the meeting room dressed in strange clothes, like a clown, Liu Ming frowned, examined him carefully, and asked, "Did you encounter a wandering spirit?"

Upon hearing this, Finney immediately smiled happily, nodded, and said with a smile, "Her Majesty the Queen asked me to test the abilities of Earl Luming and Earl Lothric as much as possible, so I brought over a hundred wandering spirits to see if the two earls understood the Undead Curse as the legends say."

After saying that, Finney revealed a very evil smile, which made the soldiers and commanders of the fortress feel a chill in their hearts!

After saying "Boring" in unison, Liu Ming and Lothric stood up from their seats and slowly walked out of the conference room.

At this moment, both the envoy and Aseria, the fortress commander, questioned Priest Phine: "Priest, do you know what you're doing?! Those wandering spirits are immortal beings!! Are you planning to abandon your compatriots in the fortress?!"

"For the sake of the country, such a sacrifice is well worth it!" Finney said with a smile upon hearing this. However, these words were intolerable to the Dark Elves. If it weren't for his status as a priest, they might have killed Finney without hesitation!

"Kaiya is one of the four young gods (of the Hunters), and as his priestess, you act very much like a member of the Hunters organization. Unfortunately, the master hunters (of the Hunters) won't sacrifice their comrades; they prefer to sacrifice themselves to ensure the survival of their people. Therefore, your actions are wrong. But I can't say anything, after all, your creed is the same as the Hunters'—to do everything in your power to protect your country..."

Chapter Seven - Dark Elf

Amidst the bewildered gazes of the cursed Dark elves relegated to sheds outside the fortress, the gates facing inland were opened, and soon Lu Ming and Lothric, the two humans, emerged from the fortress.

Behind them, apart from Chimera and a few other human knights, there were no other people or Dark elves.

Just as they were wondering, some sharp-eyed Dark Elf suddenly spotted a large group of figures on the road leading to the country. As the figures drew closer, they were horrified to discover that the figures were actually a large group of wandering spirits!

Unlike these Dark elves, those guys were a bunch of completely undead!

Upon seeing this, the Dark Elf were naturally terrified. The terrifying oppression of the wandering spirits, coupled with the inaction of the Dark Elf army, filled them with fear.

But then, something unbelievable happened. Human knights from Mirakesar began distributing weapons to them—not great weapons, but weapons nonetheless!

The stark contrast between the goodwill of the Knights of Miracaissa and the inaction of the Dark Elf soldiers immediately drew the cursed and nearly abandoned Dark Elves to the side of the Kingdom of Miracaissa.

If they weren't here at the fortress, with so many Darkea soldiers watching, they might already be begging the knights to let them join the Kingdom of Miracaiser.

Seeing their fellow Dark Elf brethren look at the Mirakaisers with adoration, while their own Dark Elf counterparts looked at them with eyes full of disappointment and hatred, the Dark Elf soldiers couldn't help but feel angry and aggrieved. They secretly resented the orders given to them by Fini, who forbade them from dealing with the wandering spirits. However, because Fini was a priestess, whose status in Dark Elf's current era was even higher than that of ordinary nobles, they dared not speak out against her.

As the wandering spirits drew closer, Lu Ming gripped the Aries Staff, adopted the Undead Legion salute, and calmly watched the approaching spirits with his black eyes.

Soon, as the first wandering spirit suddenly accelerated and charged towards Lu Ming and the others, the knights also drew their incredibly sharp swords and attacked the wandering spirits.

At that very moment, Lu Ming and Lothric also charged towards the wandering spirits.

When Lu Ming was still a dozen steps away from the wandering spirits, a burst of magic power erupted from the Blood Healing Crystal Gem at the tip of his Aries Staff, condensing into a deep blue longsword. As crimson magic power emanated from the magic sword, it instantly decapitated several wandering spirits with a swing from Lu Ming.

Although he was a step behind the knights, Lu Ming was the first to charge into the horde of wandering spirits. His power impressed many Dark Elf soldiers who were watching him and his companions fight the wandering spirits from the fortress walls.

But unlike these young Dark Elf soldiers, Commander Aseria did not see how powerful Lu Ming was, but rather how well Lu Ming cooperated with the knights.

After Lu Ming cut off the heads of the wandering spirits, some of the knights would immediately rush up and cut the headless corpses of those wandering spirits in two, then collect them and pile them together.

This action made Aseria and Finnie start to wonder what their purpose was. But they soon found out.

After piling the remains of the wandering spirits together with their corpses, the knights plunged their longswords into the pile from top to bottom. Instantly, the corpses of the wandering spirits burst into flames and were quickly burned to ashes.

"Is this how you deal with those wandering spirits?" Looking at the knights under Lu Ming's command, Finney smiled slyly, as if he had achieved some ulterior motive.

She quickly looked at Asilia, smiled slyly, and said, "Now, you've got the solution you wanted, haven't you?"

Upon hearing this, Asilia frowned, glared at Finni, and angrily said, "High Priest, what do you mean by this?! Are you planning to drive away those Miracaesar people and then pin the blame on me?!"

“That’s right!” Finney smiled slightly and said casually, “That’s exactly what I think!”

Upon hearing this, Asilia was immediately enraged, glaring at Finney with gritted teeth, wishing she could kill her!

But just before she could make her foolish move, Finney added, "However, it's not wise for our country to provoke the surrounding nations right now, so driving away these Miracaesar people we finally managed to recruit is not a wise move. Therefore, I plan to send you to assist those Miracaesar people in solving the problem of the undead in our country!"

"Damn it!!" Fini's intention to send her to assist Lu Ming and the other Miracaisans meant that he planned to remove Asilia from her position and transfer the fortress to the priests' property. This was naturally difficult for Asilia to accept, and she subconsciously drew her weapon.

“Asilia Gomela Millerz, you should know that you are just a lower-ranking noble, with only a thousand or two soldiers under your command. Are you sure you want to take action against a high-ranking priest?” Finni said coldly, glancing at Asilia.

Suddenly, Asilia felt the air around her turn icy cold and immediately stopped in her tracks. Her instincts and intuition told her that while Finney might not be as good as Lu Ming and Lothric, she was more than capable of killing her!

So she stopped, stood still, and watched Finney very cautiously, not daring to make a move.

Perhaps knowing she couldn't defeat Finney, or perhaps fearing retaliation from the priests against her mother, she ultimately had no choice but to apologize once again in humiliation. For a proud and arrogant Dark Elf like her, this was arguably the greatest stain on her life. She would live the rest of her life in its shadow, never able to escape it...

However, there is one person who might be able to help her successfully take revenge on Finney, and that is Lu Ming.

Unlike the other Dark Elves, Lu Ming was a human from Mirakesar, so no Dark Elf would know if he secretly learned something from him. After all, it was that damned priest, Finni, who sent her to assist Lu Ming and the other Mirakesar people!

Judging from Lu Ming's strength, even if she only learns one or two moves, she'll be confident enough to challenge that damned priest, Finni! Moreover, Lu Ming is the father of the four young gods; obtaining an opportunity to become a priest and serve them wouldn't be too difficult...

At the very moment Asilia clashed with Finn, and Asilia was forced to apologize to Finn in a humiliating manner, the wandering spirits had already been almost completely wiped out by Lu Ming and his group. The hundreds of wandering spirits were no match for Lu Ming and Lothric's magic; lacking intelligence, they didn't even last a second, let alone harm Lu Ming and Lothric.

Even the dozen or so knights under their command couldn't be dealt with by those foolish wandering spirits.