The wrong transmigrator assigned by the system

The next morning, the envoy arrived at Lu Ming's temporary residence with two Dark Elf generals, intending to go with him to the temple of the Shadow Church to negotiate with the High Priest.

Upon entering the mansion, the envoy saw Chimera slumped wearily on the table, with pieces of clothing scattered around the sofa, and couldn't help but wonder what had happened.

"Once you see the High Priest, you'll understand why I've become like this," Chimera said weakly to the three Dark Elves, including the envoy, as she sat in her chair, her upper body slumped over the dining table.

Upon hearing this, the envoys became even more curious.

However, out of respect for Lu Ming, the three of them did not foolishly continue to ask any questions. Instead, they waited until they arrived at the temple to see for themselves what the High Priest had done to make the Chimera look so sore and aching.

After having a simple breakfast, Lu Ming and Chimera returned to their room, changed into clean clothes, and went to the temple of the Shadow Church with the envoys once again.

As before, they were led by the priest to the outside of the high priest's room.

Before they even entered, Lu Ming, Chimera, and the envoys heard conversations about Invincible Incense 2.0 coming from inside the room, leaving Lu Ming speechless and the envoys and the priests and officials in the temple feeling somewhat embarrassed.

When the priest opened the door and entered the room, Lu Ming and the others saw the high priest and Merlin adding some strange things to the incense burner, completely unaware that they had come in.

Helpless, Lu Ming and the others could only try to get the attention of the High Priest and Merlin by coughing lightly.

Upon seeing Lu Ming in the room, Merlin was immediately frightened and burst into tears, which made Lu Ming somewhat embarrassed.

However, unlike Merlin, who was traumatized by Lu Ming, High Priestess Kiramira, with an expression as if nothing had happened, held the incense burner and blew the fragrant smoke rising from the burning incense towards Lu Ming.

However, Lu Ming had not changed at all.

"High Priest, please stop playing with that incense burner. We're here to discuss serious matters!"

"Failed again..." Seeing Lu Ming sitting on the sofa without changing his expression, placing documents on the coffee table, the High Priest couldn't help but sigh heavily, threw the incense burner aside, and sat down on the sofa directly opposite Lu Ming with a displeased look.

At that moment, Merlin, traumatized, hurriedly grabbed the incense and fled the scene as if escaping...

Ignoring Merlin's escape, Lu Ming handed the documents to the High Priest, saying, "These are the military handover documents. Please take a look, and if there are no problems, please sign them. We can then begin training the troops as soon as possible."

The high priest picked up the document, glanced at it briefly, and then smiled at the envoys, saying, "I can return the army to you, but you must agree to one condition! Otherwise..."

"What are the conditions?" Seeing that they could regain control of the army, the two generals of the Dark Elf immediately said, "If it's not too unreasonable, we and the royal family can agree to it."

Upon hearing this, the High Priest immediately revealed a sly smile and said, "I am the High Priest of the Shadow Dragon King, so I often receive divine revelation from Him. A few nights ago, I received another revelation, instructing me to take five thousand Dark Elf orphans to Hyperion in Miracaissa to preach. However, the royal family and your nobles would never allow me to leave the empire with so many orphans, so I can only offer you ownership of the army in exchange! Of course, you can refuse, but how do you think His Majesty the Shadow Dragon King will deal with you Dark Elves who oppose Him?"

"..." After hearing what the High Priest said, for some reason both Lu Ming and Chimera felt that they couldn't shake off this High Priest...

"Alright! We agree! Compared to you, this unreliable high priest, and those five thousand orphans, the officers and the empire are the most important! So we nobles and the royal family can agree to your conditions!" Although somewhat reluctant, the Dark Elf General and the envoy ultimately agreed to the high priest's demands out of fear of retaliation from the Shadow Dragon King.

This emboldened the High Priest, after signing the document, to ostensibly discuss matters related to missionary work, and to sit down next to Lu Ming, grabbing Lu Ming's other hand, which wasn't being held by the chimera...

Somewhat dumbfounded, Lu Ming stared at the Chimera and the High Priest, who were holding his arms and glaring at each other. He asked the envoys with some confusion, "The ownership of the army is your own business, but why am I being used as a bargaining chip?"

"You are not a bargaining chip, you are the beneficiary!" The envoy said to Lu Ming without thinking as he looked at the document signed by the High Priest.

"Huh!?" Upon hearing this, Lu Ming was instantly furious and wanted to stand up and argue with the envoy, but the two female Dark elves on either side of him made it impossible for him to stand up...

After Lu Ming gave up struggling, the envoy and the two generals prepared to leave. However, before leaving, the three of them, as if to add insult to injury, mocked Lu Ming, saying, "The military matters have been settled. Training and hunting of wandering spirits can begin tomorrow. However, Earl Lu Ming probably won't be able to get out of bed for the next few days! Hahahaha~!!!"

"Damn it! I'll show you three what hellish training is like!!" Watching the three gloating Dark Elf leave, Lu Ming let out a terrifying roar. But the three Dark Elf mistook the roar for a wail, unaware that they would be kicked into the training squad by the royal family the next day...

After the Sandakan elf left, the Chimera and the High Priest released Lu Ming and collapsed onto the sofa, sighing in unison, "Acting is so tiring... my back aches so much..."

"Who told you two to drug me? And you lied to me for so long! Now my back aches, whose fault is that?"

"...I'm sorry!"

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The Queen of the Dark Elves looked at the document signed by High Priest Kiramira for a while, then said to the envoy who brought the document and the two generals, "You three have done a good job. I will reward you. Now you may leave!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Upon hearing this, the three envoys immediately bowed to the Queen of the Dark Elves and then withdrew.

After the three of them left, a Dark Elf scout emerged from the shadows of the palace and knelt respectfully before the Dark Elf Queen.

"Have you investigated everything I asked you to?" The Queen of the Dark Elves asked the spy without even looking up, as she looked at the documents in her hand.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I have investigated thoroughly."

"Where did that High Priestess Kiramira come from? Why have the nobles been unable to harm her for so many years?"

"Your Majesty, High Priestess Jamila Kiramira is actually the adopted daughter of the Shadow Dragon King. Her handling of power and danger was learned from him. However..."

"But what?" Queen Dark Elf put down the documents, looked coldly at the scout, and asked.

"However, my investigation revealed that more than two hundred years ago, she often claimed to be from the Duchy of Hyperion, and she also possessed the miracles used by the undead, such as the Thunder Spear and the Giant Thunder Spear."

"Oh?"

Chapter Eleven - Training and Wandering Souls

"Just like I said, you've come for training. And I will show you what hell is!" Standing outside the training grounds used by the Dark Elf army, Lu Ming looked at the three Dark Elfs who were reluctantly walking over with their luggage, opened his arms, and laughed.

Upon hearing Lu Ming's words, the three female envoys were startled.

Having been sent by the Empress to gather intelligence for certain reasons, they couldn't withstand Lu Ming's teasing, lest they accidentally reveal the reason for their arrival. Therefore, the three women immediately began to plead and beg for mercy, hoping Lu Ming would let them go.

Unfortunately, Lu Ming didn't listen to what they were saying at all and led them directly into the training ground.

This is a public square in the capital city. It used to belong to the Shadow Church, but because of High Priest Kiramira, the Shadow Church lent it to Lu Ming and Lothric to train soldiers to fight the wandering spirits.

However, because the area is small, only one or two thousand soldiers can be trained at a time to serve as the main force against the wandering spirits. The remaining soldiers can only receive simple training so that they are not completely helpless against the wandering spirits.

However, what surprised Lu Ming and Lothric was the weakness of the standing army soldiers in Loki, the capital of Darkea.

This time, Lu Ming and Lothric brought less than twenty knights to the Darkea Empire, and they were all knights from the lord's guard, not the most elite knights under Lu Ming's command, yet they were able to fight three against one!

While it's possible that the Dark Elf soldiers are all female, their ability to fight the Elf army of the Aifa Empire to a standstill shouldn't be like this! Lu Ming doesn't expect them to defeat his knights one-on-one, but they should at least be able to hold their own, right? Otherwise, what kind of soldiers are they from the armies of the two strongest empires?!

For these reasons, when Lu Ming brought the three female envoys into the training, he chose the same method as when training other Dark Elf: one-on-one combat training!

"I don't know what's wrong with you, or why you're so weak. But I believe that only continuous real combat can help you improve your strength quickly. Of course, if you think I've gone too far, you can hold a grudge against me, but don't say it out loud! I will punish you!" Standing on the makeshift platform, Lu Ming looked at the Dark Elf soldiers with an extremely dangerous smile and said loudly.

Then, he pointed to a group of priests from the Shadow Church not far away and said, "They are Dark Elves whom I invited to be your opponents. I believe you know how strong these priests are. If you don't want to be beaten half to death, then grow stronger as much as you can!"

Upon hearing this, the Dark Elf soldiers were immediately terrified. Having served as the army of the Shadow Church, how could they not know how powerful these priests could be when they went berserk! So when the soldiers realized that their opponents were the priests they had served before, they immediately put on their best efforts, preparing to use all their strength to defend against the storm that was about to begin.

But at Lu Ming's command, "Training begins now!!" the soldiers were still somewhat nervous. So much so that less than five minutes into the actual combat, all the soldiers were knocked to the ground and couldn't even get up.

Only the two nobles who had come with the envoy and had already been promoted to the rank of general were able to hold their own against the two high priests for a while. But soon, even they were starting to tire.

Just as the two of them were about to be knocked to the ground, Lu Ming stopped their fight. After letting the soldiers lie on the ground and reflect on their actions for a while, Lu Ming led the priests to an open space and gave them special instructions.

"These soldiers are hesitant and timid when attacking, and greedy when defending. They are clearly not strong enough, yet they want to dodge your attacks. This won't do! So I want you to use all your strength and teach them that when attacking, they should be brave, and when defending, they should do their best to defend against the opponent's attacks before counterattacking. As for dodging, I think that depends on their own abilities. If they can't, then they shouldn't even think about dodging."

Upon hearing Lu Ming's order for his Dark Elf followers to intensify their efforts, the priests all revealed dangerous smiles as they glanced at the pitiful soldiers, sending a chill down the spines of those soldiers who were unaware of the horrors that awaited them.

Soon, live-fire training began again, and it was then that the soldiers realized what hell truly meant.

They were knocked down time and time again, forced to get up from the ground again and time again, only to be knocked down again and again, in an endless cycle. Lu Ming and Lothric gave them no time to rest, as if they wanted to unleash all their potential.

The terrifying training finally ended when time passed, the sun was about to set below the horizon, and the thick clouds obscured its view.

Supported by their fellow soldiers who had received basic training in Lothric elsewhere, these soldiers, who had endured a full day of hellish combat training, returned to their barracks to receive treatment from pharmacists and doctors in preparation for the next day's terrifying training.

At this time, Lu Ming did not return to his current temporary residence. Instead, he led his knights and some priests of the Shadow Church to capture wandering souls hidden in the no-man's land ravaged by the black dragon in the imperial capital, Loki City.

Knowing that these wandering spirits would be the soldiers' opponents the next day, the priests couldn't help but feel pity for the soldiers, which they had shown for the first time.

However, Lu Ming didn't see anything wrong with this. Those wandering spirits weren't particularly powerful. After the priests' terrifying training, even the weakest soldiers could defeat one or two wandering spirits. Now, all they needed to do was know how to completely kill the wandering spirits, and they could easily begin hunting them.

They just need a little more confidence and some special training.

"My lord, this is the 111th wandering soul. We have captured all the wandering souls in this area. Now we can proceed to the next area." After binding the wandering souls into mummies with steel chains, one of Lu Ming's knights came before him and reported.

Upon hearing this, Lu Ming nodded slightly, then looked at High Priestess Kiramira, who was fiddling with something not far away.

"Gamilaya, what are you doing?" Lu Ming walked up to the High Priestess and glanced at the object in her hand that looked like a decorative arm guard, asking with some curiosity.

"This is an arm guard-style holy staff developed by our Shadow Church. It can be used to cast simple spells and divine magic. But for some reason, mine broke down. So I'm fixing it, otherwise I'll get a scolding if the other high priests in the church find out."

"So, how did this thing break?"

"I don't know either. I was just about to practice on that wandering spirit when I discovered it was broken..."

He took the so-called arm armor-style holy staff from Jamilaia's hand, used magic to disassemble it, revealing the mechanical parts inside.

"A special spellcasting device made of specially crafted magical metal gears and magic stones?" After a quick glance at its internal structure, Lu Ming roughly understood how it worked and identified the damaged parts.

Using magic, he retrieved several missized magical metal gears and a plain gem with no magic power. He then took several better magical metals from his phone, melted and solidified them into gears of the correct size, and then rearranged and installed these new gears, along with the old gears in the arm armor, along with a high-quality shadow magic stone. In addition, he used dragon blood obtained from the black dragon to draw small magic circles on each gear, and melted a notch in the arm armor, cut the previous gem, and embedded it.

"That's why your thing doesn't work; it was broken from the start. Also, I made some modifications to it. Try it and see if it works." Hefting the several missized magical metal gears in his hand, Lu Ming smiled and returned the arm armor to Jamilaya.

"Looks like that bastard is playing a trick on me. Once I find out who she is, I'll make her pay!" Seeing that Lu Ming had taken out a magical metal gear from her arm-armor-like holy staff, Jamila immediately became furious and uttered a harsh threat. She then put the device on her arm and infused it with her magic...

"My God, how come this thing is even more useful than a normal holy staff?" After casually unleashing a powerful divine technique, Jamila was immediately taken aback and couldn't help but look at Lu Ming.

“My esteemed High Priest, you may try channeling the energy from the Shadow Magic Stone into the gem at the front of the arm armor.” For some reason, Lu Ming did not answer her question, but simply took a few steps back and smiled.

"Buzz!"

Following Lu Ming's instructions, Jamila channeled her magic into the Shadow Magic Stone, and then channeled the energy from the Magic Stone into the gem. Instantly, a purple shadow energy sword sprang from the gem on her arm armor, gleaming with an extremely ominous fluorescence in the night, making Jamila and the Dark Elf priests' eyes sparkle!

"How is it? Not bad, right?" Standing not far away, Lu Ming melted and solidified the replaced magical metal gears into a metal ingot while looking at Jamila and asked with a smile.

"Great! Great! This is absolutely fantastic!" Jamila looked at the Shadow Energy Sword with great excitement and replied happily.

The priests who had come with them to capture wandering spirits surrounded Lu Ming, offering various rewards in exchange for him modifying their arm armor-style holy staffs. Some even went so far as to demand that Lu Ming spend time with them in return, making Lu Ming somewhat embarrassed. However, Jamilaya, out of jealousy, refused to help, forcing Lu Ming to agree to modify the arm armor-style holy staffs. However, Lu Ming had a condition: he had to provide the materials himself, otherwise he would be practically bankrupt by the time he finished modifying them.

Of course, there was a reason why Lu Ming agreed to help modify the priests' arm guards and holy staffs. The army that was originally in the hands of the Shadow Church now belonged to the royal family and nobles. Once they worked diligently to suppress the weakened Shadow Church, they might launch wars. Therefore, while giving power to the Dark Elf royal family and nobles, they also had to give the Shadow Church enough power to restrain them and prevent war from breaking out.

Furthermore, his respectful and friendly attitude towards the Shadow Church would easily leave a good impression on them, leading to a collaborative relationship. Moreover, since Kaya is now the shared deity of both the Church of Light and the Church of Shadow, a little effort could potentially alleviate some of the animosity between the two churches, allowing Miracaiser and Darkea to unite and nip the possibility of Aldrich's Aifa Empire regaining its former glory in the bud!

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The next morning, before the training began, the envoy and the two generals found Lu Ming slumped in a chair, looking exhausted and listless. His work was being done by the high priestess Jamila. Curious, the high priestess inquired about it.

Then I heard her say irritably, "He spent the whole night playing with those girls in the temple, how could he not end up like this?"

The envoy's three daughters: "..."

"Are you all very free?" Just as the three envoys were speechless, Lu Ming stood up from his chair, glared at them coldly, and asked in a cold voice, "Do you want me to arrange triple the training for you?"

"No, no, no! No need!" Upon hearing Lu Ming's threat, the three female envoys immediately ran away in terror.

At this moment, Lu Ming and Jamila exchanged a glance, and then, at Lu Ming's signal, Jamila ordered the knights, "Bring those wandering souls over!"

Upon hearing this, the Dark Elf soldiers were immediately alarmed and hurriedly looked at Jamila, hoping she was just joking. However, she was not.

Shortly after Jamila gave the order, Lu Ming's knights and priests of the Shadow Church brought over a dozen carriages full of wandering souls.

"These are the 327 wandering spirits we captured last night in the Dark Elf district of the city, which was ravaged by the black dragon. They will be your opponents today. Of course, while you fight them, our priests of the Shadow Church will be there to protect you and prevent you from being killed by these wandering spirits. But if you lose an arm or a leg, that's not our problem! So please be careful!"

Upon hearing this, the soldiers immediately swallowed hard, watching the wandering spirits with great tension.