The wrong transmigrator assigned by the system

"Roar~!!!!"

With the dragon's roar, large, blood-red crystals were constantly being created and spreading from the dragon's side toward Eldridge.

"Is this... a monster that devoured the soul of the ancient dragon and the black dragon of the world of Puru, and then unleashed the power of the blood of the Old Gods?" Aldrich, who was blocking the powerful gust of wind from the dragon's roar, immediately recognized its true nature. However, because he didn't know which ancient dragon's soul the dragon had devoured, or rather, he had no idea how to deal with this dragon, a deep unease arose in Aldrich's heart, which had been corrupted into black mud by the Abyss!

"What's wrong, Eldridge? Didn't you want to eat me? Now let's see who among us will survive today!" The dragon walked step by step toward Eldridge, large chunks of crystal forming at its feet with each step, appearing extremely ominous. The dragon's words made Eldridge even more uneasy.

However, at this moment, like the demonic dragon, he was driven to a dead end by fate. With his power constantly draining away, he could not retreat and could only fight with all his might, just like the demonic dragon.

This is especially true for the dragon, who has already staked everything on it.

The soul of the white dragon Seath, the soul of the maddened black dragon he obtained in Loki, the capital of Darkea, and the blood of the Elder Gods. Any one of these three things could cause an ordinary person to lose themselves in the allure of power and turn into a monster. But he was forced to combine these three things to provide the power for his plan to break free from fate and change his destiny!

The memory of being eaten time and time again drove him almost insane, but it also made him feel that as long as he could escape that damned fate, everything would be worth it!

"Perhaps you have become stronger now, but you will surely become my food! Because I have already dreamt of this ending!!" Suppressing his unease, Eldridge could not tolerate the fear that had arisen in his heart. Therefore, he once again shot a Moonlight Arrow into the sky, triggering a terrifying rain of arrows that shot towards the dragon.

But this time, the dragon made no attempt to dodge or defend itself. The rain of arrows, capable of shattering solid rock, failed to even penetrate a single scale when they struck the dragon. Each arrow that fell from the sky broke in two due to the dragon's incredibly tough scales!

"I've spent countless hours and searched for countless methods to avoid being eaten by you. And now, I will use them one by one on you, you man-eating demon!" Ignoring the rain of arrows that fell like a torrential downpour, the dragon brandished its enormous claws and viciously lashed out at Eldridge. The force of the attack even sent the crystals on the ground flying.

Relying on the power of the Dark Magic and the power of the Flame, Eldridge managed to evade the dragon's attack with great difficulty. At the same time, he summoned a large number of humanoid figures, using these vengeful spirits corrupted by the Dark Magic and the Abyss to restrain the dragon, giving him a chance to escape.

Unfortunately, neither the weapons in the hands of these humanoid figures nor the large chunks of soul sediment they themselves had transformed into could penetrate the dragon scales, which were even more robust than the black dragon's scales and almost equivalent to the scales of an immortal ancient dragon, just like the arrows in the rain of arrows.

"Is this all you've got? Even if your strength has been suppressed by the gods of the Elven race, you shouldn't only have this little bit of power! Perhaps my fear is just a joke!" Seeing that its attack missed, the dragon immediately added another claw strike, sending Eldridge flying.

Perhaps because Eldridge was now far inferior to his dragon form and had lost interest in this cat-and-mouse game, the dragon summoned a giant dog with a body that looked like black mud and covered with amber eyes.

"Shoggoth! Eat him!" Seeing the fear on Eldridge's face, the dragon questioned for the first time the fear it had long buried deep within its heart. But the dragon knew that if it didn't fight with everything it had, it might truly be eaten. So it wouldn't give Eldridge any chance! Having established the advantage, it didn't hesitate to order the Shoggoth hound to devour Eldridge.

As a monster created by the dragon specifically to devour the Darkness, Shoggoth is not corrupted by the Darkness at all. On the contrary, it becomes stronger and stronger because of the Darkness's corruption. So when it heard the dragon's command, it immediately pounced on Eldridge with great excitement.

But Eldridge is still a Lord of Cinder, and no matter how his power is suppressed, he will not be easily devoured by a Shoggoth!

Without the dragon's intervention, it's highly unlikely that Shoggoth could defeat Eldridge on his own.

But Shoggoth is not only one of the means to deal with Aldrich, but also a weapon that the dragon uses to deal with a certain being who used it, Lothric, Lily, Aldrich and others as pawns!

Aldridge was merely a pawn, a fact the dragon already knew when he learned that after consuming the Elven Queen, he would be controlled by her consciousness. Although the Elven Queen's control over his body was only for a short time, it already proved that Aldridge was nothing more than a pawn on someone else's chessboard.

After learning this, the dragon began to study magic with all its might, in order to accumulate enough power to defeat the guy who was using it and Eldridge and others as pawns behind the scenes!

For this reason, the dragon chose to let Shoggoth devour Aldrich independently, converting his power into its own, so that Shoggoth could better serve it. Of course, the dragon wouldn't give Aldrich a chance to escape; whenever Aldrich tried to flee, its breath would promptly block his escape route.

Ultimately, Eldridge was caught in the dragon's breath and was bitten by Shoggoth!

As Shoggoth devoured his body, Eldridge glared at the dragon with intense resentment and roared furiously, "Lu Ming!! You think you can rest easy now that I'm dead?! Let me tell you, the Blood Child of the Vampire Clan is about to be born, and the gods of the Elven Elves are plotting to wipe out all of you humans, beastmen, and merfolk! I, Eldridge, am your savior!!"

"Shut up! You foolish and cruel creature! You're nothing but a plaything in the hands of the elven gods, a clown controlled by your wicked appetite! Now, die!" The dragon's roar was deafening, silencing the humanoids around who were trying to save their master. This allowed Shoggoth to easily devour Eldridge completely!

Before being completely swallowed up, Eldridge let out a scream that sounded like a woman's—a scream that belonged to Eldridge himself, and also to the Elven Queen who shared the same body with him.

But at this point, neither Eldridge, the cannibalistic Lord of Cinder, nor the Elven Queen, the war-monger, had become food for Shoggoth, and could no longer cause any trouble.

After Eldridge was completely devoured by Shoggoth, the humanoid figures he had summoned immediately darted into the shadows on the ground, trying to escape.

But the dragon will not let them escape from here!

The dragon roared to the sky, and countless crystals on the ground released a large amount of magical power, killing the humanoid figures one by one.

After wiping out all the humanoid creatures, a large amount of crystals suddenly condensed on the dragon's body, enveloping it completely and turning it into a huge crystal. Finally, it shattered after the clouds in Darkea, controlled by the power of the gods, once again obscured the bright moonlight.

Seeing this, Shoggoth, who had just devoured Eldridge and spat out two things it couldn't digest, immediately transformed into a female beast-eared creature and ran towards the collapsing crystal. She caught Lu Ming with both hands, who had relaxed his mind due to Eldridge's death and was too exhausted to move.

Looking at Lu Ming lying in his arms, Hughes used a special kind of magic with his hands, which had many amber eyes, to create a set of clothes for him, put them on, and carried him on his back, preparing to take him to the nearest village to recuperate.

He transformed into a dragon, breaking free from the shackles of fate, but only because he received the last ray of moonlight at the moment of his death. Therefore, even though Lu Ming defeated Eldridge, using the souls of the white dragon Seath and the maddened black dragon, as well as the power of the blood of the ancient gods to overcome destiny, he was still essentially recovering from a serious illness and needed to rest. However, thanks to the power of these three things, he doesn't need much rest now; a good night's sleep is enough for him to almost completely recover.

But this desolate place doesn't look like a place where one can get a good night's sleep, so returning to the city is a must.

But will Shoggoth be able to get into the city?

The answer is naturally no!

Along its journey, it would devour any living creature it encountered, leaving only bloody skeletons. Therefore, once it entered cities and towns, it would inevitably wreak havoc, relentlessly consuming every living thing in its path.

This was something that Lu Ming had been worried about along the way.

Fortunately, just as Shugoth was about to arrive at Gulveg City with Lu Ming, Domira suddenly flew out from Lu Ming's shadow.

Upon seeing Domira, Shoggoth curled his lip and said somewhat unhappily, "Tch, an inedible shadow."

Upon hearing this, Domira nearly died of anger. Fortunately, unlike Shoggoth, she didn't act recklessly. Knowing she couldn't defeat Shoggoth, she naturally wouldn't fight him. She simply put her hands in her pockets, looking very unhappy, and said, "You know how much trouble you'll cause Father! So now hand Father over to me, and go back to where you belong!"

"No! Why should only you and Cass be allowed to stay by Father's side, while I, as your older sister, am not?" Hughes rejected Domira's suggestion out of jealousy and dissatisfaction.

However, at that moment, Domira pointed to a poor little rodent that was being devoured by a part of the Shoggoth and said, "You can't control yourself at all. Once you get into the city, it'll all be over. So you'd better hand your father over to me!"

Looking at the small animal on the ground, whose body he had half-eaten and which was now weakly screaming, Shoggoth pursed his lips. In the end, he chose to hand Lu Ming over to Domira, the shadow demon, with a somewhat humiliating gesture. After leaving behind the words, "I will control my appetite from now on!", he returned to where he should have been, a secluded corner of the shadow world.

Whether she wanted to prove herself or not, when Shoggoth left, she spared the small rodent and even used a small part of her own body to create the food for the part the rodent had eaten, allowing it to survive.

Seeing this, Lu Ming, who was already exhausted, couldn't help but recall the fierce appearance of the Shoggoth when he first saw it, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

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the next day.

Lu Ming slept until the sun was high above the clouds before waking up.

When he opened his eyes, he was surprised to find himself sleeping in Asilla's arms.

However, at this moment, Aseria, who had been holding him and sleeping with him, also woke up. She opened one eye, looked at him who had just woken up as well, and said with a touch of arrogance, "Alex and Jamila have both been called away by the Count to protect her, so I'm the only one left at home to take care of you when you're exhausted. What, are you unhappy about that?"

“…No.” Climbing out of Asilia’s arms, Lu Ming gently kissed her forehead, then stretched, reached for the pocket watch on the bedside table, glanced at the time, and asked, “Is it already noon?”

"Yes! What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Lu Ming shook his head slightly, then got out of bed, went to the wardrobe, quickly took off his clothes, changed into another set, and prepared to go out to pick up Chimera and the other girl.

But as he came out of the room and went down to the living room, he suddenly saw the King's Soul and the twisted soul of Eldridge and the Elf Queen entangled together, which Dormira had placed on the coffee table!

"Doesn't that girl know that these things shouldn't be left lying around like that?" Seeing this, Lu Ming sighed slightly, took out his phone from his pocket, and put the two items into the phone to avoid any further problems.

However, at that moment, Chimera and Jamiraya suddenly returned.

Upon seeing Lu Ming return unharmed, the two women immediately rushed into his arms and burst into tears.

"I'm sorry to have worried you, I'm fine..." Lu Ming said gently, holding his wife.

Chapter Twenty-Two - Returning Home and the Settlement of Orphans

Because Lu Ming had killed Eldridge and was extremely powerful, capable of summoning the family of gods such as Shadow Demons, Seraphim, and Thunder Dragons, the Dark Elf mages frequently asked Lu Ming questions about magic in exchange for copies of his spellbooks over the next few days, hoping to gain some insights from him.

In response, Lu Ming had no choice but to answer all questions without reservation.

However, it was precisely because of this that he and Lothric were able to obtain enough copies of spellbooks, ensuring that their trip to Darkea wouldn't be a loss.

After about seven or eight days of exchanges, the academic conference finally came to an end, and Lu Ming and Los Angeles were finally able to go home.

It's worth mentioning that during this time, Lu Ming and Lothric pleaded with the Shadow Church for the prisoner who had fought alongside them against Eldridge, making her the chief mage under the Earl whose forces had been attacked by Eldridge. Of course, she can no longer freely devour souls in the future, or she'll still be facing imprisonment...

After bidding farewell to Priestess Kazna and Priestess Vegana of the Church of Shadows, as well as several familiar nobles in the city, Lu Ming and Lothric embarked on their journey home in a carriage that a knight had specially retrieved.

However, in the carriage, Lu Ming looked at Jamilaya and Asilia, feeling a slight headache. He thought that Lily might really be going to kill him this time...

Because of his previous reneging on the payment, which damaged Darkea's reputation, Darkea did not renege on his promise to take away the seven thousand Dark Elf orphans for Jamila this time. Instead, he readily handed the orphans over to Miracaisa, and they have already been sent to the Earl of Helios in the Duchy of Hyperion.

So, at this moment, in the carriage, Jamila and Chimera were discussing how to properly settle these orphans without conflicting with the numerous elves in the Duchy of Hyperion. After all, although they were all elves, the Dark Elves had always been at odds with each other! How to balance the voices of both sides, letting them know that the other was no different from them, became a huge problem, weighing heavily on Jamila and Chimera's shoulders, giving them a headache.

However, while the two of them were having a headache over this matter, the one who was having the biggest headache was probably Camillas, who was serving as an administrator in the Earl of Helios.

As Lu Ming's wife, and like Sham and Lily, an administrator in the count's territory responsible for managing the remnants and diplomacy, she currently looked at these crying and fussing Dark Elf orphans and probably felt like killing Chimera and Jamiraya. As a pure-blooded Elven of the Afar, she disliked the Dark Elves in the slightest!

The problem is that these Dark Elf orphans are now citizens of Count Helios's territory and must be settled. This is causing her a great deal of trouble.

Since the Dark Elves do not worship the God of Light, it is unrealistic to ask Yorshka, the church representative who manages the church in Count Helios's territory, for help. Entrusting it to the elven female knights under their command is even more problematic.

So, she had no choice but to ask Mena, a vampire who didn't participate in politics and spent all her time counting money in her own little treasury, for help.

As a vampire, Mena had no prejudice against elves or Dark elves, making her an excellent helper. Furthermore, like vampires, Dark elves disliked the sun, which allowed Mena and her vampire maids to take good care of the children.

As for the issue of manpower, they had no choice but to ask Philner for help. She had a very, very large number of people under her command!

However, Philner's answer surprised her.

“I can have my servants help you, but I want some of those children to join my caravan and work for me!” Firna, who was working in his office and handling taxation for both the duchies of Erebus and Hyperion, said to Camias with a malicious smile.

"Isn't this a bit inappropriate? That guy Jamila went through so much trouble to get those orphans, and you're just starting to divide them up without even telling her? Isn't that a bit unfair?" Because she needed his help and was in the wrong, the usually arrogant Camillas felt a little guilty for the first time in front of Philna.

“I don’t know about other things, but I do know about these orphans. My husband traded real magical research data for them! It’s absolutely impossible for a high priest like her, who doesn’t have much influence in the Shadow Church, to get the royal family and nobles of our arch-enemy, the Dark Elves, to provide so many orphans…” Philner’s eyes flashed with a dangerous light, causing Camias to instinctively take a step back. Then, he revealed an even more dangerous smile and said, “If she has any complaints, let her come to me. I want to see how Sham will protect this disobedient fool this time!”

As he was speaking, Philner accidentally broke the pen in his hand.

"Sorry, I have work to do." Smiling, he tossed his broken pen into the trash can and wiped his hands with a magically enchanted towel. Philner said impatiently, "So please make a decision quickly. Otherwise, I'll cut off your source of income!"

As the person in charge of managing most of the family's assets and financial distribution, Philner wielded immense power and, like Lily, was deeply feared by everyone. After all, no one wanted to be inexplicably cut off from their source of income...

Besides Lu Ming, the only people in this household who weren't afraid of Philna were Lily, Sham, and Mena—three people with their own independent sources of income. Everyone else was helpless and could only submit to Philna's terrifying shadow. Even Grand Duke Ramanlas had once offended her with a single sentence, resulting in him eating black bread all day and ultimately having to beg Philna for forgiveness.

So when she heard Philna's threat, Camias immediately backed down, showing none of the backbone of an elf.

"Please spare me! I will comply with your proposal unconditionally!"

“Very good. Go!” Seeing that Camillas had obediently given in, Philner smiled with satisfaction. At the same time, he used another pen to write a transfer order for Camillas, asking her to go to the official caravan in the count’s territory to transfer people.

Stepping out of Philner's office, Camillas stood outside the door with the transfer documents in hand, her heart breaking at that moment.

'Why am I still so afraid of her after all these years? Is it because what happened back then hurt me too deeply?' Camillas thought to herself, tears welling in her eyes. After a while, she recovered and took the documents to the caravan to request more people.

Although mercenaries were often present at the caravan, after another incident where a mercenary unaware of Philna's identity attempted to grope the beautiful woman in a wheelchair and was instead mobbed by thousands of female knights who appeared out of nowhere, no mercenaries dared to cause trouble on Lu Ming's territory. Therefore, when they saw Kemias approaching with documents, their first reaction wasn't anything else, but to immediately hide to avoid being mobbed by the knights as well.

Moreover, not to mention that this administrator, Camillas, is dressed in noble robes, and she herself is a dragon slayer! Damn it, who dares to mess with her!?

Because of her own strength, status, and the document in her possession, Kemias quickly transferred a group of people from the caravan to help settle the orphaned Dark Elf children.

Because a group of people were transferred away, there was a shortage of personnel in the official caravan of the Earl's territory. The second-in-command of the caravan, Philna's personal female knight, had no choice but to temporarily recruit some elves from the city to serve as the caravan's staff, in order to prevent problems from occurring during the trade a few days later and for Philna to deduct her and her group of people's wages.

As Camias entrusted a small number of the Dark Elf orphans to Philna in order to settle them, Mena, who was very willing to help, also took more than a dozen orphans to work as apprentices in her magic supplies shop, mercenary inn, little bat clothing shop, and a series of other shops.

Suddenly, Camillas felt a deep unease. She seemed to see Yulsie standing outside her office, waiting for her...

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Upon arriving home, Lu Ming immediately got off the carriage to stretch his body, which had become stiff from sitting in the carriage for several days.

Chimera, Jamila, and Asilia also stepped out of the carriage. Looking at the enormous Earl's mansion, they couldn't help but exclaim, "What a shabby place we've been living in these past few days!" to vent their frustration at the cramped and dilapidated temporary residence they had stayed in during their time in the Dark Elf Empire.