However, not long after they returned home, Lu Ming, who was indulging in the tender embrace of Lily, Sham, and Philna, was startled by a strange scream from Jamila.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" After hurriedly putting on his clothes, Lu Ming ran out of the bathroom and headed to where Jamila was.

He then saw Jamila, who was talking to Camilla, looking at him with a wronged expression as if she was about to cry, leaving him wondering what had happened.

At this moment, Camias sighed helplessly and said, "Some of the seven thousand Dark Elf orphans were taken away by Lily, Sham, and Philna, and Jamila is having some trouble accepting it..."

"What do you mean, 'some'?! That's a full two thousand Dark Elf people!! They're not commodities, why are they stealing my orphans who are meant to balance the elf population in the Earl's territory?!" Before Camias could finish speaking, Jamilaya shouted, making Camias both embarrassed and angry. Jamilaya wanted those Dark Elf orphans to reduce the proportion of elves in the Earl's territory's population...

However, even without Camillas making a move, the three people outside the door, including Lily, were enough to give Jamilaa a hard time!

"Girl, were you just telling on the three of us?" Suddenly, Sham's words reached Jamila's ears, causing her to instantly hide behind Lu Ming, looking at him, Lily, and Philna with a terrified expression. She looked like a little hen who had seen three eagles, trembling with fear.

"Alright, alright, stop fooling around. It's just two thousand Dark Elves, right? They're all in the territory anyway, so it doesn't matter who settles them." Seeing that Jamila was quite frightened by Lily, Sham, and Philna, and knowing that she couldn't fight against the three of them, Lu Ming stepped in to mediate and persuade Jamila.

Upon hearing this, Jamila paused for a moment, then looked enlightened and exclaimed, "That's right!"

"..." Camillas looked at Jamila speechlessly, thinking to herself, what had she forgotten about all those unreasonable contracts she'd signed these past few days, and how she'd worried Jamila might do something rash? This girl, whether before or after her suicide pact, was always the same—clear-headed about important matters, but utterly clueless about trivial ones! She'd really wasted her time being so good to her!

Perhaps angered by Jamilaya's inability to see things clearly in small matters, Sham slapped her hard on the bottom, causing her to scream in pain and hide in Lu Ming's arms with tears in her eyes, to avoid being hit by Sham and Lily.

However, they wouldn't hit her anymore. Otherwise, Lu Ming would get angry. But the punishment wasn't the end. For the next few days, she had a very hard time, and even her basic living had to be provided by her husband Lu Ming and her 'sisters' like Mena and You'er Sica.

Furthermore, Chimera also suffered the same retaliation from Lily, Sham, and Philna because of Jamiraya. She was left speechless with bitterness and could only cling to Lu Ming all day, hoping he would plead for her.

Two or three days later, after Lily, Sham, and Philna had calmed down, Lu Ming found an opportunity to get Sham and the others to let Chimera and Jamila go.

Furthermore, he helped Jamila and Chimera settle all the Dark Elf orphans. Most shockingly, he actually persuaded the elven couple to willingly adopt these Dark Elf orphans, and these elven foster parents treated them like their own children. This truly startled many people!

In the end, no one knew how he did it. After all, he didn't say, and they didn't dare to ask.

During these days, apart from occasionally going to the magic school via the teleportation magic station to inspect it, Lu Ming has been constantly improving his magic, making these already powerful spells even faster and stronger.

The battle with Eldridge made Lu Ming realize the shortcomings of his magic: compression magic was too slow, while the Blood Moon magic consumed too much mana. He had to create a magic of his own—a truly practical and powerful one!

The plans of the Blood Sons and some of the gods of the Aphrodite Elves made him uneasy.

More importantly, after returning to the Duchy of Hyperion, the Firelink Shrine on the border had been drawing him there, compelling him to bring Eldridge's King's Flame...

Chapter Twenty-Three - Adan

Time flies, and half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

During these six months, besides improving magic in the magic research room of the Earl's mansion, Liu Ming also did his best to transform the territory of Helios and the Duchy of Hyperion into one of the top regions in the Kingdom of Miracaissa, giving them considerable influence within the kingdom. This was especially true when the three duchies of Hyperion, Erebus, and Tartarus united.

In addition, a lot of things have happened in the past six months.

For example, the two island groups in the sea were officially incorporated into Miracaissa's territory, becoming two new duchies, and were placed under the administration of two dukes from the Wolf Pack Council.

Thanks to the hunter's matchmaking, Mirakaisar and Darkaefa officially established diplomatic relations and began trading, bringing considerable benefits to both countries.

Furthermore, the Church of Light and the Church of Shadow successfully entered each other's countries and gained many believers in those countries.

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Sitting in the basement, Liu Ming was recording the results of his recent modifications to his magic.

At that moment, Sham, who was heavily pregnant, suddenly came into the basement and sat down on the sofa placed in the corner of the basement.

With their tireless efforts, Sham finally became pregnant with Liu Ming's child. However, perhaps due to the pregnancy, Sham entrusted almost all her affairs to her trusted female knight, focusing solely on resting at home. Her only hobby was sitting in the basement, watching her husband experiment with strange and unusual magic.

It's worth mentioning that Sham wasn't the only one who got pregnant in the past six months; Miral, Ramaras, Chimera, Jamila, Kate, and Asilia also became pregnant one after another.

This made Liu Ming both happy and troubled, as he was sure he would be quite busy after the children were born one by one.

"Still no progress today?" Sitting on the sofa, Sham gently stroked her pregnant belly and asked Liu Ming with great concern.

“Yes, there wasn’t much progress today either. However, the ‘Blood Moon’ magic is almost fully developed and perfected, and it no longer consumes too much magic power as before. It’s almost time to start learning it for a while.” After writing the last word, Liu Ming closed the notebook, got up from the ground, smiled, walked over to Sham, and gently kissed Sham on the cheek.

"Now you can go and keep them company, right?" For some reason, Sham grabbed Lu Ming by the collar, pulled him in front of her, and looked at him with a very unhappy expression.

"I will stay with you, my love." Holding Sham, 6 Ming could sense her thoughts, so he said very gently.

Upon hearing this, Sham blushed and spat out in embarrassment and annoyance, "All you do is say nice things!"

But Liu Ming laughed nonchalantly, "I'm not just all talk! I'm the kind of person who does what I say!"

As he spoke, he kissed his wife's neck and took a deep, greedy sniff of Sham's faint yet pleasant scent.

But it was precisely because of this that Sham felt at ease. Because the research and improvement of magic had ended, the time she could monopolize the Six Hundred was becoming increasingly shorter, which made her very unhappy. At least, now that she was pregnant, she was easily angered by this.

Unfortunately, her time alone with Liu Ming had to end because of the arrival of a female knight.

"What's wrong?" Sham frowned and asked with some displeasure as a female knight ran into the basement.

Upon hearing Sham's words, the female knight immediately replied, "Count, Madam, Amp's men have arrived."

Upon hearing this, Liu Ming was taken aback, and then asked, "Anpu sent someone over? Who is it?"

"It is Grand Duchess Elsa of Ampu and her husband. Also present are Count Hemfis of Erebus and Count Winsland of Tartarus."

Upon hearing the female knight's report, Liu Ming frowned slightly. Then, together with Sham, he got up from the sand, walked out of the basement, and went to meet the four nobles who had come over for some unknown reason.

When he finally met the four of them, he found that many of his notes in his study had been messed up by them.

He gave Hemfies and Winsland a slight glare, signaling them to put the notebooks back in their place. Then, Liu Ming walked over to the rather oblivious Grand Duchess Elsa and her husband, gave them a slight bow, and asked, "May I ask what brings you two to our Hyperion?"

When Grand Duchess Elsa, who was engrossed in her notes, saw Liu Ming approaching, she was startled. It took her a while to recover before she said to the embarrassed Liu Ming, "My wife and I are here for a vacation. We also came to see what magical beasts your duchy is raising, so we can exchange some with you."

"The matter of the magical beasts is easy to discuss. But since you and your husband have both run away, who is in charge of the affairs of your duchy now?" Liu Ming sat down on the sofa and asked with a hint of curiosity.

"My daughter!" Grand Duchess Elsa's answer was very direct, leaving herself no way out at all, and she looked completely at ease, which made people worry about the poor Miss Ankara.

Looking at Grand Duchess Elsa, who felt no shame whatsoever for exploiting her daughter, but rather took pride in it, Liu Ming sighed speechlessly and said, "Alright. As for magical beasts, most of the ones bred in our Duchy of Hyperion are Noctua, Googoro, Beedrill, Zigzagoon, Misdreavus, and Oddish, which live in forests and grasslands. However, we also have Fire-type Vulpix and Torchic, Water-type Totodile and Milotic, and Grass-type Chikorita, but the numbers are relatively small, and we can only provide a few."

"Could we go see those magical beasts first?" Upon hearing the names of the magical beasts, Grand Duchess Elsa immediately became interested and asked to see the Pokémon that the Puru people called magical beasts. The two guys beside her felt the same way, showing great interest in the magical beasts raised by Hyperion.

Helpless, Liu Ming had no choice but to take them to the breeding base outside the city.

By the time they returned from there, it was already evening.

Due to the geographical conditions of Ampu, Grand Duchess Elsa ultimately decided to exchange sixteen Trapinch for some Vulpix and Torchic.

Remembering that there seemed to be a small desert area in the territory of the Duchy of Hyperion that could provide a good habitat for mandible ants, 6 Ming agreed to the exchange.

After dinner, Grand Duchess Elsa, who was extremely obsessed with magic, suddenly started clamoring to see the new magic that Lu Ming was developing and perfecting, for no apparent reason.

Helpless, Liu Ming could only demonstrate one or two weak spells in the basement, which was protected by a special barrier, to show Grand Duchess Elsa, lest she throw a tantrum and disturb the peace of his home.

The two spells demonstrated by Liu Ming were 'Bloodlust Crescent,' which is somewhat similar to the Farron Quicksword but can exist indefinitely, and a newly created spell called 'Blood Moon Flash.'

Bloodlust Crescent is a magic spell that condenses and compresses magical power into a magic sword. When it reaches its peak, it can become an indestructible crystal sword. Even the scales of a black dragon, which are almost completely immune to magic, can be easily crystallized and shattered.

Blood Moon Flash, on the other hand, is a magic spell that uses a special incantation to shoot out a beam of light, causing anything it hits to crystallize instantly. Because it's so fast, there's no way to dodge it, hence the name "Flash," meaning fleeting.

After seeing the two spells that Lu Ming had independently developed and perfected, Elsa suddenly asked Lu Ming, "Will your magic school teach these two spells?"

Unsure of what the Grand Duke meant, Liu Ming scratched his head and said, "The weakened version of Bloodlust Crescent will be the last spell taught at the Fran branch of the magic school in the sixth year. As for the others, I haven't thought about teaching them to the students yet. After all, these spells are more practical and very dangerous. Teaching them could easily lead to trouble."

"How powerful is the weakened version of Bloodlust Crescent?"

"It's very powerful, capable of easily cutting through high-strength alloys the same length as the blade of a magic sword! It's just that there's no crystallization phenomenon!" Liu Ming said directly without much thought.

But at that moment, Grand Duchess Elsa suddenly became very unreserved, or rather, shameless, and asked Liu Ming, "Then can you teach me?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Ming was stunned for a moment. After a while, he stiffly turned his head and said to Akudon, "Control your wife!"

This was quite awkward, since Elsa wanted to see the newly introduced magic, and Lu Ming had already shown it to her. Now she wanted to learn it too, which was a bit excessive. Therefore, Akton timely stopped Elsa's foolish behavior to prevent the two duchies of Hyperion and Amp from becoming enemies.

Perhaps not wanting to leave empty-handed, Grand Duchess Elsa, though persuaded by her husband Akton to abandon learning the Blood Moon magic that Liu Ming had created, still requested a research notebook on the magic of the Dark Elf and the Aifa Elf. This was so she could try creating some magic herself, just like Liu Ming.

However, doing so was extremely dangerous, causing Liu Ming and the others to look at Akton with pity, which made Akton's hair stand on end.

That night, in the study, Liu Ming looked at Hemfies and Winsland, frowned and asked, "What exactly is the reason you two came here? You two didn't just come to Hyperion for no reason."

Upon hearing this, Hemfis and Winsland exchanged a glance, sighed slightly, and said, "You also know that after you killed Eldridge, the current monarch of the Aifa Empire is a vampire empress who controls the situation through an iron-fisted and oppressive policy, right?"

“I know that when the remaining forces of the Deep were thrown into chaos by Eldridge’s death, she forcibly had her vampires take control of all the Deep people, forcing them to serve her. She also successfully sent assassins to kill the seven legitimate heirs of the Elven Queen, forcing the Aifa Empire to now acknowledge her as Queen, so that we, Mirakaisa and Dark Aifa, would think they are now a united front and dare not attack them.” Liu Ming nodded slightly, then added, “But, it seems that besides quelling the unrest within the Aifa Empire, she hasn’t done anything else lately!”

“Child of Blood.” Hemphis looked at Liu Ming and uttered a term.

"The Child of Blood has been born? That's impossible! The Blood Moon hasn't arrived, so the Child of Blood can't be born! And..." Upon hearing the word 'Child of Blood,' Liu Ming immediately glanced out the window at the bright moon hanging high in the sky and said in disbelief.

"He has not yet descended upon us, but He has already descended upon the world of dreams!"

"The Dream of the Ancient Gods?"

"Yes!"

"Recently, within the (hunter) organization, hunters with the blood of the Old Gods within them have frequently fallen into prolonged sleep, and no one can wake them. And when they do awaken naturally, only a select few priests-hunters from the Church of Light can describe what they saw in their dreams!"

"Madness, slaughter, and hunting." Leaning against the window, Liu Ming said with a frown what the priests had been saying.

“Yes! That’s it! Those priests saw their companions and those nobles and commoners who had received blood healing years ago but hadn’t turned into beasts, going mad in their dreams and eventually transforming into beasts within them! They had no choice but to use their own weapons to end their madness and suffering, only to realize, as they died in the dream, that death would awaken those trapped in it. But soon, they would fall into a deep sleep again, and the fighting would begin once more.” Hemphis nodded slightly and said.

At this moment, Winsland continued, "Furthermore, many temples that worship the Moon Goddess have also received divine pronouncements from her to varying degrees. Although there are many Moon Goddesses in Puru, with almost every race having a deity in charge of the Moon, recently, almost all of their powers have been taken away by an unknown deity who also serves as the Moon Goddess! Among these Moon Goddesses, apart from the Crescent Moon Goddess and Full Moon Goddess who belong to the Church of Light, and the Moon Goddess who has her own religious organization, the Moon Goddesses of the Elf, Fish-Man, Insect-Man, Lizard-Man, and those with intelligent magical beasts have all perished because they challenged this uninvited Moon Goddess."

"Is the Moon Goddess the only uninvited outsider?"

"No! There are two more."

“Adan and Mego?” Upon hearing Winsland’s answer, Liu Ming frowned slightly and uttered two names.

"Yes."

Upon hearing this, Liu Ming sighed and said, "I have the blood of Rhea, Kaeya, Rhea, and Fuya in my body, so I have no way to enter that dream. You've come to the wrong person!"

"No! It was the right decision to come to you!" Suddenly, a stranger's voice rang out in the room, startling Winsland and Hemfies!

But Liu Ming was not frightened. Instead, he joked with a relaxed expression, "Adan, the invisible god, I didn't expect you to be able to communicate with us in a language we can understand!"

"Humans, you are too weak to accept our will and wisdom. But your ability to clone the Old Gods is what I crave. So I had to spend a fraction of a second learning all the languages ​​of Pru to communicate with you. Unlike that fool Mego who wanted to rule the world, I have no interest in your world. All I want is an offspring, even if it's just a clone!"

Chapter Twenty-Four - The Third Umbilical Cord

"The Blood Child cannot be born smoothly because it lacks a third umbilical cord. On the other hand, Mego has chosen a princess from a small country who somehow obtained the blood of the Old Gods as the mother of her reincarnation... Everything is getting strange. Letting the Vampire Queen escape to Aifa was indeed a huge mistake! But now she is no longer the center of these events. She doesn't have a third umbilical cord and is just like Bishop Amelia. She simply cannot give birth to a Blood Child. So sending someone to assassinate her now is completely meaningless..." Sitting on the sofa in his study, Lu Ming leaned back, his hand covering his forehead, muttering to himself with a headache.

At this moment, Adan had already left for the Hunter's Headquarters to persuade the two archbishops and high priests of the Church of Light and the Church of Shadow stationed there to clone a child for him. Since Lu Ming rarely participated in the (Hunter's) organization's affairs anymore, Adan's visit was merely a warning to him not to cause trouble, not a genuine request for help.

At least for now, He doesn't need Lu Ming.

"The hunters in the dream world are doing their best to prevent the birth of the Blood Child and the alien god. Although their power is small, with the help of the three main gods—the God of Light, the Shadow Dragon King, and the Goddess Fuya—they have repeatedly prevented the alien god from handing the umbilical cord to the Vampire Queen in the dream world. However, if this continues, things will become very uncontrollable. At least, if this continues, things will become very uncontrollable for Mego and the Moon Goddess!" Hemphis, sitting directly opposite Lu Ming, said with some difficulty.

"The problem is that I can't enter the dream. If having the blood of an ancient god would allow one to enter the dream, then with the concentration of the blood of an ancient god in my body, I should be the first person to enter! But now I can't even get in, which is really ridiculous."

"It is indeed somewhat ridiculous that a madman as clever as you could be blinded by what is before your eyes!"

Suddenly, the study door was opened by someone.

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