But there's no need to worry too much right now, at least not for the time being.

With a whoosh, Lu Ming pulled both girlfriends into his arms, ignoring their struggles, and held them close, kissing their bodies.

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In the morning, Lu Ming got up early, stood in front of the mirror, slowly got dressed, then glanced back at Yusaha and Lily who were still sleeping soundly in bed, smiled slightly, and then took the Pihem Wand and the Sage's Candlestick and went out.

Following behind him was Lucario, who had to go to work with Lu Ming because of the theft.

Before even reaching the police station, Lu Ming could hear the roars of the dwarf Rafaam and the old mage McCot from afar.

"What do you mean by this? We were attacked while hunting rabbits, you know? Why didn't you do anything about those wild animals? Isn't your duty to protect us?"

From McCot and Rafam's powerful shouts, Lu Ming could tell that the people attacked were not the two of them. But since they had both jumped out, something must have really happened.

"Don't worry, regarding the attacks you encountered while hunting rabbits, our sheriff's office is already gathering people to clear out those wild animals. To ensure effectiveness, we've decided to have Sheriff Lu Ming and swordsman Ricard lead the teams. Please don't get too excited..." Having only taken a short distance, Lu Ming noticed that the person dealing with Rafam and McCot was Sheriff Carmena Luther, just like him. However, Lu Ming handled theft and robbery cases, while Carmena, a young woman, handled domestic disputes. So, although they held the same position, their treatment was different.

"Oddish, use Drain! Lucario, use Lift Punch!" To calm down the two old guys who were being arrogant towards the girl, Lu Ming released Oddish and gave the order to Oddish and Lucario.

But before Oddish and Lucario could even make a move, Rafaam and McCree immediately hid behind Carmine, looking at Lu Ming, who had given the order to Oddish and Lucario, with terrified expressions. This left Oddish and Lucario unsure what to do.

"Don't be so polite to them in the future." Lu Ming walked over with Oddish and Lucario, glanced at Rafaam and McCot, and said to Camena, who looked frightened, "An old liar and a dwarf black marketeer, being polite to them won't work."

“But…” Kamina glanced back at Rafam and McCot, who looked completely aggrieved, a far cry from their earlier arrogance, and wanted to muster the courage to retort to Lu Ming. But…

"Two old men, ten minutes!" With just one sentence from Lu Ming, the two guys she wanted to protect, who had been so arrogant towards her just moments before, were sent to the hell of laughter.

After the soldiers in the police station forcibly dragged the burly Rafaam and the immortal mage McCot into the station with chains to begin their punishment, Lu Ming leaned against the doorframe and asked Kamina, "What are you talking about regarding the attack they mentioned and the raid you mentioned?"

"That's right! This morning, as usual, the hunters outside the city who were hunting the first wave of magical rabbits were attacked by a group of wild boars covered in mud. According to those who escaped, those wild boars, which were clearly first-tier magical beasts like the magical rabbits, had the strength of second-tier beasts. They forced the hunters to flee, and many of them were injured."

"Because of this attack, the city's higher-ups felt it might affect the city's businesses, so they sent you and the swordsman Ricard, who is almost fully recovered, to lead a team to clear out those wild boars."

"Is that so?" After thinking it over carefully, Lu Ming felt that those wild boars might be a good source of experience. But they were just some wild boars; did they really need two of the stronger people from the city to lead the team?

However, before Lu Ming could ask for further information, his superior came out of the police station.

Upon seeing this, Lu Ming and Kamina immediately stood at attention, waiting for their superior to reprimand them.

"I believe you already know about the attack on the rabbit hunters outside the city."

"Yes, boss!"

"Very good!" The superior nodded, then took out a document and handed it to Lu Ming, who couldn't understand it at all, while saying, "The church wants you to go to the church to check on the injuries of those rabbit hunters. Also, your team members have already gone there."

"Okay, I understand." Taking the document, Lu Ming glanced at it symbolically, then led Walking Grass toward the church.

After Lu Ming walked away, Rafam and McCot, who had secretly bribed Lu Ming's superior, prepared to leave, only to be caught red-handed by Lucario, whom Lu Ming had deliberately left behind. Helpless, they were forcibly dragged along by Lucario to catch up with Lu Ming's pace. Camena and her superior couldn't help but chuckle, feeling worried about the two's future.

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As soon as Lu Ming arrived at the church, he heard a great wailing sound. It wasn't just one person wailing, but a group of people wailing.

Upon entering, Lu Ming was startled by the scene inside. The once peaceful and serene church was now filled with wounded people corroded by a black mud! They were injured to varying degrees; some lay on the church pews, while others were simply lying on the ground, all groaning in pain.

"What's going on here?" Lu Ming led Oddish, Luca, and the two old men into the church. Looking at the wailing people, he couldn't help but ask himself.

"We don't know either." At this moment, You'er Sika, carrying some holy water, ran over and quickly stuffed the holy water into Lu Ming and the others' hands, asking them to help. She said to Lu Ming, "After these people were attacked by wild boars, they were all corroded to varying degrees by this unknown dark substance. The only thing we know right now is that the holy water can slow down the rate of corrosion. As for what this substance is or how to treat it, we have absolutely no idea!"

Upon hearing You'er Sika's explanation, Lu Ming and the others immediately began using holy water to slow the spread of the more seriously injured, but it was clearly futile. The dark substance continued to erode the bodies of these wounded.

However, at that moment, Lu Ming suddenly thought of a solution.

"Yo'er Sika, bring me a brazier!"

Although they didn't know what Lu Ming wanted the brazier for, You'er Sika and a young nun went to find one.

Seeing that the brazier had been brought over, Lu Ming pretended to take out a strange bone from his pocket, put it in the brazier, and then forcibly stuck the Sage's Candlestick into the bone. Instantly, a ball of flames blazed up fiercely!

Although they didn't know what the bones were, the priests in the church felt that there was an unimaginable miracle in the flames burning with the bones! Lu Ming, who lit the makeshift bonfire, found that it was more intense and hotter than the bonfire that burned the remains of the Soul-Sucking Ghost.

As the fire burned ever brighter, the wounds on the injured around the flames were healed by the flames, and the dark matter was also dispelled.

"Bring all the wounded over here! Quickly!" Upon seeing this scene, the high priest, who was treating the wounded in the church hall, immediately shouted at the priests.

Immediately, all the priests began to move the wounded to the campfire, letting the flames, of unknown origin, heal and drive away the darkness.

Lu Ming also took the opportunity to replenish his mana, elemental vials, and elemental ash vials. However, seeing the undead skeleton from the [Hyde Tower of Fire] being burned to ashes in the flames, Lu Ming couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache.

The opportunity to upgrade Elemental Flasks and Elemental Bottles is over...

The makeshift campfire that Lu Ming forcibly created using the remains of the undead continued to burn fiercely even after all the dark matter on the wounded had been expelled. It showed no signs of going out, which led many of the mages who came to help to start studying what this thing was.

Sitting on a bench, Lu Ming, holding Oddish, waited with Luca, Rafam, and McCot for the team members who their superior had said were coming to the church, but they didn't arrive for a long time. It wasn't until an hour later that Likat, still wrapped in bandages, arrived first, and the rest of the bastards gradually arrived at the church.

There were six of them in total. Apart from Likat, who was sitting by the campfire and letting the fire heal his injuries, the other three were all acquaintances of Lu Ming!

They are: Yusaha's older brother Hax and younger brother Fren, and the Nezha spirit Dex who recklessly climbed the tree.

As for the remaining two, there's no need to say anything; they're just bodyguards for Hax and Fren.

"Everyone's here, right?" As they walked over to the campfire, Lu Ming handed the documents to Licard, the most reliable of these unreliable guys, and asked.

"Yes! Everyone's here!" Likate nodded after glancing at the contents of the document.

"Then let's set off!" Now that everyone was present, Lu Ming suggested heading out of the city to begin clearing out the wild boars. He didn't bother to check what the dark substance on the wounded was, as he was focused on leveling up.

Seeing that Lu Ming and his group of seven, plus the two people Luca was forcibly dragging away, were preparing to go and hunt down the wild boars, You'er Sika hurriedly grabbed her Pihem Magic Wand and followed them.

Lu Ming and the others didn't say anything about it. Having a wet nurse was better than having none at all.

Lu Ming just felt that his walking grass should stay away from her to avoid being trampled by her!

Just after they set off, the Countess of Paris and Viscount Saldallo, the son of the Grand Duke who had not left for some reason, arrived at the church.

Looking at the roaring campfire, he and the high priest joined the magicians who were studying the campfire and began to research it.

However, their research objectives differed. For example, the Countess wanted to find soldiers who wouldn't die in war, while the others were thinking about medical applications.

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Don't say the protagonist is wasting his time; this action could directly improve relations with the church. Understand?

Chapter Thirty-One - The Deep Wild Boar King (Part 1)

"It looks like those people were attacked by those wild boars right here!" In a corner of a forest outside the city, Lu Ming used his Peheim's magic staff to part a patch of grass, revealing bloodstains hidden within.

“It should be.” Licard glanced at the bloodstains and nodded.

"Everyone be careful, those wild boars are not easy to deal with!" Upon hearing Lu Ming and Likat's words, McCot, the strongest member of their group besides Lu Ming and Likat, shouted to the others.

Seeing his swaggering demeanor, Lu Ming and Likat were both a little taken aback. However, out of respect for the elderly and care for the young, they had no choice but to use this immortal old mage as bait.

"Hey! Look what I found!" Just then, Yusaha's brother, Hax, suddenly pulled a small animal out of the bushes and ran over.

"Is this little guy a dog?" After carefully examining the small animal that resembled a dog, Lu Ming asked uncertainly.

“This is a second-tier magical beast, a Crescent Wolf.” Noticing Lu Ming didn’t recognize the animal, Likat explained, “This is just a cub; if it were an adult, it would be extremely dangerous. Of course, for the two of us, they’re still a bit weak. But this little guy is actually quite cute!”

"Do monsters, like mages and warriors, also have different levels?"

"Yes! There are six levels too."

Is that so?

"Hey, is this the time to talk about this?" Rafam and the others retreated to Lu Ming and Likat's side, looking somewhat frightened at the pairs of glowing red eyes that had suddenly appeared around them, and asked Lu Ming and Likat.

Upon hearing Rafam's words, Lu Ming and Likat realized that they were surrounded!

Wild boars, covered in mud and emitting a strange, foul stench, slowly approached them.

To be honest, these wild boars didn't look very big, unlike the large wild boars Lu Ming remembered seeing on TV. However, each of these boars had glowing red eyes, as if they were possessed by something, which was rather frightening.

As the saying goes: "He who strikes first gains the upper hand, and he who strikes later is at a disadvantage."

Lu Ming naturally chose to strike first!

So without saying a word, he unleashed a barrage of seed-shooting machine gun fire, easily turning a patch of wild boars into sieves!

But for some reason, the wild boars that Lu Ming had riddled with bullets did not die.

Honestly, anything beaten like that should be dead, but these wild boars just won't die!

"Immortalization, or were these wild boars originally corpses?" As he watched the mud slowly fill the bleeding wounds on the wild boars that had been riddled with holes, Lu Ming habitually muttered to himself.

"Hey! Don't scare us! Undead and all that is too scary!" Rafaam, who was nearby, immediately complained after hearing Lu Ming's mutterings.

However, Lu Ming ignored him. Instead, he ordered Ricardo and Lucario, "Riccardo Sword Slash, Lucario Po Missile!"

Despite being slightly annoyed, Ricardo obediently imbued his longsword with aura. Meanwhile, Lucario began gathering magical energy to replace its Aura.

"Crimson Strike!" "Awooo!"

After two loud roars, Ricardo and Lucario unleashed a dark red sword slash and a light blue energy ball, instantly tearing apart most of the boars and scaring away the rest!

"What? They looked so scary, but they ran away as soon as we made a move!" Perhaps because the wild boars' escape was a bit of a letdown, everyone couldn't help but complain about their cowardice. Only Lu Ming and Likat didn't.

While everyone else was laughing at the wild boars, the two of them were examining the remaining carcasses. They eventually realized that although the boars weren't truly dead, they were practically as good as dead.

Looking around at the vibrant forest, a sense of death crept in. There were no birdsong, and no animals to be seen except for the magic rabbit, the wild boar, and the crescent wolf captured by Hax. It was as if something terrible was raging here.

Suddenly, Lu Ming noticed that his Lucario and the little crescent wolf in Hex's arms were looking around in fear, their eyes filled with dread, as if something was approaching. He immediately shouted to the others, "Everyone out of the forest! Quickly!"

After saying that, he, Lucario, and Ricardo, who also sensed something was wrong, each forcibly dragged two people and ran quickly back the way they came.

"Boom!!" Lu Ming and the others had just started running wildly when the spot where they had just been standing was blown up by a huge monster corroded by mud!

Just one glance back revealed a gigantic monster, completely encased in mud, as large as a carriage, resembling a four-legged spider, and that image was etched deeply into everyone's hearts. The indescribable feeling was like the deepest despair, utterly unbearable.

"Roar~!" The huge monster roared, then looked at Lu Ming and the others with a pair of scarlet eyes. Its four claws, which were made entirely of mud, began to drive its huge body, smashing through the surrounding trees, and frantically chasing after Lu Ming and the others.

What is that thing?

"Who the hell knows?"

The group being chased by the monster didn't know what level of magical beast it was, but they knew without a doubt that it was something they couldn't handle at all!

This thing is basically a product of complete darkness, and it's not something ordinary people like them can defeat.

Sometimes, fate just likes to play tricks.

Suddenly, a large group of small monsters, identical to the one behind them, rushed out in front of Lu Ming and the others.

"Seed machine gun!" Upon seeing the little monsters, Lu Ming knew they couldn't escape. So he immediately unleashed a barrage of seeds, spraying the monsters with bullets.

"Whoa~!!" In just an instant, many of the monsters were hit by the seed machine gun, screaming in agony. The others dared not approach the group any further.

"That thing is catching up!" McCott warned Lu Ming and Likat as he heard the monster's unsettling screams.

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