The wrong transmigrator assigned by the system

"Because it's a battle with monster assistance, Kanina, don't just focus on commanding and forget that you might also be attacked."

"Yes, I've got it."

Lu Ming smiled slightly, and he and Kanina simultaneously drew their wooden swords, assuming the Undead Legion's salute.

"I won't go easy on you, so be careful, my dear daughter."

After saying this with a smile, Lu Ming rushed towards Kanina.

Upon seeing this, Kanina immediately ordered Luca, "Bone Strike!"

"Clear the sky!" As Luca condensed his energy bone club, Lu Ming also gave the order to his stinky flower.

Immediately, before Lu Ming and Lucario could engage in battle, Gloom launched a glowing, heat-generating ball into the sky, just like a miniature sun!

"Nitro Charge!" The wooden sword was enveloped in flames from Nitro Charge, knocking Lucario back. Lu Ming then added, "Use Petal Dance on Kanina!"

The next moment, Gloom rushed to Kanina's front with incredible speed, threw out a bunch of petals, began to slowly dance, and finally delivered a very heavy blow to Kanina!

"Ah~!" Stinky Flower's small body erupted with an unusually powerful force, knocking Kanina down with a single blow.

Seeing this, Sham and Lily, who were not far away, immediately stopped the simulated battle. They picked up Kanina and hurriedly ran into the house.

Fortunately, before the simulation battle began, Lu Ming had instructed Stinky Flower to use only one-tenth of its strength, so Kanina was not seriously injured, only taking a hit.

"During the battle, focusing solely on Luca using Bone Strike was really inadequate." Standing at the doorway, looking at Kanina lying on the sofa pretending to be dead, fooling Sham and Lily into worrying, Lu Ming sighed slightly and said to Luca and Ella beside him, "She could have used her fists to defend, blocked Petal Dance with her shield, and then counterattacked. But because of Gloom's sudden charge, she lost her ability to react and missed the opportunity to defend and counterattack. Under such circumstances, participating in that tournament is still too much of a stretch for her."

“But I believe she will learn a lot! I will learn a lot too!” Princess Ella said with high spirits.

Lu Ming raised an eyebrow at Ella and asked, "Do you have any magical beasts?"

“My magical beast is still in Agamemnon. But I would like to cooperate with Angre and practice with you first! Once my servant brings my magical beast over, we can do other training.”

"Angel, are you okay?"

"I would do anything for Her Highness the Princess!"

"Alright then. You two can try out the cold winds of my Irithyll Valley." With a helpless smile, Lu Ming then looked at Lucario beside him and said with a smile, "Lucario, you can help me."

"Ow~!"

Chapter Sixteen - The Bitter Cold Wind

"Eh~! Daddy and Lucario teaming up?" Just as Lu Ming and Lucario were preparing to battle Ella and Angre, Kanina, who had been caught faking her death by Lily, was dragged to her feet by her ear. But when she saw that Lu Ming's partner wasn't Gloom, but her Lucario, she immediately took out her notebook, looking aggrieved, ready to write down Lu Ming's commands.

"Are you ready?" Lu Ming asked with a smile, adopting the Undead Legion's salute.

“Of course!” Ella and Angell returned the gesture with a noble salute and a knightly salute, and said in unison.

"Then, Luca, extend your fist, Alloy Claw, Swallow Return!" With the command given, Lu Ming used high-speed movement and instantly appeared in front of Ella, swinging his wooden sword at her.

Meanwhile, Luca landed a punch on Angre, followed by a metal claw that tore through Angre's armor. Finally, he flashed behind Angre and kicked him away!

Although Lu Ming's attack was blocked by Ella, who was more skilled in swordsmanship, his orders did not stop for a moment.

"Luca, keep punching, keep punching, keep striking close to the target!"

Upon hearing the command, Luca rushed forward before Angre, who had been knocked away, could land, and unleashed a full combo attack, rendering Angre unable to fight and knocking him unconscious in just a few moves.

"Simulated battle over!" At this moment, a voice that Lu Ming was very familiar with stopped Lu Ming and Luca from their next two-on-one attack on Princess Ella.

"Your Sika? What brings you here?" Lu Ming turned around and glanced at the person. When he saw that it was Your Sika, he asked with some joy.

But at this moment, the defiant Princess Ella suddenly launched a sneak attack on Lu Ming.

Unfortunately, Lu Ming moved at lightning speed and flashed behind her, placing the wooden sword against her neck, at which point she obediently admitted defeat.

"Relying on the speed of his punches, he closed in on his opponent in an instant, then tore through their defenses with his alloy claws, and finally defeated them in a short period of time with a series of powerful attacks. Dad, as expected of Dad. But it seems he didn't do anything himself!" Kanina, standing at the door, recorded Lu Ming's instructions to Luca. However, she was somewhat puzzled by Lu Ming's method of defeating Ella solely through Luca.

Lily gently patted Kanina's head and said angrily, "Isn't he setting an example for you?"

"Oh." Kanina playfully stuck out her tongue.

Meanwhile, Lu Ming escorted Princess Ella to Yu'er Sica's side, watching as she used white magic to heal Angre's injuries.

"Don't you think you made Luca go a bit too far?" At this moment, Viscount Saldallo, who had come to Odysseus's territory with Yul Sica, came out from behind a tree and asked Lu Ming as he removed Lu Ming's wooden sword from Princess Ella's neck.

“Those who lack ability want to participate in the competition. How can they not be taught a lesson?” Lu Ming leaned against the tree and laughed.

"The problem is, I also want to participate in the competition you're about to participate in."

"Hehe! Do you have any obedient magical beasts?" Seeing that Viscount Saldallo was also going to participate in this damned magical beast assistance battle tournament, Lu Ming couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"Yes! Of course there is!" Realizing that Lu Ming looked down on him, a viscount whose squad had been killed by the Dark Curse, Saldal immediately roared angrily.

"What kind?" Lu Ming ignored the idiot's loud shout, picked at his ear, and asked.

"It's a Tier 3 Crescent Wolf!"

"A husky? Is that something to brag about? My former lieutenant, Karthus, had two huskies blessed by the wolf god!"

"Forehead......"

Seeing Viscount Saldallo's discomfiture, Yul Sica couldn't help but laugh and smooth things over for him.

"Alright, alright! His husky may not be the best, but it's still presentable!"

"Is that so?" Seeing that You'er and Sika were trying to smooth things over, Lu Ming didn't say anything more. He could only change the subject and ask the two of them, "Then what are you two doing here in my Odysseus territory? I don't believe you two just came to see me!"

"I came here to become a white mage because the church is building a small chapel in Odysseus territory. As for Viscount Saldallo, he should be here to consult you on monster command, just like Princess Ella."

"Oh! You've come to become my apprentice!"

"..." Hearing Lu Ming's joke, Viscount Saldallo felt like dying. Because Princess Ella was looking at him with the kind of gaze that seemed to say, "I'm about to become your disciple, your senior sister."

"I'm telling you, are you just going to abandon me?" Angre, who had been suddenly saved by Yorshka's white magic, stretched out a hand and asked Lu Ming and the others.

Do you think you can be saved?

"I think I can still be saved..."

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At noon, after lunch, Lu Ming, You'er Sika, Saldallo, Kanina, and Princess Ella discussed the Warcraft Assistance Tournament in the study.

However, both Yul's Sika and Saldal were incredulous that Lu Ming's Oddish had turned into a Stink Flower. After all, Oddish didn't seem like the type to bloom at all. And now...

"The Crescent Wolf's skills include biting, clawing, ramming, tail strike, wind blade, and frost ice, right?" Lu Ming summarized Saldalo and You'er Sika's descriptions of the Crescent Wolf into several skills that were easy to identify.

"Yes."

“You only have one control skill, and most of your attacks require close-range combat. If you encounter a flying magical beast, you're basically doomed.” Lu Ming stroked his beard, frowned, and after thinking for a moment, asked Viscount Saldal, “You're a fighter, you don't know ranged skills like Sword Aura Slash, do you?”

"Yes. I haven't advanced to the level of a swordsman yet, so I don't know how to use sword aura slash."

"In your situation, if you're lucky, you might be able to defeat a few nobles who don't know how to play."

"What if I'm unlucky?"

"If I'm unlucky, I might be eliminated in the first round!"

"You're really direct!" Viscount Saldallo felt a little annoyed by Lu Ming's straightforwardness.

"There's nothing we can do about it. As you've said, the Crescent Wolf's greatest strength lies in its ferocity. But this kind of competition isn't about hunting skills; it's about the beast master's ability to handle various situations during battle!"

“How many other nobles understand how to command magical beasts like you?!” Saldallo couldn’t help but complain about Lu Ming’s high regard for the nobles, most of whom had little to no hunting experience.

"What if you met me or Kanina in the first round?" But Lu Ming's question stumped him.

“…” Silently watching Lu Ming and Kanina, the father and daughter duo skilled at commanding magical beasts, Viscount Saldallo felt that if he really encountered the two of them in the first round, his chances of winning would be extremely slim.

"So, is Crescent Wolf really unsuitable?" Princess Ella, who was taking notes, suddenly raised her hand and asked.

"That's not it. The most important thing is to have the ability to make up for your own weaknesses. For example, Luca and Gloom, although they are melee and control types, also have two ranged anti-air skills: Wave and Dissolve. Moreover, Gloom's Sunshine can also effectively prevent flying-type monsters from flying." Lu Ming gave his answer, which also gave Viscount Saldallo a little hope.

"So, does that mean I just need to train my Crescent Wolf to a certain level in both ranged spells?"

"That's true in theory, but the most important thing is how to deal with flying magical beasts!"

"Um, does 'flying' refer to magical beasts that can fly?"

"That's one way to understand it."

After listening to Lu Ming's explanation, Viscount Saldal immediately said to Lu Ming and the others, "Let's go to the forest tomorrow to practice dealing with those bird-like magical beasts!"

"..." Everyone stared at Viscount Saldallo speechlessly, as if they were looking at an idiot.

Seeing how others were looking at him, Viscount Saldallo immediately realized that he had made a very foolish suggestion.

Putting aside the fact that Lu Ming, Ella, and Kanina are magicians and have no fear of flying-type monsters, their monsters or Pokémon aren't particularly afraid of the flying-type monsters native to Puru.

Whether it's the guaranteed-hit wave attack or the Clear Sky attack that can disrupt flight, both are effective against flying-type magical beasts. Although they don't yet know what kind of magical beast Ella possesses, it's likely one with similar anti-air capabilities!

Of all the Warcraft characters in the study, only Viscount Zaldalor's Crescent Wolf wasn't very effective against air units.

Ultimately, seeing Viscount Saldal's dejected look, Princess Ella and Kanina, out of sympathy, agreed to practice fighting flying magical beasts with him. After all, they also needed to practice using the Farron Short Arrow, and hunting rabbits or birds was no different.

But their actions made Viscount Saldallo extremely grateful to them. In any case, they prevented him from truly looking like a fool.

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In the evening, Lu Ming, Saldallo, Sham, and Lily began discussing the centaurs of Muspelheim in the study.

"So, those centaur bandits are actually nobles secretly appointed by the count of Muspelheim? And my father knew about it too?"

“Yes. That’s what the centaur said. And I also found the noble crest on the lead centaur, which proves that he is a baron of Erebus.” Although Lu Ming was reluctant to admit this matter that was very unfavorable to him, he knew that Viscount Saldallo was eager to investigate the secret plans of the Erebus nobles, so he told the truth.

"If, as you say, these centaurs are indeed connected to the nobles' plans, and even serve as a litmus test for selecting nobles to join these plans, then this plan is far too ambitious!"

Chapter Seventeen - Little Fairy

"Regardless of its size, we must investigate this damned plan thoroughly. After all, whether we like it or not, we're already caught up in it. We can't just choose not to participate," Lu Ming said to the others with great seriousness.

Sham nodded in agreement and added one more point.

"When we learned of this plan, the Grand Duke probably already considered us part of it. Just like when Lu Ming first arrived in Paris City, he had nothing but Yusaha's protection, yet the Grand Duke sacrificed my father for Lu Ming. This was all for Lu Ming's understanding of soul magic. The Grand Duke needs this kind of simple and direct magic, so he's willing to pay any price!"

"The question now is, why does the Grand Duke want immortals and soul magic? Is it for military power, or does he want to understand the nature of the soul through these things in order to achieve immortality?"

"The possibility of immortality is slim. Given my father's personality, he probably wants to obtain immortal beings, who are almost impossible to die, to serve as an army in some larger plan."

Lu Ming tapped his fingers lightly on the table beside his chair. After thinking for a moment, he said to Viscount Saldallo, "Now is not the time for us to get involved in this plan. We must improve our strength now to ensure that we are not swallowed up by it."

"So, what should we do?"

"Let's start by investigating from the outside, and rely on the fact that the viscount is the son of the Grand Duke to protect ourselves. We'll make other plans when we have enough strength."

"Alright. That's all we can do for now."