The wrong transmigrator assigned by the system

Even though Snorlax and Lucario were incredibly brave, those monsters kept crawling out of the darkness!

Chapter Twenty-Six - The Rat King

"Hey, Lu Ming, how did your match go today?" Walking through the brightly lit aristocratic district, Yu'er Sica, who had arrived late due to work at the church in the town of Calypso, asked Lu Ming about the match she had missed.

"Two wins and one draw."

"You can draw too?" Yu'er Sika looked at Lu Ming in disbelief.

In You'er Sika's eyes, Lu Ming, while not the strongest, was still extremely powerful. Could someone who could fight him to a draw be a grand swordsman or something similar?

“The opponent is Sham’s six-year-old brother.” Just as Yul Sika was indulging in some unrealistic fantasies, Lu Ming shattered them with a single sentence.

"Uh..." The shattering of her illusions left You'erxika speechless. But thinking about it, it made sense. If it weren't for the difficult opponents, with Lu Ming's strength, he would probably be invincible against anyone of the same level. A draw was highly unlikely.

"I don't know if it was the organizers' weird sense of humor that put me and Muka together. Maybe they wanted to give the other players the wrong message, making them think that someone like me could accidentally draw, thus stimulating their competitive spirit?" Lu Ming smiled helplessly as he recalled his inexplicable match against Muka.

That match looked like it was rigged behind the scenes, deliberately pitting him against Muka.

"I wonder if Count Artus Lecorde, the organizer, will also encounter a similar situation?" Sham suddenly laughed and said.

"He might run into the same situation too. And our Black Dragon Prince is with him too; they could easily run into each other." Lu Ming couldn't help but laugh at the thought of Saldallo being at Count Artus Lecord's Eastern Tournament.

But just then, Miao Na and Wang Na suddenly rushed over from a distance.

They were both panting heavily from running so fast that they couldn't speak for a moment.

Judging from the fear on their faces, something must have happened at home.

"What's wrong?" After exchanging a glance, Sham asked Miaona.

"The mansion...some monsters suddenly appeared in the mansion!" Miao Na said in a slightly frightened voice, catching her breath slightly.

Upon hearing the word "monster," Lu Ming knew something was wrong and hurriedly asked, "Have you two encountered Kanina and the others?"

"No, when the two of us escaped, Miss Kanina and the others hadn't returned yet."

"Damn it! Everyone hurry up, we need to get back quickly!" Hearing Miao Na's words, Lu Ming immediately said to the others, "Otherwise, Kanina and the others will be in danger!"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately tensed up and hurriedly ran towards Lu Ming's residence.

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"Damn it, what are these things?" Wanting to show off his victory over Count Artus Lecord, Saldallo arrived at Lu Ming's mansion. But as soon as he opened the unlocked door, he saw Kanina and her companions being attacked by a group of monsters. He quickly joined the battle with his Crescent Wolf.

However, when he was also surrounded by monsters, he also felt a bit of the isolation and helplessness that Lu Ming and the others had experienced when they fought against You Sui.

"Humans and undead, and three things I don't know what they are. Hehehe, interesting!" Suddenly, a strange voice came from the depths of the corridor, startling Saldalo and the others!

"What the hell is that? Why can it talk?" Miral, who was already a bit timid, looked around in fear because of the inhuman voice.

"How rude! Undead!" As if hearing Miral's scream, the owner of the voice said angrily.

“How rude of you, Your Majesty the Rat King!” However, the one who responded was not the group that was being attacked, but Lu Ming, the owner of the mansion.

Upon hearing Lu Ming's voice coming from the doorway, Kanina and the others immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"You know me?"

"The master of the underground kingdom, the Rat King. I, a member of the Undead Squad, know a little bit about him." Stepping into the mansion and scaring away the monsters, Lu Ming plopped down on his sofa and laughed.

"The Undead Legion? Never heard of them. But since you know me, I'll condescend to meet you." With a strange voice, a disgusting rat the size of a cat, wearing a crown, swaggered out and, with the help of his subjects, sat down on the sofa opposite Lu Ming.

"Your Majesty, I would like to know why you attacked my home? You know, I have no grudge against you." Lu Ming placed a snack on the table and pushed it toward the Rat King so that it could enjoy it, while asking with some doubt.

“A count in Miracaissa has agreed to build me a palace here. Although I am not a tyrant who enjoys extravagance, it is difficult for me to refuse such a request.” Despite his repulsive appearance, the Rat King ate and spoke like a true king, elegant and aloof.

"But is the condition Princess Ella's life?" Looking around at the rats that had stopped attacking because of his return, Lu Ming guessed what the count wanted.

"Yes! You're absolutely right." And the Rat King proved that Lu Ming's guess was correct.

“What…” Princess Ella, standing to the side, was completely unable to accept this fact.

"Your Majesty, could you please tell me the name of that count?" Lu Ming asked the Rat King, glancing at Princess Ella, who looked utterly devastated.

"I don't know his name, but his men call him Mira Gong."

Mira is a Tartarus dialect word meaning "magical insect." It is a huge, magical insect, somewhat like an ant or a wasp, but unable to fly.

"A noble from Tartarus? And did it on purpose?" Lu Ming pondered for a moment, then said, "Your Majesty the Rat King, would you be so kind as to spare Princess Ella?"

“That man originally said he would kill Ella Unos before you appeared. Now that you have appeared, my people no longer need to do things for him.” The Rat King smiled, looking at Lu Ming with his only remaining eye, and said slowly.

"Then I am very grateful for your generosity, Your Majesty."

After finishing the last bite of their snack, the Rat King and his people slowly became transparent and gradually left this world.

"I hope that next time we meet, you'll command the same respect from everyone else. Little Immortal Squad member. Hehehehe..."

With a chilling laugh, the Rat King and his subjects vanished.

At this moment, Lu Ming finally breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

The Rat King's true form was clearly not here, so it was impossible to kill it to drive away the other rats. Besides, Lu Ming knew he was no match for the Rat King's massive rats. A direct confrontation was unwise; one wrong move and he'd be petrified, and it would all be over!

Therefore, Lu Ming had no other option but to negotiate with the Rat King. Fortunately, the Rat King was a reasonably reasonable ruler; he left without asking for anything, unlike some nobles...

"Is that the Rat King of the Underground Kingdom?" At this moment, Jack, who had been standing at the door watching Lu Ming negotiate with the Rat King and was planning to rescue Kanina and the others if things went wrong, walked into the living room.

"You know him?"

Jack plopped down on the sofa, his expression one of deep regret, and said, "I died at the hands of its vanguard too many times back then, it's hard not to recognize it."

Lu Ming thought about it and agreed. Unlike the stupid AI in the game, a large group of rats would rush over like waves and take every opportunity to tear your body apart. Just thinking about it was terrifying, let alone being bitten to death time and time again!

At this moment, Sham, Lily, and the others also entered the mansion one after another. Looking at the bloodstains slowly disappearing on the ground, a strange feeling arose in their hearts, prompting them to ask Lu Ming, "Could those rotting rats have left behind some kind of plague?"

“No. Their true forms aren’t here. Those are just magical shells created by the magic circle.” Miral, the only one who knew a little, suddenly spoke up. “Besides, the magic circle that summoned them should be inside the mansion, so it’s unlikely that it would have been infected by the local plague.”

"Then everyone go find that magic circle now, lest any more strange things come out." Upon hearing that the magic circle was in his own house, Lu Ming immediately ordered everyone to split up and find that damned magic circle and destroy it.

"understood!"

A few minutes later, Lu Ming and the others turned the entire mansion upside down before finally finding the magic circle under the floorboards at the end of the corridor.

As he traced each stroke of the magic circle, Lu Ming gradually realized that when Countess Luianali gave him this mansion, she had likely already planted the magic circle long ago. If he dared to disobey even slightly, he would be killed in his own home in the dead of night by a group of unknown monsters.

"It looks like this is a magic circle used to deal with disobedient nobles. There might be one in every mansion in the noble district!" With a deep sigh, Lu Ming used his Irithyll Straight Sword to destroy the magic circle with great displeasure.

"I never imagined that the noble district could be so dangerous."

“If I’m not mistaken, this magic circle is a byproduct of the nobles’ plan.” Standing up, Lu Ming pointed his straight sword at the magic circle on the ground and said to the others.

"What do you mean?"

Lu Ming looked at the magic circle under the floor and silently shook his head.

Knowing that there were too many people around and too much to talk about, Sham and Saldallo, who were very eager to find out the nobles' plans, had no choice but to stop asking.

After glancing at the night outside the window and arranging for the frightened group to return to their rooms to rest, Lu Ming sat alone in the study. He took a book about magic circles from the shelf, which was mostly filled with Yusaha's magic books, and began to read it.

"The Elulda Magic Circle, a legendary magic circle used in summoning spells, but it has been listed as a useless magic circle because it has never been successful." Around page 450, Lu Ming found a magic circle that was very similar to the one under his floor.

"But because this magic circle was drawn by a very famous magic spirit, and it is said that it contains a very big secret, it was preserved."

"Four hundred years ago, Regent Louis Unos of Miracaissa, along with Archbishop Icarus Chiris of the Elves, Shaman Carlos Carrot of the Orcs, and three unnamed kings of the Dwarves, were studying the method of using the Eluldar magic circle in the far north."

"No one knows the final outcome. But since then, two terrifying new species have appeared in the far north: the snow wolf beast and the snow tiger beast."

"Giant spider-snow wolves with white fur are accustomed to living in packs. They are ferocious and extremely intelligent. In just one month, they wiped out all the kingdoms in the far north. If they were not creatures of the cold regions, all the countries might have had to unite to resist their invasion."

"The scorpion-like snow tiger beasts without pincers are different from their close relatives, the snow wolf beasts. There aren't many cases of these highly venomous snow tiger beasts being discovered, but they do exist in that frozen land."

"Although there is no direct evidence to prove that these two creatures were summoned from another world by the Elulda magic circle during that research, no one knows whether the Snow Wolf Beast and Snow Tiger Beast were summoned or formed by the forbidden fusion of two different creatures because these two strange creatures do not exist in Puru's native land, and the important figures who researched the magic circle died in the far north due to the ferocity of the Snow Wolf Beast."

Reading a passage from a magic book, Lu Ming couldn't help but sigh, "Magicians really love courting death! Summoning alien species with no natural enemies to Puru is basically suicide, isn't it?"

However, it's worth mentioning that when Lu Ming sees the Snow Wolf Beast and Snow Tiger Beast, he always thinks of the Undead, Wandering Souls, Soul Eaters, and a whole bunch of Pokémon that inexplicably appeared in Puru.

These things cannot possibly appear in the mainland of Plu. Unless they are forcibly summoned.

But if that's the case, then what's the deal with him and Jack?

Why Palkia appeared in the Dark Souls world remains a mystery. And there are many, many more...

"Ding~!" Lu Ming's phone suddenly rang, startling him.

When I took it out, I saw two notifications that I had received new messages.

"You destroyed the magic circle before, didn't you? But that's alright. Since you've made such a mess of your house, I thought I should give you a little reward. So I've put it in your inventory. Remember to make good use of it."

From: Rat King.

"For some reason, I sent Jack and the others to you so they could help you. But remember, what you see is not the truth. Don't be fooled by appearances; look with your heart."

From: Palkia.

"The Rat King and Palkia sent me messages at the same time. What's going on? Sulyvahn sent me messages before, and now even the Rat King..." Lu Ming looked at the two messages on his phone, his eyes half-closed, deep in thought.

Chapter Twenty-Seven - Round Two

"Ancient Thunderstone: Can evolve Electric-type Pokémon and can also enchant weapons an unlimited number of times."

The lightning stone, of unknown origin, contains immense power of lightning. While legend says it's a relic from the time of Gwyn, the Lord of Cinder, the stone itself is much older, dating back to before the hearth was lit.

"A gem that can be enchanted an unlimited number of times?" Looking at the dark stone he took out of his phone, Lu Ming couldn't help but smile.

Although the enchantment mentioned here is likely an additional effect similar to Golden Pine Resin, it's still quite good. After all, it's a treasure that can be enchanted an unlimited number of times, unlike the one-time use of Golden Pine Resin. However, the item description of this stone is gradually becoming incomprehensible to Lu Ming.

Logically, Gwyn's lightning appeared after the furnace burned. So how could the history of this stone predate the furnace?

"Could it be that this thing isn't from the Dark Souls world, but from another world?" Suddenly remembering that he was a transmigrator, Lu Ming made a very bold assumption.

"So, what was the Rat King's purpose in giving me this? It's unlikely it was really compensation for causing a ruckus in my house. There must be some secret hidden here, a secret the Rat King couldn't reveal. But this secret..."

"Lu Ming, are you resting?" At this moment, Sham, wearing a nightgown, stood at the door of the study, knocked gently, and asked.

"I'm here, honey."

"Who's your wife? We're not married yet!"

"Just wait! Soon, you and Lily will be my wives!" Laughing, Lu Ming put down the magic book and put away the lightning stone. He then walked over to Sham, picked her up in one swift motion, eliciting a flurry of playful punches from Sham. Then, carrying Sham, Lu Ming returned to the room, preparing for a proper...

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On the evening of the second day, since Lu Ming had nothing to do, he took Stinky Flower, Zoroya, and Fire Fox Lu'er to the rest room in the Southern Martial Arts Arena early in the morning to prepare for the second round of the competition.

However, due to the overwhelming power of Gloom's Sunfire yesterday, many players went to the forest to search for plant-type monsters similar to Gloom.