The wrong transmigrator assigned by the system

The tax collector's actions seemed strange to them. They felt like puppets being manipulated, their movements uncoordinated.

"What the heck are those clothes? Why are they moving around with that fat guy's body on their own?"

"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask? Besides, do you think you can beat the tax collector?"

"I don't know. But I think he shouldn't be a match for me!" Lu Ming smiled, slightly confident in the power of the Level 5 Seed Machine.

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Chapter 5 - Martial Arts Tournament for Marriage (Part 2) (Seeking Recommendations)

The relentless slashing caused Furen's stamina to drop rapidly, while the tax collector opposite him didn't seem to be using much strength at all.

Seeing the tax collector's relaxed expression, Furen gritted his teeth, forced the tax collector back with a sword strike, and once again imbued his two one-handed swords with the blue glow of magical weapons.

Seeing that Furen's one-handed sword had once again been imbued with magical weaponry, the tax collector, who had been so composed, showed a look of vigilance for the first time.

What happened next stunned everyone, including Lu Ming, Dex, and the village chief. After Furen used his magical weapon, the tax collector began to dodge and weave, avoiding direct confrontation with Furen. He only stabbed Furen when Furen showed a weakness.

This tactic left Furen utterly helpless. His attacks were completely ineffective, every move a waste of energy. But if he stopped his offensive, he would give the tax collector an opening. Then, Furen would be completely overwhelmed by the tax collector.

Thus, Fren wasted a minute of his energy, forcibly forcing the tax collector into a corner of the ring.

But at that moment, the magical weapon effect on his weapon suddenly disappeared. The tax collector seized this opportunity and launched a counterattack, forcibly pushing the two fighters back to the center of the arena.

"Is he stalling for time?" Dex asked, somewhat dumbfounded, as he watched the tax collector launch a powerful counterattack.

"It seems so." Lu Ming nodded slightly.

In the game, magical weapons have a very short duration, only about one to two minutes. The magical weapon Furen used when fighting the two knights lasted exactly one minute from being enchanted to disappearing. And this time, it also disappeared in exactly one minute. In other words, the tax collector knew the duration of Furen's magical weapon, which is why he comically dodged for a full minute.

Just thinking about it this way, isn't this tax collector a bit too scary?

"This fat guy's agility relies entirely on his clothes. In other words, if you tear his clothes, he's just a fat guy who doesn't know any martial arts. But besides the Sage's Candlestick, all I have is the Seed Machine skill." Lu Ming gently stroked the blade of the Sage's Candlestick, pondering a way to defeat the tax collector. "And I don't have any martial arts skills, and the Sage's Candlestick isn't suitable for a direct confrontation with that short sword. So, I'm left with only the Seed Machine? But what if I accidentally kill him?"

Lu Ming's muttering to himself was so soft that Lily and Dex, who were beside him, could only hear a little bit of it.

But they both heard the last sentence, "What if we accidentally kill him?", very clearly.

They were both startled by Lu Ming's words, because neither of them had expected that Lu Ming had the ability to kill the seemingly powerful tax collector.

Just then, the fat tax collector had already forced the somewhat exhausted Fren to the edge of the ring.

Then he shouted and with a single sword strike, knocked Furen off the stage as he blocked the slash.

Furen, who had fallen to the ground, gritted his teeth and glared fiercely at the tax collector and Lu Ming not far away. He left with the words, "I lost today, but I will get my revenge later!" Then he got up from the ground and quickly left the village.

Fren gave him a strange look, making Lu Ming scratch his head in confusion. However, the martial arts contest for marriage wasn't over yet, so he could only walk towards the arena with a bewildered expression.

"I didn't expect that this martial arts contest to even beggars would be considered for a husband? Hahahaha~!" The fat tax collector immediately mocked as Lu Ming stepped onto the stage.

"Who are you calling a beggar?! You fat pig!!" Having grown up in a modern society governed by the rule of law, Lu Ming had no idea that nobles could insult commoners at will, so he retorted to the tax collector without hesitation.

Upon hearing Lu Ming call him a fat, lifeless pig, the tax collector immediately trembled with rage. His face darkened, and he roared, "Damn commoner! Who dares to insult the rights of a nobleman?!"

"Hmph! Noble? Bah! You call yourself a noble?! You're nothing but a fat, dead pig!" Lu Ming sneered and retorted.

"I'm going to kill you!!" Upon hearing this, the tax collector flew into a rage. He grabbed his short sword and lunged at Lu Ming.

Although the tax collector was a huge, fat man, as fat as a pig, he ran just as fast as the magic rabbit in the forest.

However, this time he ran on his own, not by relying on that strange clothing to move.

In a fight between a very fat person and a shut-in, the winner is naturally the one with better physical fitness.

Lu Ming happened to have better physical abilities than the fat man. Relying on the enhanced physical abilities brought about by the upgrade, Lu Ming used the Sage's Candlestick to block the tax collector's attack in one go.

However, neither of them expected that just as the tax collector's short sword clashed with Lu Ming's Sage's Candlestick, the tax collector's short sword would break off on the Sage's Candlestick!

Upon seeing this, the tax collector was immediately terrified and quickly activated his clothes, letting them control his body to move away from Lu Ming as fast as possible.

As for Lu Ming, he stared blankly at the Sage's Candlestick in his hand, muttering to himself, "Are Charizard's teeth really that hard?"

"Dragon's Fang?" The tax collector stared at Lu Ming with a sinister look, casually catching the longsword the village chief had prepared for those who were unarmed, and said coldly, "Dragon Academy and Dragon Fang, just who are you?"

"I'm just a traveler who can't stand you!" Lu Ming, from another world, didn't know what else to say, so he could only say this. However, while answering the tax collector, he also glanced out of the corner of his eye at the village chief who had thrown the longsword to the tax collector. The village chief was slightly taken aback, and then gave Lu Ming a wry smile.

"Hmph! Traveler, I'll make sure you're buried here today!" The tax collector, now armed again, gave a sinister snort and charged at Lu Ming once more. This time, however, he truly wanted to kill Lu Ming, because his short sword had been broken because of Lu Ming.

As the tax collector charged toward Lu Ming, he assumed a fighting stance, prompting Dex, who was below the arena, to immediately shout at Lu Ming, "Oh no! That's our elves' sword dance!"

"What...?" Before Lu Ming could react, the tax collector had already rushed in front of him and began to swing his long sword incessantly, like a dance, forcing Lu Ming to retreat step by step.

Lu Ming, who knew no martial arts at all, could only barely defend himself with the Sage's Candlestick under the relentless attacks of the tax collectors.

Even so, he still suffered numerous cuts from the tax collector's longsword.

"What is Sword Dance?" At this moment, the villagers watching from below the arena all looked at Dex, who seemed to have a good relationship with Lu Ming. They didn't know what the Elf Sword Dance was, so they hoped that Dex, the Elf, could explain it to them.

But the one who answered them wasn't Dex, the elf who looked like Nezha, but rather the village chief, an ordinary man with vast knowledge: "Sword dance is the swordsmanship of the elves. Relying on movements similar to dance, elves can fight five or six people of similar strength with just a longsword. And a master sword dancer can easily defeat someone much stronger than themselves!"

"So, what do you mean? That outsider couldn't beat the tax collector, huh?"

The village chief didn't answer the villagers' questions, and Dex remained silent as well. They both knew Lu Ming was a magician. Although just a magic apprentice, he was far more powerful than the ordinary fat tax collector!

Magicians are extremely rare talents throughout the entire Kingdom of Miracaiser, and a magic apprentice who can instantly discern the type and origin of the magic Furen is using is even more extraordinary. Because even the village chief himself doesn't know what kind of magic Furen is using.

Suddenly, Lu Ming roared, startling the tax collector, who hurriedly pushed the weapon away, fearing Lu Ming would break it again. Lu Ming had unleashed the incantation for Furen's magical weapon: "Bernicassoya!!"

But when he retreated to a distance and calmed down, he found that Lu Ming's Sage Candlestick did not emit the blue fluorescence of a magical weapon.

"Damn it!!" Upon realizing he had been tricked, the tax collector flew into a rage. He roared and charged at Lu Ming once more, preparing to kill the commoner who had humiliated him several times with his sword dance.

However, Lu Ming would not give him that chance again.

Seeing the tax collector rushing towards him, Lu Ming smiled confidently and said in Chinese, "Seed machine!!"

Before the tax collector and the others could react to the confusion caused by the incomprehensible Chinese, they saw a grass-green light flash from Lu Ming's mouth, and then a series of seed-like things were sprayed out of Lu Ming's mouth.

The seeds, one after another, shot towards the tax collector at an unimaginable speed.

Watching the seeds shoot straight at him, the fat tax collector nearly peed his pants. If his clothes hadn't forced him to roll to the side, he might have been riddled with holes!

However, while the seeds missed him, they did hit a large tree in the distance, instantly riddling the tree trunk with bullet holes!

Seeing this, the tax collector no longer intended to beat Lu Ming, after all, he didn't want to die.

"I concede!" Seeing that Lu Ming wanted to fire another seed machine, the tax collector jumped off the stage without saying a word.

Upon seeing this, Lu Ming, who had suffered many injuries, immediately collapsed onto the arena, smiling as he looked at Lily and Dex, who were also smiling at him.

But at that moment, a knight suddenly rode his horse from the village entrance. As he passed the tax collector, he swung his hand and struck the tax collector hard on the back of the neck, knocking him unconscious.

The knight then looked at Lu Ming: "A magic apprentice? Interesting!"

Chapter Six - Yusaha Sachi (Please recommend and follow)

Looking at the knight on horseback in front of him, Lu Ming turned his head in bewilderment and looked at the village chief.

He thought to himself, "Wasn't it supposed to be a martial arts contest to find a husband? Why did a woman escape?"

Yes, the knight is a woman. Although her armor is the male-style combat armor, not the female-style decorative armor, and her face is covered by a helmet, her voice is definitely a woman's voice.

Seeing Lu Ming looking at him, the village chief turned away without a word, ignoring Lu Ming's pleading gaze. He couldn't afford to offend this knight, after all, because of her arrival, the two knights who had come with the tax collector immediately ran over and bowed to her.

At this moment, Fren, who had been defeated by the tax collector and left in a huff, also ran back.

He walked over to the knight, reached out his hand, helped her down from her horse, and then whispered something in her ear.

"Magic Apprentice, I've heard you understand the magic of magical weapons, and you can even say where it comes from. So, can you describe this magic?" Hearing Furen's words, the knight glanced at Lily not far away, then looked at Lu Ming on the arena. But as she spoke, she suddenly raised her hand and flung out a blue fluorescent arrow, which shot rapidly towards Lu Ming.

Upon seeing this, Lu Ming was startled and hurriedly rolled on the ground, barely managing to dodge the magical attack!

"Damn it, why are you hitting people without warning?!" Lu Ming, who had just dodged the Netherworld, roared before he could even regain his footing.

"Hit someone? Heh, I'm being lenient by not killing you." The knight slowly extended two fingers, speaking to Lu Ming in a languid yet powerful voice, "I'll give you two choices. One, you hand over that Lily Helas to..."

"That's impossible!" Lu Ming refused without hesitation.

I've heard of people giving away things or money, but I've never heard of giving away their wives! Not to mention, Lily, who isn't even a girlfriend, is someone he hasn't even gotten to know yet!

"Then you only have two choices. That is, fight me and explain to me all the magic I use! Otherwise, you're dead!"

"..." Lu Ming glanced at Fren, who was behaving like a docile animal beside the knight, and the two knights, and asked weakly, "Can I choose three?"

The knight smiled slightly, then shattered Lu Ming's unrealistic ideas with a single sentence: "Hmph~ Three means death!"

Perhaps seeing the gruesome wounds on Lu Ming's body inflicted by the tax collector's sword dance, the knight added, "Our battle will take place this afternoon. I think you should have a way to heal your wounds, right?"

After saying that, the knight had Furen, who had turned into something resembling a corpse, and two other knights drag the unconscious tax collector to the village chief's house, seemingly to wait there until the afternoon.

After the female knight led Fren and the others away, Dex and Lily immediately ran onto the arena, helped Lu Ming down, and pulled him into the house.

"Who is that person?" Lu Ming, who had been helped into the house by Dex and Lily, sat down in a chair, took out an elemental bottle, took a big gulp, and asked Dex, who seemed to know something.

Although Dex was somewhat surprised to see Lu Ming drink a bottle of something that looked like flames, and to see Lu Ming's wounds suddenly burst into flames and heal rapidly, he knew that magicians always had secrets that ordinary people couldn't know, so he didn't ask.

“That woman is Lord Fren’s older sister, named Yusahar Sachi. She is one of the most famous mages in all of Niflheim. Her rank may not be high; she is a magic apprentice like you. But because she is of noble birth, her future is almost limitless.”

"Fren's sister?" Lu Ming pondered for a moment after hearing Dex's words.

"The magic she used earlier was likely from the Piheim Dragon Academy, Soul Arrow. But judging from her appearance and some clues in her words, she probably doesn't know anything about the Piheim Dragon Academy. So, where did her magic come from...?"

"Soul Arrow? The Dragon Academy of Beheim? You actually know about it!" Because Lu Ming had a habit of talking to himself, his mutterings while thinking about Yusahar were accidentally overheard by Furen, who had entered at some point.

Upon seeing Fren, Lu Ming and the other two became tense.

Seeing this, Furen immediately pointed at Lu Ming and said, "Although I lost Lily because of you, I really wanted to kill you! But for my sister's sake, I think I should spare your life! Besides, you don't need to worry, I was just sent by her to gather information. However, I'm also interested in the magic she taught me, which even she herself doesn't know what it is!"

Hearing this, Dex and Lily frowned slightly, but said nothing. Simply because Fren was a nobleman, and they were commoners. And commoners had no right to speak ill of nobles!

Of course, Lu Ming is an exception.

"You mean she taught you those soul magic spells, and that she herself doesn't even know what soul magic is?" But Lu Ming wasn't in the mood to care about Furen's arrogance; his attention was drawn to the fact that Yusaha herself didn't know what soul magic was.

“That’s right.” Furen nodded slightly, then strode over to Lu Ming, sat down in a chair beside him, and said arrogantly, “However, before you ask me any questions, shouldn’t you tell me what kind of magic Soul Arrow is?”

Lu Ming glanced at Furen with displeasure. Having transmigrated through Dark Souls, he was puzzled by the inexplicable appearance of soul magic from the series in this other world. Furen, however, seemed unaware of anything; he simply knew how to use it. As for Yusahar, he was completely clueless.

Despite being quite annoyed with Fren, Lu Ming still revealed some things about soul magic out of a desire to protect Lily and his friend Dex.

"Soul magic is a type of magic that originated in the divine realm of Lordran and was brought to the mortal world, flourishing thanks to the Dragon Academy in Piheim. Soul magic, as its name suggests, uses souls to mimic various shapes and attack enemies. The most famous examples are Soul Arrows, Souls, Soul Greatswords, and Soul Torrents. Like all magic, it is ineffective against most magic-resistant objects. However, because it is attribute-less, it cannot resist attacks from objects that are resistant to only a single attribute."

"Soul Arrow is the foundation of all soul magic. It is also the weakest soul magic, apart from the Farron Short Arrow from Farron Keep. However, compared to the Farron Short Arrow, which emphasizes speed, it is rather slow."

Although he wasn't going to answer every question, Lu Ming, a semi-Dark Souls player who had completed both games via video, quickly managed to fool Furen, a somewhat arrogant and ignorant little guy.