"Connected to the Abyss of Londor? Isn't that a terrible situation?" The woman said in surprise upon hearing that the Grand Duke had summoned the army of Erebus, which was an army from the Abyss.

“Yes! The situation is dire! Once we Miracais are unable to control the situation, this army from Dorangregg will surely bring us danger, just like the Dark Abyss before!” Count Leggett nodded and continued, “Moreover, compared to the Dark Abyss, we have no idea what kind of power the Kingdom of Dorangregg possesses. Dealing with them will not be as easy as dealing with the Dark Abyss.”

“Right now, the only people who truly understand these things are the people of Londor and that sword-biting wolf in the city. It’s just that if that fool Yusahar hadn’t been so stupid, he wouldn’t have stood against us!” Asos Soren sighed and looked at the woman beside him.

The woman sneered, "That stupid girl is a piece of rotten wood, no matter how you try to carve her, she's useless. I thought she really had her eye on that Lord of Cinder and would do something for us, but it turns out she's just using us. She's nothing compared to Sham of House Hattu!"

"Luyanalis, haven't you faked your death enough? If you don't come out and take charge soon, Niflheim will really descend into chaos!"

It turns out that the woman wearing the mask is Countess Luianali Sachs, the mother of Yusaha and Miral.

He was merely a substitute for the deceased countess.

She learned of Yusahar's arrival at the Dark Ones immediately. Knowing Yusahar intimately, she didn't hesitate to have a substitute take her place and be cursed to death by the Dark Ones. She faked her death to disappear behind the scenes and began to wholeheartedly control the plans in Niflheim.

“Given the current situation, even if I were to return, it wouldn't make a difference. We must make the Grand Duke realize his mistakes so that he can be better controlled.” Luyana shook her head and smiled, “However, I remember you seemed to have imprisoned a Fire Keeper or something, an Irithyllian. I think if she were captured and killed by that Dolangreg's army, Lu Ming, being an Irithyllian himself, would probably be determined to fight Dolangreg to the death, right? Besides, aren't the Farron Undead Legion a force that is irreconcilably opposed to the Abyss?”

"You mean, use that Fire Keeper to incite the abyssal beings of Drangreg, so they'll capture or kill her, thus provoking the wrath of our Lord of Cinder. Then we can sit back and watch them fight it out?"

“That’s right!” Luyana Lie smiled coldly and said, “Whether it’s the Undead Legion or Dorangle, they are just foreign forces. We can use them without any scruples.”

"Luyanali, you're still the same as ever, arrogant and conceited!"

"What? You have a problem with that?"

“The Lord of Cinder is the Lord of Cinder after all. Even though our Bladebiter hasn’t linked the First Flame yet, if he suddenly does, we’re doomed!” Athos said worriedly.

"Passing the fire? Ha! He knows better than any of you what passing the fire is, so he won't and can't possibly pass the fire!"

After glancing indifferently at Luyanalie, who had looked down on the Lords of Cinder, the Undead Legion, Londor, and other forces from the beginning, Leggett pondered for a moment before ordering someone to release the Fire Keeper, whom he had imprisoned, from the East Gate. This would allow her to encounter Drangreg's army and the Grand Duke, thus ensuring the success of Luyanalie's plan.

“Countess Luyanae Sachs, I hope your ideas will succeed in stopping the Grand Duke from recklessly summoning those forces again.” However, Leggett still had some concerns as his men deployed the Fire Keepers.

"Rest assured, Earl Harvin Leggett. I've borne him three children. Do you think I don't know him?"

"Hmph! You managed to toy with the Grand Duke's three illegitimate children to the point that two died and one escaped. That's quite an achievement!"

"Enough, Athos! We don't need to worry about what's going on between the Grand Duke and Count Sachs!" Count Leggett rebuked Athos, then looked at Luianali and said, "If your methods cause trouble for our plans, I will not hesitate to have the Grand Duke replace you!"

"Let's wait and see. Let's see if my method will work."

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Standing on a street near the East Gate, Leggett, Asos, and Luyana watched from afar as Lu Ming, Jack, and Bajedon were locked in combat with a monster from the Abyss forces in Dorangreg because of the Fire Keeper.

"Look! Now, our Grand Duke has no choice but to listen to our opinions and summon things arbitrarily!" Luyanaru looked at Hedist with a hint of resentment in her eyes.

"But what if the Sword-Biting Wolves don't defeat that monster?" Leggett was still a little worried.

"Even if the three of them can't defeat that monster, we still have a few Cold Valley Knights who should be able to beat it!"

"Do you know why you've been going downhill all the time?" Asos Soren asked, glancing at Luyanali beside him.

"why?"

"It's because you're too confident and arrogant, and you look down on others."

Luyana snorted and laughed, "No matter what, I am an earl. And you are just a minor viscount!"

"You..." Upon hearing this, Asos was instantly enraged, his hand on the hilt of his sword as if he were about to draw it and kill Luyanali at any moment.

However, because Leggett was nearby, Asos and Luyana did not engage in a major fight, which attracted the attention of the Grand Duke and Lu Ming and others in the distance.

Meanwhile, Bajedon had easily rescued the Fire Keeper from the Dorangreg soldiers who were too shocked to move because the Queen was indeed a monster, and joined the battle against Dunathon.

"You think you can defeat the Abyss like this? You're still too weak!" A dark storm repelled Lu Ming and the others, and then Du Na Xiang Zhuo released a series of dark orbs, which were aimed at Lu Ming and Ba Jie Dun.

Upon seeing this, Lu Ming immediately unleashed a barrage of Fran arrows, shattering all of Du Na Xiang Zhuo's hidden beads!

"This is the abyss? Compared to Manus, you are nothing!" Using high-speed movement, Lu Ming forcefully rushed in front of Duna Xiangzhuo. With a wave of his magic wand, a blue soul sword suddenly appeared at the top of the magic wand, leaving a wound on Duna Xiangzhuo's body.

"How dare you mention that name!?" With a roar, Du Na Xiangzhuo unleashed beams of dark light towards Lu Ming.

From the darkness emanating from the laser beam, Lu Ming knew he absolutely couldn't be hit by it, so he could only rely on running to dodge this powerful attack.

However, at that moment, while Duna Xiangzhuo's attention was on Lu Ming, Bajeton quietly came up behind Duna Xiangzhuo and struck her on the back with a Graveyard Greatsword Slam!

"Ugh! You! Are you also a lackey of the Lord of Cinder? A follower of Gwyn's doctrines!" Struck by the heavy graveyard greatsword, Dunathaniel staggered and nearly fell to the ground. However, after regaining her balance, she retaliated with a triple scythe strike.

Forced to retreat, Bajedon had no choice but to use sorcery to attack Duna Xiangzhuo again.

At the same time, Lu Ming seized the opportunity when Du Na Xiang Zhuo turned around and unleashed a Dragon Pulse!

This time, however, Du Na Xiangzhuo had learned her lesson. While attacking Bajieton, she also kept an eye on Lu Ming's every move.

So when Lu Ming's dragon wave struck, she neutralized it with a laser beam.

"Have you learned your lesson? What a pity!" As the dragon wave and the laser beam dissipated together, Lu Ming suddenly revealed a smile that made Du Na Xiang Zhuo feel a little uneasy.

Upon seeing that smile, Du Na Xiangzhuo couldn't help but look at Jack to the side, only to find that he also had the same smile.

Just then, a delicate shout suddenly rang out, but Du Na Xiang Zhuo had no time to react!

"Deep Blue Strike!"

A strange sword aura, deep blue and carrying a great deal of cold energy, struck Du Na Xiang Zhuo in the back, causing her great damage.

"Sorry I'm late." Sham, holding Priscilla's short sword, walked out of the alley behind Duna Shandra step by step, a sweet smile on his face, and said to Lu Ming.

"We're not too late," Lu Ming said with a smile after downing a bottle of elemental ash.

"Another one? But it doesn't matter, I, Duna Xiangzhuo, will show you what the terror of the abyss is!" A large amount of black energy seeped from her body, healing her wounds. Duna Xiangzhuo swung her giant scythe and sneered.

Looking at Du Na Xiangzhuo, who seemed to have been healed but was still weak, Lu Ming felt his wolf blood boiling.

It desperately desires to kill Duna Shandra, this dark fragment of the abyss.

The intense desire to hunt excited Lu Ming and also dispelled his worries.

"Sham to the right, Bajedon to the left, Jack, you go behind her." After giving the order, Lu Ming rushed towards Duna Shandra and engaged her in close combat with Irithyll's Straight Sword and the Peheim Staff.

Upon hearing Lu Ming's command, the three dispersed and attacked Du Na Xiang Zhuo from the left, right, and behind with sword energy slashes, sealing the sun, and the sunlight spear!

"You can't defeat me!" As she clashed with Lu Ming's Irithyll Straight Sword using her scythe, Duna Xiangzhuo roared and unleashed five dark energies with human faces: "Trackers!"

"Damn it!" As soon as Lu Ming saw the five humans floating above Du Na Xiangzhuo's head, he knew something was wrong and hurriedly took several steps back.

As the pursuers attacked him, Lu Ming hurriedly used his Farron Quicksword to shatter them, lest he be hit and killed.

"You're all quite good, but it's a pity you're not from the Abyss!" While Lu Ming was using the Farron Quicksword to smash the pursuers, Duna Xiangzhuo suddenly rushed towards Lu Ming, raised her scythe high, and slashed down from the upper right to the lower left!

However, when Du Na Xiangzhuo's scythe slashed across Lu Ming's body, she discovered that it was merely an afterimage left behind by Lu Ming.

"It should be, but unfortunately you're from the Abyss!" Lu Ming, who had dodged Duna Xiangzhuo's attack using his high-speed movement, suddenly appeared on Duna Xiangzhuo's back.

Grabbing Duna Xiangzhuo's head with his hand and stepping on her shoulders, Lu Ming pressed his magic wand against the back of Duna Xiangzhuo's head and coldly said, "Fran's Swift Sword!"

With a soft thud, the blue soul sword severely injured Du Na Xiangzhuo, causing her to fall heavily to the ground.

With a swift movement, Lu Ming landed smoothly. Then, he turned around, coldly staring at the fragment of the abyss, Duna Xiangzhuo, and slowly pointed his magic wand at her neck.

"This is just an avatar of mine. Even if I kill her, I won't die... Lord of Cinder of the Undead Legion..." Duna Shanteau said weakly and with difficulty because her head had been pierced.

"But then you won't be able to spread the curse of the undead in Miracathia!"

"Don't worry, I, Du Na Xiang Zhuo... will be back..." With that, Lu Ming chopped off Du Na Xiang Zhuo's head!

With her head severed from her body, Du Na Xiang Zhuo instantly turned into a bubble of soul and disappeared.

Seeing this, Luyanali and her two companions left the area, as there was nothing more to see.

"By the way, Sham, how did you end up here?" After Duna Xiangzhuo disappeared, Lu Ming casually picked up the two skill books and a bow that Duna Xiangzhuo had dropped, and then asked Sham, who was standing next to him.

"Mukka overslept, so I brought him here." (To be continued.)

Chapter 54 - Amelia

Sitting in Nero's study in the lord's mansion, Lu Ming, Sham, Jack, Baggetton, Saldallo, and others were waiting for the meeting between the Grand Duke and high-ranking nobles such as Artus, and Commander Mike of Dolangreg, who had lost the curse of Duna Shandra and had become sober.

This meeting will decide whether the thousands of Dolangreg soldiers in the city will go to war with Erebus. It will also determine whether Lu Ming and his companions are villains who thwarted Duna Xiangzhuo's plot to control Erebus or those who have damaged relations between the two nations.

In other words, it's still unknown whether Lu Ming and the others are alive or dead. However, anyone with discerning eyes can see that although Lu Ming and his group made a fool of themselves in front of the Grand Duke, they also exposed Du Na Xiang Zhuo's conspiracy, saving the Grand Duke from being controlled by Du Na Xiang Zhuo. They are unlikely to be punished!

After waiting for about half an hour, Artus arrived at the study. He had left the meeting partly to bring Lu Ming good news and bad news, and partly because he was not good at military and diplomatic matters, so he did not continue to attend the meeting, which had an unknown end date.

Taking a deep breath, Artus then said to Lu Ming, "I have bad news and good news. Which do you want to hear first?"

Without thinking, Lu Ming said, "Bad news."

"Huh? Bad news? I thought you'd hear good news first! But never mind. Bad news is bad news." Artus looked at Lu Ming with some surprise, then said, "The bad news is simple: the Fire Keeper is yours, and you'll also be needed to assist with the negotiations with Dolangreg."

"With the Fire Keeper, the three undead in my house are happy. But who do I need to support?"

“I…” Artus said, sitting down on one of the new sofas that the servants had brought in, looking dejected.

"You? Are you kidding me? I remember you were in charge of business and development. When did you start doing diplomatic work?" Saldallo asked in surprise.

"Heavens know! I've mentioned it to the Grand Duke several times already, but he just won't listen. I now suspect that there are still some remnants of Duna Xiangzhuo's influence on him!" Artus complained with great dissatisfaction.

"Don't talk nonsense. Du Na Xiang Zhuo didn't even have time to do anything to the Grand Duke."

"Fine. I'll just have to pretend he is..."

"When he is what?"

"nothing."

After chatting and laughing for a while, Artus shared the good news.

"Because you saved Princess Ella's life and saved the Grand Duke from being controlled by Duna Xiangzhuo, the Grand Duke has promoted you to Viscount! Although the territory remains unchanged."

Lu Ming, who was initially quite happy, couldn't help but retort angrily upon hearing Artus's last sentence: "I would have been happier if you hadn't said that last sentence."

"There's nothing we can do about it. After all, you rose through the ranks too quickly; we can't give you another territory. Otherwise, the other nobles would be angry!"

"I don't know much about the affairs of the nobles. Let's just leave it at that!" Lu Ming didn't care about the territory, but he was very concerned about another matter.

"By the way, did the Grand Duke mention when we, the contestants of this major competition, will be able to go home?"

“No. However, judging from the Duke’s intentions, it seems that this competition will continue!” Artus said to Lu Ming with a somewhat helpless sigh.

Upon hearing this, Lu Ming was completely shocked!

"What's going on? This competition is going to continue? There are already so many problems!!"

"Although the Second Prince has run into trouble, the tournament must continue because the Third Prince and Princess Ella are still around. Moreover, neither the royal family nor the Grand Duke of Tartarus wants the tournament to end so abruptly!"

"Even if the Second Prince did such a thing, should we still continue?"

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