Monster Girl Development Master.

“I will,” Baroo said, and gravity returned to normal. He swept the teacup shards off the table and looked at Zhuang Sen seriously. “But what do you think? Are you interested in that thing?”

Zhuang Sen pondered for a moment before calmly replying, "Of course I'm interested, but while I'm not a good person, I wouldn't do something like stealing from my own family. Besides, it seems to have..."

While Zhuang Sen was deep in thought, he considered demonstrating his extraordinary ability to switch bloodlines to Baruo. This would not only dispel Baruo's suspicions but also test the capabilities of the artifacts in the Fallen Star Palace. However, in the end, he abandoned this risky approach and decided to wait until he had also awakened five times before conducting such a high-risk test.

Of course, his subsequent answer was not just random talk. It not only matched his usual behavior, but also disgusted Gloria once again. Even he, the son-in-law, knew not to squander his own family's property, yet Gloria went to collude with outsiders. He was simply a rebellious son and should be beaten to death!

As for the ellipsis at the end, that was Zhuang Sen's guess. For a level five bloodline user, Baruo's current age is the prime of life, full of energy and strength; it's not yet time to cultivate a successor, let alone delegate power. But he actually did it. Coupled with the unexpectedly high combat power he displayed in his battle with Brad, Zhuang Sen speculated that Baruo might have used that artifact, suspected to be a relic, to gain immense combat power, the side effect being a shorter lifespan than a normal level five bloodline user.

Zhuang Sen didn't say it aloud, after all, it was just speculation. Baroo, on the other hand, seemed to have no intention of hiding it and looked at Serafina: "Serafina, before you become king, don't touch that thing in the palace. Even after you become king, don't let anyone else touch it, not even Celine."

Serafina nodded silently, her cold and flawless face finally bearing a resemblance to Baroo's current expressionless face.

Then, Baroo turned to look at Johnson: "I agree to your conditions, but you must guarantee that Serafina will inherit my throne and provide the kingdom with sufficient rune equipment."

"Of course, I've already promised Celine." Zhuang Sen patted Celine's head. The Red Dragon Girl was filled with emotion and hugged Zhuang Sen's arm tightly, making Baroo unable to bear it.

Zhuang Sen struggled to escape Celine's soft touch and continued, "As for rune items, although I have just expanded production capacity, it is still difficult to supply the entire kingdom's standing army. So I hope you can provide some materials, as well as some demi-human and earth-attribute bloodlines, preferably those truly deserving criminals and scum."

Baro looked at Zhuang Sen, who smiled back and reached out to pinch Celine's cheek again.

“You can talk to Celine or Serafina about this,” Baro said, shaking his head. “Well then, I should go back now, lest Borodi do something impulsive…”

Or perhaps that fool, Greya, blinded by desire, continues to fawn over an eighty-year-old woman.

However, as Baro stood up, Johnson took the water jug ​​from Dantalian and said, "Wait, father-in-law, I have a gift for you."

"What gift? Wine?" Barroo looked at the exquisite ceramic jar in Zhuang Sen's hand and shook his head. "Never mind, I don't like drinking, and it's not convenient to carry it while traveling. Let Serafina bring it back for me."

As he spoke, Baro had already reached the door and grasped the doorknob.

Polite Zhuang Sen, who never interrupted others, finally spoke up to explain, "No, this is the water from the Fountain of Youth, which can make people regain their youth, although..."

Before Zhuang Sen could finish speaking, his hand felt lighter, and he saw Baroo standing in front of him, opening the water jug. Baroo smirked and added, "Although it doesn't increase lifespan when you're trying to rejuvenate, I think it might still be of some use. Would you like to give it a try? Don't worry, I have plenty more."

Three more jars were placed on the table. Baro, who was about to refuse after hearing that it couldn't increase lifespan, swallowed his words and changed his mind, saying, "How do you use it? Just drink it?"

"Yes." Zhuang Sen opened the system panel and smiled. "Just drink it. Don't worry, I didn't poison it."

Baro gave Zhuang Sen a deep look, then drank directly from the jar, and Zhuang Sen received the system notification as he had hoped.

[Detected that a "Specially Modified" Earth Titan is drinking the waters of Undine's Fountain. Activate Effect Two: Fountain of Youth?]

Of course it'll start!

[Trigger progress 5%...20%...45%...]

This seemed normal so far, but Zhuang Sen continued to watch the system carefully. Finally, when the progress bar reached 75%, a new prompt popped up.

[Interference detected from the relic [Transcendence Transformation], the Fountain of Youth effect failed to activate, initiating corrections...]

[Correction failed. The target is not a monster girl. The influence of the relic [Transcendent Transformation] is too strong, and a single portion of spring water is insufficient to contain the desired effect. The focus has shifted to repairing the damage caused by the forced modification of the relic [Transcendent Transformation].]

[Repairing in progress...Repair complete...8% of the forced modification damage has been repaired. To continue, please provide more Undine's Spring water, or use the relic [Transformation] itself for adjustments. The estimated maximum repair progress is 35%.]

really.

Zhuang Sen nodded inwardly. He knew Baruo was abnormal, but weren't the names of these relics a bit too strange? "Pure Purification," "Transcendental Transformation," and what's the next one called? "Eternal Eternity"?

While Zhuang Sen was lost in thought, his hands were not slow either. He handed another jar of Undine's Spring water to Baro, who silently took it and drank it down in two gulps, ignoring the strange looks from Serafina and Celine.

[14% of the damage from forced modification has been repaired]

[18% of the damage from forced modification has been repaired]

[21% of the damage from forced modification has been repaired]

[22% of the damage from forced modification has been repaired]

After working on five batches, Zhuang Sen stopped handing over the water jug ​​when only 1% of the fifth batch was repaired. Baroo also stopped filling the jug and looked at Zhuang Sen: "Can we undo what we just did?"

Zhuang Sen: "?"

Baro shook his head: "Just kidding, but what do you think of Serafina?"

Zhuang Sen: "???"

Serafina stood up and looked at Baro, who seemed to be "drunk": "Father! Johnson is Serene's husband!"

Baroo pursed his lips, patted Zhuang Sen on the shoulder, and then jumped out of the window.

"Hmm, it seems His Majesty has a more youthful mindset?"

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Chapter 252: Monster Gathering

Suddenly, orange-yellow candlelight ignited, dispersing the gloomy blackness. The pale, gigantic skeleton wriggled and clung to the throne made of skulls. Dark green flames ignited in each eye socket, leaping in a deathly, icy dance.

"Do you have to make it this creepy every time? Lizard bones."

An elegant and steady voice came from opposite the skull throne. The speaker was tall, dressed in gorgeous clothes, and had a noble and elegant demeanor. He sat on a bright red throne that was constantly flowing with scarlet liquid. Sharp fangs made his lips protrude, and thick gray hair covered his entire body, making it almost impossible to see his gray-black skin.

— It looks like a large, upright bat.

"So I scared you, didn't I? Little bat, do you need me to help you find your mother in hell?"

The skeleton's voice was low and hoarse, like the sound of bones rubbing against each other. Even without reading the content of the speech, it was extremely irritating. At least the bat clearly disliked the skeleton's retaliation.

Amidst the tense standoff, a pure, holy light suddenly shone forth, coalescing into an inverted cross in the sky. Hanging from this cross was a blurry humanoid figure formed from pure light, its features and even gender indiscernible. With the appearance of this figure, the bone dragon and the bat ceased their argument and turned to look: "King of No Light."

"Long time no see, Dragonbone Lord, True Blood Lord." The radiance completely illuminated the entire area, exposing the pale bones and scarlet blood. The radiant humanoid, known as the King of No Light, responded to the bone dragon and the bat, his voice holy, majestic, clear, and melodious, "Unfortunately, this time I bring bad news again—the Creeping Lord is dead, and the murderer is the Titan Tyrant."

"That Mud is dead?" True Blood Duke was slightly surprised. "Was that inferior Titan from the Fallen Star Kingdom really that strong? And wasn't he planning to win over the Duke of the Fallen Star Kingdom to rebel? How did he end up facing off against the Titan?"

King Wuguang calmly replied, "According to the information he himself relayed, he was injured when he first broke into the shattered divine kingdom of the Goddess of the Spring. In order to recover, he tried to devour the Fallen Star Princess, who had inferior red dragon bloodline. However, the Titan King had been secretly following her, so they fought on the spot. Moreover, the Titan King's bloodline was already perfected, and he was no match for him in his severe injuries."

After a moment of silence, Longgugong spoke up: "So, the Fallen Star Kingdom does indeed possess a divine artifact, a creation artifact that can repair bloodlines."

King Wuguang nodded slightly: "It seems that's true at the moment. Otherwise, even if the Creeper was seriously injured, he wouldn't be unable to escape."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's hurry up and get it back!" True Blood Duke exclaimed excitedly. "That's a creation artifact that can repair Titan bloodlines. It would be such a waste to leave it to those inferior beings!"

Dragonbone Duke nodded slightly, reluctantly agreeing with True Blood Duke's opinion: "You've finally said something that's not stupid."

Before the bones and bats clashed again, King No Light calmly said, "My plan is at a critical juncture, and I cannot leave. However, you can decide for yourselves. But before that, there is one more thing to vote on: prepare to call upon the source of the bloodline."

Both Dragon Bone Duke and True Blood Duke were taken aback. They thought this was just to inform them of the death of the weakest of the four, but they didn't expect there to be something more significant, and that it required calling upon the source of their bloodline to make a decision...

True Blood Duke answered again: "Have new comrades awakened?"

King Wuguang nodded and released a beam of light that outlined Brad's true form in the sky, causing True Blood Duke to instinctively cover his sensitive nose. However, the image naturally did not smell bad, and True Blood Duke quickly stopped this undignified action and listened attentively to Brad's last words.

"King of No Light, Lord of True Blood, Lord of Dragon Bone, I think I'm about to die. The Titan bloodline of the Fallen Star Kingdom is much stronger than I expected. I can't even escape his pursuit. He seems to be able to sense things through the earth, but unfortunately, I don't know if Titans have this ability..."

After a somewhat verbose analysis of the cause of death, and just before True Blood Lord was about to impatiently suggest fast-forwarding, Brad finally got to the part he wanted to hear.

"After my death, my order and legacy will be entrusted to my new kin in the Fallen Star Kingdom. He is a shapeshifter with a complete and perfect bloodline, and he should be of a high class, because he can even shapeshift into an angel of the higher class. I have also personally witnessed him transform into dwarves and other bloodlines. Moreover, he does not use a physical body, but only uses his innate shapeshifting ability to function normally in this era, without any distortion or deterioration. I think you all know what this means. He is very likely the pure one, the King of No Light, our last leader. I hope you will witness it."

The dying words continued to play, opening Zhuang Sen's box, but no one listened anymore. Although, due to their racial advantages, it was difficult for the three beings present to discern their thoughts from their expressions, the somber atmosphere was undeniable. Brad… the Creeper's dying words forced them all to consider them seriously. They were ancient monsters left over from antiquity, pitiful wandering souls who had lost their own era, glory, friends, and people. Even the King of No Light could no longer replicate his noble blood, and could only pin his hopes on various plans with uncertain success rates, attempting to reclaim everything that had once been his.

But if what Brad said is true, and there really is a complete, unblemished, undamaged, and undiminished ancient bloodline, then all their plans can be abandoned, and they can simply help that shapeshifter. Especially since he is a shapeshifter, which means he can at least be compatible with the bloodlines of most ancient monsters!

A long silence followed, until Brad's dying words were completely finished, before True Blood slowly spoke: "So, are we going to vote on whether or not to help that pure shapeshifter?"

King Wuguang slowly spoke: "This matter does not require a vote. You can decide for yourselves. Lord Ruxing's judgment is merely his personal opinion. What needs to be voted on is whether to accept this fellow countryman."

"Call upon the source of our bloodline, let our blood, our people, and our souls decide."

As the King of No Light chanted, the light she released grew stronger and stronger. Behind her, holy figures appeared one after another, filling the empty seats. The same thing happened to the Dragon Bone King and the True Blood King, except that the figures beside them were bones and vampires, respectively.

"Voting begins."

Two orbs of light appeared in the air, and streaks of light flew toward the different orbs, expressing different opinions. As the three of them expected, one of the orbs was quickly dyed in various colors.

"Voting is over."

King Wuguang calmly said, "I will send someone to contact Johnson Leon and convey the last words of the Worm King. If you have any thoughts, you can also contact him yourselves. Let's end this meeting here."

As the light faded, a large space suddenly became empty, filled with figures that had previously filled the entire area. Dragon Bone Duke and True Blood Duke looked at each other, then their bones scattered and their blood congealed and dried, leaving only the orange-yellow candlelight, which slowly went out.

Chapter 253: Reasonable Wedding Arrangements

In the umpteenth snowfall of winter, Zhuang Sen returned to his loyal Starry Night City.

A portion of the massive army remained in Saint Gold City for unforeseen circumstances. Although Zhuang Sen didn't think the Faroese would dare to cause trouble at this time—in terms of strength, he had just demonstrated his ability to easily defeat the entire Faroese population, and in terms of legal authority, he had the personal endorsement of King Baro, so even if the Faroese were mentally unstable, they wouldn't be able to cause any more trouble.

Therefore, not only did Dantalian, Nia, Hana, Lydia, Lysander, Piper, Celine, and Bessie return with him, but also eleven little ones—Glorin, Glody, Gloa, Glovy, Gloona, Gloper, Glory, Glosa, Glowin, Glok, and Glody—came back together. Even Lilith Farau, who was supposed to be the governor of Farau Territory, returned. Anyway, nothing could happen to Farau Territory now, and frankly, there were limited things one could do in winter, so it was better to come back and spend the New Year with Johnson.

Yes, the New Year festival in this other world is just around the corner. Of course, it's not called the Spring Festival or Christmas in this world, but "Newborn Festival". It's worth mentioning that this festival is the same in all countries. All countries celebrate the same Newborn Festival on the same day, but the specific ways of celebrating are different.

However, Zhuang Sen's first New Year in this other world is unlikely to be easy. New Year's Day isn't just the New Year; it's also the most auspicious day for marriage, or rather, the most auspicious day for all positive activities, such as weddings and housewarmings…

Therefore, it's only natural that Zhuang Sen, who plans to attack White City as a prince, should complete his wedding with Celine during this New Year's Day to avoid delaying his grand plans for next year. After all, the princely territory needs to be reorganized after being divided up. Although most of the nearby lords, after seeing the fate of the Farau territory, would not dare to resist Zhuang Sen, it doesn't mean they wouldn't outwardly comply but inwardly defy him or act desperately. Moreover, conscription, training, and equipment all take time, and a spring is already a short time. Besides, it's uncertain whether the people of White City will drag it out for that long.

Furthermore, obtaining the title of prince means that Zhuang Sen can unlock higher-level lairs, recruit more powerful monster girls, and improve the strength of his subordinates. From any perspective, they should get married as soon as possible. The only problem is that it was fine before when no one had a wedding, but now that Celine wants to have a big one, what will the others think? If it were just the current group, it would be fine; they could just have a wedding together. But even if Zhuang Sen doesn't pursue other women later, the monster girls recruited from the monster girl lairs will come after him even if he doesn't make a move. He can't have to hold a wedding for every one of them, or stop holding weddings for the rest of them.

"Hey, my father-in-law has really given me a big problem!"

Lying in Mrs. Lia's arms, Zhuang Sen sighed. Mrs. Lia, who hadn't seen Zhuang Sen for almost a month, looked at him with doting eyes, occasionally feeding him sweets and fruits. Ange, straddling Zhuang Sen's waist, leaned down and poked her lover's cheek, saying disdainfully, "Shameless! No wonder you're my Zhuang Sen~"

The slime sloshed around inside Johnson's clothes, making gurgling noises. The adorable slime didn't understand anything about marriage; it was content as long as Johnson was there. Rani, on the other hand, understood perfectly well, but seeing Dantalian smiling and drinking tea nearby, the clever and sensible Lamia didn't offer any opinion. Instead, she wrapped her tail around Johnson's leg, slowly wriggling and teasing him.

A harmonious harem is one where Zhuang Sen, who's always exploiting others, makes way for the other sisters who haven't yet had their turn.

Zhuang Sen reached out and pinched his little sister's cheek, making a face at her: "All you do is make sarcastic remarks, you don't even know how to share your brother's burdens."

"You have the nerve to say that? You can just clap your hands and send your army into battle, but I'm the one in charge of your supplies and logistics~" Anjie retorted, pressing down her flat chest, opening her red lips to reveal a set of clean, white teeth, and biting at Zhuang Sen.

"Doesn't that mean I trust you?" Zhuang Sen looked up guiltily at Miss Mira, who was leaning against his arm, and quickly spoke in a childlike voice, "Mira A-Dream, please help me~"

Although Miss Mira has always kept a low profile due to her bloodline defect, and many people have even gradually forgotten about this literary girl, she has always been helping Zhuang Sen with the research he entrusted to her and the various technologies she has developed herself. Including this time when she returned, Zhuang Sen added the Fountain of Youth research project to her. It can be said that Mira Koffne is Zhuang Sen's strongest technician, and it is not an exaggeration to call her Mira A-Dream.

Miss Mira held her special little cup and sipped the thick milk inside to replenish the nutrients she had lost during this period. At the same time, she did not disappoint Zhuang Sen's expectations and gave a perfect solution: "It's very simple. If you don't want to get married together, then start getting married one by one from now on. With our current number of people, we can all get married by Freshman Day."

Zhuang Sen did the math. It was already December 3rd. Newborn Day was December 30th every year. If he included Lilith, his pet who hadn't been officially recognized yet, Zhuang Sen now had a total of twenty-six wives. If he started holding weddings tomorrow, it would be just right—what a joke!

Holding 26 weddings in a single month, with Princess Celine being the last one, even if Celine herself doesn't care, her parents and Serafina must be furious. This is even more humiliating than having 26 people attend weddings at once.

"Mira, your plan is good, but it's a bit too hurtful. Is there a less hurtful one?"

Mira calmly took another sip of milk and nodded, "Yes, darling, that is, starting from New Year's Day, they will marry us one by one. I've already calculated it, and normally we can only get a maximum of three more territories: the Earl of Milai, the Marquis of Norsa, and the Marquis of Plantagenet. Adding the territories of Leon and Falau, that makes exactly twenty-eight major cities worth paying attention to."

"Aside from Starry Night City, which you and Celine will definitely choose for your wedding, if you work a little harder and find two more sisters, you can have a wedding in every major city. This solves the problem of repetitive and boring wedding locations, allows you to observe the local lords' attitudes towards you as the new prince, and eliminates concerns about the king and queen's dissatisfaction. It also effectively promotes your presence and prestige to the people of your territory. It's perfect! As expected of me!"

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