[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu":3,"chapter-i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-144":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I'm a Forest Warden—Why Am I Enslaving a Succubus?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2329188,4555,"Chapter 144: Guesses","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-144",144,"\u003Cp>In the end, Selena still communicated with the monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, the monster’s intelligence was severely limited, its utterances chaotic and devoid of logic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even so, Luo De extracted key words from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namely, “storm” and “birth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not “storm birth”—these two words were clearly separated, referring to two distinct events.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De told everyone what he had heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Falshad and Prula thought he was making it up, but Saiher had become a devoted fan, blindly believing every word he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing skepticism from her teacher and brother, she fiercely defended Luo De.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selena, a paragon of rational thinking, cross-referenced her twenty years of notes and experience, confirmed the translation was valid, immediately discarded all prejudice, and meticulously recorded every word Luo De spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By ‘storm,’ it likely means the Aether Storm—a violent atmospheric phenomenon from another dimension, extremely destructive. It makes sense they fled from it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She frowned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But ‘birth’—I can’t make sense of that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This reminded Luo De of what the scorpion woman Hera had mentioned to him before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cosmic beings are formed from the emotions and spirits of the material plane; when a unified belief reaches its peak, a cosmic being rivaling a god may be born.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t dwell on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a world-shattering disaster was far beyond the scope of someone like him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone had lost interest in continuing to train the two tieflings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After swiftly dealing with the monster,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they headed toward the exit of the monster’s nest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for this human mage, Selena,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De considered her usefulness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to recent spikes in expenses and failed investments in the farm, his cash had dwindled to less than one hundred Jin Along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without money, he felt deeply insecure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, he had never mastered the crafting method for the Overload Ring found among the remains of Lu En, the fourth-rank mage who died in the Open Maze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t his fault—he was, after all, a warrior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had chosen to study it himself because none of his enslaved servants were experts in this field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So now, he needed an enslaved person who could help him earn money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Look:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The succubus, lazy as a dog except in bed; the dim-witted treant; the immature pony-girl; the ghoul skilled only in summoning spells; the female beastkin who couldn’t cast a single spell; the incorporeal dragon soul; the deceitful banshee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of them were suitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this Selena, with her keen spirit of inquiry, was an ideal candidate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After an hour,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Falshad, Prula, and Selena jointly sealed the dimensional void deep within the monster’s nest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nest would no longer produce monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crystal-wing boy Siti buzzed excitedly, flying around everyone’s heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group spent nearly two more hours exiting the nest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crystal-wing folk who had heard the news rushed forward to thank them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fatima, the tribe chief and Siti’s mother, personally handed each person a spell satchel filled with generous rewards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the primary contributors, Falshad and Luo De were granted artifacts bearing authority over the [Crystalline Stone] domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, the crystal-wings used the maze’s power to grant each of them a new spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Prula,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they granted him the skill [Forced Focus], which enhances casting speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saiher, the tiefling sister, received the combat skill [Soul Incarnation].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a way, this compensated for their respective weaknesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De received [Resonant Strike].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A skill where every strike releases shockwaves that peel away an enemy’s defenses layer by layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better than nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, these rewards excluded Selena entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn’t question the human mage’s origins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fatima secretly fluttered to Luo De’s ear and invited him to a private victory banquet tomorrow night—just the two of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De laughed and politely declined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that he didn’t want to try the fairy’s flavor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He and Siti were friends; the crystal-wing fairy gave him a good impression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To have something with his friend’s mother? That was just too grotesque.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De was a man of propriety—he simply couldn’t accept it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Luo De emerged from the maze, he found dawn had broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had spent the entire night inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before leaving, Siti and Fatima invited him to visit often, assuring him the Crystal-Perfect Grounds would always keep its gates open for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after the monster nest incident, Luo De’s resistances had risen dramatically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Returning to the Crystal-Perfect Grounds would now be merely for leisure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back outside the Windwall Forest,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he immediately saw several low-rank mages casting purification spells on Henry’s Farm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pan Ni stayed far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a ghoul, the purification effect could harm her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The farm had been ravaged by the ghoul’s plague aura—it truly needed cleaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pan Ni ran over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eight characters still flapped wildly beneath her white robe, making Luo De dizzy—he feared her corpse’s muscles might snap and fall off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Finally got around to hiring help?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, Master—it was the witch Dimeya who helped us for free.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pan Ni looked delighted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only now did she realize how stingy she’d been; hearing someone would help for free and save her money, she’d been so excited last night she nearly missed her meditation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m only doing this because of you, Luo De.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Witch Dimeya walked over from nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She still couldn’t forgive the ghoul for harming her comrades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But shifting her perspective, the ghoul was now Luo De’s possession—she wasn’t helping the ghoul, she was helping Luo De.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De was not only the town’s benefactor, but also Daphne’s benefactor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helping him made perfect sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she noticed the two-faced Selena beside Luo De.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She frowned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You brought back something this ugly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Luo De, I must remind you—bringing a girl to live in the forest requires a temporary residence permit from the town hall.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is Selena. I specifically brought her back to help me develop spells.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De waved his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier in the nest, it hadn’t been noticeable, but now under sunlight, her bluish skin was visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A living dead?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pan Ni was astonished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As another human-turned race, she easily sensed the woman’s condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But why was Selena’s skin in such excellent shape?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No dehydration, no wrinkles, no decay!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why, despite my meticulous care, does my skin still rot?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why my Master won’t even touch me!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could this zombie be my replacement?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pan Ni’s gaze toward Selena slowly filled with hostility and envy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside her, Dimeya sighed and rubbed her temples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You should be seeking a normal human girl, Mr. Luo De… judging by this, the intelligent races of the continent will eventually all end up in your collection.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1100,"2026-06-20T19:55:30.170Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","8df57aea3b4c02c42b67891f969684f2284d19b810b6057a26589c49cb4ae9fa","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-145","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-143",704,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-cover.jpg"]