[{"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-159":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},2329203,4555,"Chapter 159: Seal Broken","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-159",159,"\u003Cp>Luo De paid no attention to the rat-man’s corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted the [Sacrificial Body Sword] to eye level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gap shattered by the broken blade named Starfire Thunder reached deep into the spine; the entire blade’s stress and tension were unbalanced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blow that had just split the rat-man in two had utterly deformed and skewed the blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the faint spiritual glow of [Memory Metal] had begun repairing it, clearly it would not be usable in the short term.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were several spare steel swords in the spell satchel; it didn’t much matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sharpness is only 45—not nearly enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In contrast was a damaged longsword, completely rusted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Starfire Thunder?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tally leapt from the shadows with the still-shaken Naga Eve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When danger struck, the succubus, well-fed and satisfied, still got things done—she had pulled the Naga into the shadows early and escaped unharmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, since awakening her [Duchess Bloodline], her spells had grown increasingly effortless; otherwise, she might have been ripped straight out by that wild spiritual force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having accomplished something, Tally always came to claim credit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She jumped into Luo De’s arms, smugly demanding a kiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My god, that move nearly had seventh-rank power!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eve exclaimed, “You took it head-on—and nothing happened?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thanks to the dragon scales you gave me earlier.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words reminded the Naga of her defeat in the open labyrinth; her mood soured instantly, and she refused to respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Maybe Mianqiang  seventh-rank.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De picked up the Starfire Thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was nearly a rusted black iron bar, its edges violently curled into spirals—likely to maintain rotational momentum upon launch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, it couldn’t be used as a sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After returning, I’ll ask if repair is possible; if not, give it to Bond the horse-girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rat-man’s strike had far greater penetration than Celine the zombie’s [Comet Current].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though aided by an external object, it was still seventh-rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet it still failed to pierce the defense of the [Dragon Scale Spell].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De was also intrigued by the rat-man’s spiritual technique that appeared suddenly above his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The creature wasn’t a mage—he couldn’t use [Spatial Teleport]—yet there was no spiritual fluctuation from rapid bodily movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Naga was indeed greedy by nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Luo De had just picked up the broken blade, Eve had already scavenged every valuable item nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Share it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had been gleeful, but remembering someone else was present, she asked reluctantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She clearly had no intention of sharing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De glanced over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d thought the rat-man’s longbow might be something good, but it was even worse in quality than Bond’s sickle-claw shortbow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eve beamed, then reluctantly turned to Tally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this creature had just saved her life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What about you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The succubus had never cared much for such material things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tally had transformed into a seven- or eight-year-old girl, sitting on Luo De’s shoulder, grinning as she chewed his hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She laughed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t want any. If you want to repay me, let me taste the essence you’ve poured into your body. I’ve heard men give different flavors to different women.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Actually, Naga don’t have a tradition of repaying favors.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three chatted for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They successfully retrieved a green crystal sphere from the center of this constructed space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It emitted a faint green glow, with a subtle spiritual vibration hidden within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It strangely gave Luo De a sense of familiarity—like the spiritual dimension of the Fear Field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After securing the treasure of this stable space,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the unfinished underground city trembled slightly, then fell still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Presumably, this space wasn’t large enough to risk collapse—at least for now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They descended along the rope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Returned to the tunnel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After advancing nearly thirty more minutes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they finally encountered the ritual seal Eve had mentioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A nondescript array, its magical runes surprisingly fresh and potent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De, having trained in magic, could tell this ritual seal had been established very recently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magic and complexity of the ritual were far beyond what a low-rank amateur could manage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was unlikely the work of Shiying Town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The city hall had already built earthen walls in the upper layers—why add another seal inside?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wandering rogue mage?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hard to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too many people had been wandering the Twilight Hills lately; even if a couple slipped in, it wouldn’t be surprising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who cares who made it—let’s break it open first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Naga didn’t care about details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The green crystal sphere activated, instantly expanding a net-like energy field that pressed firmly against all walls of the chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh? Not spiritual, not magical?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rat-man’s technology was oddly interesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could harness non-spiritual forces—clearly, we shouldn’t underestimate them just because they dwell underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll go first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eve stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pulled out a magic ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Activated it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spiritual energy released from the ring formed a thin thread, slowly extending into the ritual seal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment, the ritual’s magic weakened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? Still not below the minimum threshold—there’s more to it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pulled out another ring and repeated the process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve been meaning to ask—where did you get so many magic rings? I thought the Heavenly Flower Kingdom stopped exporting to Aiselon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stopped exports? No—the Heavenly Flower Kingdom only halted official exports to Aiselon; exports to its various tribal groups within the kingdom have increased, not decreased.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Aiselon is still a human-ruled kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As its power waned, it began supporting unstable internal factions to corrode its own environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though I don’t understand Aiselon’s countermeasures, clearly the Heavenly Flower Kingdom’s goal has been achieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, chaos has spread from the central cities all the way to Shiying Town at the far western frontier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the ritual was sufficiently corroded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eve quickly shed part of her clothing, leaving only her undergarments and a loose vest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body swelled, reverting to her true Naga form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her undergarments became a short skirt; the loose vest became a tight, midriff-baring top.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her plump, beautifully shaped white lower half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavy bunnies beneath were now faintly visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, don’t stare like that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her magic rings could only temporarily weaken the ritual seal—they couldn’t fully dismantle it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Modern magical rituals had evolved with certain countermeasures built in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless a mage arrived to personally dismantle it, merely weakening it with rings wouldn’t remove it—and might even trigger other rituals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, spiritual warriors had their own method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They always preferred brute force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They believed that once a ritual’s magic reached a certain threshold, forcibly breaking through it would activate the emergency measures with the weakest power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it became a gamble: whether your ritual’s emergency response was stronger, or my body was harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought you had some good plan—if I’d known, I’d have called Selina over. She’s at least a mage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You don’t understand. Mages dismantle things too slowly—extremely slowly. There are so many tombs in Jingmo; which one of them didn’t our Naga break through using this method? This is our specially made ring. Wait for a mage? They’d take a whole month to dismantle just one!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1174,"2026-06-20T19:55:30.170Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","44a648ce3d4277d52643655c6c1f5e7c25768ebf7540aeb28ce26ddc623f1250","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-160","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-158",704,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-cover.jpg"]