[{"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-191":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},2329235,4555,"Chapter 191: Dark Elves Appear","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-191",191,"\u003Cp>Lin Saixier paused: “You mean you’ll give criminals a chance at redemption?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De boredly pulled out the black Shi Laimu and rolled it around in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You might as well consider them dead—after submitting to me, they merely emit their final afterglow; all their actions are my will.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long ago, he had played with this black Shi Laimu alongside Tally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The succubus molded it into a hollow cylinder and slid it over the rocket to build up energy, but its size was too limited to fully encase the powerful rocket—its top needed Tally’s mouth to handle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, the [Elibert’s Secret Guide to Pleasure] has expired, and this breathing technique still classifies Luo De as training with Tally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It couldn’t achieve spiritual exchange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, the two tried many other methods—all failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a week of effort, Luo De largely gave up and decided to seek help from [Growth Spirit].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Add points! Give me a path!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Growth Spirit used successfully]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Special-body Shi Laimu (unnamed) gained skill: Slime Ball]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Details: Growth Spirit activated an innate spiritual art the special-body Shi Laimu (unnamed) had not yet mastered—the Shi Laimu can consume its own moisture to synthesize and expel slime balls, inflicting a slight slowing effect on enemies.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Remaining Growth Spirit: 62]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good good good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pathetic skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worse still, this thing counts as a sentient race—each point upgrade costs 10 Growth Spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a proper universalist,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he read the skill’s details while keeping an eye on the girl beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tiefling Lin Saixier fell silent upon hearing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given her race and identity, she must have hidden troubles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Luo De wouldn’t probe for now—their relationship hadn’t reached that point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were Kali Site  or Dimeya, it’d be fine—both were already acquaintances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ahead,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the shouting at the negotiation table grew fiercer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knew what they were arguing about, but the Coral Bay people were flushed red, clearly falling behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They signaled a red-hooded mage from the rear to come forward and assist—the debate escalated further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tally: “Wow, so cheap—calling in outside help.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Kali Site  frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De noticed: “What’s wrong?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That red-robed mage is a Dark Elf.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kali Site ’s gaze sharpened, fixed on the Dark Elf completely concealed by the red robe at the distant negotiation table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knew how she could tell, but she wasn’t the type to speak recklessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>History is written by the victors; she was a traditional Elf of the Nature School, and she loved knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throughout the Elf histories she’d read, Dark Elves were always stigmatized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they had merely split due to ideological differences, most traditional Elves—including Kali Site —considered Dark Elves irredeemably evil and chaotic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dark Elf, huh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De glanced again at the tiefling girl beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Falshad had said the Dark Elves they encountered were connected to these tiefling siblings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, this group of Dark Elves served a Hell Duke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Demonic periods have been appearing frequently lately—and the master mentioned by the demon Artu might be this Hell Duke?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not necessarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nine Layers of Hell each have at least one Duke; their methods of interfering with the surface vary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He decided to test Kali Site ’s stance first: “What do you do when you encounter Dark Elves?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Elf’s reply was direct and icy: “But unlike traditional Elves who prefer to act alone, Dark Elves travel in groups—in past travels, if I encountered them, I’d naturally find a way to kill them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De finished for her: “But now that you live in the forest, to avoid endangering your forest companions, you’ve had to hold back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kali Site  didn’t deny it; her expression was sour, and she snorted coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At least you know you’re holding us back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aren’t you only sixth-rank too?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, aren’t you already hundreds of years old? Why are you still only at peak sixth-rank?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing that Elf girls weren’t as sensitive about age as human women, Luo De asked bluntly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kali Site ’s face remained expressionless: “It’s fair. While Elves are granted the innate spiritual art [Longevity Race], their ability to absorb and accumulate spiritual energy is severely suppressed—as the price for their extended lifespan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Humans, however, differ—though your lifespan is merely a century without intervention, your magical and spiritual aptitude is among the strongest on the entire continent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of magical aptitude,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De recalled his friend, the halfling Lily from Emerald City—her spellcraft and combat proficiency were quite impressive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they rescued the Dragon Soul Naolin, she had fully dominated a sixth-rank high-tier student from Bahadur Magic Academy despite only just reaching sixth-rank low-tier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As idle chatter flowed, time slipped away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first hour of negotiations had passed, and it was now the time the leader had agreed to meet with Ameier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from Lin Saixier, Luo De’s group slipped away secretly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yiku Hill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leeward slope, across a mountain from the negotiation table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An elderly tiefling with red skin and demonic horns slowly stepped over the grass, leaning on his staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His clothes were neat, his white hair combed precisely behind his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression was calm, as if resigned to entering his grave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he stopped before a small slope bearing signs of a landslide, then tapped the ground with his staff—magical ripples immediately spread from his position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until those ripples touched the brown soil of the landslide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[True Sight].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spell capable of revealing ordinary, magical, and dark secret doors—also capable of piercing invisibility, illusions, and shape-shifting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, only if the user’s skill and rank are sufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the magical ripples rippled, a secret door concealed by magical illusions appeared in the slope’s soil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elderly tiefling stepped forward and opened the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chaotic, filthy alchemical laboratory came into view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sighed at the middle-aged human beside him: “Ameier, as an elder, I must give you advice: one key principle of magical research is cleanliness—removing external influences yields more stable results. You’re a plague mage specializing in micro-level phenomena; you know how complex bacteria and dust spores are, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Actually, I don’t understand. Plague mage is just my side job—so is being a mage. What are you doing here, Old Lu Xiusi? I don’t recall scheduling a meeting with you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ameier spoke flippantly—he was a bearded middle-aged man radiating an untrustworthy aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The negotiations with Windstorm City have begun.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tiefling Lu Xiusi cast [Mage Hand], sweeping debris off a wooden stump, then used [Cleanse] to wipe the surface clean before sitting down to rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As an elder, he naturally preferred sitting over standing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1102,"2026-06-20T19:55:30.170Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","4489fafb1688a899cab6b87c2c8e05461a4d46aaf4392b80ac0e1dc85cbf933d","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-192","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-190",704,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-cover.jpg"]