[{"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-534":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},2329578,4555,"Chapter 534: The Realm of Despair and the Counterstrike","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-534",534,"\u003Cp>“I have contacts in Shiying Town; you follow me for now, and I’ll take you there once I’ve finished what I’m doing here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De replied to the girl’s message while casually answering the half-ram Ainala’s question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He crushed another elemental shard with a crisp snap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wild, savage spirituality surged into his body again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint swelling and needle-like pain drifted through him, but real spirituality now flowed through every inch of his flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t you dare say it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once you get used to it, it’s pretty nice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially the feeling of not having to conserve something so ridiculously expensive—like riding a bicycle someone else won’t dare use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He secretly used the brass spirit-measuring orb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——439 ke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Solid progress—not as smooth as when he broke through during his fight with the Red Dragon and Aurelio.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A palm-sized elemental shard provides about five ke of spiritual enhancement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Luo De! The great cause I’m undertaking concerns the safety and balance of Shiying Town—and all of Dusk Hills! You must put aside your personal desires and emotions first!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The half-ram Ainala exclaimed anxiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That makes sense~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Luo De! Every second you delay, someone dies! Coral Bay has two great dragons! Not one! Two! You can’t be this selfish!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed~~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De answered casually, still striding forward with Pamelaia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind automatically filtered out useless chatter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dog-tribe member Sharon applied to kill the Blood Thorn clan leader, Tashaya, on the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was furious and agitated—this guy kept declaring “Luo De is dead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elf Kalist, commanding from the rear, approved the application.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She dispatched the halfling Lily with the [Victory Pod], capable of killing sorcerers, to assist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The underwater No.6 ritual site, jointly built by the zombie Selina and the spider-elf Yuna, successfully sealed the Hell passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De halted the ritual’s activation here, ordering the two to join the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the great dragons gone, a sixteen-member mage squad eliminated, and two clan leaders dead—plus the fact that, due to the mind flayer Hart’s partial revival, reinforcements could no longer be replenished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coral Bay instantly slipped into clear decline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Luo De!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De was annoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why is this woman constantly screaming?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You can’t be this selfish! Your actions are indirectly causing slaughter!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then why don’t you leave first?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can’t! I can’t contact anyone in Shiying Town right now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then just follow me. I’ll finish what I need to do, won’t I?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ainala stared at Luo De.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shook her head in disappointment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why is the world full of short-sighted, greedy people like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine. Please hurry up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She glanced again at Luo De’s crude, unskilled absorption of elemental shards, now more certain he was an uneducated country thief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to hold back, she frowned and spoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Luo De, I must warn you—elemental shards are crystalline products of spiritual essence. Without magical filtration, forcibly absorbing them like this lets tiny crystals enter your body. That causes Crystal Disease!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crystal Disease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A condition where absorbed microscopic spiritual crystals treat the human body as a growth medium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Supposedly, in advanced stages, the flesh is entirely replaced by crystals—worse than death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you for the warning.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De smiled, then crushed another elemental shard right before her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stinging flow made him shiver slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slight pleasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“.Hmph!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not much time passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three crossed the Montes Sea’s viewing garden, following the Hell passage thick with heat, evil, and sulfur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They entered a vast chamber formed entirely of jagged black-red rock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far ahead, the center revealed a blood pool encircled by the same black-red stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was already within Hell’s domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The half-ram Ainala covered her nose and halted at the boundary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Breathe through your shield, Mr. Luo De—Hell’s sulfur will burn your lungs to ash.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you for the warning. I’ve prepared in advance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De replied politely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t prepared at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The [Spatial Tendency] from the Corpserot Warrior Gorgon’s war-soul granted him immunity to natural hazards and effects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He strode forward to the edge of the Blood Pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stench of sulfur and rust hit him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pool boiled like a sea of blood—dark red fluid churned, bubbles bursting with soul-wails, twisted figures writhing faintly beneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The evil aura was overwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Splash—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three or four dark elves suddenly rose from the pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the crimson liquid fully dripped from their bodies, Luo De’s golden sword severed their heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another splash as they fell back into the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned to Pamelaia beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come on. It’s time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pamelaia nodded blankly, as if all hope had drained from her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She let her long dress fall, revealing her graceful body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she drew a dagger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Began carving strange, eerie runes onto her abdomen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wounds from the runes writhed like living flesh—no precision needed; they twisted and formed themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ainala, watching from afar, frowned and asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you doing, Mr. Luo De?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dealing with the dark elves and quelling the war, Miss Ainala.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De didn’t look up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to Pamelaia’s screams, he channeled the power of the [Realm of Despair] from the Despair Mycelium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief incision—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pamelaia’s abdomen split open into a massive wound; her internal organs writhed like worms, alive and active.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they crawled out, still attached to her body, growing mouthparts and eyes into the air, screaming skyward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bit cruel and evil, perhaps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the power of the Realm of Despair ignored the boundaries between organic and inorganic, spirit and matter, infecting every inch of the Blood Pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power of [Despair Mind] would radiate onto every dark elf reborn from the Blood Pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On one hand, this would corrupt Asmodeus’s power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other, infected dark elves who couldn’t resist despair would spiral into endless suicide, accelerating the depletion of the Blood Pool’s energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after the Hell passage was sealed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with a Blood Pool that could no longer regenerate, even surviving dark elves would be twisted beyond humanity by the Realm of Despair, no longer a threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop! Can’t you hear her screaming?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ainala cried out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snap—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De crushed another elemental shard; vast amounts of spiritual energy violently flooded his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——446 ke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned slowly to look at the half-ram standing at Hell’s edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Honestly, Miss Ainala—what have you actually done since arriving here to mediate? Why have I seen absolutely no sign of your actions?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? What are you talking about?! I’ve been trying to persuade Aurelio all along! Let her go right now! She’s about to die!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And so? I see no results. You can’t have missed the bones littering the streets, can you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? Bones? Where?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The half-elf Aenara stared in shock and horror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She grew agitated, her face twisted with disappointment and blame:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you saying? Why destroy the life nature has granted us? The earth bears our existence—why let hatred taint this land?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dark elves see Shi Ying Town as a thorn in their side because of the Guardian Array’s threat. Just hand over the array! Throw away all your weapons, show them your pacifism and kindness, and then there’ll be no war! No one will choose to harm a good person unarmed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But you! You’ve never once listened to the other side’s inner voice!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peace has always been mutual!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had already succeeded in half my mediation at Coral Bay—I’d convinced Aurelio not to attack Shi Ying Town so far!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fools of Shi Ying Town themselves stuck their necks under the blade!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Idiots! So stupid!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re just as selfish as that leader of Shi Ying Town with the same name. People like you are the root of war!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De froze for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, every word she spoke seemed absurd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are all the members of the Balance Association this brilliant?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such talent should be kept inside—don’t let it out into the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De shook his head, losing all interest in speaking with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The control of the Despair Mycelium had reached its final stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was his first time controlling this portion of power, and because of Pamela’s uniqueness, he had no choice but to come here in person to adjust it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the dark elf’s entire body twitched uncontrollably, as if reduced to a puppet of sentient organs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dragged by a stomach and lungs sprouting jointed limbs, she shuffled step by step toward the Bloodborn Pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De himself thought this skill was a bit too much visually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After this, better to use it sparingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I won’t say it again, Mr. Luo De! Break your dark magic!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>cried the half-elf Aenara.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the thief Luo De didn’t even turn his head, making his utter contempt unmistakable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She bit her lip in resentment and disappointment, then suddenly turned around:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“People like you are one of the roots of war wherever you go. Aurelio, cripple him—I’ll agree to your demands.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As her words fell,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a heavy, grinding roar of magic drew near, racing wildly closer!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thunderous explosion erupted from the Infernal Passage!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A furious shockwave crushed and swelled through the cramped passage, slamming like a tidal wave into everyone’s faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A figure with jet-black skin shattered through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pamela!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Aurelio’s restored handsome face burned endless fury and hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thrust his rapier with greater force than ever before, aiming straight for the back of that strangely familiar figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elemental shards snapped, spiritual essence flowed into his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——453 ke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiritual essence had accumulated sufficiently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fusion with his physical form reached a new stage of advancement!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De’s aura surged instantly to its peak, completing his advancement to High Seventh Stage in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power, speed, constitution, spiritual capacity, mature spiritual essence, and sharp spiritual essence all skyrocketed across his panel in a frantic scroll!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——508 ke!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, blue-white mist spilled from behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“ROOOOAR!!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The colossal, mountain-like body of the Bronze Dragon materialized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The roar unleashed a terrifying aura so immense the very air trembled!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Offering Blade unsheathed, the black-gold coating was already complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned around!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Aiselon’s Flash】!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twelve flashes!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1684,"2026-06-20T19:55:32.074Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","a899557a8f8d494c037c798218cea774491dbf0ee26d8126210762abd0856a5a","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-535","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-533",704,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-cover.jpg"]