[{"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-537":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},2329581,4555,"Chapter 537: The Druid","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-537",537,"\u003Cp>The sky’s body froze as if petrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It perfectly froze Aurelio’s stunned expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His jet-black skin rapidly faded, turning close to the color of soil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, like sand scattered by a gale, it turned to dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His clothing, weapons, and gear followed the collapse of his body and fell downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De naturally accepted them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a pull of his [Gravitational Wave], he sucked everything into his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now was no time for careful inspection—he shoved it all into his spell satchel at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Obtained negative buff: Hero’s Curse]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Stacks: 1]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Details: Spiritual recovery slowed by 5%, casting speed slowed by 5%, strength and constitution reduced by 5%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Resistance successful]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Latest effect: Spiritual recovery slowed by 1%, casting speed slowed by 1%, strength and constitution reduced by 1%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at the data on the panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De sighed inwardly: Indeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The half-deer hero’s prophecy may have carried hidden agendas, but it still drew upon or aligned with the power of the legendary prophetic river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was certainly some fate involved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In simple terms, the emergence of a hero was somewhat “in accordance with heaven’s will.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing a hero candidate, therefore, naturally incurred certain negative effects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder even places like Deepwater City took hero prophecies so seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if I forcibly resisted, the effect still triggered—thankfully, the reduction isn’t much.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De spotted Tashaya, leader of the Bloodthorn Clan, far away, pale with shock, as if seeing a ghost—despite enduring Sharon’s barrage of spells, she fled frantically in the opposite direction of Luo De.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And far off, the half-goat Einala had already drawn her black-gold longsword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sister was also a [hero candidate].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But stacking curses by killing someone like her felt hardly worth it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hero prophecies are truly disgusting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You killed Aurelio?! You killed a hero candidate?? Do you know this plunges the entire Twilight Hills into chaos!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Einala contemptuously threw her broken [Sword of Devotion] onto the ground and shouted at Luo De in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her expression had turned grotesque and frenzied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aurelio and I were both half-deer candidates—he was stubborn, but a gentle, powerful man; without him, peace in Shi Ying Town and Coral Bay would be impossible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she released her spiritual energy, forming a pale green net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It enveloped the nearby rocks and ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the rubble fused together and slowly rose into a ten-meter-tall stone giant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This half-goat was a druid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not all druids specialize in wild shape transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some summon and enhance natural creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some amplify spells and resonate with specific terrains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others control fungi and toxins, granting death new life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for this Einala, whose nostrils spewed twin streams of blood and whose eyes were bloodshot—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she was clearly of the “summon and enhance” type.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She summoned elemental spirits of rock and earth from the ground and endowed them with even greater bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I must kill you, I must kill you! Only then can I prevent future crisis and strife! Kill one to save countless lives!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De refused to look at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He drew his other sword from his waist—the pale, porcelain-like [Tremor Blade].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Laimu’s [Black Gold Coating] instantly dyed it black-gold, yet the sword retained gaps and openings for the thirty-six bulging, writhing Fear Demon Eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He casually swung it at the stone giant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vast spiritual energy surged through the swing—[Giant Slash]’s colossal spiritual blade flashed and vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stone giant stiffened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its upper body slid down with a thunderous crash, cleanly split in two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve spent plenty of time in your little cell already—might as well stay a while longer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he opened his palm and launched four humus ice blades, pinning her limbs to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, all thirty-six Fear Demon Eyes suddenly opened, rolled with a gurgle, and fixed their gaze directly on Einala.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she could cry out, Einala was struck as if by lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes widened, locked onto Luo De in horror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tears and drool streamed down her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She collapsed lifelessly onto the ground, trembling and convulsing uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De ignored her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned and flew toward the dark elf mages on the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dozen or so of them, casting together, had barely held off the forest mages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with Luo De’s arrival, they were crushed instantly between the two fronts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He closed in for melee, cutting through them like slicing melons on the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You run, I chase—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>blood flew, limbs scattered everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for Diami’s warning not to further damage the wall—saying it’d hinder post-battle recovery—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems the Witch Lady had long planned to seize Coral Bay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course—this is a port, valuable both strategically and commercially.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conveniently, after robbing the dragon, Luo De had a surplus of Jin Along he couldn’t spend—investing here would be ideal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Diami, as a council member, vouching for him, he could legitimately seize vast territories here; even if Asilong recovered and came to inspect, he’d have no grounds to challenge Luo De.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all threatening mages were eliminated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Tashaya, the eighth-rank leader being hunted by Sharon and Lily—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a certain dog-man had solemnly insisted on cutting off the enemy’s head himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De wouldn’t interfere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his bloodlust unquenched, he wandered into the chaotic battlefield and slaughtered indiscriminately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was scolded by Eve, who said his random killing among the crowd would panic the dark elves, scattering them and making cleanup far more time-consuming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were only about a hundred dark elf conscripts left—leave them to the girls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De slunk back to the rear to check on the girls’ injuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he returned, he learned:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many had been wounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghoul Pan Ni had exhausted her mana, her legs too weak to stand—she sat like a duck on Diami’s mana-restoration ritual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Supposedly, this was her second time coming to refill—luckily, ghouls have tough bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female beastwoman Ai Mi was covered in blood and wounds; two consecutive [Rage] states had left her utterly drained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was being treated with a medical pack while dozing off, leaning against a tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arachnid elf You Na had clearly pushed too hard—both her limbs broken, she sat pale and still beside them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not counting those still on the battlefield: the half-wolf Oujia, the treeling Wei Wei’an, the land naga Yi Fu, the witch Diami, the dog-woman Sharon, the halfling Lily, and the star-spirit Hai Li.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest all bore some blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, none of the wounds were severe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After visiting each lightly injured girl,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De strode through the medical zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He entered a temporary tent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes immediately fell on Mouse Girl No.13 lying on the bed, her buttocks pressed against the headboard, her plump, strong, long legs propped against the tent’s canvas, kicking playfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>lay the severely wounded elf Kali Shi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body was wrapped in bandages; she sat upright beside the bed, observing the battlefield through the rabbit-woman Ao Na’s magical vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah, Luo De is here to see you, Kalist.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ona smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This eighth-rank mage was in an unharmed state; it was said she had shattered two mage squads, with only the edge of her white robe singed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1203,"2026-06-20T19:55:32.074Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","c62f7a4a6a0f0df27e0d284941f12e43794e68c7a3990bfb2bde604250ce783c","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-538","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-536",704,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-cover.jpg"]