[{"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-566":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},2329610,4555,"Chapter 566: Deployment and the Troll","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-566",566,"\u003Cp>Olive Town is a small eastern village in the Heaven’s Flower Nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is remote enough, and the distance to any major city is mountainous and treacherous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The roads are bad, so it’s nothing but poverty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even so,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the town is nearly deserted due to the Heaven’s Flower Nation’s exorbitant taxes and forced conscription.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The war between the Heaven’s Flower Nation and the Aetheron Kingdom has dragged both nations into a quagmire, pulling everyone deeper step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most respectable dirt road in the town center has not been walked upon in a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abandoned wheelbarrows and luggage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fresh layer of dust covering them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a stiff, creaking sound of wooden wheels turning echoed from the end of the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It carved two fresh ruts into the town’s central avenue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the wooden cart,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>three naked female corpses lay still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their faces retained traces of tears and expressions of desperate fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fatal wounds on their necks and chests continuously bled, soaking into the wooden cart and dripping onto the earth with a steady drip-drip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pushed by two men, one tall and one short.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both wore ill-fitting, crude leather armor, and their weapons were slightly worn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They cursed under their breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, they were the bottom-tier members of an adventurer team, assigned to do the dirty work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they stopped beside a half-collapsed brick-and-stone hut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tall man wiped sweat from his brow. “No share in the women, but always stuck with the dirty jobs.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The short man twisted his waist, leering at the three corpses on the cart:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You weren’t interested when they were still warm. What a waste.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Disgusting. I can’t bring myself to touch them. I prefer them alive.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s the difference? Besides, there are almost no live women left here. Lucky we brothers spotted signs someone had opened the cellar in this town—otherwise where would we get three women to feast on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tall man sneered: “You know women are scarce, yet you kill them all at once? These guys really—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't blame them. The boys have been holding it in for two months. Do you think finding the labyrinth's entrance is easy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the short man walked toward the abandoned brick-and-stone hut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he reached for the half-broken wooden door,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a clanking sound of armor moving reached them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mixed with two sets of footsteps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One steady and heavy, the other light and natural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned his head in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cool spring breeze swept through, stirring up dust that blurred his vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, on the town’s only still-decent dirt road, a fierce-looking woman in silver spear and armor stepped forward slowly, followed by a half-deer girl with an expression of pity and sorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flying dust obscured the fierce woman’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clear she turned toward the three female corpses on the cart; her hands trembled, then were swallowed by a dark, heavy aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Woman!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The short man cried out in delight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He instinctively drew his worn short knife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you crazy? She’s accompanied by a half-deer! Don’t you know who she is?! She’s a Hero Candidate! Do you think you can beat her?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His companion warned loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“True… but don’t you want to taste a Hero Candidate?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man’s eyes blazed with desire and excitement, his pupils dilated wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of pink chaotic energy passed through his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ahead,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the half-deer girl Qila said solemnly: “Lady Gre, as you suspected, there are signs of chaotic energy contamination here too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, faint. Even this level causes mutation? Observe a little longer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But why? These two have such low spiritual class—they shouldn’t and couldn’t attract the attention of the Other Realm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Other Realm’s [Seal] and gaze do not descend without cause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when a target generates and releases massive negative emotions, and possesses exceptional talent, might they draw attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two clearly do not meet this rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gre swung her heavy, dominant silver steel spear, shattering the air with a humming vibration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes narrowed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perhaps… it was deliberately dropped.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the tall adventurer froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the influence of the pink glow,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>for no reason, he recalled the memory of his teammates attacking the three women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been filthy and cruel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he somehow felt a hidden ecstasy within it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the contamination was quite mild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He struggled briefly—some sliver of rationality surfaced due to practical concerns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I want! I want to fuck them! But we can’t beat her!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the short man no longer cared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who cares! We’ve got a seventh-rank troll!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He roared with wild laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he rushed toward the abandoned brick-and-stone hut and pounded on the door:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey! Dinner’s ready, Zack! Wake up, Zack!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tall man instantly broke into cold sweat and grabbed him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re insane! That troll’s an idiot! Only the captain can control him! He’ll eat us all!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he clearly didn’t notice his companion’s abnormality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While still warning him, he saw the short man’s worn short knife slash down onto his own shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahh!! Are you crazy?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tall man collapsed to the ground, screaming in agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not crazy! Hahaha! I’m going after that hero and the half-deer—even if I die!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qila watched the scene before her and felt uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked to her hero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The troll possesses nearly the strongest flesh regeneration of its entire race… Lady Gre.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is the perfect counter to warriors like Lady Gre.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She did not voice this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>if Yaoshuo  the ultimate counter,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qila’s mind recalled the man she had met in Kava Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that earth-shattering Bronze Dragon Battle Spirit…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gre shook her head: “Something’s off. I feel no threat.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she noticed the short man, seeing no response from within, began frantically kicking the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a crash,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the heavy, brown, rusted iron-plated wooden door burst open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But almost simultaneously,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a flash of golden swordlight darted past, like a hurricane severing the short man’s neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He froze instantly in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gre sensed the spiritual energy in the swordlight—her heart pounded wildly for no reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she could think,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she lunged forward in a single stride, sweeping her massive steel spear to knock the frozen man aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man collapsed straight to the ground, his head snapping off like a doll’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Greya see the scene inside the abandoned brick hut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dim daylight filtered through the half-collapsed roof.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It fell upon a pile of stacked, neatly cubed blocks of brown skin and flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The muscle fibers still writhed, trying to reconnect to the correct bodily links.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood pooled across the floor, splattered halfway across the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the half-shadow where the light could not reach,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a tall man stood facing the corner, holding a beautifully graduated golden longsword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood dripped from the blade, cruel and cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Slosh—slosh—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet at the corner the man faced,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a faint shape could be made out: a crouching girl, neatly dressed with elegant contours, her arms tightly wrapped around the man’s thigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her head bowed, doing something indiscernible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? You’re not with him—wait a moment, I’ll be done soon—sshh—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Guzin~~ Don’t collapse~~ Hohoh, watch Tally~~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man half-turned in the darkness and spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl ahead mumbled incoherently, her words unclear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1218,"2026-06-20T19:55:32.074Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","afcd15f7cc66efab92d61f4712fa1e6b6506cbb30841f27bd725ae4204d9c077","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-567","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-565",704,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-cover.jpg"]