[{"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-583":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},2329627,4555,"Chapter 583: The Goddess","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-583",583,"\u003Cp>Are magical aether energies forbidden in Dusk Hills?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the sound waves of magic expanded outward, the vast magical canopy covering the land responded in turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It stirred a ripple of magic, spreading rapidly outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De’s expression changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mistral protected him—that much had been certain back in Olive Town when the vampire Vanessa used the Wish spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now it was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This goddess of magic had explicitly issued such a declaration, even announcing it across the entire continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant the matter had nothing to do with him personally; Dusk Hills itself possessed unique properties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De immediately thought of the Igoh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the far western frontier of Athelon, this land lay just across the Death Desert from the exiled Igoh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anything could reach them most directly—or if they truly managed to escape the Death Desert’s bounds—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Ying Town, and then Dusk Hills, would be the first to encounter them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But upon further thought, it felt wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could the exiled Igoh truly influence a goddess of magic?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Or perhaps… the First Era relic hidden beneath Shi Ying Town?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De shook his head and let it go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Karen the Gnome was reduced to powder by Mistral’s magic, the jackal-men who claimed to serve the Campbell family were utterly terrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bloodied and battered, they knelt on the ground, begging Tally for mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beaten, dazed jackal-men seemed to believe this succubus lady had summoned a god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tally flicked the blood off her blade with a smug grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, pressing her fierce yet softened face against Luo De’s chest, she pouted and asked if she’d been good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She naturally cared nothing for anything outside her master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She paid little heed to Mistral’s divine prohibition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The halfling Lily, recovering from her shock, voiced concern:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mages are a curious lot. With a goddess of magic’s lifespan, they’ll risk coming here—and then Dusk Hills won’t be free of their meddling.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I only hope these arriving mages cause less trouble.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Banning mages from coming was impossible; though they loved stirring up trouble,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>their creativity was unmatched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tally smiled with her face—similar to Luo De’s, but softer—and asked, “Master, what should we do with these little things?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The jackal-men gasped in horror and immediately shifted their kneeling allegiance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not advisable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was a halfling of the Knightly Alliance, which had a clear principle against killing—though not strictly enforced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily herself had killed when necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d shown no mercy to the Bahadur Magic Academy—after humiliating them, she struck lethal blows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But generally, she chose restraint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Coral Bay is still under construction. Angering a notorious black-market family too early might cause problems.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De considered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t afraid of the Campbell family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem was Dusk Hills was too vast; his influence still didn’t reach far enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These men were involved in human trafficking—premature confrontation before Coral Bay was complete might not be wise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He nodded: “Lock them up. Let them send someone to extradite the criminals and post bail.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Karen the Gnome—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who cared? Let him die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asking him to come ransom his men was already Luo De’s last courtesy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they want to turn hostile, let them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the jackal-men were dragged off to Shi Ying Town’s jail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De then went to find the old gentleman Humbert and the witch Dimia, informing them the conscription squad had arrived in Stormwind City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both were pessimistic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were clearly well-traveled and knew what these conscription squads were like when they came to the countryside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They immediately had salted meat and cheese stored in cellars, sealed the mill under the pretense of “quarantine for plague,” while actually preserving flour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They made unmarried girls smear soot on their faces to appear as old women, and sent eligible youths hiding into the forests beyond Twin Fingers Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Luo De now knew,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the war between the Heavenly Flower Kingdom and the Athelon Kingdom aimed to rapidly reduce population to forcibly counter emotional projections from another dimension,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he understood this war was meaningless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would not let Shi Ying Town’s people die for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the time came, he would stage a “plague outbreak” in Shi Ying Town to deter conscription.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that he feared them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, they represented a nation’s army; appearances had to be maintained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After discussing these matters,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De returned to the forest by evening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elf Kalist had already been waiting outside the Bai Yu grove.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still wearing her tight, pale-blue one-piece suit, hugging every inch of her skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her thigh-high boots with rolled cuffs emphasized legs longer than her life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally perfect proportions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She crossed her arms, scowling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this ban issued by the goddess Mistral connected to you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De nearly thought she knew about his connection to Mistral.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shrugged: “How could it be? But I heard Shi Ying Town hides a First Era relic—perhaps it’s related.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A First Era relic?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De realized he’d never told her about this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He relayed the information from the vampire king Yulia, and what the Witherer Greta had learned from the ancient spiritual memories of the Windwall Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kalist paused thoughtfully:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tracing the ancient memories of trees—that’s a druidic secret art… but I happen to know it too, though success rates are very low.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll handle it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De’s Tree Blessing had evolved into [Child of Nature].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of its natural phases, [Ancestral Memory], allowed him to trace ancient tree memories and recover lost natural arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sounded far more reliable than their low-success-rate secrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kalist was already used to Luo De possessing numerous “tricks.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn’t surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Windwall Forest is large. Checking each tree one by one wastes time. I can sense whether any trees carry special spiritual signatures—wait a moment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph. You’ve never stopped troubling me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kalist said coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elves were prickly—this phrase meant exactly the same as “no need to be so formal.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finished speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elf lady’s snow-white hands glowed with translucent white magic, sending thin streams to link with the forest trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This process will take time. You don’t need to wait here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She appeared immobilized, holding the same pose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I’ve asked you for help, how could I possibly go rest? I’ll stay here with you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Hmph. Then why are you staring at my body?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De pretended not to hear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked closer: “This seems like a perception-based skill. I can temporarily boost your casting efficiency and perception—want to try?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the spiritual whip of [Painful Lash] materialized in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, Kali's eyes flickered with momentary daze and longing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it instantly turned to shock and anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How dare you!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, fine, fine—don't use that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De stopped teasing her and directly shared the [Spider Sense].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A message suddenly popped up on the interface:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【\"Trace State\" triggered! Memory Tree successfully intercepted!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【View now?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1165,"2026-06-20T19:55:32.074Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","ee41e6a10f94b29a9eae2014c08a4d1ef43b49161b8ac51dd56c8e706bcdb122","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-584","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-582",704,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-cover.jpg"]