[{"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-600":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},2329644,4555,"Chapter 600: Colosseum","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-600",600,"\u003Cp>Two days passed in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, rain continued without pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the twilight hills, a white iron stream of some twenty soldiers slowly rolled across the springtime hills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Formed in a loose wedge: scouts, standard-bearers, soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chainmail and spears rose and fell with the slope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After marching for half a day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They dismounted, fearing the heavy hoofbeats would alert their target buried underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“About ten li left.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grand Tuanzhang  Carter turned back, his voice gravelly as a whetstone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath his rain-pattering helmet, his gaze fixed on Luo De, unreadable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Luo De, Miss Lily, are you well?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De and Lily wore the same attire as always.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden sword, black cloak, minimal leather; red breastplate, broken-blade shortsword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly distinct from these giant iron cans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De nodded at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glancing around, he spotted Sain, who had “borrowed” the [Tremor Blade], and couldn’t help laughing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sain met his gaze from afar, gripping his ceramic white sword at his waist, sneering coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grand Tuanzhang  Carter’s gaze drifted, lingering on the halfling girl beside Luo De.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since this is a dangerous expedition, why didn’t Mr. Luo De bring more reinforcements?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Unnecessary. Myself and Lily are enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily crossed her arms, pouted, shot him a glare, her cool expression tinged with annoyance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehehe—youth is wonderful, so confident. I like it. Interested in joining the Aethelon army?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What a pity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carter looked genuinely disappointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at the faint [Blood-Stained Mark] on the man’s body, he couldn’t help thinking of his son Levi’s wounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet despite the hatred he felt, the regret on his face was not feigned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Yigo Cult is corrupting the court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he not know?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Blood Horse Battalion being dismantled and reorganized into a conscription unit was not his wish—but eighty percent of Aethelon’s ministers have sided with the Yigo Cult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once factional strife surfaces, it becomes a fight to the death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The opposing side opposes every proposal, right or wrong, blindly; their own side supports every absurd, nation-destroying suggestion with blind, fervent zeal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crystalline sickness, crystal-core-driven hollow warriors, conjured spiritual constructs via linked spells, war with the Heavenly Court’s Flower Nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What choice does a battalion commander of a mid-sized force have?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Survival, that’s all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On instinct, Carter saw a glimmer of hope in this man before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Save the nation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the throne changed hands, the kingdom would still need men like me. Entering the vortex is meaningless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carter glanced at the Hunter of Shadows’ leader, Eve, disguised as a common soldier, and the tooth-fairy elf named Rosalia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered last night’s secret report on the Hunter of Shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are they Marco’s men?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doesn’t matter. What if they have a chance to win?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carter, Carter, you’re a fence-sitter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He steadied himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned and ordered the mages to cast spells masking their forms and footsteps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly drawn from the mana web’s spell slots—no incantation needed—within moments, a pale blue magical veil enveloped them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They advanced only a short while longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arriving at a small lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, each of them either cast a spell or swallowed a magic potion to gain underwater mobility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, under Grand Tuanzhang  Carter’s lead, they found the secret ritual passage beneath the water and entered one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily fell silent for a moment, then spoke slowly: “I never told you about my family, did I?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De glanced at the halfling girl beside him, barely reaching his waist, head bowed, her reddish-brown hair cut past her ears and tied into a wolf-tail ponytail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cute. Sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I want to hear.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl’s words were not a question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he did not answer directly, but expressed his willingness to listen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily smiled faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s a fool eavesdropping on us right now. I’ll tell you after we’re out—then you’ll have to help me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course. Between you and me, no need to state what kind of relationship we have.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entrance was narrow at first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it widened gradually, finally opening into a vast square beneath a rock dome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It should have been dark and silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—crackling, popping—colorful light spells flared suddenly across the dome, focusing intensely on Luo De and Lily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conscription troops had prepared in advance and swiftly withdrew, leaving only the two of them in the center of the square.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here we go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whoa—so direct. I thought they’d put on a show.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily exclaimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De drew the [Sacrificial Blade], shaking his head with a smile: “We all know the score. I won’t openly oppose Aethelon, and they don’t want to expose their ties to the Campbell family.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around the edge of the square, he saw several gray dwarves, and vast numbers of gnolls, goblins, and serpentfolk surrounding them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This must be the Campbell family’s standard roster—among them were a few humans, of high rank and status, all wearing insect masks of various kinds, concealing their true faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very rear, a man nearly three meters tall, clad in a gray-white mage robe, stood out strikingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conscription troops, led by Grand Tuanzhang  Carter, had firmly blocked the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De felt the [Cruel Mark] on his chest grow warm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His battle spirit surged; he stepped forward two paces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Will you all attack together, or one by one?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Guardian Luo De, are you so confident? You knew this was a trap, yet walked right in?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the Campbell faction members, wearing a dragonfly mask, spoke coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Worms trading filth underground—why should I respect you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragonfly-masked man, enraged, laughed bitterly, and his hand glowed as a key, rusted crimson, activated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground suddenly trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From slow to violent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dome above shattered spatial limits, rising upward; the ground beneath them sank downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The edges where the conscription troops and the Campbell faction stood remained utterly still; both sides watched coldly as Luo De and Lily fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a flash of brilliant spiritual light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene before them transformed utterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rock dome became a blue sky with white clouds; the circular square’s edges became tiered spectator stands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conscription troops and Campbell faction took their seats, arrogant and smug.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De and Lily remained in the center, gazing up at the stands—repeated blinding suns pierced their eyes, casting everyone into shadowed backlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De raised an eyebrow as a new message appeared on his panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【『Treasure Addiction』activated successfully!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Found treasure: ‘The Colosseum of the Blood Lion’s Spine’!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Details:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1. Spatial Lock: Forces all living beings within a 30-meter radius into the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2. Audience Frenzy: Based on the number of cheers and support, the gladiator may choose corresponding buffs.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>3. Escape Restriction: Flight and invisibility skills are prohibited; wounds cannot be healed by conventional healing techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>4. Home Advantage: Gladiators appearing as the artifact side are home gladiators; upon death, they may respawn in the spectator seats (once per gladiator only)!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>5. Honor Ladder: Home gladiators gain \"Honor Points\" upon landing a hit on an away gladiator!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consuming 50 Honor Points ensures the next strike is a critical hit; consuming 100 Honor Points grants 1.5 seconds of invincibility; consuming 200 Honor Points triggers \"Audience Riot,\" causing all spectators to throw weapons imbued with curse properties!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>6. Blood Lion Legacy: Consume all Honor Points to make attacks ignore defense; duration depends on the amount of Honor Points consumed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1235,"2026-06-20T19:55:32.074Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","41d2d8d526a079a95e0b60358f8ce71b39876deb43b8498d4e50b573e0088d94","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-601","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-599",704,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-cover.jpg"]