[{"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-651":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},2329695,4555,"Chapter 651: Enter","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-651",651,"\u003Cp>Boom—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fused dragon-beast’s heavy body slammed violently against the outer wall of the Gazing-Moon Hall under the effect of a gravity spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The intense shock sent clouds of dust cascading from the fissures of the hemispherical stone structure, rustling down and instantly burying the dragon-beast’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De leaped backward to create distance and avoid being caught in the blast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For a site once worshipped as divine, aren’t these three side halls—each holding a relic—strange?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Events from the First Era are too distant; the truth is nearly impossible to uncover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never mind whether this so-called deity even existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pale Eye,” “Illusory Blood,” “Silent Crown.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Can any of these three be linked to the Moon Deity? I’ve read little—don’t try to fool me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hailie cast a [Biological Field Barrier] on herself first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she hurled a throwing knife at the fused Dance-Spirit and struck it with a [Weakened Host].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This spell weakens any creature capable of possession or parasitism within its host.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet when the magical rays struck the Dance-Spirit, nothing happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Complete symbiotic fusion.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Star-Spirit girl frowned. “It is indeed strange, but the ancient inscriptions on the structure, once analyzed by scholars, carry no biased interpretation—meaning, at least, the intent is accurate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless biased interpretation is involved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De nearly laughed out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This woman constantly boasts about Star-Spirit history and greatness, yet she clearly knows the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She only says it because she’s a Star-Spirit—she has no choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spear wrapped in emerald magic veered past a shard of ice-blade and shot straight for Luo De’s face, while the fused dragon-beast roared, using the thick dust and obscuring mist to silently circle behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From his right palm, black fluid spread outward with the cold, metallic texture of steel, immovable as a mountain, forming a pure black cross-spear in his grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His muscular arm, steady as a dwarf’s steel prosthetic, unleashed countless flickering black blade flashes in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The charging fused dragon-beast suddenly lost all strength, its body erupting in waves of surging blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It finally shattered into dozens of chunks, tumbling and splashing into the crawling mist below with the force of its momentum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De didn’t even look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His free hand shot upward, gripping the spear’s shaft—the tip trembled, mere centimeters from his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the emerald magical control, it tried to slip from his grasp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his fingers clamped like iron vices, unmoving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[‘King of Polearms’ activated successfully.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[‘Unknown Steel Spear’ confiscated!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Effect: None]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The emerald magic instantly shattered and faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though hidden beneath full armor, the Dance-Spirit’s movements betrayed clear shock and hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spun the steel spear half a circle in his palm—and it vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thunderous, explosive roar tore through the forest, invisible to the naked eye, yet in an instant, a colossal shockwave blasted away the surrounding mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Look again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fused Dance-Spirit’s upper body was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a column of dragonbreath crushing through, only a half-circular wound remained, cleanly pierced through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De retracted his Slime-Spear and brushed nonexistent dust from his palms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t want to touch these things—they were disgusting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hailie walked over slowly, her face grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She exuded a small cluster of magic from her palm and showed it to Luo De.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—The magic cluster visibly leaked away, slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I felt something was off when I cast earlier—the mist’s absorption rate of magic has increased. This is bad.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If we’re stuck in the labyrinth, at least someone outside knows—we can still hope the Return Prophet will find a way to rescue us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if the mist’s magic absorption keeps accelerating, recovery will never catch up—and the mage could soon face total magical depletion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Faster? Really?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De took a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His spiritual energy, depleted in battle, refilled instantly as always.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not bad—maybe a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t even noticed until now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hailie stared, dumbfounded, as Luo De’s spiritual energy surged back to fullness in an instant. She poked his chest like she’d seen a ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you even human? You guy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De grabbed her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To ease the discomfort of the enslavement mark, he also used the Grass Domain’s [Green Vine Mutual Healing] to restore energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing him take her hand willingly, Hailie’s heart surged with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Luo De—you can’t hold back anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet her face remained calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This trial is almost certainly beyond your level—you can’t handle it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fused dragon-beast and Dance-Spirit had both reached mid-Eighth Tier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could tank and cast—unless they were exceptional, no single Star-Spirit trialist, even with a frontline, could defeat them alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We have no choice—we wait here until the Return Prophet rescues us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hailie sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could feel Luo De replenishing her energy beside her—and strangely, she felt less afraid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We can wait, but surrendering our fate entirely to others isn’t dignified.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the labyrinth’s rules on his panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—[Pleasing: Collect all three relics and offer them at the altar to end the labyrinth.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least this rule still stands—so the chance to end the labyrinth ourselves remains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You mean?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De tapped the outer wall of the Gazing-Moon Hall: “Take the relics—they’re right in front of us. Why wouldn’t we?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hailie frowned at the broken corpses and blood-soaked black earth: “But they—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They’re them. I’m me. Besides—it’s just fusion. I’ve fused with plenty of girls before.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Star-Spirit girl froze, a faint blush of luminescence flickering across her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh—in Star-Spirit law, sexual harassment carries a sentence of at least three years.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brief rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Hailie’s internal magic was fully restored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two entered the Gazing-Moon Hall through the curved gap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—White.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything visible was white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flawless hemispherical white dome, its center embedded with a massive transparent crystal containing a pale eyeball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eyeball trembled slightly, as if alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twelve silver chains extended from around the crystal, driven deep into the ground, engraved with ancient, blurred runes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Woo… woo… woo…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint sobbing seeped into their ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Crying?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hailie gasped. “Why is there crying inside the Gazing-Moon Hall?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De squeezed her hand gently: “Focus. It’s coming.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sealed pale eyeball suddenly slithered with a wet, squelching sound, its emotionless, black-veined pale pupil locking directly onto them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Attention!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have been struck by ‘Lucas’s Mad Eye’!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1048,"2026-06-20T19:55:32.419Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","1fd93bd57c2bd3b8c22f835bedfd7abc1448df1a66f0fbd07ec4946ee43d38ae","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-652","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-650",704,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-cover.jpg"]