[{"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-683":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},2329727,4555,"Chapter 683: Tree Patterns and Occupation","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-683",683,"\u003Cp>Whether it’s the [Whisper of the Galaxy] or the [Heart’s Prophecy], as prophetic spiritual arts, both require a medium and a cost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For most half-deer people, their prophetic medium is still their deer ears, and the cost is their lifespan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the fully activated shared skill gives Luo De options.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is, prophecy without cost—but also less accurate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What can I do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a human, Luo De has no deer ears as a medium, and his lifespan is merely a hundred years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time I pay with my lifespan, am I even going to live?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The chance to become a god is within reach?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De smirked, not particularly concerned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sand-carved characters on the stone steps faded, and the roaring wind and sand once again filled Luo De’s ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Naga lady’s post-battle speech had ended, and the Naga soldiers roared with passion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they began the frantic looting of corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speeches are speeches, but greed is nature—especially for the famed land-dwelling Naga.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eve had no interest in these petty looting efforts, not even in the four seventh-rank high-tier corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had her own greedy target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her scales shimmered brilliantly as she approached Luo De, full of vigor and radiance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How was it? My line: ‘Tomorrow, the enemy will return, licking their wounds—while we’ll show them with double the fury who truly rules this battlefield!’ Wasn’t that great?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De hadn’t even listened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eve pouted, sensing his lack of attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shifted her serpent body, revealing the damaged parts of her [Radiant Scales], even the inner silver armor dented inward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look, my armor’s ruined. Why don’t you give me a new one? Something high-quality—preferably a treasure.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her beautiful serpent eyes shimmered with hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d acquired plenty of loot lately, and armor wasn’t rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem was, Luo De simply didn’t want to indulge Eve’s outrageous demand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spread his hands: “Do I look like someone who wears armor?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eve’s expression immediately fell: “Pfft, what good are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Though… I could add some other properties to this armor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After ascending to [Child of Nature], [Growth Spirituality] gained a new effect: [Tree Pattern Enlightenment].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[“Tree Pattern Enlightenment”: Carve tree patterns onto an object’s surface to grant it specific attributes.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This “specific attribute” sounds powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in reality, it must be used in tandem with [Growth Spirituality]’s basic function: random skill generation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is, [Growth Spirituality] randomly generates skills on items, and [Tree Pattern Enlightenment] can capture them and assign them to a chosen object.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you mean? Are you an alchemist?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just watch.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De placed his hand on her silver armor, spent five points of Growth Spirituality, and applied the attribute [Memory Metal].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of tree-like patterns ran across the metal surface, then faded, barely visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dented back began to bulge outward slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eve cast an identification spell, her eyes lighting up instantly: “Again! Again!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ownership Binding].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Again! Again!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De didn’t mind—he’d accumulated plenty of Growth Spirituality lately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Glow][Illusion][Shock Reduction][Lubrication][Blindness][Auto-Translation]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He triggered several in quick succession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially after [Glow] and [Illusion].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The armor enveloped Eve in a dazzling, mesmerizing halo, making her appear especially sacred and radiant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The land-dwelling Naga loved vanity—she burst into loud laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She spun around constantly, showing off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially in front of Tally, as if to say, “Do you have this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The succubus rolled her eyes, too lazy to respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Luo De, this is armor—why not add some defense-boosting properties?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spread his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not that he didn’t want to—he just hadn’t gotten any.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The miserable forest warden had never rolled a skill he actually wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait, what does this [Lubrication] mean?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Accident.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sneaking in some personal content, folks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The land-dwelling Naga’s figure was strikingly alluring, unlike the natural harmony and perfect proportions of Kallist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her slightly larger frame, combined with equal voluptuousness, yet with a waist as slender as a water snake due to the different musculature of her serpent body, retained aesthetic grace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If coated in lubricant… perhaps it would be quite an experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Eve didn’t care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was lost in the radiant, illusory beauty of her armor, her mood soaring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, shall we go in?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De nodded toward the tomb entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, not yet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eve’s smile turned sly and alluring: “Emptying the tomb is easy—go in, come out, and then it’s no longer ours. Hehe, I don’t just want the tomb—I want this territory, and the oasis region we passed on the way here too!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, send troops under the guise of development to occupy it, then indefinitely delay actual development—until it becomes theirs by default.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old imperialist trick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De glanced at the tomb entrance—it still looked unfinished, the stone stairs not fully descending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just say it’s one of the ancestral tombs of the Braal Clan. Forge a few Braal artifacts, claim they were dug up from inside, then declare the Gulesh Clan split off from you. Then when you attack, it’ll be perfectly justified.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eve froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she leapt forward and planted a loud kiss on Luo De’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brilliant! Brilliant! With you here, I’ll become King of the Mirror Desert in no time!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De had just been joking—he’d learned from his past life that ancient rebellions always demanded legitimacy and righteous cause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to historical conditioning, even a dropout of nine-year compulsory education could improvise a few lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the land-dwelling Naga stole tombs, broke oaths, were warlike and greedy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>their priests held high status, they never desecrated ancestral tombs, and they revered ancestral spirits—they clearly still valued legitimacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’s a decent girl, you could say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What followed was simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eve urgently summoned her troops and cleared a path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De stayed put, deploying his [Aura of Fear] combined with the Bronze Dragon’s war-spirit aura—a brutal combo that terrified the arriving Gulesh Clan into disarray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It lasted until nightfall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did the Braal Clan’s army arrive and quickly set up camp and fortifications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gulesh Clan, knowing Luo De was not to be trifled with, sent a peace request by night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing their urgency, Eve immediately realized the tomb was far more valuable than she’d thought—her eyes sparkled with gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But forging Braal Clan relics took time, so she feigned agreement and postponed negotiations to three days later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enemy, overwhelmed by Luo De’s dominance, had no choice but to comply—who knew if they’d truly behave?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the next evening, the situation had barely stabilized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After two days and nights of exhaustion, the beloved Princess Eve, under repeated urging from her officers, finally agreed to rest in her tent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unbeknownst to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the tent, another battle would begin—far fiercer and more brutal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Princess Eve, the commanding general, was tragically captured, tormented mercilessly by a certain forest warden, until she could only utter hollow, drained whispers and gasps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1140,"2026-06-20T19:55:32.419Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","7bd6cff1a2b0911acc27053f0b59322c68ef3d48d1eae4a29977b95ff815ee06","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-684","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-682",704,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-cover.jpg"]