Lord: Starting with Summoning the Regular Army of Earth

After this brief incident, the newly arrived experts and soldiers quickly got to work.

Matthew returned to his room and continued translating the "Handbook of Dangerous Creatures" with Will. The two worked until late into the night before finally completing the translation of all the content related to the high-risk creatures in the Misty Mountains.

Matthew was so exhausted that he almost fell asleep the moment his head hit the pillow, and the whole room fell silent, but the faint sounds of hammering from the blacksmith's forge and sawing from the carpentry workshop could still be heard.

After a long while, Shirin emerged from the dark corner and went straight to the desk. Her bright eyes, hidden beneath the hood, glanced at the books and the parchment covered with strange symbols.

"Is this the script used by those goblins?" The black cat looked curiously at the strange symbols on the parchment and then sniffed it.

However, only Shirin can understand its words; to others, they just hear meowing.

Shirin nodded, carefully comparing the contents of the parchment and the book, trying to grasp those wondrous words.

For her, learning a language is indeed not a difficult task.

But while she was studying those strange characters, the black cat silently appeared on Matthew's bed.

His gaze fell on the magic pendant that dangled from Matthew's collar.

In fact, to everyone else, the pendant was just an ordinary crystal pendant at that moment, and even the black cat couldn't see its extraordinary nature.

Only Shirin's special spiritual eyes can do it.

But perhaps out of some instinctive curiosity, the black cat raised its front paw, wanting to hook the magic pendant.

However, just as its furry little paws touched the pendant...

"Buzz—"

A sudden change has occurred!

Without warning, the pendant burst forth with a dazzling halo of light.

A powerful, ancient energy, seemingly originating from the very source of the world, erupted like a volcano that had been dormant for millions of years, instantly forming an invisible yet indestructible energy barrier centered on the pendant.

"Meow--"

The black cat looked as if it had been struck by lightning, its fur standing on end.

His body was violently thrown out as if by an indescribable shockwave.

With a loud bang, it slammed against the hard stone wall of the room, causing dust to fall from the roof beams.

This sudden turn of events startled Xilin. She turned around, not knowing what had happened, but without time to think, she rushed over, grabbed the ruffled black cat, and instantly vanished into the shadowy space.

Soon, hurried footsteps sounded outside the door, followed by Conrad's voice: "Your Highness, Your Highness?"

Seeing no response, Conrad pushed open the door and walked in with some concern, glancing at Matthew on the bed.

But Matthew seemed too exhausted to wake up at all; he simply turned over.

Conrad cautiously surveyed the room, then went to the window to look out, feeling a little strange. Had he misheard something?

He quietly walked to Matthew's bedside again, covered him with a blanket, and then quietly left the room, closing the door behind him.

Meanwhile, on the rooftop of an abandoned house far from the lord's manor, Shirin's figure slowly emerged.

She patted her chest, still shaken, and hugged the black cat, whose fur was bristling and whose body was trembling slightly, tightly with her other hand.

"My God... Night Song, are you alright? What just happened?" Xilin's voice was filled with lingering fear as she carefully checked on her partner.

She could sense that Ye Ge's internal energy was disordered, indicating that he had suffered a significant shock.

"Cough... Meow... I almost... I almost really became a dead cat..." The black cat, Night Song, gasped for breath, its eerie purple eyes filled with horror and fear. "I just wanted to touch that sacred object, but I didn't expect it to attack me!"

It recalled the feeling of that moment just now, and was still terrified.

It was not just an energy surge, but more like a deterrent will from a higher level, a level of rules.

It allowed him to personally experience the power and extraordinary nature of the sacred object.

Upon hearing this, Xilin finally understood what had happened. Although she felt a strange sense of schadenfreude, she was also quite surprised.

Unexpectedly, the sacred object seemed to possess its own consciousness, actively attacking those who plotted against it. It appears that it has become symbiotic with Matthew, making it virtually impossible for others to remove it from him.

"Curiosity killed the cat, that's absolutely true!" Shirin laughed, still not being kind enough.

"Who told you to describe the sacred object as so extraordinary before, and then be so eager to get your hands on it? You made me curious too, and I almost lost my life!" Ye Ge complained irritably, trying to cover up her earlier embarrassment with her arrogance.

Shirin sighed helplessly, "Alright, alright, it's my fault. But this also confirms one fact: we don't need to worry about taking it away quietly anymore, unless we kidnap that young lord along with it!"

She paused, as if thinking of something, her gaze shifting slightly: "However, you have reminded me of something else."

"What?" Ye Ge looked up warily. "What mischief are you up to now?"

Shirin looked toward the lord's manor, her eyes becoming deep: "I'm thinking, since we can't forcibly take the sacred relic, and it is indeed helping this young lord and his territory... then perhaps we can try a different approach."

"What's the thought process?"

"Since we can't take it away, let's keep an eye on it!" Shirin suddenly looked at Yege with a serious expression. "Yege, after I go to the Misty Mountains, you stay here and watch over that sacred object. We can't let anyone else have their eyes on it. At the very least, we need to make sure that the sacred object doesn't fall into the hands of the Church of Light."

Ye Ge did not show any extreme reaction, but remained silent for a moment, seemingly weighing the pros and cons.

Although it didn't like the task, it understood that Shirin's considerations were reasonable.

It would be too risky to leave such an important relic in the hands of a small border lord with no background.

Moreover, after observing all night, it was filled with curiosity about the sacred object, Matthew, and the goblins, and wanted to find out more.

If I stay and observe for a long time, I might be able to resolve my doubts, at least figure out where those goblins came from and why they exhibited such amazing organization and discipline.

"Hmph, easy for you to say." Night Song finally snorted, which was taken as tacit agreement. "And what about you? Going to the Misty Mountains alone? It's not safe there."

"Don't worry, I can move around more easily without you being a burden," Shirin joked.

The little black cat immediately bristled again and said angrily, "Old woman, who are you calling a burden?"

"You stinky Ye Ge, who are you calling an old woman? Take this!"

"Meow..."

A person and a cat were playfully tumbling off the roof, but just before they hit the ground, they both vanished into the shadow space.

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