You were made to farm, and now you're the emperor of an empire?

Chapter 22 Attack
Flocks of birds took flight from the forest.

The scream lingered in the mountains for a long time before abruptly ending, like a kite with a broken string.

Immediately afterwards, the mountains and dense forests erupted in a riot of monsters, their roars echoing across the wilderness, accompanied by a cacophony of beastly howls!

The once peaceful mountain forest suddenly erupted into chaos.

Mohr was trembling uncontrollably, and beads of sweat were visibly seeping from his skin. He cried out in terror, "My Lord Roman, get out of here!"

This phenomenon is unusual. Faced with a large-scale monster attack, even the warrior knights are not confident of fighting their way out and will be torn to pieces.

Roman looked around at the group of hunters and found that they were equally frightened.

The hunter's prey is never those terrifying and ferocious monsters.

He asked Green, "That scream just now..."

Green's expression was also serious. He said, "The screams of a wild boar before it died."

That must be a wild boar of magical beast level, emitting such a deep and sharp scream that echoed through the valley, lingering for a long time, and carrying far and wide.

Roman asked, "Can you do it?"

Green and Aaron shook their heads simultaneously. If they were fully armed and the terrain was suitable, they could kill the wild boar, but they couldn't be as decisive and swift.

Given the wild boar's vitality, even if it is stabbed in a vital spot, it can struggle and howl for a long time instead of suddenly disappearing.

The killer must be a powerful superhuman!
"Lord Roman, run! Who cares who killed him? Maybe it was the traitorous knight Dick, or maybe it was the deserter Jet..." When Moore saw that Roman had no intention of leaving, he became extremely anxious. He was really afraid of losing his life in this mountain.

Just then, a violent commotion broke out among the guards outside.

"There's a monster! I saw a huge shadow!"

Someone shouted something, and the guards and hunters panicked and began to fall into disarray.

"What's the panic! Set up the defensive line!" Roman strode out of the hut, his roar from his chest like a bomb, silencing everyone else.

Roman pushed through the crowd, and what came into view was a huge brown bear, about three meters tall, climbing up the hillside.

What a huge size, and what incredible speed!

The wild bear moved on all fours at an absurdly fast speed, crossing the 30-meter slope in just four or five seconds.

Roman's pupils contracted sharply, and he said again, "Defensive line!"

Upon hearing the order, the guards, who were stiff with shock and lacked any sense of crisis due to the sudden turn of events, hurriedly raised their shields and formed a jagged defensive line.

Before it could even adjust its posture, the brown bear pounced on it in the blink of an eye.

Its arrival instantly crushed four or five shield-bearing guards—those guards hadn't even stood firm and hadn't offered any effective resistance. When they were frightened and actually hit, the group collapsed, plunging the place into complete chaos.

Aaron stepped forward, wielding his round shield, and slammed it heavily into the bear's head.

His right foot landed on an exposed rock at the entrance of the wooden house. Using this as leverage, his strong body jerked violently, forcefully stopping its forward momentum. His face flushed red, and his muscles trembled.

Green drew his sword of orogen and steel. The heavy sword weighed over ten pounds when he first picked it up, but when he used it to chop, it weighed over twenty pounds. This was a special effect of the orogen.

Green plunged it deep into the brown bear's thick nape.

This was hardly a graceful attack. The intended strike should have pierced the bear's neck, severing its trachea and killing it as quickly as possible. However, due to the hasty action, the bear's swaying, and the inability to quickly gather momentum, the sharp sword tip pierced only a dozen centimeters into the tough bear skin, fascia, and muscle before deviating from its trajectory.

Ultimately, the blade slipped out of control, leaving only a deep wound that exposed the bone.

This pain enraged the bear, causing it to roar.

Roman roared, stepped forward, swung the Great Bow with its split armor on its back, and slammed it down hard on the bear's head.

The sharp blow from the Green weapon caused it pain, but the blunt attack stunned it for a moment, knocking its head to the side and loosening its sharp teeth. The experienced hunters had already scattered, raising their shortbows, but due to the chaotic scene, they dared not fire, fearing they might accidentally injure friendly forces, especially with Roman Riftarms in the center.

Roman also noticed this situation.

He stepped back and shouted, "Green, Aaron, lure this thing away!"

Aaron, who had long felt he couldn't hold on any longer, moved his shield away, stopped confronting the bear, and rolled to the side.

The agile Green suddenly leaped onto the bear's back, gripped the sword hilt with both hands, raised it high above his head with the tip pointing downwards, and stabbed it into the bear's back, this time penetrating twenty or thirty centimeters. He then rolled away and pulled out the blood-stained sword tip.

The brown bear felt excruciating pain, its blood-red eyes glaring as it pounced on the two men.

Whoosh!Whoosh!
The hunters seized the opportunity and fired their arrows. However, the shortbows had limited killing power, and the arrows were made of poor materials, with arrowheads made of wood or stone. They had poor penetrating power and only caused sparse damage to the bears.

But Roman also raised his bow and arrow at that moment.

A powerful bow crafted from redwood, strong ribs, and diamonds, possessing extreme power.

A finely crafted metal arrow, gleaming with a cold light, points at the brown bear.

Roman abruptly released his right hand, which had been pulling the bowstring with all his might.

swoosh~
It was a very shrill sound, as the arrow pierced the air, its tip tearing through flesh and blood, injecting terrifying power into it!

The 80-centimeter-long arrow was completely embedded in it!

For the wild bear, it was like a long needle piercing its body, almost rendering it immobile and causing it to let out a pitiful howl.

Roman's eyes were cold as he drew his bow and fired another arrow straight at the target...

Whoosh~whoosh~whoosh~
After firing a total of five arrows, Roman finally lowered his aching right hand.

The bear was struggling; all five arrows had pierced its flesh, causing considerable damage to its internal organs.

Roman beckoned, picked up the iron-tipped spear handed to him by a guard, and then, together with Aaron and Green, plunged the spear into its throat and brain from a great distance.

They quickly killed the monster.

This brown bear is a treasure trove; its bile and heart can help ordinary people quickly improve their physical condition and can also treat certain diseases, making them extremely valuable.

Only nobles could afford such rare ingredients; ordinary people lacked the power to hunt such ferocious beasts.

Dota stepped forward to inspect.

"Master, there's a smell of animal venom." Dota's expression changed, but he still told the truth.

Like poppy for humans, houttuynia cordata emits a seductive fragrance that can drive wild beasts into a frenzy if they consume it.

But Dota knew that Beast-Scented Grass was extremely difficult to find; it was a rare resource, and ordinary people couldn't possibly throw this herb into the mouths of magical beasts. He keenly sensed that something had changed in the mountains.

There is only one person in the mountains who can do this!
Borg the Thief!

Dota told them everything, saying that since they had chosen to submit to the noble lord, they should be honest with each other.

The hunters didn't have a good impression of that crazy mountain bandit either.

Upon hearing this, Roman realized that someone was targeting him.

He looked out over the mountains and forests.

"Hmph! None of them will escape!"

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(End of this chapter)