I was a lord farming, how did I become an emperor?

Chapter 214 Dragonbone Longbow
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Frosty Leaf Town.

At Rhodes' private training ground in the manor.

Rhodes held the dragonbone longbow that Raine had just made in his hand.

The keel longbow is very light, with smooth and symmetrical curves on the bow arms. The surface is polished to an exceptionally smooth finish, even gleaming with a faint ivory-like luster.

The handle is wrapped with thick bear tendon leather, making it comfortable and snug in the hand.

To Rhodes' surprise, the bow arms were also engraved with fine dragon scale patterns, a testament to the exquisite craftsmanship, completely unlike Raine's usual rugged style.

"You've certainly put a lot of thought into this."

Rhodes gently stroked the longbow, a smile playing on his lips.

"It took an extra week, but it really makes a difference."

“Thank you for your recognition.”

Renn nodded and said, "Such fine materials cannot be treated as casually as ordinary bows, so I learned from noble craftsmen and added some decorations."

With that, Raine drew a specially made dragon bone arrow and presented it to Rhodes with both hands.

"Why don't you give it a try?"

"Ah."

Rhodes took the specially made dragon bone arrow, nocked it on the bowstring, and aimed at the target in front of him.

"Let's replace the target with a round shield; a regular target shouldn't be able to block it."

"Yes, Lord Lord."

The guard readily agreed and hung the shield on the shelf.

Rhodes waved for the guards to move away, raised his bow and arrow, held his breath, and forcefully aimed at the shield fifty meters away.

"Squeak-"

The bowstring was slowly tightened, and you could feel the immense power just by listening to the sound.

"call."

As Rhodes exhaled, he instantly released his grip, and a sharp whooshing sound flashed by!

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

The shield on the wooden frame was instantly pierced, and the wooden fence behind it was also pierced!
The key issue is that the arrows still haven't stopped flying, and we don't know where they've gone!
Careless.

Rhodes sighed inwardly.

This bow is already very powerful, and the arrowhead is made of magic steel with armor-piercing properties.

This power should have been anticipated.

Fortunately, no screams were heard, so no one was hit.

"Go and get it back."

"Rod commanded."

"Yes, my lord!"

The guard immediately called for two soldiers, who ran out of the training ground.

However, they had barely run out when they returned with their men.

Behind them, Frost flapped its wings and flew over.

The arrow in his mouth was a dragon bone arrow.

After the frost fell, his vertical pupils widened, and his gaze swept over the people in the training field.

Its raised wings appear to be angrily searching for who shot the arrow.

Rhodes noticed and waved his hand dismissively.

"Come here, mine."

Rhodes smiled, while Frost tilted her head and stared at Rhodes to express her dissatisfaction, but still walked up and handed him the arrow.

Rhodes took the dragonbone arrow, handed it to the guard, and gently stroked Frost's head.

The dragon scales are a bit prickly.

Indeed, wyverns are not a suitable pet for gentleness.

"Ok?"

Rhodes stared at Frost. "Wait a minute, I remember there's a ditch behind the training ground, and further south is the military camp. What are you doing there?"

Frost shook its head, flapped its wings, and moved away from Rhodes.

Rod immediately sensed something was wrong.

"My lord, there seems to be a sow in that ditch."

The Winter Iron Guard at the door stepped forward and said, "Still alive."

"A sow? Alive?"

Rhodes was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening.

"Frost, that's a pig!"

"You won't spare the wolf, and you won't spare the sow either!"

Rhodes raised his hand, intending to smash the bow against Frost, but couldn't bear to do it and held back.

By the time he wanted to bend down to pick up the pebbles, Frost had already flapped its wings and taken off, quickly moving away from Rhodes.

"I'm really impressed."

Rod felt both helpless and amused.

It should at least be a dragon, but it had to be a sow.

"Go ask Till what happened, how the sow got out here."

"Rod gave the order."

Rhodes guessed that it was most likely Frost's doing.

No matter what, we have to bring them back.

"Yes, Lord Lord."

The guards immediately sent someone to relay the order.

Rod, however, refocused on testing his arrows.

This time, Rhodes had a stone slab brought over.

—Rhodes wants to inject scorching energy.

The purpose of forging such a special dragonbow is to enable the use of arrows with scorching energy.

Rhodes drew the dragonbone arrow again and slowly pulled back the bowstring.

Rhodes had tested the Dragonbone Arrow beforehand and found that it could conduct scorching energy.

But I don't know if this dragonbone longbow will work, so I can only carefully and slowly inject the water.

The moment the bowstring came into contact with the scorching energy, it instantly shone with a crimson light!

The next instant, the Dragonbone Arrow was also lit up, its arrowhead glowing with a magma-like light!

"Chirp!"

A streak of red light flashed through the air like a shooting star, accompanied by a whooshing sound, and embedded itself deeply into the stone slab, with only the fletching of the arrow remaining outside!

"Kacha kacha——"

Cracks extended from the edge of the black hole outwards, and the surface of the stone slab shattered in an instant!

"this!"

Ryan stared at the stone slab in disbelief, his face a mixture of surprise and delight.

I was surprised by the power of the bow and arrow, and delighted that I made it myself!

"It's a pity, it's just a thin layer on the surface."

Rhodes looked at the results of the battle and shook his head slightly in amazement.

"It would be great if the whole stone slab shattered."

"...My lord, this stone slab is as thick as ten suits of armor..."

With a slumped shoulder, Renn said somewhat helplessly, "You can't expect to bring down the towering stone walls of a noble castle with a single arrow, can you?"

"That's true."

Rhodes nodded in approval.

That arrow had consumed a third of the scorching energy in his body, which was why Rhode was somewhat unsatisfied.

If he could shoot such an arrow so easily, Rhodes wouldn't complain.

"Would you like to shoot me?"

Rhodes handed the dragonbone longbow to Renn.

Raine watched as Longbow's fingers twitched slightly, just as he raised them, before finally lowering them again.

"Never mind, sir, I could only barely pull it open even with all my might."

Renn shook his head slightly, "It's better not to look so disheveled."

"This bow is indeed powerful; I can only draw it to two-thirds full without using my full strength."

Rhodes gripped the dragonbone longbow, suddenly feeling a surge of curiosity.
"I wonder how far it can go... Let's go outside and try it out."

Just as Rhodes was about to get up, Renn called him back.

"My lord, why don't you try out the crossbows you had me bring to make the other day?"

"finished?"

Rhodes was somewhat surprised. "You've moved quite quickly."

"Some of the materials used for crossbows are similar to those used for bows and arrows, and they are readily available in the warehouse."

Raine said somewhat embarrassedly, "I've been mainly studying its structure these past few days, spending some time with the carpenter."

"Okay, go get it."

Rhodes nodded.

"Please wait a moment."

Rod said something and quickly ran out to have someone bring the items out.

Rein took Rhodes's instructions very seriously. He placed the crossbow in a box and carefully presented it to Rhodes with both hands.

Rhodes, on the other hand, was quite casual, opening the box and pulling out the crossbow with one hand.

"You put oil on this?"

“Yes, that way it won’t easily rot,” Renn replied.

"very good."

Rhodes patted Raine on the shoulder. "I forgot to tell you, you actually did it yourself." With that, Rhodes casually took out a crossbow bolt from the box and tried to load it onto the crossbow.

The crossbow's bowstring wasn't tight, and Rhodes easily mounted it with one hand.

A hand crossbow is naturally no match for a dragonbone longbow. Rhodes took it and walked several dozen meters forward, aimed at the target, and pulled the trigger.

"Snapped."

The crossbow bolt hit the bullseye.

"Not bad, you didn't need to adjust the accuracy on your first try?"

Rod looked at Raine with curiosity.

Renn lowered his head, somewhat embarrassed, "We've already tested it ourselves, Lord..."

"haha, okay."

Rhodes handed the crossbow to Vivian, "Want to try it?"

"Of course!"

He bent slightly and took the crossbow bolt with both hands, then ran to the target and retrieved it.

She watched carefully as Rhodes installed the crossbow bolts, and without anyone's guidance, she installed them herself.

Vivian then walked to a distance of about ten meters from the target and pulled the trigger.

With a loud crack, it hit the bullseye again.

"bingo!"

Vivian excitedly raised her crossbow, "I hit it!"

"Yes, I saw it all."

Rhodes sighed, "At a distance of ten meters, it's bound to hit."

Rhodes reached out to take the crossbow back, but Vivian dodged it.

"Let me play a little longer!"

Vivian hugged Rhodes' arm, "It's so much more fun than a bow and arrow!"

Rhodes didn't speak, but turned to look at Raine.
"Do you need to take this crossbow with you as a reference for future production?"

"No need, my lord, we have already prepared a reference model."

Ryan smiled and replied, "You can keep it with you."

"You are very thoughtful."

Rhodes smiled and turned to Vivian, saying, "Then you can keep this."

"Thank you!"

Vivian stepped forward and kissed Rhodes suddenly, causing the guards and Rein to turn their heads away.

"Alright, I'll teach you. Here's a leather bag that you can hang on your waist."

Hand crossbows are easy to carry; they can be hung on the waist or concealed behind a cloak.

Rhodes taught Vivian the usual methods so she could get familiar with them, and then he would teach the Lynx people the rest.

Afterwards, Rhodes led Raine and the others out of town to test the range and power of the Dragonbone Longbow.

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Icefield Mountains.

The north wind howled across the ice field, and snowflakes cut mercilessly across our cheeks like blades.

The leader of the Ice Clan, Sejuani, gripped the reins tightly with one hand and stroked the mane of the giant boar-like creature beneath her with the other.

Sejuani's gaze was cold as she stared intently at the battlefield ahead.

"Great goddess..."

Sejuani's voice trembled involuntarily.

Sejuani started hunting with her father when she was eight years old, experiencing life and death as well as fierce battles.

But the sight before her filled her with fear.

Those lizardmen hybrids have turned into filthy, ugly monsters.

Its body swelled up, its muscles knotted, and its body was covered with black and red scales.

The scales were covered in pus, and you could smell a putrid odor from a great distance.

Their eyes were pitch black, with blood-red pupils, like those of demons.

"leader!"

A two-meter-tall female warrior from the Ice and Snow Tribe rushed to Zhuang Seni's side, her voice trembling.

"Those monsters have broken through the defenses! Deidara and Sammo have already fallen in battle!"

"Damn it!"

Sejuani gritted her teeth. "You take your people and leave. I'll stop them!"

"No, Chief, the people need you!"

Without hesitation, the female soldier shouted, "Let me go!"

"You can't stop them."

Sejuani's words were icy: "Evacuate to the depths where blood can freeze; these monsters can't withstand the temperature there!"

"Hurry up, no one will be able to leave if we're any later!"

"Yes, leader!"

The female soldier gritted her teeth, turned around, and rushed towards the mountain hollow behind her.

Sejuani's gaze was icy as she lifted her chainhammer.
"Everyone obey orders!"

Her roar cut through the north wind: "Kill all these monsters and buy time for the children!"

"kill!"

Sejuani led the charge, her warhammer sweeping past her, sending two monsters flying instantly!

The giant bear and wild boar beneath her were also charging left and right, smashing monsters into pieces!

The dozens of Ice Clan warriors around her were equally ferocious, their battle axes and warhammers reaping the lives of monsters.

Almost every member of the Ice and Snow Tribe is strong and tall, generally over 1.8 meters, and are fierce warriors.

Their fierce charge temporarily halted the monster's advance.

However, the number of monsters is increasing, and the battles are becoming more and more difficult.

The bodies had covered the snow, and flesh and blood were flying in the air.

"Hold on, give them more time..."

Sejuani's voice had barely faded when a terrible scream suddenly came from behind!
She swung her hammer and knocked back all the monsters in front of her, then turned around and saw a scene that terrified her!
More undead monsters emerged from the hillsides on both sides and began slaughtering the retreating tribesmen.

A disgusting, giant hybrid grabbed a child and, with a gentle tug of its claws, tore apart the tiny body!
"brute!"

Sejuani's eyes instantly turned bloodshot. She swung her chain hammer to repel the monster and desperately charged backward!

However, the distance was too far, and there was no time to rescue them!

In the blink of an eye, one after another, clansmen fell into pools of blood!

Women, children, and elders of the tribe all fell to the ground, their blood staining the snow, without any resistance!
The female warrior whom Sejuani had just assigned to return was also overwhelmed by the monsters.

"what--!"

The screams rose and fell, completely igniting Sejuani's rage!

"I'm going to kill you!"

Sejuani let out a beastly roar as her chain hammer spun wildly in her hand.

The heads of the monsters were smashed by the hammer, but it was too late.

Most of the tribesmen had fallen, with only a few warriors still struggling in the snow.

The Claws of Winter were utterly destroyed, and the flame of the Ice Clan was gradually extinguished in the blood and filth.

Sejuani was filled with despair and lost her mind, mechanically swinging the hammer in her hand.

More monsters surged in from all directions, and the stench enveloped the Ice Clan warriors layer by layer!
Even though Sejuani's warhammer could easily smash monsters' heads, it was still no match for their fearless charge.

"Chief, you must leave now!"

The towering Ice Clan warriors, wielding giant axes, carved a path of putrid blood.

"No, I want to kill all these monsters."

Sejuani spoke calmly, continuing to swing her hammer.

"The claws of winter have fallen, and they must pay the price."

"As long as you live, there is hope for the Claws of Winter!"

"Only you can wield the Frozen Wilds Warhammer and tame the Winter Boar; you are everything to the Claws of Winter!"

Another warrior roared and charged out to block the monster, only to be pierced through the chest by a spear!
"Ah, Gesa!"

Sejuani roared and swung her warhammer, smashing the circle of monsters in front of her away!

She reached out to help her tribesman up, but he shook his head.
"Run! Don't let us die in vain..."

Sejuani was filled with rage and only wanted to rush into the monsters and slaughter them indiscriminately!

But she didn't do it in the end. Enduring the agonizing pain in her heart, she jerked the reins hard, forcing out a few words through gritted teeth.
"Charge north!"

"Ow!"

The giant wild boar beneath him understood, lowered its head, twisted its body, and charged headlong northward!
The monsters that had just surrounded them were no match for them and were instantly smashed into the air!

Sejuani drove smoothly into the mountain valley, her figure gradually disappearing into the wind and snow.

As the number of monsters increased, the remaining Ice Clan warriors were gradually overwhelmed, eventually turning into piles of broken corpses.

The outer edge of the Icefield Mountains.

The Bloodscale Tribe's High Shaman watched everything.

"She ran away, Great Shaman."

The scarred lizardman couldn't help but ask, "Do you need me to take some men and chase after them?"

"No one knows the Icefield Mountains better than her. If she wants to leave, we can't stop her."

The high shaman shook his head. "Let her go. We still have many reptiles to deal with."

"Ok."

The scarred lizardman sighed softly, somewhat regretfully.

The high shaman ignored his regret.
"With this matter resolved, let's take our legion to hunt down the Sealmen."

"By the way, inform Vardaga to assemble the Bloodclaw Legion and head towards Razorfen Downs."

"Yes, Great Shaman."

The scarred lizardman bowed respectfully, then turned and retreated.

(End of this chapter)