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

Chapter 218 Want it all

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The waning sunset squeezed out its last rays to illuminate the rugged mountain path.

Bronn lay limply on the horse's back, his spirits low.

His armor was already badly damaged and stained with blood, and he was followed by only four guards.

The retreat was not smooth, as Vardaga and his lizard monster pursued them relentlessly.

Bronn was wounded by the lizard monster during his battle with Vardaga, and his back was covered in blood and gore.

If it weren't for the eleven guards who risked their lives to cover Bron's retreat, he would probably be dead there.

"Sir, we're almost at Luanshi Village. Please hold on."

The captain of the guard looked at Bron with concern and encouraged him loudly.

"I am fine."

Bloom was listless and his words were tinged with despair.

"Compared to the lives lost by Langer and the others, these injuries are nothing..."

Bloom's voice trembled slightly, carrying a hint of desolation.

“I once promised Langer a knight's estate and five hundred acres of farmland, and now I am going to break my promise…”

Langer was not only a loyal knight, but also his mentor.

Langer abandoned his family's comfortable life and followed me to this harsh and cold land.

Just when life seemed to be looking up, everything was destroyed.

Even his own knight has fallen forever.

"Hold on, Your Excellency!"

The captain of the guard encouraged us, "As long as we leave safely and return to the family, your father, Earl Warblade, will surely send troops!"

"Then we'll slaughter all these beasts and avenge Lord Langer..."

"Ouch!"

A sharp howl interrupted the head guard's words, immediately making everyone's hearts tighten!
Immediately afterwards, figures flashed in the woods, and dozens of lizard monsters appeared on the hillside!

And leading the pack was a giant lizardman!

"They're catching up!"

The captain of the guards turned pale, but still drew his long sword from his waist.
"You take the adults and leave, I'll hold them off!"

"None of you will escape!"

The giant lizardman roared, and the lizard monster charged forward!

"For Baron Bronn!"

The captain of the guards roared and charged at the horde of monsters alone!

With a swift swing of the sharp sword, the heads of the lizard monsters flew through the air!

The captain of the guard relied on his superb swordsmanship to charge left and right through the monsters, leaving behind countless bloody limbs!

However, there were simply too many monsters, and even the fastest sword could not stop their fearless charge!

The other guards hurriedly turned around to help, but it was all in vain; they could not stop the lizard monster's advance!

"Drive! Drive!"

The last guard gripped the reins of his warhorse, urging it on anxiously.

"Hurry up, hurry up, you dead horse!"

The guards struck the warhorse's body hard with their sword sheaths, and the horse finally picked up speed.

"Yes, that's it! Quick, take the adults and run!"

No sooner had the guard finished speaking than the warhorse suddenly stumbled and fell to the ground, and Bron fell heavily onto the rocks!
He looked up and saw a gruesome wound under the horse's foreleg, the blood staining its fur black and red.

"Haha, we can't leave now."

Bronn laughed with relief, picked up the battle axe from the ground, and, enduring the pain in his back, slowly stood up.

"Run away, Chloe."

Bronn turned around, holding his battle axe. "I will avenge Rangel."

"I'll go with you!"

The guard Chloe drew her longsword. "I will be your vanguard!"

"kill!"

Chloe confronted the monster and slashed the lizard monster to the ground with a single sword strike!
But just then, two lizard monsters emerged from both sides and bit Chloe's neck!

Click!

Chloe's neck was broken, and her head, dripping with blood, was ripped off by the lizard monster!
"Chloe!"

Braum roared and charged forward, cleaving the lizard monster away with a single axe strike!
At that moment, the giant lizardman's tail swept across and slammed heavily into Bronn's ribs!
boom!
Bron flew out like a cannonball and crashed heavily onto the pile of stones!

Click!

The sound of bones breaking came from Brom's right leg, and the excruciating pain almost made him faint!
Cold sweat instantly soaked my entire body!
The guards in the distance had fallen one after another, and swarms of lizard monsters slowly surrounded Bronn.

Bloom tried to get up despite the pain, only to find that he couldn't move his right leg at all.

—His right leg is broken.

Bronn spat out blood, and facing the bloodthirsty monster before him, a resolute smile appeared on his face.

"Come on, beasts!"

Roar is Braum's only weapon right now.

The excruciating pain in his back and legs drained all his strength, leaving him completely immobile and unable to even grip the battle axe in his hand.

The giant lizardman saw through Bronn's strength and stepped forward with a sinister grin.
"I'm really looking forward to the taste of the human noble lord."

It licked the blood from its claws, raised them, and pinched Bronn's head, slowly applying pressure.

"I'm going to crush your head and taste your brains..."

The intense pain contorted Bronn's face as he tried desperately to swing his battle axe, but to no avail. In the end, he closed his eyes in despair.

Farewell, Father, Brother.

It is my fault.

I cannot bear the dangers of the wilderness.

I should listen to you and stay with the family.

Zeya, I have let you down...

"call out!"

A piercing scream tore through the air, and a flash of red light appeared!
The giant lizardman's head was instantly pierced, and his body slammed straight to the ground!

"boom!"

The loud noise startled Bloom so much that he jumped!
The pain in his head had disappeared, and Bloom couldn't help but open his eyes.
"this!"

The giant lizardman who was just being arrogant is now lying on the ground, his head blown off in half and charred!
Before Bronn could think any further, another arrow whizzed past, sending the nearest lizard monster flying!

He turned around with all his might, and in the glow of the setting sun, a huge white wolf stood proudly on the hillside.

On the back of the white wolf was a handsome young man he knew well, holding a crimson longbow!

Like a prince from another land, or even more like a war god bathed in the glow of the setting sun!

Beside him, dozens of riders riding giant wolves surged down and charged toward the lizard monster!
Baron Rhodes!

Bloom's eyes widened in surprise, and a joyful smile instantly spread across his face!
But the smile was more painful than a grimace, with tears mixed with blood in the corners of his eyes.

Then several more arrows were shot down, targeting the lizard monsters one by one!

The heads of ordinary lizard monsters were no match for the sharp arrows. Bronn witnessed an arrow pierce through the head of one lizard monster and pin another to the ground!
At the same time, the giant wolf riders arrived, their massive axes carrying the force of their charge, instantly cleaving the lizard monster in two!

No flesh and blood could stop the cleaving of the riding axe, not even the scales of the lizard monster!
The wolf riders were like the Grim Reaper; every time they swung their riding axes, they left behind a trail of severed limbs and blood!

The giant wolf is just as ferocious as the lizard monster!

Their eyes showed no fear of the monster, only a thirst for blood and slaughter!

"Kill all these beasts!" the lead wolf hoof roared angrily.

"kill!"

The wolf riders roared as they charged back and forth through the monster horde, each charge accompanied by splattering blood and the screams of the lizard monsters!

In the blink of an eye, the valley of Luanshi Village was transformed into a slaughterhouse, with black and red slime flowing into rivers and the stench of blood permeating the air!
It turned out that the lizard monsters were not without fear. As the axe blades cleaved through their heads and chests, they began to scream and retreat!

But the giant wolves were unwilling to let them leave, and pounced on them, tearing them to pieces one by one.

Moments later, all the lizard monsters collapsed onto the black and red earth.

The valley returned to silence, with only the lingering, heavy stench remaining.

"Can you still move?"

Rhodes flipped off the white wolf's back and looked Brown up and down.

Bloom tried to stand up, but could only shake his head helplessly in the end.

"My leg is broken."

"The back should have already split open."

"It's alright, I won't let you die."

As soon as Rhodes finished speaking, the army medic came up with his medical kit and quickly treated Bronn's wound.

“Excuse me, Baron Rhodes.” Bloom lowered his head, swallowing hard. “I’m a little thirsty. Could I have some water?”

"You've lost too much blood, you can't drink water."

Rhodes refused Brom's request, "Just lie there, my doctor won't let you die."

"Ok."

Bloom sighed softly. "It's alright. If I die, Icewind Valley will be yours, Baron Rhodes."

Brown struggled to pull his seal from his pocket and handed it to Rhodes.

"You can write the transfer agreement yourself."

"You'll have to deal with the lizard monsters in Ice Edge Valley yourself. I'm just a useless person and can't help you."

Rod frowned slightly as he looked at the seal in Brûlé's hand.

Rod understood how Bronn felt.

Despair, sadness, and a feeling of utter despair.

Everything that had been painstakingly accumulated was destroyed in less than a day.

In his past life, Rhodes would feel lost for a long time if his game account was hacked or his save file was destroyed.

Moreover, what Baron Bronn lost were tangible assets and loyal guards.

Such a blow is enough to destroy a person's will.

But Rod wouldn't allow that to happen.

He raised his hand and slapped Bron's lord's seal away.
"If I wanted Ice Peak Valley, I wouldn't have come to save you."

"What I value in you is your courage to venture deep into the wilderness and become a lord."

Rhodes grabbed Bronn by the collar. "Don't give me that half-dead look. They're just a few lizard monsters. We can always go back and fight them!"

"But they're all dead! All dead! Everything is gone!"

Rhodes' words caused Bloom to finally break down, and he cried out in despair.

"My knights! My loyal guards have been torn to pieces before my very eyes!"

"Then you absolutely cannot act like you've given up on yourself!"

Rhodes forcibly pulled Bronn up, pointing to the mangled corpse of the guard in front of him.
"It was because they risked their lives to stop these monsters that I had time to save you!"

"And what does your current attitude mean?"

"Tell them they saved a piece of trash?"

Rod asked sternly, "Are you trying to prove to them that you don't care at all about the honor and courage of the Warblade family that they defended with their lives?"

"No, I care!" Bronn denied with the last of his strength.

"If you care, don't put on this sad, melancholic, and cowardly act like a sissy!"

Rod put Bronn back on the ground. "If you care, you should think about avenging them, not giving up!"

"I want revenge!"

Bloom's face was contorted with pain. "Icewind Town is destroyed! I have nothing left! It's all over!"

"You still have yourself."

Rhodes looked down at Bloom and said calmly, "As long as you're alive and you still have courage, I can help you."

"Baron Rhodes..."

Bronn stared blankly at Rhodes, wanting to say something, but Rhodes stopped him with a gesture.

"You should focus on recovering first, and we can talk again once you're healed."

Rhodes waved his hand, signaling the soldiers to carry Bron away.

After clearing out the survivors from the battlefield, Wolfhoof slowly walked to Rhodes' side, watching Bronn's departing figure, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
"Holy Lord, he is about to offer Ice Peak Valley to you, why..."

Rod smiled and patted Wolfhoof on the shoulder without explaining further.

He slowly walked to the side, picked up Brûlé's seal, and looked at the crossed blades and ice spike pattern with great interest.

A thousand soldiers may be hard to find, but a good general is certainly hard to come by.

Ice Peak Valley, overrun by a group of lizard monsters, is worthless.

The loyalty and courage of an Imperial Baron are more valuable.

The land is acceptable.

People are even more desirable.

Rhodes wants them all.

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night.

Under the cover of darkness, Icewind Town has become a ruin.

The wooden houses had all collapsed, and the ruins cast distorted shadows in the moonlight.

The blood had congealed into dark red patches, thickly covering the stone pavement.

The air was thick with the stench of blood and decay, and mutilated corpses lay scattered on street corners.

The lizard monsters paid no heed to this, using the ruins of the houses to build campfires and roast the human remains.

"Sagata, that piece of trash!"

Beside the largest campfire, Vardaga slammed his long, thin roasted leg hard against the lizard monster that had brought the news.

"He is a disgrace to our blood and flesh!"

"Even a horde of blood servants couldn't kill a single human noble!"

"They were all slaughtered!"

"Waste! Waste! Waste!"

Vardaga roared in anger, and the lizard monster who was reporting was smashed in the face and covered in blood, but dared not say a word.

"It must be the army of that human lord from Black Pine Ridge, otherwise those people wouldn't have been able to escape."

Beside Vardaga, a normal-looking lizardman captain spoke up.

"I know! You don't need to remind me!"

Vadaja turned and roared, stuffing the thin leg into his mouth and biting it off.

He chewed on the half-cooked flesh, his words mumbled indistinctly.
"No matter what human lord he is, I will tear him to pieces!"

"Order the Blood Servants to assemble. We'll attack Black Pine Ridge tomorrow morning!"

"I will use the head of a human lord to demonstrate the glory of Bloodscale!"

Vadaga spoke with great passion and enthusiasm.

The lizardman captain beside Kovardaga remained silent, his brows furrowing slightly.

The hybrids, whose flesh and blood strength had mutated, became even more bloodthirsty and insane, their minds filled with killing, and they had almost completely lost their reason.

Even lizardmen who have completed their evolution and possess a fully grown, gigantic body like Vardagar are no exception.

Arrogant, tyrannical, and driven by instinct and desire.

"No."

The lizardman captain hesitated for a moment and then shook his head.

"That human lord of Black Pine Ridge is not easy to deal with; we cannot be careless."

The lizardman captain advised, "To be on the safe side, let's rest here first and wait for Chief Gaka to lead his legion to join us before we deal with the Lord of Black Pine Ridge."

"Shut up! I'm the boss here!"

Vadaja roared, his eyes wide, "The Blood Servant Army needs no support!"

"We must wait for Chief Gaka's army; no one is allowed to move until then!"

The lizardman captain was resolute, his vertical pupils meeting Vardagar's gaze without fear.

"Snapped!"

Vardaga suddenly swung his claws and sent the lizardman flying!
The lizardman captain crashed heavily to the ground, leaving him feeling dizzy and disoriented.

"Vadrajah! I was sent by the Great Shaman to supervise you, how dare you hit me!"

The lizardman captain roared as he got to his feet.
"Vadraga! You will pay for your actions!"

"That cowardly, weakling talks too much nonsense!"

Vardaga suddenly rushed up to the lizardman captain, grabbed him by the neck, and lifted him up by the neck!
"Vadraga... what are you doing!"

"I want you to die."

"Crack!"

With a crisp crack, the lizardman captain's neck was instantly crushed!
Icewind Town fell into a deathly silence as the lizard monsters stared at Vardagar with fear in their eyes.

The lizardman captain's henchmen dared not utter a sound, shrinking back in fear.

"We will attack Black Pine Ridge tomorrow."

Vardaga threw the lizardman corpse he was holding into the fire.
"Do you have any objections?"

Several attendants glanced at the corpse in the fire, and the smell of burning flesh quickly filled their nostrils.

They immediately shook their heads.

(End of this chapter)