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

Chapter 220 Bloodthirsty Commander

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Rhodes really wanted to grab two greatswords and charge into the swarm of lizard monsters to unleash his fury.

But the sight of the filthy, foul-smelling black blood and rotting flesh, along with the constantly splattering slime, finally made Rhodes stop in his tracks.

Rhodes remained behind, holding the dragonbone longbow, reaping the lives of the lizard monsters one arrow at a time, eliminating the best among them.

Even with ordinary arrows, the Dragonbone Longbow's immense power could still blow the lizard monster's head off.

It must be said that being mindless has its advantages.

After Vardaga was killed, the giant lizardmen who were the leaders also fell one after another, leaving only four.

But these lizard monsters still did not flee; they continued to fight frantically among the crowd.

This gave Rhodes the opportunity to practice his archery skills.

After all, a moving target is always more suitable for practice than a stationary one.

Rod practiced very diligently.

The bowstring vibrated, and each arrow pierced the air, hitting its vital point with pinpoint accuracy.

Just as Rhodes was killing the lizard monsters one arrow at a time, a long-awaited notification suddenly appeared in front of him.

[Having achieved five battle victories (enemy count ≥ 50) and personally executed one hundred enemies, the entry "Bloodthirsty Commander" has been unlocked.]

"Ok?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Rhodes' eyes, and he immediately checked.

[Bloodlust Commander (Blue): Bloodlust ability can be activated in wars you lead or participate in;]

Allow your soldiers to draw strength from the blood of the enemy, thereby improving their overall physical attributes by 20% and shielding them from 50% of pain.

At the same time, the negative emotions such as hatred, fear, and madness brought about by war and bloodlust cannot affect the rationality of your soldiers; they will remain clear-headed at all times, and these effects will gradually return to normal after the war.

"Yes, not only has the battery life been improved, but the combat power has also been greatly enhanced!"

A smile instantly appeared on Rhodes' face.

A 20% overall increase is far more powerful than a simple increase in strength.

The key is to block 50% of the pain sensation!
Upon closer examination, completely blocking pain perception isn't a very good effect.

This makes soldiers less likely to care about their injuries and more likely to fight to the death.

Thankfully, it's only 50%, but it still hurts.

Moreover, the crazy side effects of bloodlust do not affect the soldiers.

[Next entry: During the war, the army killed a total of 5,000 enemies and personally executed 500 enemies, unlocking the entry: War Soul Commander]

"I wonder what this War Soul Commander is all about..."

Rhodes glanced at the next entry, and without much thought, immediately activated the entry for Bloodthirsty Commander.

In an instant, an invisible force emanated from Rhodes…

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At the foot of the western hillside.

Gunle, who had just killed a giant lizardman, was panting heavily, sweat mixed with blood streaming down his face.

Although Gunther lacked Rod's scorching energy, the giant lizardman was no less powerful than him.

Fortunately, with the support of the Commander's Edge and the sharpness of the battle axe, Gunle slowly sliced ​​off the opponent's head and limbs.

Gunther's armor was covered in scratches, and in some places it was damaged.

However, the battlefield did not give him a chance to catch his breath.

Two giant lizardmen simultaneously targeted it and launched an attack.

"Damn it!"

Gunle didn't dare to fight head-on, so he rolled to the side and casually slashed down a lizard monster that pounced on him.
"They surrounded us and launched a sneak attack; they have absolutely no manners!"

Gunle cursed, but that did nothing to deter the giant lizardmen from their plan to attack.

More importantly, the lizard monster would occasionally launch sneak attacks.

At this point, the spear throwers on the hillside were also gradually losing strength, and the frequency of their spear throws dropped significantly.

Unable to gain any leverage, Gunle could only retreat repeatedly, relying on his agility to dodge the giant lizardman's attacks.

Two giant lizardmen stood on either side, working in perfect harmony.

The battle axe of Gunther seemed to be wielded with less power, lacking the ferocity it had displayed at the beginning.

Barely managing to parry the claws of the one on the left, the monster on the right seized the opportunity to claw at his chest.

"His!"

The shoulder armor was forcibly ripped off, and claws swept across, revealing a bloody and mangled wound.

Gunle gasped in pain and quickly steadied his frantic steps.

"Ow!"

Two giant lizardmen opened their blood-red mouths and let out triumphant roars.

They seemed to have caught a whiff of victory, and crouched slightly, preparing to launch another attack on Gunle!

"Damn it! We'll fight you to the death!"

Gunle gritted his teeth and roared!
Just as that roar subsided, Gunle suddenly felt a strange power surge into his body!

Like a warm current, it instantly spreads throughout the body, quickly nourishing the body and sweeping away fatigue!

The heavy body became light, the once heavy battle axe could be easily handled, and the pain in the shoulder disappeared by most of the time, leaving only a slight coolness!
Instead, it brought a strange sense of pleasure.

"What's this……"

Gunther didn't know what had happened, but he knew he didn't have time to think about it.

In an instant, Gunle's eyes turned blood red, his pupils burning with a frenzied fighting spirit!
"Since you all like ganging up, then come at me all at once!"

Wielding two battle axes, he flashed forward like lightning, charging towards the giant lizardman on the left!

Faced with the sudden change in Gonler's demeanor, the giant lizardman had no time to react and remained in a pouncing stance.

Gunle's battle axe swept across its waist, and as it dodged, he suddenly turned and leaped up, delivering a powerful blow to its back with the battle axe!
Black blood gushed out like a fountain, and the giant lizardman staggered and fell to the ground!
Without any hesitation, Gunle leaped onto the giant lizardman's back and chopped off its head with a thud!
"It's your turn!"

Gunle grinned maliciously and charged towards another giant lizardman!

Meanwhile, on the other side, on the eastern hillside, Sao, who was fighting a lizard monster, also felt something strange about his body.

The lizard monsters slowed down in his eyes, and with a single sweep of his sword, he could even kill two lizard monsters in one fell swoop.

The members of the knight squad around him also became ferocious, and even ordinary soldiers began to charge into the monsters.

Moreover, he noticed that the number of spears falling in front of him had suddenly increased.

São turned around abruptly and noticed that the spear throwers on the hillside were moving much faster, showing no signs of fatigue.

"Is this...is this a blessing from the Holy Lord?"

São's gaze quickly shifted to Rhodes at the rear of the battlefield.

Because Sao remembered that when Lord Rhodes bestowed the sacred flesh upon the people, it felt just like this.

This time, however, the energy entering the body was more pronounced, and it grew stronger with each continuous struggle!
The battlefield was not a place for distraction, so Sao immediately withdrew his gaze and raised his longsword.

"Warriors of Black Pine Ridge!"

"The grace of the Holy Lord has descended!"

"Divine power is nourishing each and every one of us!"

São's voice was filled with fervent devotion.

"For the glory of the Holy Lord, follow me and slaughter these evil creatures!"

"kill!"

All the warriors were ignited by Sao's voice and roared as they charged into the lizard monsters, slaughtering them relentlessly!

Even if they weren't savages with legends of sacred sites, they now believe it!
The Holy God is protecting you!
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A strong, foul stench of blood permeated the valley.

Under the buff of the bloodthirsty commander, the soldiers' fighting spirit burned like a raging fire.

The lizard monsters, the terrifying creatures that destroyed Icewind Town, are now nothing more than lambs to the slaughter in front of them.

The spear pierced the scales without any resistance, and the sword blade swiftly sliced ​​through flesh.

What was originally an evenly matched battle turned into a one-sided massacre.

The valley was littered with bloody remains and black blood stained the withered grass.

The lizard monsters gradually stopped their frenzy and began to flee.

However, the wolf riders had already blocked their retreat and were reaping their lives with their riding axes.

Even if some lizard monsters managed to escape, veteran soldiers who had been waiting for a long time would ride horses to chase and intercept them, burying all the terrified monsters on the land of Black Pine Ridge.

Rhodes stood on the hillside, holding the dragonbone longbow, his gaze sweeping across the battlefield.

The lizard monster is incredibly resilient; even after suffering injuries such as having its limbs severed, it can still survive.

Rhodes then raised his bow and arrows, and killed them one by one.

[Having personally slaughtered one hundred dragon-like creatures, unlocking the stat: Pseudo-Dragon Slayer]

"Eh?"

Rhodes was somewhat surprised, "Double happiness today?"

Are these lizard monsters even considered dragon-like creatures?

They weren't mixed races.
Rhodes was a little confused, because he couldn't accumulate progress when he used a hybrid last time.

"Could it be... that dragon blood was added to the mutations of these hybrids?"

Rhodes was surprised by his own idea.

Is this the kind of garbage that dragon blood creates?

Without giving it much thought, Rod checked the effects of his entry.

【Pseudo-Dragon Slayer (Purple): Although you have not slain any real dragons, your hands are stained with enough dragon blood that even dragons cannot ignore, giving you a kingly aura that none can ignore. You exude a fearsome aura that will intimidate your enemies, cause armies to desert when they feel your presence, and the defeated will kneel down in submission.】

Your subordinates will be more loyal because of your imposing presence, and the opposite sex (excluding dragons) will be attracted to your dragon-slayer aura, especially those in their mating season (in love).

Your allies will therefore trust you more and unconsciously follow your commands.

Your rage will make even the most frenzied and chaotic ordinary demons want to back down, and your attacks on dragons will inflict high burning damage.

However, please note that dragons will consider you an enemy (even if they dare not easily provoke you).

Looking at the lengthy description, Rhodes paused for a moment, then couldn't help but summarize in his mind:

An upgraded version of the domineering aura, plus a dragon-like taunting halo?

However, although the term "pseudo-dragon slayer" doesn't sound very appealing, its effect of making subordinates more loyal and causing enemy troops to defect is quite good.

As Heisongling develops rapidly in the future, the large number of people will make it difficult to manage, and traitors will inevitably emerge.

This entry's effect saved Rhodes a lot of trouble.

Rhodes couldn't help but understand the point that "anger can make even a manic and chaotic ordinary demon want to back down."

Does it refer to those ferocious alien races and thugs among humans?
Or is it a real demon?

Rhodes felt he should go back and check.

The soldiers were still clearing the battlefield. Rhode didn't think much of it and glanced at the next stage of [Pseudo-Dragon Slayer].

"what?"

Rod looked at it and laughed, speechless.

The next term is "True Dragon Slayer".

The requirement was for Rhodes to hunt down a true dragon.

It mentions five-colored dragons, metal dragons, dimensional dragons, and so on.

Some of them, Rhodes knew.

"It seems that this entry has reached its end for now."

Rhodes shook his head slightly with a sigh.

Slaying a dragon?

It's too far away.

After reading the entry's description, Rhodes snapped out of his reverie and found the white wolf staring intently at him.

"What are you looking at?"

"I suddenly felt a force pressing down on me from you."

White Wolf couldn't help but lower his head to avoid Rhodes's gaze. "I want to kneel down before you now."

Rod smiled.

The fake dragon slayer technique worked; even the white wolf started using honorifics when speaking to him.

Rhodes waved his hand, "I pardon you, you don't need to kneel."

Rhodes' smile relieved the white wolf, who then dared to look up at Rhodes again.

Vivian didn't speak, but her body involuntarily pressed against Rhodes.

Rhodes glanced at her, and she lowered her head and stood up straight.

The soldiers were still clearing the battlefield; it was a long task.

The corpses of lizard monsters, especially giant lizardmen, should not be wasted.

Rhodes thought these might all be extraordinary materials.

Even if it's not an extraordinary material, it can still be used for composting.

But before that, we need to test for toxins to avoid contaminating the crops.

The pursuing troops returned quickly, and Wolfhoof escorted three lizard monsters, chained together, to Rhodes.

Wolfhoof was visibly stunned for a moment when he saw Rhodes, his knees buckled and he immediately knelt down.
"Your noble and great Lord, your humble servant has captured three evil intruders who were trying to escape."

Wolf Hoof swallowed hard, unsure why he was so nervous, and for a moment forgot what he wanted to say.
"Ah, please interrogate me."

Wolf Hoof didn't dare to look up after he finished speaking. He only felt the iron chain in his hand being pulled back frantically. He couldn't hold on at all and was instantly pulled down and fell over!

Just as he was in a sorry state, the Winter Iron Guards quickly stepped forward, and with one man and one shield, they knocked the lizard monster to the ground and gave it a good beating.

As soon as Rhodes raised his hand, the Winter Guard immediately stopped, bowed, and stepped back.

Wolf Hoof hurriedly scrambled to his feet and knelt down: "Great Holy Lord, I... I don't know why they've gone mad... Please punish them!"

"do not worry about it."

Rhodes waved his hand and slowly walked up to the lizard monster.

At this point, the lizard monster had become docile, burying its head on the ground, its body trembling uncontrollably.

This is the effect of the pseudo-Dragon Slayer.

This is even more pronounced in creatures with dragon blood.

"You were originally mixed-race, weren't you?"

Rhodes asked in a foreign language.

The three-headed lizard monster nodded repeatedly, not daring to hesitate in the slightest.

"How did you become like this? And who turned you into this?"

Rhodes's tone was calm, but it made the lizard monster tremble even more noticeably.

They seemed to be struggling between loyalty and fear, and never uttered a single word.

Rod stepped on the head of a lizard monster.

"answer me!"

The deep question carried an invisible force, causing those unrelated to the conversation to shiver instantly.

The lizard monster then urinated.

"Great Shaman, you have given us the power of flesh and blood. We awoke like this!"

The lizard monster's voice trembled and its words were unclear, but Rhodes could barely understand it.

It seems to be a product of some magical ritual.

Rhodes asked some more detailed questions.

But these lizard monsters are nothing but small fry, they don't know anything.

Finally, Rhodes waved his hand, signaling Wolfhooves to take them away and bleed them.

Wolfhoof felt as if he had been granted a pardon and quickly pulled the lizard monster, who had stood up, back down.

Not long after interrogating the lizard monster, Durant finished assessing the situation and rushed over.

When Durant saw Rod, he instinctively knelt down on one knee, almost blurting out,

"His Majesty!"

"Ok?"

Rod was clearly taken aback, and everyone else's eyes also fell on Durant.

"I am terribly sorry, Your Excellency!"

Durant's Adam's apple bobbed, his brow furrowed, and for a moment he didn't understand why he had called him that.

"It's nothing, you're probably just too tired."

Rod understood Durant's feelings and spoke up first to explain on Durant's behalf: "Even a knight would be mentally disoriented when facing such an enemy."

"Yes, thank you for your kindness and understanding."

Durant quickly chimed in, then reported, "Our statistics show that 17 were killed, 39 were seriously wounded, and 213 were slightly wounded. There are also other minor injuries that we haven't counted."

"There are quite a few deaths and serious injuries, Durant."

Rhodes frowned slightly. "Every soldier is a warrior of Black Pine Ridge."

Durant initially wanted to explain that the giant lizardmen were simply too powerful for ordinary soldiers to handle, and that the lizard monsters were often quite insane.

This result is already very good.

"You're right, I will intensify their training."

But Durant changed his mind at the last minute.
"Most of those killed or seriously wounded were reservists. I believe they will be more mature after this war."

"Ah."

Rhodes responded softly, "The families of fallen soldiers should receive their pensions on time, and we should also pay more attention to seriously wounded soldiers, especially disabled ones."

"Please rest assured, I will make all the arrangements and assign someone to supervise it."

Durant quickly replied.

"Okay, let's continue cleaning up the battlefield."

Rod waved his hand, turned and left.

Durant finally breathed a sigh of relief and straightened his back.

At this moment, Durant's deputy stepped forward and whispered, "Lord Durant, why did you also want to address the Baron as Your Majesty just now?"

"I do not know either……"

Durant let out a long sigh of relief and turned to look at his deputy with a puzzled expression.
Why did you say "also"?

The deputy leaned close to Durant and said in a low voice, "Because I also want to address the Baron as 'Your Majesty'."

"Ok?"

Durant's heart skipped a beat, and a thousand thoughts flashed through his mind.

Recalling the sudden warm current in his body during the battle just now, coupled with the changes he felt in the lord at this moment.

Durant sensed something was wrong.

Could the Lord of the Holy Land that Bai Shuang mentioned be the so-called Emperor of Destiny?

Durant pulled his deputy in front of him.

"Go and find out what other people think of the Baron, but remember not to tell anyone."

(End of this chapter)