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

Chapter 228 Baron Bronn
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"Eh?"

Rhodes looked at the system notification with surprise, and then a large amount of knowledge about marine life flooded into his mind.

Rhodes was used to this feeling. He blinked hard and instantly came to his senses.

Then carefully review the prompts.

[Ocean Hunter (Green): You possess extensive knowledge of various marine creatures and understand their anatomy, resulting in an additional 10% damage dealt when hunting all marine life.]

[Next entry: Hunt and harvest over 10,000 catties of seafood in your territory again to unlock: Fishing Master (Blue)]

"Ten thousand catties of seafood?"

Rod smiled and silently did some calculations in his mind.

Ten thousand catties sounds like a lot, but in reality, it's not much at all when you're beachcombing.

Especially in undeveloped sea areas, you can pick them up anywhere.

However, it depends on whether the surrounding area is suitable for this outlet to the sea.

"My lord, what... what should we do?"

Aleya stared at the giant crab lying across the cave, unsure of what to do.

She's an expert in wilderness hunting, and she can dismember any animal in no time.

But what should we do with this Cancer?

"Dislocate the leg first."

Rod took Gunle's axe, stepped forward, and decisively chopped at the base of the crab's claws.

Unlike ordinary crabs, the claws of a giant crab don't fall off at the slightest touch.

Rhodes swung his axe three times, but the crab's pincers were still attached to its main body.

"Wait a minute, go and clean up all the crabs around here, then bring some dry grass and animal hides to line the bottom, so they don't break the giant claws."

"It's the lord!"

Aleya and the others didn't know what to do, so they all obediently followed Rhodes's instructions and began picking up the crabs that had been split in half.

These crabs are all quite large, and even though some of the flesh has been lost, there is still plenty of succulent crab meat inside.

Ordinary wooden buckets simply couldn't hold the bodies of those small crabs; they had to be picked up and dismantled as they went.

As for the intact baby crab, it was simply moved away and put into a bag.

Just as everyone was cleaning up the battlefield, a loud noise suddenly came from outside!
Rhodes turned to look at Aria, and the two of them realized at the same time.

"It's that giant crab!"

"It was attracted by the smell of blood!"

At Rhodes' command, "Quickly, push that giant crab over there!"

The Winter Guard quickly squeezed through the gap between the crab and the wall to the back, while the hunters in front swiftly tied ropes to the crab's legs!
But just as the sound was getting incredibly close to the cave entrance, it suddenly started to move away again!

Rhodes was stunned for a moment, then realized what he meant.

"White Wolf Aleya Hunting Team, follow me!"

"This guy is trying to escape!"

Rhodes picked up the dragonbone longbow, turned around, and headed straight for the dark river!

Rhodes was very fast, but by the time he jumped into the underground river, the crab had already run a hundred meters away!

"coward!"

Rhodes couldn't help but curse, and immediately raised the dragonbone longbow and pulled it back with all his might!

"Keep chasing it, don't let it escape!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Rod released his fingers!

"Woo!"

A deep voice sounded, and the dragon bone arrow flashed through the air like a shooting star, embedding itself directly in the side of the crab!

Flames erupted instantly, sweeping across the crab's shell!

The dark blue carapace turned red instantly, and cracks appeared on its abdomen. Its two legs lost all vitality and hung limply on the carapace!
"Kick!"

The crab roared, its movements abruptly halting, and it stumbled and crashed to the ground!
With a loud bang, the entire cave shook!

At this moment, the crab turned around, roaring angrily, and swung its giant pincers to attack Aleia, the white wolf, and the others!
"You guys continue, I'll stop it!"

The white wolf didn't slow down and charged straight at the giant crab!

Aleya and the hunting team immediately raised their bows and fired a barrage of shots at the giant crab!
The crab could sense the white wolf's presence and was instantly drawn to it, swinging its giant pincers to attack the white wolf!
And so the crab’s huge body became a target, and the arrows all landed accurately on its abdomen!

The crab turned its head again, wanting to attack the hunting party, but the white wolf jumped onto the stone platform and opened its blood-red mouth at the crab!
A chilling aura erupted, and the icy blue color spread rapidly toward the Cancer!

The Cancer tried to escape, but found its legs were unusually stiff and it couldn't move at all!

Just then, Rhodes's dragonbone arrow flashed past and pierced the crab's head!
Crimson flames spread across the crab's body once more, and even if only for a moment, the crab's shell turned a scorched red!
The series of attacks and Rhodes' arrow caused the crab's body to sway, and it then lost control and fell to the ground!

However, the crab was not dead yet. It slowly raised its legs and tried to move into the river.

"Keep it!"

As soon as Rhodes finished speaking, the hunting team all took out their grappling hooks, swung them fiercely, and threw them at the giant crab!

"Ding Ding Ding!"

A crisp metallic clang rang out as the claw sank directly into the crab's shell!
The hunting team quickly wrapped the rope around their arms and, their faces flushed, pulled the giant crab toward the shore!
Cancer's strength is so great that even a hunting team of more than ten people couldn't move it!

But Cancer couldn't escape either, and the two sides remained deadlocked.

At this moment, Rhodes' third arrow was released and landed on the crab's head once again.

This time, Cancer finally couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed to the ground, barely alive.

At this moment, the Winter Guard also ran out of the cave, brandishing a harpoon and thrusting it into the giant crab.

[More than 10,000 catties of seafood have been hunted and harvested in the territory, unlocking the entry: Fishing Master (Blue)]

"I told you it was simple."

Rod smiled and looked at the entry description.

[Fishing Master (Blue): Marine life prefers to inhabit the coast of your territory, resulting in a 30% increase in your territory's coastal catch and the ability to accurately detect high and low tide times.]

As Rhodes viewed the effects of the "Fishing Master" entry, various fishing gear crafting techniques and knowledge about ocean fishing entered his mind.

In the blink of an eye, Rod felt like he had become a professional fisherman.

[Next entry: You consume 50 catties of seafood yourself, and your territory consumes a total of 50,000 catties of seafood and digests it completely, unlocking the entry: Tidal Body (Blue)]

"Looks like this is another attribute that improves physical fitness?"

Rod smiled.

Consuming 50,000 catties of seafood is not difficult.

When distributed among the residents of Shuangye Town, each person received only a little over ten kilograms.

Once they can catch them, they'll be eaten up in just a few days.

As Rhodes was checking the entry information, a swarm of "little giant crabs" rushed over.

Their goal was simple—to eat the giant crab that Rhodes had killed.

Rod, naturally, couldn't let them succeed, and loudly commanded,

"Chop it all into ingredients!"

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Frosty Leaf Town.

The midday sun shines brightly in the early spring of the northern wilderness.

Supported by a soldier, Bloom raised his hand to look at the sun, watching the bustling scene in Frostleaf Town.

"It's definitely much better than Icewind Town."

The more than twenty days of recuperation caused Brøns' already robust body to gain even more weight.

"Let's go and pay our respects to Baron Rhodes."

With the help of soldiers, Bronn, leaning on a cane, limped toward the lord's manor.

Bloom's leg was clearly not fully recovered, and he had to stop and rest every few steps.

But Brûlé didn't want to delay any longer, so he followed the seriously wounded back to Frostleaf.

"Baron Bron, what brings you here?"

Durant quickly approached, "Please forgive my intrusion, but you should rest more now."

Durant paused, his gaze sweeping over Bloom's wooden staff.

Is there something you're unhappy about here?

"No no!"

Bloom shook his head repeatedly, "The servants have taken good care of me, and the food is much better than in Icewind Town."

Bloom looked at Durant with a bitter expression.

“But, Sir Durant, Lord Rhodes saved my life, and now that I’m feeling better, I should come and thank him.”

"I'm sorry, Baron Bronn, our lord is not in town at the moment; he's out handling affairs of the territory."

Durant smiled and said to Baron Bloom, "You should go back and rest."

"what……"

Bloom hesitated for a moment, "Then may I ask when Baron Rhodes will be returning?" "I'm sorry, Baron Bloom, the lord's itinerary is not disclosed to me."

Durant shook his head helplessly.

"OK then."

Bloom let out a long breath and turned around with difficulty.

The soldiers rushed forward to help him up, afraid that Bron would fall.

Seeing Brown's complicated expression, Durant took the initiative to chase after him, saying, "If you want to go back to your family, or if you have something you want to do and want to leave Frostleaf Town, you can leave at any time."

"Our lord has instructed that your movements will not be restricted."

"Ah, I didn't want to leave..."

Bloom smiled and looked at Durant.
"Frostleaf Town gave me a new life, and I won't leave like this."

Durant remained silent, staring at the somewhat complicated expression on Bloom's face. He vaguely sensed that there was something more to what Bloom was saying, but he didn't press the matter.

The key issue is that I don't know how to ask.

When asked why he didn't leave, Baron Bronn inevitably interpreted it as a way of telling him to get rid of someone.

Bloom said calmly, "I just want to thank Lord Rhodes in person as soon as possible."

"Yes, my lord, I will inform you as soon as he returns."

Durant nodded and turned to wave to his deputy behind him.

"Take the Baron down to rest, and then have Lady Luna examine his injuries."

"Yes, Lord Durant!"

The deputy quickly stepped forward and, together with the soldiers, helped Baron Bronn away.

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Along the dark river, the light of the campfire flickered in the cave.

The "little crabs" that tried to steal the giant crab's corpse ended up as food in the pot.

The hunting team didn't bring a large pot, which couldn't possibly hold the body parts of these "little giant crabs".

But Rod came up with a solution.

After breaking down the giant crab, which is the size of a calf, clean the shells and use them as a pot, then put the other crabs in.

Aleya watched the crabs gradually turning red on the campfire and cautiously asked, "My lord, are these ugly, spider-like things really edible?"

"Yes, you can eat it! You can definitely eat it!"

Gunle answered first, "Can't you smell the aroma? If you're not going to eat it, leave it for me!"

Rod, seeing Gunther's impatient look, smiled and nodded.
"Aleya, you can try it later. If you don't like it, there's also dry food and jerky."

"Oh, oh." Aleya nodded mechanically, but couldn't help glancing at the pot again.

Vivian swallowed hard, leaned close to Rhodes and whispered, "Baron, my sister would like to ask you to send some back to Frostleaf Town as soon as possible."

"Okay, I'll have White Wolf freeze some crab meat and have someone take it back quickly."

Rhodes responded.

Despite the biting cold inside the cave, the wilderness outside is in early spring weather, with daytime temperatures already below zero.

The meat of these dead crabs cannot be taken away directly; it must be pickled, smoked, or dried.

If you want something fresh, you have to rely on freezing it, and then you can send it back.

Thank you for your generosity!

Vivian, her eyes brimming with joy, kissed Rhodes on the cheek.

"I kissed it for my sister!"

"You seem quite willing to do it for me."

Rhodes patted Vivian's lower back lightly. "Tell Avril not to just think about eating. Look into what kind of potions these crabs can make."

“Mmm.” Vivian nodded immediately.

"Alright, hurry up and help disassemble the Cancer."

Rhodes, carrying Ashbringer, pointed to the two enormous bodies in front of him, which resembled a collapsed small mountain.

After the giant crab's legs were removed from the cave, the soldiers dragged them out and placed them on the banks of the underground river.

These two guys are about the same size, and together they probably weigh two or three tons.

Disassembling this behemoth was a tough job, and no one could slack off; even Rhodes had to do it himself.

"Let's start with the pincers and those claws."

Rod instructed, "Cut it off at the base, being careful of the barbs on top."

"Yes, Lord Lord!"

The hunters responded in unison and began hacking away at Rod's command.

However, since it was everyone's first time disassembling a Cancer, it was inevitable that they would be a bit flustered.

Rod had no choice but to provide guidance himself.

"Find the gaps, start here."

Rod took the chisel from the soldier, aimed it at the joint of the carapace, and began to hammer away.

"Crack!"

With a crisp sound, a thin crack appeared in the shell.

"That's it."

He stood up and handed the tools back to the soldier.

The pliers were quickly removed and slammed heavily onto the rock, causing the ground to tremble slightly.

Next come the eight giant legs, and then comes the most difficult part: peeling the shell.

Traditionally, when eating crabs, you simply peel off the shell. But with this giant crab, you have to let it go, then lift up its abdomen and carefully remove everything bit by bit.

The entry provided Rhodes with a wealth of knowledge, so even though he was a child from the interior in his previous life, he was still able to easily command his soldiers to do their work.

The crab was dissected bit by bit, and everything on its body was collected.

Cancer has many valuable items on its body, and Rhode can't throw any of them away.

The cephalothorax and pincers of a crab can be used to make shields and shoulder armor, and even to make protective plates for the bow of ships.

Hollowed out by giant pincers to make decorative items, these are also extremely imposing and precious artifacts.

The claws can be polished to make bone knives and arrow shafts, which are both thin and strong.

Not to mention crab meat, the cartilage, blood, and internal organs of the giant crab are all materials that can be used to make potions.

The hunters were taught the basic techniques; the rest was just repetitive work.

Rhodes waved his hand and led Vika Aleya and the others, carefully making their way along the banks of the dark river.

Soon, Rhodes saw the light that Aleia had mentioned.

It wasn't firelight.

It was the light of day.

Rhodes took a deep breath, his chest rising and falling slightly.

"It's the sea."

Rod quickened his pace and ran towards the cave entrance.

A salty sea breeze swept over him, and the boundless deep blue filled Rhodes's vision.

The dappled sunlight danced on the sea surface, sparkling like countless diamonds.

The distant horizon stretches endlessly, merging seamlessly with the sky.

The sky was a deep blue, and wispy clouds were torn apart by the wind and drifted toward the unknown distance.

"My God, this is the ocean..."

Alaya took a deep breath, "So beautiful..."

Vivian was also stunned by the beautiful scenery before her, and stood there gazing at the sea in the distance.

The others were stunned and speechless.

Only the white wolf remained calm and unhurried as he walked out of the cave, clearly having seen the sea before.

The cave's exit is a rocky outcrop, and a little further away is a mountain hollow where the shore is a sandy beach full of pebbles.

Further away are low hills.

Unfortunately, the area is covered with moss and grass, with only a few scattered low trees.

"It still can't compare to the coastal areas of the southern provinces."

Rod couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Those western islands must be full of golden beaches and coconut and banana trees.

Behind the hills in this sea area of ​​Rhodes lies the steep cliff of the Blade's Edge Mountains.

Just as the name of the Blade's Edge Mountains suggests, the cliffs are sheer and straight, like a natural chasm separating Black Pine Ridge from the coast.

If it weren't for this underground river, Rhodes probably would never have seen the sea in Black Pine Ridge in his entire life.

Rhodes is now satisfied.

With this road, salt, seafood, and even maritime trade will beckon to Rhodes in the future.

(End of this chapter)