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

Chapter 301 Magic Armor
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Lawrence is now very sensible.

Seeing that the person in charge of the extraordinary realm, Senda, had entered, he carefully put away the glass item and stood up.

"Master, I'll take my leave to make arrangements."

Lawrence bowed, nodded to Sainda, and then turned and walked away quickly.

Senda, carrying a leather bag, handed it directly to Rhodes.

His movements were somewhat casual, but his face was beaming with an unusually excited smile.

It's like a child sharing a new toy with a friend.

Rhodes placed the bag on the table and opened it, revealing a dark, wavy steel gauntlet.

The gauntlet looks very ordinary, with no special shape or pattern, resembling a rough iron hand.

Turn the gauntlet over, and you'll see a magic gem embedded in your wrist.

This proves that this gauntlet is not ordinary.

From an artistic point of view, however, it has a bit of a sable tail following a dog.

Fortunately, Rhodes doesn't care about any of that right now.

"Based on your previous suggestion, plus some of my own ideas..."

Just as Senda was about to begin his introduction, Rhodes interrupted him with a gesture.

"Vivian, have the guards inform Durant to come over."

Rhodes ordered, "Let's go to the training ground in the back and wait for him."

The gauntlet was ultimately intended for Durant, and Rod wasn't in a hurry to hear Sionda's explanation.

"Okay, my lord."

Vivian strode out to deliver the order.

Not long after, Durant quickly arrived at the training ground.

“My lord!” Durant bowed.

Rhodes nodded slightly in response and asked, "How's your practice going, you newbie?"

"is acceptable."

Durant raised his left hand, which was covered in a gauntlet, and controlled his fingers to open and close, which looked quite agile.

"Some delicate tasks can't be done, but,"

Durant walked to the weapons rack in the training field, reached out and picked up the wooden shield.
“Holding the shield is no longer a problem, sir.”

Durant said this with a look of joy on his face.

Rod nodded in satisfaction and handed the bag to Durant.
"In that case, why don't you try out this new gauntlet?"

“Thank you for your gift!”

Durant accepted the gift with both hands, bowed, and expressed his gratitude.

He wasn't surprised, because Cerf had already told him that Senda was here when he arrived.

But that doesn't mean Durant isn't excited.

Compared to Senna's casualness, Durant was extremely cautious.

He carried the bag to the bench next to him, sat down, placed the bag on his lap, and carefully opened it.

The slightly rough design made Durant pause for a moment, but after seeing the gem below his wrist, he instantly realized that this was a truly extraordinary item.

"Try it."

Rhodes smiled and said, turning to look at Senda, "Now you can tell me what this gauntlet is for."

"The defensive capabilities of this gauntlet are beyond question; even our armor-piercing arrows cannot penetrate it."

Sainda cleared his throat, his voice brimming with pride, "Durant, you can catch arrows with one hand now."

"In addition, this gauntlet has three other important effects."

Senda gestured with his fingers.

"First, it can significantly enhance the wearer's left arm strength and grip strength, increasing it by at least 100%."

"Secondly, it can deploy a magical shield to resist attacks from various swords and zero-ring spells."

Senda pointed to the gauntlets Durant was already wearing, "I should remind you that he relies on magical gems to provide his abilities."

"The power-enhancing effect can last for more than ten breaths."

"The energy shield can only be activated twice; it will dissipate once the energy is depleted," Senda reminded.

Durant stood frozen in place, stroking the armor on his left hand, wanting to open his mouth but unable to utter a word.

He never imagined that one day his left hand could not only be reattached, but also become a magical artifact!
"Didn't you say there were three effects?"

Rhodes looked at Senda and asked.

"The third effect is to detonate the magical energy on the shield."

"It's similar to an energy shock spell, but the energy shield will dissipate instantly after it's cast," Senda explained.

"Durant, you can try it. Use your energy and mental strength to control it."

"Ah, okay!"

Durant snapped out of his daze and began communicating with the new gauntlet.

Durant has been practicing the coordination of his breath and mental strength these days, and it can be said that he has mastered it very well.

Following Senna's instructions, Durant silently issued the command in his mind—

Strength increase!

The magic crystal was instantly lit up, and a blue light flashed across the surface of the deep blue gauntlets!

In an instant, Durant felt a powerful force surge into his body from his gauntlet.

He clenched his fist, clearly feeling the restless power in his left arm!
Durant strode up to the wooden stake and punched it!
Click!

After a crisp, loud sound, the wooden stake was instantly smashed in two!

"Too strong!"

Durant was both excited and shocked. "This... even plate armor can't withstand such an impact!"

"A doubled power for a high-ranking knight like you is more effective than a heavy hammer."

Rhodes chuckled and commented, urging, "Try the magic shield quickly."

With the added bonus from the stats, Rod wasn't worried at all about Durant's close-quarters combat ability when facing high-level knights.

But when facing a spellcaster, it's a completely different story.

Durant is practically immune to magic resistance right now, and he'll likely get crushed by spells.

However, magical shields and energy blasts can alter this to some extent.

"Yes, my lord!"

Durant responded and stood still, beginning the attempt.

With a hum, a transparent, pale blue light shield unfolded from the forearm of the gauntlet.

The light shield was oval-shaped, about twice the size of a regular round shield, and could cover almost half of Durant's body.

The surface of the light shield is covered with intricate and mysterious rune patterns, making it look very sturdy.

Rhodes walked to the weapon rack and casually grabbed a spare longsword.

"Be careful, test the defense's effectiveness."

"Ok!"

Durant nodded and then raised the light shield.

Rhodes immediately raised his longsword and slashed down hard at the light shield!

"Oh!"

The moment the longsword touched the light shield, it burst forth with a ripple-like wave!
At the same time, Rhodes felt a strong recoil force, which made his tiger's mouth slightly numb.

The shield itself appeared undamaged and remained stably suspended on Durant's gauntlet.

However, upon closer inspection, it can be seen that it is slightly weaker than before.

"Not bad!"

With a satisfied expression, Rhodes then ordered, "Try the energy shock again."

Durant nodded and had his guards bring new wooden stakes to plant in the ground, forming a semi-circle.

Like Rhodes's Flame Slash, Energy Impact can only be tested using wooden stakes as targets.

However, the effect of the energy impact is much weaker than that of the Flame Slash.

After the blue light shield exploded, it only completely destroyed the surrounding wooden stakes, without blowing them away entirely.

Of course, such an effect would be fatal to unprotected soldiers and knights.

After testing all the gauntlets' abilities, Rhodes looked at Senda with eyes full of approval.

"I want you to make it, and you can make it. You're a genius!"

"Thank you for the compliment, Lord Rhodes!"

Senna stepped forward and stroked Durant's gauntlet.

"The first time I used alchemy to customize a magical item for a knight, the results were quite unexpected."

"If it were a little stronger, perhaps Durant could really fight against the spellcaster."

Senda seemed to be deep in thought.
"The knight defeated the spellcaster using a magical item I crafted, which is quite exciting!"

“Indeed, just thinking about it is exciting.” Rhodes nodded in agreement.

"By the way, Lord Rhodes, this item was designed by us, so it should have a new name."

Sainda looked up at Rhodes, "You decide, I don't like naming things."

“I don’t like naming things either, and you might need to make more gauntlets like these in the future, so I can’t keep naming them.”

Rod thought for a moment, "How about we give it a more generic name?" "What kind of generic name?"

Senda, upon hearing the new concept, stared at Rhodes expectantly.

"Powered by magic, it should be a magic-powered combat gauntlet... It's a bit too long..."

Rhodes murmured to himself, then confirmed after a moment,
"Let's call it Magic Energy Armor."

"Yes, the first generation."

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The continuous testing rendered Durant's gauntlets powerless.

Rhodes sent Durant to Avril and asked her to find an apprentice to help infuse magic into the gauntlets.

Rhodes and Senda also left the training ground, discussing the equipment issues of the Winter Knights as they walked.

The magic armor is quite good, but it's difficult to make, takes a long time, and requires magic gems.

Therefore, the main equipment of the Winter Knights is still enchanted plate armor, which increases their defense and reduces the weight of the plate armor.

This reduces the Winter Knights' stamina consumption and increases their movement speed.

Of course, there are also shields wrapped in sea-patterned magic steel.

"Lord Rhodes, Allessel and the others need to pray to you to restore their magic."

After discussing the equipment, Senda looked at Rhodes leisurely and said, "They want to make a statue to aid in meditation."

"Yes, I know, and I'm not opposed to it."

Rhodes nodded. "The problem is that nobody knows how to make such a thing. It involves knowledge of the realm of faith, and nobody understands it."

“I don’t understand matters of faith either, but I think this is also related to alchemy.”

Sainda crossed his arms over his chest and said seriously,

"Designing this gauntlet made me realize something: you don't necessarily have to make it according to what your teacher taught you."

"I should design new things according to the needs and use those runes flexibly."

Senda looked up at Rhodes with a look of understanding in his eyes.

"Like you said, you have to be creative."

"It seems you have grasped the secret to becoming a master alchemist."

Rhodes patted Senda on the shoulder. "Are you going to design the statue yourself?"

Senda nodded slightly. "Try making a simple little statue."

“Sure, Avril happens to have some information about faith. I’ll have her organize it for you; it might give you some inspiration.”

Rod readily agreed, saying, "Tell me if you need anything else, and I'll support you."

"For now, I think I'll need your carpenters' help; they'll be in charge of the carving."

Sainda was blunt, as if he had already planned it out in his mind, "The rest can be left to the blacksmith."

“Alright, I will have the guards speak to the carpenter Waller.”

Rhodes felt that the idol was still quite important.

This involves not only the efficiency of yak people in crafting enchanted weapons and equipment, but also the improvement of the strength of wild people such as wolfhoof.

Because he possessed the "mental amplifier" wand, Rhodes always felt that there was much to be done in the realm of faith.

With full support, Senda watched Rhodes with great interest.

"Lord Rhodes, I'm very curious about what kind of wizard you are?"

Senda said thoughtfully, "You wield the power of fire; you appear to be an elemental wizard."

"I heard from Hamor that you designed all those interesting machines in the blacksmith's shop. I think you also seem to have some knowledge of rare mechanical wizards."

"Now you're even getting involved in the realm of faith? That puzzles me!"

"It doesn't matter what it is."

Rhodes smiled casually, "The important thing is that it's valuable and allows our territory to continue to develop; that's enough."

"Hmm, that makes sense,"

Senda seemed thoughtful. "Don't worry, I don't mind studying the gods."

"My teacher once said that knowledge can be categorized but has no boundaries."

"Understand, master, use".

"These are the most important things."

What Senda said is also the philosophy that wizards have always upheld.

Wizards have never rejected theology; in fact, they have embraced the gods.

However, the pursuit of truth often offends those in power and can lead to a loss of control, thus being labeled a blasphemer.

Later, the wizards refused to join the ranks of the gods and only studied and researched, and were then labeled as evil heretics.

It could be said that the wizards were constantly pursuing something, while the gods were eliminating those who disagreed.

In Rhodes's philosophy, whether one believes or not is not important.

The important thing is that I got what I wanted.

"I need to go back and study it."

After finishing speaking, Senda nodded to Rhodes and turned to leave.

Rhodes didn't linger at the smoky manor, but headed straight for the potion workshop.

Yurai and the others are now researching the bloodline potion for the snow rabbits, a key potion that can further awaken Frannie's powers.

However, before Rhodes could take two steps, Gala hurried over to report.

The rocky ridges that had been dormant in the mountains have just hatched.

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The southwestern border of the Shattered Rock Empire.

Imperial army camp.

The atmosphere was heavy inside the command tent of Supreme Commander Leon.

The heavy tapestries blocked out the noise from the outside world, and the tent was as quiet as if a storm was about to break.

A huge tactical map was spread out on a long wooden table, densely marked with various military symbols.

Commander Leon wore exquisite armor and a commander's badge on his chest.

He sat in the main seat, his hands folded on the table, gazing intently at the two guests before him.

Bishop Salido, appointed by the Holy Council, sat to Leon's right.

He wore a white robe decorated with gold thread, and the emblem of the Church of Dawn hung on his chest.

Salido was about forty years old, with a dignified and noble appearance.

Her silver-gray hair was meticulously combed, and her posture was upright and elegant, with every movement revealing aristocratic manners.

But Salido's slightly raised chin and disdainful eyes revealed his inner arrogance.

On the left is Lusen, the representative of the Dawn Society.

Lusen was wary of people who were facing the church directly, and remained sitting upright and silent the whole time.

“Bishop Salido, thank you for sending the Holy Council to assist you.”

Leon's tone was respectful and formal.

"You must have heard of the threat of the undead. Your arrival will be like the dawn, dispelling the darkness."

Salido smiled with satisfaction upon hearing this.

He gently stroked the holy emblem on his chest, his voice tinged with obvious superiority.

"Commander Leon, you're too kind."

Salido's tone was slow and solemn.

"It is the Holy Council's duty to deal with evil undead creatures."

Salido paused briefly, "And for us, the undead are actually not that difficult to deal with."

"They are foolish, lacking wise guidance, and only blindly fight each other."

Salido held up one finger and gestured in the air.

“Weapons blessed by the radiance of our Lord can destroy them as easily as crushing ants.”

Upon hearing these arrogant remarks, Lucien's brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.

However, Luxembourg remained calm and did not refute.

Commander Leon noticed Luxem's reaction and spoke again.
“Bishop Salido, I have faith in the strength of the Church.”

Leon said somewhat hesitantly:
"But the Dawn Society's research shows that the undead threat is far more complex than previously thought."

"And I was personally involved, so there seems to be some kind of conspiracy behind this."

"Oh, is it so?"

Salido slightly raised his eyelids and glanced at where Luxem was.

"While the Dawn Society may have some capabilities in certain areas, please forgive my bluntness,"

Salido paused deliberately, letting out a soft hum from his nose.

"Compared to the holy light of our Lord, which is brighter than the midday sun, the dawn will be as faint as a candle flame."

"The Dawn Society's research has no value or meaning for us."

Salido's voice was calm and slow, elegant yet filled with arrogance.

"Believe me, the undead are just slightly troublesome pests."

(End of this chapter)