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

Chapter 234 Mutation
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"My Lord"

Before Rhodes could even ask, Gala, who was monitoring the battlefield, immediately reported loudly, "A lizardman has suddenly gone berserk and started biting his companions!"

"Ok?"

Rhodes frowned.

How could this be?
Even if they were in a frenzy, they should have attacked the wolf riders. Why are they biting their own kind instead?

Something's not right here!
"White Wolf, come with me!"

At Rhodes's command, he led the White Wolf and the Winter Iron Guards and charged north!

"My lord, a dark figure is rushing down the northern hillside..."

Gala, who was riding with the guards, suddenly exclaimed, "My Holy Lord, is that a man riding a giant wild boar?!"

"She's a woman!"

"female?"

Rhodes was taken aback. "Your eagle flies so high, how can you tell if it's male or female?"

"Her breasts were so prominent, as large as two snow-capped peaks!"

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"what--"

Gaka's eyes were bloodshot, and he let out an angry roar.

The wolf riders' slaughter caused him to lose control and descend into madness.

"Since we're going to die anyway..."

Gaka opened its blood-red maw and roared, "Then let's die together!"

The next instant, it pounced on a wounded lizardman beside it, its claws tearing through its companion's chest!
"leader……"

The lizardman died on the spot before he could even react!

Gaka then began to devour the flesh and blood of its companions in a frenzy!
"Kacha kacha——"

The sound of bones being crushed was chilling, and the body twisted and deformed with a series of cracking sounds.

With a few quick bites, it devoured the entrails of its kin, its eyes gleaming with bloodlust, before lunging at another stunned companion!

Its sharp teeth snapped off its neck, and then it ripped out its companion's heart with a single claw!

The scales of the creature that had devoured its companion trembled, its muscles bulged, and it continued to expand with a series of "crunching" sounds!

The scales on its body stretched open, and new scales grew out of the gaps in the blink of an eye!

"Kuru, Sad, come with me and kill it!"

Upon seeing this, Wolf Hoof realized something was wrong, strained his legs, and charged straight at Gaka, brandishing his riding axe!

Gaka, who was tearing apart the corpse, suddenly looked up and grabbed the corpse beneath him to shield himself!

"Pfft!"

The lizardman's corpse was instantly cleaved in two!
With his legs slightly bent, Gaka leaped to the side of another lizardman and pierced its chest with a claw!

A burning heart pounded on Gakka's claws, dripping with blood, and he shoved it directly into his mouth!
Gaka's body surged and grew rapidly, reaching three meters in the blink of an eye. A layer of frost appeared on its scales, and its original dark blue color instantly turned into ice blue!
Its tail grew thick and long, covered with sharp spikes, and the tip became as sharp as a spear!

"Roar!"

It twisted and roared, shaking the earth, its face contorted in a ferocious glare at the wolf's hooves.

"You bunch of ants, you've made me like this! Die!"

With a flash, Gakka charged towards Wolf Hoof, sending the lizardman who was blocking him flying!

Undeterred by the transformed Garka Wolf Hoof, he twisted his axe and charged straight at the giant wolf!

However, courage often cannot overcome the gap in strength. Wolf Hoof's battle axe was blocked by a clatter, and he was sent flying backward!

"Ow!"

The giant wolf of the wasteland flew into a rage when it saw its master fly away, and opened its blood-red maw to lunge straight at Ga Ka's neck!

Gaka was agile, dodging to the side while extending its claws to block, and the wasteland giant wolf bit down on Gaka's arm!
"Squeak-"

The sound of metal scraping against metal rang out as the giant wolf's fangs pierced the frost, but it couldn't even bite through the grizzly scales!
"Ants!"

With a sinister grin on his face, Gaka swung his arm violently, sending the giant wolf of the wasteland flying!
With a loud crash, the giant wolf of the wasteland slammed heavily to the ground!

"Fangs!"

Wolf Hoof, which had jumped up, hurriedly called out. Fortunately, the giant wolf of the wasteland was strong and twisted its body to get up again!

Seeing this, the other two wolf riders charged at Gaka from the left and right, but Gaka grabbed their riding axes with his claws and threw them away!
"Damn monster!"

Wolf Hoof spat, then leaped back onto the giant wolf's back, gripping his riding axe tightly. "His scales are strange. Attack the areas where he has no scales!"

Just as Wolf Hoof finished speaking and was preparing to charge again, a figure riding a wild boar, even more robust than Gonle, charged across the battlefield!

"Hululu!"

With an angry snort, the wild boar charged violently, instantly sending the three-meter-tall Gaka flying!

The newcomer was none other than Sejuani, who had received the blessings of nature and the goddess of ice!
The instant Gakka landed, Sejuani's chain hammer flew out after him and slammed into Gakka!

"Crack!"

The sound of ice shattering rang out one after another, and the frost on the scales on Gaka's chest shattered, spitting out a mouthful of dark red blood!

Sejuani didn't stop, chasing after Gaka and swinging her warhammer straight at Gaka's head!

"die!"

Gaka rolled awkwardly to avoid the warhammer, but the stone behind him suffered the consequences!
Bang!
The stone was smashed to pieces, scaring Ga Ka away immediately!

"You're the female leader of the Ice and Snow Clan?!"

Gakka's eyes widened, a sliver of reason returning from his madness, as he stared at Sejuani in disbelief!
Sejuani didn't say anything and charged at Gaka again.

Gaka realized something was wrong and didn't linger in the fight. He nimbly weaved and leaped through the lizard horde, quickly putting distance between himself and Sejuani.

Meanwhile, Gakka's claws would occasionally hollow out the chests of its tribesmen, pulling out their hearts and stuffing them into its mouth.

Gaka's back began to throb, and his scales cracked at a visible speed, revealing a pair of wings stained with black blood emerging from his shoulder blades!
"Roar!"

The intense pain made Gaka roar out loud. He grabbed a member of his kind, snapped its neck, and shoved its heart into his mouth!

"You lowly, insignificant woman, I will tear you to pieces!"

Gaka flapped its wings rapidly and leaped towards Sejuani!
This time, Gakka was even faster, flashing past Sejuani like lightning!

"Stab!"

The sound of flesh tearing apart rang out, and blood splattered everywhere!

Sejuani tried her best to dodge, but a hideous gash was still torn open on her shoulder!
Gaka landed, licking the blood from his claws.

"Ah, what a wonderful taste..."

Gaka's eyes were filled with bloodthirsty madness as it flapped its wings again.

"I've changed my mind. I'm going to eat you up little by little..."

As soon as Gaka finished speaking, the madness on his face was instantly replaced by panic, and he turned his body to the side to dodge!
"call out!"

A meteor-like arrow, trailing flames, pierced straight through Gaka's shoulder blade, sending large chunks of flesh and scales flying into the air!
Immediately afterwards, crimson red ants, like bloodthirsty ants, instantly devoured the scales on Gaka's back!

"Ouch! It's burning me!"

Ga-ga screamed and rolled on the ground, trying to put out the flames on his shoulder!

But the enchantment on the Dragonbone Arrow is magic, just like the frost on his scales. How can it be extinguished by ordinary means?

Gaka went berserk again, rushing into his own kind to slaughter and devour them!

"Eh?"

Rhodes was slightly surprised to see this.

"You can dodge an arrow from a mere hundred meters away?"

"Let's see if you can dodge it when it's less than 100 meters away!"

Rhodes released the bowstring with his right hand, and another dragonbone arrow, trailing flames, pierced the sky!

Severely injured, Gaka lost his mind and reacted much slower, realizing that the dangerous arrow was already flying towards him!

Gaka hurriedly used the body of his kin to block, but the arrow pierced through his hollowed-out chest and shot directly into his face!

The enormous impact sent him flying back several meters before he slammed straight to the ground, kicking up clouds of dust!
Surprisingly, Gaka was incredibly resilient; even with half its head missing, it struggled to turn over and crawl toward the corpse of its kin.

Sejuani didn't give Gaka a chance to devour her. She leaped off the boar and slammed her chain hammer down on Gaka's head with a thunderous roar.

"Pfft!"

The skull shattered, and brain matter splattered out.

Gaka's head was smashed to pieces like a watermelon.

The lizardmen were already in chaos when Gaka went mad, but now that Gaka is dead, their retreat has turned into a complete rout.

The armored soldiers were naturally unable to catch up with these agile lizardmen and could only try their best to surround them.

"Durant, send all the scouts and wolf riders to give chase!"

Rhodes waved his hand, "Don't let them escape into the ice field!"

"Yes, Lord Baron!"

Durant immediately gave the order, and four scout teams rushed out. The scout teams were all skilled in mounted archery, and although their horses were not warhorses, they were sufficient to pursue these lizardmen.

Rhodes gave the reins a slight tug, and Night Fury, understanding, slowly walked toward Sejuani.

"Whoosh!"

When the Night Fury was a few dozen meters away from Sejuani, it snorted, stopped, and stared intently at the boar in front of it.

Rhodes stroked the Night Fury's mane and dismounted.

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Sejuani's heart tightened when she saw Rhodes, and she gripped her chainhammer tightly, taking a step back.

"Don't be nervous, I mean no harm."

Rod raised his hand slightly, a friendly smile on his face.

Rhodes knew that it was his fake dragon slayer aura that made Sejuani feel pressured, so he didn't pay attention to it.

“I am Lord Blackpine Ridge, the Dragon Slayer, Rhodes Tulip.”

Rhodes spoke in a broken, foreign language.

"Thank you for saving my wolf rider. As a reward, I can give you the supplies you need."

Upon hearing Rhodes speak in a foreign language, Sejuani's pupils contracted sharply, her expression turned solemn, she lowered her warhammer, and bowed slightly in respect.
"Greetings, Lord Rhodes, I am Sejuani Frost, leader of the Ice Clan."

After introducing herself, Sejuani said, "No need for payment, you just saved my life."

Sejuani glanced at the grotesque corpse on the ground.
“After he grew wings, I was no match for him.”

"According to the rules, I should be the one to pay you."

"Then let's consider this a friendly collaboration."

Rhodes smiled and looked Sejuani up and down.

She has a physique comparable to a female yak, with bulging muscles and wearing a cow-horned hat on her head.

If it weren't for those two breasts that are comparable to coconuts, you really wouldn't be able to tell she's a woman just by looking at her figure and not her face.

"If I may ask, as the leader of the Ice and Snow Clan, why are you here alone?" Rhode inquired.

“My people were all slaughtered by these lizardmen.”

Sejuani's voice was icy, her eyes burning with hatred as she casually swung her warhammer and smashed the head of the heavily wounded lizardman beside her.

This move made Durant and others tense up, and their hands involuntarily tightened their grip on their weapons.

Rhodes waved his hand, signaling everyone not to act rashly.

"Killing them many times will not quell my hatred."

Sejuani flicked the blood off her warhammer.
"Sorry, I was impulsive just now."

"It's okay, I can understand."

Rhodes shook his head slightly. "I sympathize with your plight. These lizardmen are the demons of this wasteland."

"They have already destroyed two human towns."

"To be honest, we could have gotten along well, developed together, and cooperated with each other."

Rhode looked at Sejuani and gestured to introduce the translator, Kyle, beside him.
"For example, the Snow Rabbit people found stable jobs in Black Pine Ridge, so that the whole tribe no longer had to travel in the wild."

"I originally wanted to recruit more snow rabbit people, but they were all slaughtered by the lizardmen."

Rhodes shook his head with a sigh, his tone full of helplessness.
“These lizardmen have thrown this northern wilderness into complete chaos, so I had no choice but to slaughter them all.”

"It's a pity I don't know where their stronghold is."

"They deserve to die!"

Sejuani said fiercely, "I can help you find them and wipe them out completely!"

"Oh?"

Rhodes looked at Sejuani in surprise.
"That's great! If you're willing, we can cooperate. I can even pay you to wipe out the lizardmen!"

"I don't need any reward; I just want to avenge my people!"

Sejuani's words were icy, and she exuded a chilling murderous aura.

If it weren't for Rod's imposing presence, Durant and the others would have already retreated.

However, at that moment, a "gurgling" sound interrupted the murderous aura.

Rhodes frowned and gripped his longbow tighter.

"what sound?"

Rhodes scanned the area ahead but found no target.

"Gululu..."

Another sound rang out, and Sejuani's fair cheeks suddenly flushed red.

"I'm sorry, Lord Rhodes, it's my belly."

"I've been so busy chasing lizardmen that I haven't had a chance to go hunting yet."

"Oh, it's okay."

Rhodes smiled and turned to Durant, "Send a portion of our military rations to Miss Sejuani."

After saying that, Rhode turned around and glanced at Sejuani's figure.

"Wait, three portions, please."

Gunle usually eats two portions.

Sejuani didn't understand what Rod and Durant were saying and looked completely bewildered.

Kyle translated for her: "Chief Sejuani, our lord said he would prepare food for you, the best food the soldiers eat."

Sejuani's eyes lit up, and she placed her right hand on her chest in a gesture of respect.

"Thank you for your generous gift, Lord Rhodes."

“We are already comrades-in-arms, a little bit of food is nothing.”

Rod waved his hand casually.

Durant quickly retrieved three rations from the back, and Rod pointed at Kyle.

"Kyle, give it to that leader, and then ask her what she needs."

"Yes, Lord Lord."

Kyle took the rations with both hands and carried them toward Sejuani.

Just then, footsteps sounded behind them, and a guard reported, "My lord, Baron Camille, lord of Icebreath Hills, has arrived."

Rhodes immediately turned around and looked at Camille.

Camille's eyes lit up the moment she saw Rhodes, and a smile appeared on her usually cold and aloof, exquisite face.
"Thank you for your hard work and help along the way!"

Camille bowed deeply to Rhodes, "Thank you very much."

"Extermining the lizardmen is something every lord of the Northern Wastes should do."

Rhodes nodded in response and said calmly, "Besides, your staying to hold the fort has already fulfilled our cooperation agreement."

Icebreath Town was used as "bait" to attract the attention of the lizardmen, giving Rhodes time to bring in his troops to launch a surprise attack on the lizardmen and inflict maximum casualties on them.

If Icebreath Town surrenders easily, Rhodes' army might not be able to catch up.

Camille smiled and nodded in return, then politely said in a low voice, "May I speak with you alone for a few minutes?"

"it is good."

Rod quickly walked to the side, with Vivian following closely behind.

Camille's face stiffened. "This..."

"My personal bodyguard knows all my secrets."

Luo De calmly assured him, "Don't worry, she'll listen to anything I tell her."

Camille looked at Vivian, whose face was half-covered, with a hint of surprise in his eyes and a deep sense of envy in his voice.
"Such a young and handsome bodyguard, Baron Rhodes, you certainly have a wealth of talent around you."

Camille sighed softly, "I just can't find a girl with such strength who I can keep by my side."

"It's just luck."

Rhodes casually replied, then asked, "What did you call me here for?"

"what."

Camille turned his gaze away from Vivian and said softly, "Thank you for saving us this time."

"Icebreath Town has nothing to offer you except a copper mine discovered near the Snake Tail Canyon to the east. I can grant you a twenty-year mining right."

"Ok?"

Rhodes was slightly stunned.

Small veins are usually mined out in about 20 years, and even medium-sized veins are usually mined out on the surface in about 20 years.

Deeper mineral veins are becoming more difficult to mine, so many powerful lords no longer want them.

Camille's actions were tantamount to giving the mine to himself.

A new mineral vein, Camille is so generous to give it to himself?

Rhodes didn't rush to express his opinion. He looked at Camille and asked with a puzzled expression,
"Baron Camille, what do you want?"

(End of this chapter)