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

Chapter 24 The Disintegrated Wyvern

"you sure?"

Rod immediately became interested.

Spellcasters are a collective term for extraordinary individuals who use various forms of energy or materials to cast spells; they are rare and therefore mysterious.

There are naturally born witches, wizards who acquire spellcasting abilities through research and learning, and sorcerers who gain power through darkness and evil, all mixed together.

The spellcaster is mysterious, and Rhodes' inability to distinguish them is not due to a lack of attention, but rather because there is too little information about the spellcaster.

"Your Excellency, there's no way to be sure..."

Durant gave a wry smile, "If it's confirmed, those people from the church inquisition will come running as soon as they smell it."

All churches regard spellcasters as heretics and will hunt them down on sight.

The situation in the Shattered Rock Empire is relatively good; the churches cannot overstep their bounds, and there are records about spellcasters.

If on the other side of the ocean, in a holy council controlled by the church, even searching for information about spellcasters would be sinful.

It is said that thousands of years ago, powerful spellcasters despised the gods and even wanted to kill them, which led to a devastating war between them.

However, some say that the gods feared the power of the spellcasters and initiated the siege first, forcing the spellcasters to retaliate.

Regardless of the process, the result was that spellcasters disappeared, the gods ceased to perform miracles, and human rights took the opportunity to rise and establish various kingdoms on the eastern continent.

Then came the orthodox history, where the Rockbreaker Emperor rose to power, quickly defeating nineteen small kingdoms with his superior military and strategic abilities, and establishing the Rockbreaker Empire.

The remaining thirty-two nations realized something was wrong and quickly formed an alliance, which finally stopped the invasion of the Rockbreaker Emperor.

The Shattered Rock Empire has lasted for over five hundred years, and the current emperor is the twenty-fourth.

Durant continued, "She's a magician who performs tricks, working in a circus, and can light the cards in her hand on fire instantly."

She also performed some fire-controlling tricks, but I never smelled sulfur.

Moreover, while she was performing, I had a strange sense of danger, and I wanted to rush up and kill her with my sword.

Durant hesitated for a moment, then added, "I had that feeling when I was with Ryan."

Rod remained silent; Durant's words prevented him from drawing a conclusion.

On the one hand, I've never seen it before; on the other hand, in my past life I've seen many amazing fire magic tricks, and even people who were unharmed when flames were rubbed back and forth on their genitals.

It's very difficult to prove that this is the work of the spellcaster.

The only thing that Rodman really cared about was Durant's feelings.

"It's alright. Whatever she is, just ignore her for now as long as she doesn't enter Black Pine Ridge."

"Ah."

"Let's go, let's go study the dragon egg first."

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The wyvern's egg is Rhodes' most prized possession, kept separately in a cabin on the manor, guarded by the most astute guards.

The three books Durant brought back were all popular science books on nature.

Illustrated Guide to Common Monsters in the Shattered Rock Empire

Records of Encounters with Unusual Beasts

A Collection of Legendary Creatures and Herbs

If the information is accurate, it can be useful anytime you live in the Northern Wastes.

To verify the authenticity of the content, Rhodes turned to the section on wyverns in all three books and compared the descriptions one by one to ensure the accuracy of the information.

The characteristics of the wyvern recorded above are pretty much the same as what Renn described.

Rhodes then brought in Raine's wife, Luna, to examine the herbs, and the vast majority of them turned out to be genuine.

Lawrence's backside is safe for now.

Through tests like these, the information recorded in the book about the hatching of bipedal dragon eggs is more likely to be accurate.

"Wyverns often find caves with metal veins to lay their eggs, which then begin to incubate in the warm month of June, and hatch after three months..."

Rhodes didn't want to wait until June.

Although it's still a bit cold in mid-April, you can still stay warm by lighting the stove inside and sealing the windows.

As long as someone watches the fire, the warmth can be maintained, creating a greenhouse.

To completely simulate the environment in which a mother dragon incubates her eggs, Rhodes had iron ore placed around the boxes containing the dragon eggs.

"Is this really okay?"

Durant looked at the two boxes containing dragon eggs and asked nervously.

"We can't, and there's nothing we can do. After all, we killed the wyvern that could incubate its eggs."

Rod shrugged helplessly and said casually, "It's okay, at worst it'll just end up as scrambled eggs."

If you've tried your best and still can't hatch properly, then there's nothing anyone can do.

Rod can't afford to waste his energy on something like this.

After arranging the dragon egg matter, Lawrence seized the opportunity to run up and report.
"My lord, Renn just came to report that he has disposed of the wyvern's carcass." "Then I'll go check on the situation."

Rod brought Durant and Lawrence to Ryan's yard.

Rhodes did confiscate all of Raine and the others' property, but he arranged a courtyard with three large wooden cabins for him and his hunters.

Moreover, they had no shortage of food, and they arranged their own meals every day, which was not the treatment of slaves at all.

Of course, Ryan did a good job as well.

"Good day, lord."

After bowing, Renn introduced the materials that were divided on the shelf: "The dragon scales are expected to make two to three pieces of leather armor, and you can also make shields if you wish."

"Dragon claws and fangs can be used to make daggers, short knives, or spears, while sharp teeth can be used to make poisoned arrows."

"Some wing bones can be made into bows, and tendons can be used to make bowstrings, which will be far more powerful than ordinary bows and arrows."

"As for the rest..."

Ryan turned his gaze to his wife.

Luna understood and stepped forward to explain, "The pure meat weighs about 600 jin, and the rest are heart, liver, lungs, and other internal organs, which are all mixed together without being processed."

Rhodes thought for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Can we eat internal organs?"

"Apart from the heart, the others are toxic."

"Oh yes."

Rod recalled that all three books seemed to mention that wyverns had poisonous internal organs, but he hadn't looked into it carefully when researching.

Ugh.

I was originally planning to stew a pot of spicy offal.

It seems that this is no longer possible.

Rod couldn't help but sigh.

"Since it's poisonous, let Luna handle it. Perhaps mixing it with herbs can create medicine or poison?"

Rhodes handed Luna the "Collection of Legendary Creatures and Herbs".

"This book, which I bought for thirty silver coins from Lawrence's brother Oris Kinshah, may be of some use to you."

"Yes, my lord."

Luna accepted the book with both hands and bowed to express her gratitude.

She had little experience with currency and had no concept of thirty silver coins, so she didn't pay attention to what Rhodes said.

But Lawrence, who was beside her, understood the deeper meaning in the lord's words and quickly spoke up.

"Auris is a swindler! He must have only spent ten silver coins to get his hands on this book!"

Lawrence leaned closer to Rhodes and whispered, "Why don't I find him, and you take all his gold coins?"

Rhodes glanced sideways at Lawrence.
"That's a good idea, but I'm busy right now."

Rhodes stopped arguing with Lawrence, looked at Renn, and ordered, "Make me a set of leather armor first, and deal with the rest and put them aside."

Weapons like bows, arrows, spears, daggers, and short swords—make them all; we're in dire need of them right now.

As for the meat of the wyvern, the book seems to say that eating it can temporarily enhance one's physique, so let's just dry it all into jerky.

"Yes, my lord."

Renn nodded in agreement and turned to tell the hunter beside him to go inside and fetch something.

"Please wait."

"What else?"

Just as Rod was wondering what was going on, the hunter Dolan brought out the head of the wyvern from inside the house.

“I’ve already hollowed it out; you can keep it as decoration to showcase your honor.”

"This thing is wild enough, I like it."

Rhodes took the dragon head, examined it for a moment, and then handed it to Durant.

Without lingering, Rhodes returned to the manor.

After hanging the dragon head on the wall, he put his hands on his hips and admired it for a while.

The menacing dragon head was bathed in the golden light of the setting sun streaming through the window, losing some of its ferocity and gaining a touch of solemnity.

I must say, this primitive aesthetic has a unique charm.

However, this moment was quickly interrupted by Otto, who came to report.

The 1,000 mu of land has been plowed.

Rod thought for a moment, then looked at the vast expanse of farmland on the distant hillside.

"It's time to prepare the seeds for planting."

(End of this chapter)