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

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As the box was put down, Nabila leaned closer and curiously lowered her head.

The other black-armored knights followed.

The box looked ordinary, but when it was opened, a cool sensation wafted out.

"Something very interesting."

Nabila re-examined the box.

"Low-temperature chambers are specially designed for storing items that are sensitive to high temperatures."

Kyle explained, "It is said that His Majesty developed it when he was in the North."

"It ensures that these explosive bombs will not have any accidents during transportation."

As he spoke, Kyle took out an explosive grenade from the box.

The explosive bullet is only the size of a fist, roughly pear-shaped, narrow at the top and round at the bottom, and fits naturally in the palm of your hand.

The outer shell is a thick layer of yellowish-brown mud with a rough surface, making it look more like a piece of clay that has been casually shaped.

Only a small bone ring at the top makes its special feature known.

"This thing... will it work?"

Nabila looked at the rough appearance with some confusion.

"As long as that thing isn't fireproof, it's fine."

Kyle said confidently.

He then held the explosive grenade up in front of everyone.

"The operation is very simple."

He pressed his thumb against the bone ring on top.

"The operation is very simple: pull out this bone fragment and then throw it."

Kyle made a throwing gesture. "It will catch fire when it lands."

"There are only ten, so I can't give you a demonstration."

"I will use it myself in a moment, so you can see it clearly."

Kyle's gaze swept over the black-armored knight in front of him.

Before they could respond, Nabila said, "There are only ten. You and your knight can throw them."

"it is good."

Kyle nodded, then took an arrow from the box.
"These are the thirty explosive arrows, which have a similar effect to explosive bullets."

He handed the arrow to Nabila, "But the arrowhead is very small, so the power will be a bit lower."

"But it should have some effect."

"This is acceptable."

Nabila took the arrow and handed it to the other black-armored knights.

The Templars were once skilled in various weapons, with bows and arrows being their most basic weapon.

The other boxes contain ordinary rockets, which require no further explanation.

A moment later, the group headed towards the valley ahead.

The valley is wide, with gentle slopes on both sides.

The ground was cracked earth, which looked like it used to be a riverbed.

The hillside was covered with dead vines, like dried-up blood vessels, densely packed together.

The valley was shrouded in gray fog, and the air was filled with a strong, putrid stench, even more pungent than the dead woods outside.

The entire valley was shrouded in darkness, with no end in sight.

The entrance to the valley was fairly well-lit.

But as they went deeper, the surrounding light began to dim.

The undead possessed darkvision, but Kyle did not, and the knights quickly raised torches.

Before long, black mist rose from the ground, moving around their feet like a living thing.

Rows of dead trees stood on the hillsides on both sides, twisted and deformed in the black fog.

Kyle unconsciously stopped in his tracks. Behind him, a knight lit a flaming arrow with a torch, nocked an arrow, and fired it forward.

The arrow whistled past and embedded itself in a dead tree in the distance.

Nothing happened.

Only the dead wood crackled and burned.

A gust of cold wind swept by, and the flames were suddenly extinguished.

The hillsides on both sides of the valley were deathly silent.

Only the dead trees stood silently, showing no signs of anything amiss.

"Something's wrong. The aura of the undead is starting to fluctuate."

As soon as Nabila finished speaking, a thick tree trunk suddenly split open, and thick vines shot out from the crack, lashing out at the nearest knight like whips!
The black-armored knight reacted swiftly, his sword flashing past him!
The vine snapped with a snap, and black liquid spurted from the break!

A strong, foul stench instantly filled the air!

Before they could even feel nauseous, the other trees split open, sprouting countless vines with tips like spears that pierced straight at the crowd!
At the same time, the soil on the hillside exploded, and clumps of tangled vines and fleshy growths burst forth from the ground!
"Is this what we're supposed to deal with?"

Kyle stared at the dirt beneath his feet. "Didn't you say there was only one?!"

There are at least four or five right in front of us!
Without any hesitation, Kyle quickly pulled an explosive incendiary grenade from his waist.

Hold the bone ring with your thumb and pull hard!
With a crisp sound, Kyle swung his arm back and hurled the incendiary grenade at the nearest lump of flesh!
The explosive incendiary bomb traced an arc through the air and exploded the instant it hit the vines!
Countless sparks scattered and flew, bursting forth like fireworks!
But its power far surpasses that of fireworks; every spark is an inextinguishable necromantic flame that begins to burn as soon as it lands on the vines!
The flames burned brighter and brighter, spreading rapidly along the surface of the vines and engulfing a large area in the blink of an eye.

"Crench!"

The grating sound of the withered wood twisting echoed in the flames as it struggled to burrow back underground!

But the flames burned too fiercely, and in the blink of an eye, the tangled vines went still.

Upon seeing this, Kyle immediately pushed aside the other incendiary bombs and threw them at the other vine clusters!

It doesn't need to be very precise; as long as it explodes near the vine cluster, the flames will start to burn fiercely!
In the blink of an eye, flames soared into the sky, black smoke billowed, and the pungent smell made Kyle and the two legion commanders frown repeatedly!
The black-armored knights seized the opportunity, brandishing their longswords and charging forward, cutting down all the vines in their path!
The vines were severely damaged, and the remaining vines contracted wildly like tentacles, burrowing back deep into the soil!
"This thing is incredibly powerful!"

As the valley returned to calm, Kyle couldn't help but glance at the explosive incendiary bomb in his hand.

It's practically the nemesis of dead wood; once it sticks to you, it bursts into flames, and those vines are impossible to shake off.

"I haven't cast the spell yet."

Nabila's eyes glowed red as she stared at the exploding incendiary bomb.
"It's different from what the Skyfire Legion dropped..."

The voice just fell.

Nabila turned her head sharply and stared ahead.

Kyle realized something was wrong and gripped his longsword tighter.

The ground in the center of the valley ahead began to shake violently, and a huge crack appeared in the ground.

A massive black figure slowly emerged from the earth, twisting and contorting.

"This is……"

Kyle's eyes widened.

Something indescribable.

The thick roots and vines intertwine to form the trunk.

The tree roots were covered in mud and rotting flesh.

The surface was covered with countless lumps of flesh, each about the size of a fist.

The tumor contained bare white bone, with broken bone fragments piercing through the flesh.

Flesh and roots are fused together, making it impossible to distinguish between plants and animals.

The entire monster was five meters tall, and looked like a disgusting creation forcibly stitched together from countless corpses and dead wood.

In its presence, even the giant ghoul seemed like a pure child.

Its tumors kept rupturing, spurting out black pus.

The stench in the air grew even stronger.

Kyle felt a churning in his stomach, but he managed to hold it in.

The two legion commanders behind him also looked extremely grim.

But Nabila and the black-armored knights remained unfazed.

Their gazes were icy as they stared at the monster before them.

"It is the real deformed tree demon!"

Nabila warned coldly, "Be careful, scatter!"

"I'll cover you!"

As soon as Kyle finished speaking, he immediately threw the explosive incendiary grenade in his hand!
The incendiary bomb spun through the air, heading straight for the deformed tree demon!

Just as it was about to hit, gray mist suddenly surged out from the deformed tree demon!

The mist quickly condensed into a protective shield, completely enveloping the deformed tree demon!
Bang!
The explosive incendiary bomb struck the shield, sending countless sparks flying!

The sparks landed on the surrounding ground, corroding out charred pits!
But the protective shield remained completely unmoved, and the deformed tree demon was not harmed in any way!
Clearly, after the attack just now, the deformed tree demon has realized the power of the explosive bullet!

And the explosive incendiary bombs simply cannot penetrate its shield!

"I'll stop it!"

Kyle shouted, "Miss Nabila, think of something quickly!"

Just then, the ground on the hillside cracked open, and countless vines, like tentacles, lashed out at Kyle and the others!

Kyle didn't waste the explosive bullets. Together with the black-armored knights, he swung his swords and slashed, cutting down the charging vines one by one!

However, there were simply too many vines to cut them all!
Vines sprouted from the ground behind them and suddenly wrapped around the body of a black-armored knight, pulling him into the air!
Immediately afterwards, more vines wrapped around the black-armored knight's body, and before anyone could react, the black-armored knight's body was instantly torn in two!
At that moment, a hand of nothingness materialized in the air, grabbed the black-armored knight's head, and swiftly pulled it back into his arms!
The black-armored knight is an undead.

Even if the body is torn apart, as long as the head is still intact, it can be repaired by collecting the remains.

"This guy is more difficult to deal with than I expected!"

Kyle shouted, "Get out of here! Miss Nabila, get out of here!"

The pressure was immense, given the overwhelming onslaught of vines.

There was no other way but to retreat quickly.

Nabila realized something was wrong and immediately shouted, "Retreat!" After quickly creating distance, Kyle picked up his bow and arrow and aimed it at the tree demon.

Explosive arrows streaked across the sky with white light, heading straight for the tree demon's body.

Bang bang bang!
The arrow was so fast that the tree demon had no time to react!

The arrows exploded all over its body!

The necromantic flames instantly ignited its branches, and the flames burned fiercely!

Kyle's face lit up with joy, "It couldn't stop the Explosive Arrow in time!"

As soon as he finished speaking, black mist burst forth from the tree demon's body, extinguishing the flames in the blink of an eye.

"Perhaps we should request His Majesty the Emperor's support!"

Knight Tia, panting heavily, stared at the tree demon's massive body and shouted, "The dragon's flames will engulf it!"

"It's just a piece of wood!"

Nabila's voice was icy, "We can handle this!"

"You can't turn to your emperor for everything!"

As he spoke, a red light descended from the sky, transforming into a barrier to block the vines that suddenly attacked from in front of him!
Kyle's first reaction was also to ask the Emperor for help.

But Nabila is right.

We cannot rely on His Majesty the Emperor for everything.

It seems that everyone has developed a dependency on dragons ever since they appeared.

When faced with a powerful enemy, they always think of the dragon's support.

But for a knight, his own strength is the most important thing.

Thinking of this, Kyle gripped his sword tighter.

Where are its weaknesses?

Kyle stared at the tree demon and asked, "At this rate, we'll work ourselves to death and still not be able to kill it!"

"For the tree demon, its heart is its vital point."

Nabila exclaimed, "See those biggest tumors? That might be where its soul fire resides."

Kyle's gaze swept over the tumor.
"This guy has five huge fleshy growths on his body!"

"Correct!"

Nabila said coldly, "One of them is a vital point!"

Kyle frowned, about to complain, when suddenly he thought of something.
"Shoot the Exploding Arrow at the Treant's tumor!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Kyle raised his bow and arrow and shot at the topmost tumor!
Everyone reacted immediately, aiming their arrows at the fleshy growths on the tree demon's body!
Four or five explosive arrows came flying at once, and the tree demon immediately felt threatened.

Countless vines intertwined, instinctively protecting the third tumor!
That's its weakness!

Kyle's lips curled into a smile!

A monster is still a monster!

The vital point was discovered with a simple test!

"Restrain it!"

Nabila shouted, "I need time!"

"it is good!"

Kyle responded loudly, and arrows continued to fly from his hands!
Of the thirty exploding arrows in total, he only managed to get his hands on ten.

If you keep shooting, it will run out quickly.

However, there are enough ordinary rockets.

So Kyle put some thought into it—not every arrow he shot was an explosive arrow.

The others were ordinary rockets wrapped in tarpaulins.

In the blink of an eye, the tree demon had no way of determining which arrow was the explosive arrow and could only intercept them all.

This greatly reduced the pressure on the knights who were blocking the vines' attack.

In the blink of an eye, the battlefield reached a stalemate.

This continued for over a hundred breaths, and Nabila's magical power began to fluctuate violently.

As she chanted softly, a massive flaming sword, tens of meters long, gradually condensed in the sky above the tree demon's head!

The tree demon seemed to realize something was wrong and launched an even fiercer attack.

"Stop it!"

Kyle knew this was a crucial moment and shouted loudly.

He kept firing arrows, doing everything he could to stop the vines from attacking!

All the energy in his body exploded, covering his entire body, and Kyle recklessly chopped at the countless vines!

The magical fluctuations grew stronger, the flaming sword became clearer, and the orange flames illuminated the sky like a blazing sun!
Then, it began to slowly descend!
An immense pressure emanated from mid-air!

Everyone felt short of breath, as if a huge mountain was pressing down on them!
The tree demon also felt this powerful pressure.

It quickly gathered its vines to form the strongest defense.

But its magical shield couldn't stop the flaming sword at all!
Click!

A cracking sound rang out!
The shield formed by the vines shattered into pieces with the sound!
"Judgement!"

Nabila uttered cold words, and the greatsword suddenly accelerated, like a shooting star falling from the sky, and pierced the top of the tree demon's head!
boom!
The enormous roar shook the entire valley, and the tree demon's massive body exploded instantly!

Countless vines scattered and flew everywhere, and fragments rained down like a storm!

Kelton suddenly felt a tremendous force strike him, and his body was sent flying backward uncontrollably!

The other knights, including Nabila, were not spared either; they were all sent flying and crashed heavily to the ground!

A cloud of black smoke swept by, and Kyle instinctively covered his face.

After a long time.

The valley returned to calm, and the tree demon's enormous body lay on the ground.

Only its body was still burning, making crackling sounds.

"it is finally over."

Nabila got up and let out a long sigh of relief.

His cold voice betrayed an undeniable weakness.

Kyle spat out the black mud from his mouth and nodded silently.

This was the most embarrassing moment of my life, even worse than the last time I encountered a dragon.

"This guy is terrifying."

Kyle sighed.

"The closer you get to the Cape Kingdom, the more terrifying the undead monsters become."

Nabila glanced at Kyle, "I won't take you next time... You humans are too fragile."

"..."

Kyle wanted to say something.

But looking at the lonely head of the black-armored knight beside him, his eyes were still glowing red.

I don't know how to refute it.

"Anyway, thank you..."

"Pfft!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a vine formed from black mist pierced through Nabila's chest!

"Nabila!"

Kyle's eyes widened, he grabbed his longsword, rolled on the ground, and slashed down at the vines behind Nabila!

The black mist instantly dissipated!

The next instant, another huge black shadow rapidly materialized behind them!
It's another giant tree demon!
It was smaller than the previous one, only three meters tall, but it was entirely made of black mist!

Countless vines flew out from its body, each one carrying a deadly killing intent!
Before the few black-armored knights could react, the vines formed by the black mist wrapped around their bodies!
"Damn it!"

Kyle cursed and was about to rush to his aid when a vine lashed out from the side and struck him hard in the side!

"Crack!"

The sound of breaking ribs was clearly audible!
Kyle was sent flying, tumbling several times in the air.

A loud bang!

Kyle crashed heavily to the ground, blood gushing from his mouth!

Kyle struggled to his feet despite the excruciating pain, but black vines flew out first and tightly bound his body!
Then Kyle felt an immense force tearing at his body!
"what!"

The excruciating pain caused Kyle to groan in agony, and when he tried to circulate his qi, he found his body completely empty!

"I should have sought help from His Majesty the Emperor..."

Kyle's face flushed red as he tried to break free by gripping the vines tightly, but he was no match for the power of the black mist vines!
Just then, Kyle suddenly remembered the powerful energy he felt during his prayer before training.

"The Emperor is above."

Kyle closed his eyes, and a hoarse voice sounded.

"Please listen to the voice of your humble weapons."

"My life belongs to you."

"My soul belongs to you."

"Everything I have belongs to you."

"If my life can dispel this darkness, I am willing to give it up."

"But if there is still a sliver of a possibility."

Kyle suddenly opened his eyes.

"Give me strength!"

"Let me complete the mission you entrusted to me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Seed of Nature within Kyle's body began to spin wildly.

A dazzling white light exploded on Kyle's body! (End of Chapter)