Farming with Entries: From Lord to Emperor

"So cautious, arranging eight guards."

Durant thought to himself, then waved his hand.

Five knights followed in his footsteps, silently climbing the stairs.

The old wooden floorboards made no sound underfoot, a testament to a high knight's control over their strength.

The corridor on the second floor was dim and quiet, the oil lamps on the walls extinguished.

Durant moved through the corridor without obstruction, arriving at the door of the room at the very end.

He drew a dagger, inserted it into the door gap, and slowly moved it upward, inch by inch lifting the door latch.

Durant nodded slightly in signal, and the plump knight reached out and gently pushed the door open.

The room was in complete darkness.

Vaguely visible on the bed was a human figure, the fur blanket slightly raised, appearing to be the room's owner in deep sleep.

Durant frowned slightly, sniffing the air, sensing something amiss.

But just as he was about to speak, the plump knight was already raising his sword, moving slowly forward.

The plump knight reached the bedside, a cold smile curling at the corner of his mouth, and thrust the longsword down fiercely.

Thud!

The dull, muffled sound of piercing flesh rang out instantly; the blade pierced through the blanket without any resistance!

The smile on the plump knight's face widened, he withdrew the longsword and thrust it into the blanket several more times!

Blood seeped from the wounds, soaking the fur blanket completely red!

The heavy stench of blood spread throughout the room.

"Baron Rod, haha, seems he's just this much."

The plump knight flicked the blood off the sword, reached out, and lifted the blood-soaked blanket.

Durant lit a torch, brought it forward, illuminating the figure under the blanket.

On the bed indeed lay a person, but with an aged face, clearly not Baron Rod!

"Not good, it's a trap!"

Durant's brow tightened, instantly realizing!

Just as he spoke, a whistling sound of arrows slicing through the air came from outside the window!

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Dozens of arrows rained into the room like a storm!

The knights reacted swiftly, quickly dodging into the corners to avoid the rain of arrows!

But at that moment, they were horrified to find flames flickering at the arrow tips!

Soon the flames spread along the wooden walls, lighting up the entire room!

It was then that Durant realized what was wrong—

"It's oil!"

Durant's eyes widened, "The walls of this room are coated with grease!"

"Damn it!"

The plump knight cursed in panic,

"That Rod actually wasted so much oil!"

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...

"What a waste this is."

Outside the tavern, Rod stood behind a row of Frost Winter Knights, smiling as he watched the small wooden building engulfed in flames.

"A few barrels of oil for a top-tier knight and seven elite knights, this trade is very worthwhile," Rod said calmly.

"You're right, one elite knight can buy several carts of oil."

Beside Rod, a man over six feet tall, exceptionally thin, echoed.

If Durant could see clearly, he would recognize this man as the informant, Thin Mouse.

Thin Mouse gazed at the towering flames, murmuring, "If Viscount Wenner knew her knights all died in the sea of flames, she would certainly go mad."

"You'd better worry more about yourself and your master."

Rod reminded, "If these knights indeed failed, Wenner might turn her anger on you, you'd better plan your escape route."

"Our escape is you, the honorable Lord Rod."

Thin Mouse cautiously said, "You promised..."

"An honorary baron, your master Lady Rose will become an honorary baron in the future."

Rod said blandly, "I won't hold past matters against you, I won't touch your master's fortune, but you'll only be merchants in the future."

"Thank you for your generosity."

Thin Mouse bowed deeply, "My master, Lady Rose, will be very pleased to hear your promise."

An honorary baron doesn't have land, but possesses noble rights and honors, standing above commoners.

For instance, commoners must salute, can't discuss freely, and if a commoner is killed, their family can be compensated with gold coins to avoid punishment.

Most importantly, they can't be looked down upon, and despite having no territory, they can stand on equal footing with other nobles.

This was something Lady Rose never dared to imagine before.

And it was exactly what Lady Rose wanted.

"Bang!"

As the two chatted, the small building's door was suddenly burst open!

Two knights holding shields rushed out of the sea of fire!

The shields shimmered with icy blue light, clearly extraordinary items.

But when the two jumped into the courtyard, the light on the shields had disappeared.

Afterwards, four more figures rushed out from the sea of fire, their armor, which should have been bright, was covered in black ash, and their hair was scorched, looking extremely disheveled and embarrassing.

"Release the arrows!"

Durant didn't give the six any time to react, dozens of arrows swept through the air, completely covering their figures!

Without any cover on the open ground, the six knights had no choice but to hastily activate the magic items on them!

The two knights holding shields immediately huddled together, slowly moving closer to attempt forming a small shield wall.

It must be said, even without the glow, the magic shields remained tough, and the armor-piercing arrows couldn't penetrate the two shields, only producing "clang, clang" sounds upon impact.

The two shields successfully blocked most of the arrows, saving the lives of the knights.

Only two knights failed to evade, and were struck in the arms and thighs by arrows.

"Baron Rod, your actions disgrace noble honor!"

Vagri shouted loudly from behind the shield: "Please make your archers stop, give us a chance for combat!"

"Fools."

Durant waved his hand, loudly commanding the archers: "All archers disperse and attack freely from the north and south sides!"

Durant didn't know if these knights had wax in their heads or were simply shameless.

Eight people came for a night assault to kill him; after failing, they had the audacity to request his archers stop and then engage in direct combat.

Who cultivated such bad habits, making them speak such foolish words?

Durant did not hold back, took up the Dragonbone Longbow and shot an arrow at the speaking Vagri!

The Dragonbone Arrow, carrying fiery red flames, flashed through the air, followed by an explosive rupturing sound; the shield was pierced as easily as through thin film!

"Buzz!"

As the dragon light arrow approached Vagri, a low hum echoed, golden light enveloped Vagri!

The Dragonbone Arrow was deflected!

The archers on both sides began attacking, but without exception were repelled by the golden light!

"Charge out!"

Vagri shouted, first rushing from behind the shield, his figure swiftly flashing, sword aimed straight for Durant!

The Frost Winter Knight quickly went up to intercept, but was forced back by a sweep of Vagri's sword!

The armor on the Frost Winter Knight was all Enchanted Plate Armor, yet was easily cut open by Vagri's longsword!

Durant, witnessing the scene, couldn't help but curse in his heart; the Cold Blade Clan was truly willing to spend!

In just this moment, six or seven extraordinary items had been used!

This Cold Blade Clan really spared no expense against him!

But I wasn't hiding either!

Durant suddenly raised his hand against the charging Vagri, an icy blue energy jetting out, aiming straight for Vagri's face!

Frost Ray!

This was the Frost Magic Ring Durant first obtained!

At close range, the Frost Ray was extremely fast, impossible to dodge; Vagri could only block with his sword!

"Zzzz—"

The frost instantly enveloped the sword blade, emitting a piercing freezing sound!

And part of the frost energy passed through the blade, spraying onto Vagri's face!

"Ah!"

Vagri let out a scream, instantly unable to open his eyes, having to quickly retreat!

The Frost Winter Knight swiftly attacked, but was still repelled by Vagri's skilled swordplay!

The power of a top-tier knight wasn't just in breathing techniques and personal quality, but also in excellent sword skills and sharp adaptability!

"Lord Vagri!"

A slow knight exclaimed, quickly stepping forward trying to support, when a dagger ghostly stabbed toward the back of his neck!

Unbeknownst when, the lynx Lai Te had stealthily approached from behind!

Thud!

The sound of flesh being pierced echoed; responding swiftly, the shield-bearing knight felt the dagger plunge into his shoulder!

Lai Te missed, immediately retreated, and disappeared into the darkness!

The shield-bearing knight had no time to pursue!

At this moment, Chris, Sharon, Seronie, and Gang Le rapidly charged into the battlefield!