Farming with Entries: From Lord to Emperor-Chapter 569 - 285: The Old Guy Might Not Be Alive

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Night.

In the camp nestled in a valley beside White Rock Canyon, the aroma of roasting meat wafted with the gentle breeze.

The wood crackled softly as it burned, with sparks occasionally flying up into the air like flickering fireflies.

The soldiers sat around the bonfire, holding hot soup in one hand and grilled meat in the other, quietly enjoying their dinner.

Luo De likewise sat by the cave’s bonfire, enjoying dinner with Rein, while listening to the intelligence that Madre was divulging.

Madre’s Bloody Mercenary Corps was, in fact, simply the Marquis Cold Blade’s henchmen.

Madre was originally a knight under the command of the Marquis Cold Blade, named Udrey.

But because he raped one of the Marquis Cold Blade’s illegitimate daughters while drunk, Udrey was "executed."

Actually, an illegitimate daughter was of little consequence to the Marquis Cold Blade, but to maintain the Marquis’s honor, it had to be done.

If Udrey were unmarried, the illegitimate daughter would directly be granted marriage to him.

But things didn’t go as hoped, so the Marquis Cold Blade ultimately killed Udrey.

Then Udrey became Madre, becoming the leader of the Bloody Mercenary Corps, specializing in doing shady things for the Marquis Cold Blade.

Such as pillaging villages, caravans, capturing slaves, and secretly killing nobles who defied the Marquis Cold Blade.

Of course, they also took other bounty-tasks.

Under normal circumstances, the Bloody Mercenary Corps is divided into two major teams to perform tasks in different locations.

After all, a typical caravan could be crushed by a dozen elite veterans.

This time, to deal with Luo De, all members were gathered together.

But unexpectedly, not even this was enough to match Luo De.

And reinforcements left behind were also discovered, Madre completely admitted defeat.

Madre was very clever, knowing he was an asshole, and wouldn’t be bailed out by anyone, so he cooperated fully.

As long as he could keep his life, and have the chance to sleep with women, he’d do anything.

Rein agreed to his request, and then Madre told him everything.

The other high-ranking knight was tough, but wasn’t tougher than rock and red-hot branding iron.

"The more Madre behaves this way, the more we should be wary of him."

After hearing Rein’s report, Luo De frowned and said, "Have the blacksmith shop make him a sturdy iron chain, then send him to mine in the Blade Mountain Range."

"Keep a close watch on him, if Madre doesn’t behave, kill him."

"Alright, Lord."

Rein vigorously nodded his head, "I also think Madre is unreliable, I’d suggest crippling one of his legs further."

"Do as you see fit."

Luo De didn’t hesitate, "I trust you."

"Thank you for your trust!"

Rein wiped his hands with burlap, "I’ll go arrange it now."

"Hmm." 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Luo De softly responded, "Help me invite Senda over."

"Alright."

Rein stood to salute, then quickly walked out of the cave.

Soon, Senda walked to the cave entrance, glancing back at Thunder and Frost with excitement in his eyes.

Meanwhile, Luo De was curiously handling the Bloody Giant Axe.

"Senda, Sao told Rein that this giant axe is a magic item."

Luo De didn’t bother with formalities with Senda, directly asking, "Do you recognize it?"

"Well, in our current magic-poor era, this thing is considered decent."

Senda took the giant axe and casually swung it a couple of times, "But in the wizard era, very few people would make such things."

"Hmm?"

Luo De looked at Senda puzzled, "I just tried it, its power is pretty good."

Luo De channeled a small amount of blazing energy into the giant axe, which unleashed an arc-shaped flame slash similar to his Ashbringer.

"Power is decent, but its crafting process is complex."

Senda sighed, handing the giant axe back to Luo De, explaining, "The Ashbringer can be completed with only Sea Pattern Magic Steel and Enchantment."

"This giant axe not only requires extraordinary metals like Sea Pattern Magic Steel, but also needs demon crystal ore and magical beast blood for tempering, along with enchantment."

"Why so complex?"

Luo De was slightly surprised, curiously gazing at Senda, "What’s the benefit of doing this... lowering the usage threshold?"

Luo De recalled the battle scene described by Sao, where Mark also managed to use this giant axe to perform an "energy slash."

Mark was merely a high-ranking knight.

"Indeed, weapons like this giant axe enhance a knight’s energy even more!"

Senda nodded, saying, "In the past, forging masters weren’t willing to make such things, thinking it was a waste of time."

Luo De nodded in agreement.

During the wizard era, knights neither had status nor wealth that would tempt wizards.

Forging masters were all serving wizards, who would care about a knight’s fate?

"Can you make such a weapon?"

Luo De looked attentively at Senda.

"I can, but we don’t have the demon crystal ore." Senda replied.

"What is demon crystal ore?"

Luo De further asked, "Is it an extraordinary gemstone?"

"That thing isn’t as precious as extraordinary gemstones, its magic power is very weak within."

Senda continued, "Do you recognize a magical extraordinary gem?"

Luo De nodded.

"Magical extraordinary gemstones are found in demon crystal veins, considered the essence of demon crystals."

Senda introduced, "But demon crystal ore is more commonly used, needed for making many magic items."

"The standard demon crystal circulated among wizards is made by cutting demon crystal ore."

"I have two magic gemstones."

Luo De mused, "But the demon crystals you mentioned I haven’t seen."

"That’s normal, Lord Rod."

Senda showed a naturally expected smile, "Demon crystal ore isn’t as high grade as extraordinary gemstones, if demon crystal ore isn’t properly sealed after mining, within two hundred years its magic power will completely dissipate, then turn into powder."