Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords

In the lord's hall, a dark shadow stealthily emerged from the back kitchen, tiptoeing as if afraid of being discovered. It was Sofia, the silver dragon girl who had joined Highcliff Keep and been signed onto a black-hearted labor contract by the unscrupulous lord.

Just as Sofia was about to exit the lord's hall, looking delighted, a sudden voice stopped her.

"Hey, you, yes you, come here quickly."

Leeve looked delighted; he was worrying about how to prove it, and quickly called out to Sofia.

The silver dragon girl's body trembled, becoming somewhat stiff, but the eyes of most people in the lord's hall were drawn over. Ultimately, after a battle of wills in her heart, she turned around with a sense of resignation.

The moment she turned around, the lord was first stunned, and the smile on his face instantly turned into a look of grief.

"Damn it, my treasured food!"

"All gone thanks to you!"

Leeve's tone was as desolate as a broken king who had lost his beloved.

It was no wonder Leeve was in such a state.

The silver dragon's cheeks were bulging, and she was chewing food non-stop. She was also holding all kinds of snacks, such as matsutake cakes and golden melon seeds, which had been specially bought from Whiteflow City.

These foods were specially bought from Whiteflow City to entertain Leah, and the lord naturally embezzled some… no, the money to buy these things all came out of his own pocket, so it could only be considered moving from his left hand to his right.

Anyway, he was planning to keep some to occasionally treat himself, to appease his own stomach. Now, not a single hair was left.

Truly, it's hard to guard against a thief within the family, even with nightly and daily precautions.

The silver dragon girl blinked her beautiful silver eyes innocently, but her hands moved even faster. In just a moment, she had eaten all the food she was holding.

Then, she stood with her chest out, as if letting the lord dispose of her as he wished, in a posture of 'nothing to lose'.

"What a cute dragon girl," Leah's attention was also drawn over.

Humans and various beastmen could combine to give birth to demi-humans with the characteristics of cat ears and goat horns. Naturally, dragons and humans could also give birth to humans with dragon blood.

Even dragonkin goblins existed, let alone dragonkin humans.

Although not very common, it couldn't be said to be rare. Leah used to see them often in the city, the political center of Deber, when she went to the royal court.

"Speak, who ordered you to do this?" The lord crossed his arms and sneered.

It wasn't that he was Conan reborn, able to see the ultimate mastermind at a glance, but that the silver dragon girl herself didn't have such courage.

Sofia shook her head in a panic, and said softly, "I decided to do it myself."

"Heh, it's not that I look down on you, but do you think you have such intelligence?" Leeve was both angry and amused.

He didn't expect this timid silver dragon to be quite loyal.

"I'm not smart?" The silver dragon girl pointed at her face in disbelief, her hand trembling.

She was a recognized genius girl on Dragon Island, with extremely high magical attainments. Even the old dragons couldn't compare to her transformation skills.

She vowed that this was the first time she had been ridiculed for her IQ, and couldn't help but want to refute.

You can insult my draconic dignity, but you can't insult my IQ!

The lord didn't have the mood to discuss IQ with her, after all, this thing was obvious to everyone, and proving it to an idiot would only make him seem inferior.

"Zart, why are you sweating so much on your forehead in this cold weather?"

At this time, Bai Ruisi Tina looked at Zart, who was beside her, and asked with some doubts.

The fireplace in the lord's hall had been lit to keep warm because it was too cold, but the beastman leader's forehead was covered in beads of sweat.

He was also sitting there as if on pins and needles.

"Haha, General Manager Tina, I've been a little hot lately, my body and mind are a little fiery," Zart gave an awkward laugh, wiped the sweat from his forehead, but his eyes looked at Bai Ruisi Tina, revealing a pleading look.

Bai Ruisi Tina understood instantly, covering her small mouth and giggling.

"Okay, okay, I knew that besides you, this idiot, who would dare to instigate someone to pay attention to my lordship? My Highcliff Keep is really a shallow pond with many turtles, and it actually has the ability to gather both Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick at the same time."

How could the little actions of the two of them be hidden from the lord?

"Boss, I'm wronged!"

Zart directly cried out for injustice. To be honest, he just mentioned it casually in front of Sofia, saying that his boss had secretly hidden delicious food.

As for whether this casual mention was intentional or unintentional, it was unknown.

He didn't expect this silver dragon to actually take it to heart, and secretly stole it.

It would have been fine if she had stolen it. He happened to have an excuse to share some afterwards, but he didn't expect to be caught on the spot, red-handed.

"I'll settle the score with you later."

With Leah and Skye, two outsiders, here, Leeve couldn't directly execute family law. He waved his hand like chasing away flies, driving the two out of the lord's hall.

After all, one shouldn't wash dirty linen in public. He could beat and scold his subordinates in private, but in front of outsiders, he still had to consider their dignity.

"Did you see? That horned girl is a dragon!" Leeve said seriously, "Don't look at her being silly, this is a real dragon that I spent a lot of effort to catch."

"Dragon? Your Lordship… ha… hahaha…" Skye wanted to hold back, but he couldn't help it. He couldn't help but laugh, twitching the corners of his mouth.

Oh~ it had been a year since he had heard such a funny joke. At that time, a new knight said that he had fallen in love with a prostitute in a brothel, and hoped that she would embark on the right path and be loyal to him.

Leah also smiled and looked at this knight who she had personally knighted.

Leeve spread his hands, looking helpless, "You think I'm joking?"

"Leeve, it's not that we think, but that you are joking," Leah sighed.

Even the barbarians and old people in the depths of the mountains couldn't be fooled by this.

Although there weren't many humans with dragon blood, they were definitely not rare. In the royal city, Leah had seen many humans with dragon blood.

These humans also had dragon horns like this, and some even had dragon tails. They also inherited some of the dragon's abilities. Some were exceptionally strong, and some had extremely high magical talents, making them sought-after in various legions.

Although dragons are born with transformation skills, it is almost impossible to transform the huge dragon body into human size in the current magical concentration.

As far as Leah knew, even the famous Black Dragon Queen was said to be unable to achieve even the humanoid appearance of a dragonkin using transformation skills.

The transformed human was five blades tall, with a huge dragon crown and dragon tail, half-dragon and half-human.

"These days, no one believes the truth, the human heart is not ancient," the lord suddenly sighed.

Leah smiled without saying a word. What human heart is not ancient? It was entirely because this lord was used to being glib, with not a single truth in his mouth. It would be a blessing from the Holy Light Goddess if three out of ten sentences were true.

Therefore, the credibility of what he said now was questionable.

Leeve didn't expect them to believe it. That's how it is. The more you cover up, the more intriguing it becomes. If you say it out loud, people will disbelieve it instead.

The lord didn't know that in Leah and Skye's hearts, he had been labeled as someone who almost never told the truth when it came to topics that could increase his reputation and honor.

In this regard, Leah felt that this knight was very smart.

Regardless of whether the dragon slaying was true or false, at least the dragon was real, the dragon's眷属 (juàn shǔ - dependents/family) were real, and Highcliff Keep's defeat of the dragon's 眷属 (juàn shǔ - dependents/family) legion was also true.

Therefore, as long as he insisted that he had fought with the dragon, no one could find any fault with it. At most, they would say he was exaggerating.

What? You say I haven't fought with the dragon? Then why did the dragon leave? Was it afraid of my small Highcliff Keep?

As for the specific details of the battle, the bards would spread it into an epic battle that could be wept over.

When everyone walked out after the morning chat, Skye fell behind, glancing left and right, making sure no one was paying attention.

He quickly picked up the slightly bent iron rod that had been thrown in the corner. It was heavy in his hand, which meant it wasn't a fake.

Then, he used force until his face turned red, but the iron rod remained motionless. After thinking for a long time, he was too embarrassed to use斗气 (dòu qì - internal energy/qi). He clapped his hands, returned the item to its original place, and left as if nothing had happened.

Skye truly felt how much power was contained in the body of that Lord Leeve.

Perhaps before, he was just a warrior with a little more strength, but after obtaining the Radiant Holy Word Codex that Miss Leah had found, this Lord Leeve was destined to do something earth-shattering.

After accompanying Leah to stroll around Highcliff Keep again, Leeve, who was free, called Bai Ruisi Tina over alone.

"Has the food for the soldiers been very poor recently? And has Sofia not been full these days?" Leeve asked directly.

Since Bai Ruisi Tina took office as the general manager of Highcliff Keep's internal affairs, Leeve had hardly managed this aspect of things after setting a few standards.

"It has always been according to your requirements, three meals a day, with meat and vegetables for every meal. It can be said that they eat no worse than you," Bai Ruisi Tina asked with some doubt why Leeve was asking this, and honestly replied, "Sofia eats two or three wild bulls every day. If the soldiers didn't go out hunting, we wouldn't be able to afford to feed her at all."

To be honest, the Fedes warriors were okay, but the orcs were really gluttons.

The food consumed by two hundred orc warriors every day was enormous. If their tribe hadn't stored food before, plus the gold coins earned from selling weapons and slaves to buy supplies, they would have been unable to sustain themselves.

However, with the takeover of the maple forest in the Wind Surge tribe and the recent hunting trips of Highcliff Keep warriors, robbing those bandits, things had begun to warm up again.

"Damn it, then these two goods are secretly stealing my lord's food," Leeve cursed.

He was naturally a little angry, but not much. Leeve was thinking that he thought Bai Ruisi Tina had reduced food expenses in order to save money.

"Is it possible that they just wanted to steal your food?" After understanding the lord's thoughts, Bai Ruisi Tina smiled.

"Where are they?" The lord clenched his fists, making cracking sounds.

"I just saw them squatting by the river watching the behemoths transport stones, discussing something," Bai Ruisi Tina honestly said.

When she met these two people just now, they asked her to keep their whereabouts secret, but Bai Ruisi Tina didn't think it was a big deal.

Of course, the main reason was that these two were becoming more and more inflated and needed to be cleaned up. Bai Ruisi Tina felt that they really needed to be educated.

"They must be brewing some bad ideas!" The lord sneered, raised his fist and ran towards the river.

He didn't know how Sofia had gotten together with Zart. Could it be that Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick could really attract each other?

But with two idiots together, he didn't know what they would come up with.

The lord decided to let them feel what a dictatorship of the fist was like.

……

At night, Leeve returned to his room and closed the door.

A lamp was like a bean, illuminating the Radiant Holy Word Codex recorded on the silk. After carefully reading it all, he understood it in his heart.

The overall cultivation method was very simple but extremely practical. The Radiant Holy Word Codex cultivated holy light, and was divided into five major stages from low to high, namely "Firefly", "Bright Star", "Bright Moon", "Burning Sun", and "Holy Hall".

The lowest stage, Firefly, could increase the body's strength by two times, and the following stages were four times, six times, eight times, and twelve times respectively.

Each promotion, in addition to strength, magical resistance would also be greatly improved.

The Radiant Holy Word Codex focused on the combination and development of spirit and body, so the stronger the body and the more outstanding the spirit, the easier it was to get started.

The lord didn't dare to say anything about the spiritual aspect, but in terms of physical strength, he was indeed a bit weak compared to giants or dragons.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, it took Leeve full minutes to barely calm down and comprehend the mysteries. Before this state lasted long, he felt a warm current suddenly appear out of thin air, flowing through his limbs.

He hurriedly took out the silk and carefully checked it again and again, confirming that this was a symbol of getting started with the Radiant Holy Word Codex. Even that legendary Holy Knight of the Holy Hall level had spent about three days getting started.

Under the candlelight, Leeve grinned, revealing a row of white teeth, and chuckled, "Hey, damn it, I'm really a genius!"

In the middle of the night, a few creepy laughter suddenly sounded in the quiet and peaceful Highcliff Keep. Thinking of the 경관 (jīng guān - mound of heads) piled up not far away, many wooden houses with lit candles suddenly plunged into darkness, and the people hid in their quilts, not daring to poke their heads out.

Next, he only needed to use time to grind and condense this warm current into a holy light seed, which would occupy the position in the lower abdomen, and the "Firefly" stage would be considered started.

After that, he would continue to grow this holy light seed, and the condensed holy light would strengthen the body autonomously every moment, so Leeve didn't need to actively use the holy light to temper it.

The lord was very inflated now, wanting to promote to the "Firefly" stage overnight to test the waters, but he was worried that he would promote too quickly and not have time to find the cultivation methods for the subsequent stages.

After ending this illusory fantasy, Leeve opened the system panel to see if his four-dimensional attributes had increased, but he was shocked at first glance.

"Fuck!"