Pioneer Lord: I Have Conquering System

Oh... It had been a year since he’d last heard such a hilarious joke. At the time, a rookie Knight had claimed he’d fallen in love with a prostitute and hoped she would mend her ways and be faithful to him.

Liya also smiled, looking at this Knight whom she herself had knighted.

Levi spread his hands, his face a picture of helplessness. "You think I’m joking?"

"Levi, it’s not what we think. You *are* joking," Liya sighed.

Even the wild men and Old People from deep within the mountains wouldn’t be fooled by such words.

While humans with Giant Dragon bloodline weren’t numerous, they could hardly be called rare. In the Royal City, Liya had seen many humans with Giant Dragon bloodline.

These humans also had dragon horns like him, and some even had dragon tails. They inherited some of the Giant Dragons’ abilities—some had exceptional Power, others extremely high Magic Talent—making them hot commodities for the various legions.

Although Giant Dragons were born with the Transformation Technique, with the current concentration of magic, it was nearly impossible for one to transform its massive draconic body down to human size.

As far as Liya knew, even the renowned Black Dragon Queen was said to be unable to achieve a form even as humanoid as a Dragon-man when using the Transformation Technique.

The "human" she transformed into was a five-*ren*-tall half-dragon, half-human hybrid with a massive crown of horns and a dragon tail.

"Nowadays, no one believes you when you tell the truth. People just aren’t what they used to be."

The Lord let out a long sigh.

Liya smiled but said nothing. ’People aren’t what they used to be? This Lord is just a habitual smooth-talker. He never says a true word. If even three out of ten things he said were true, it would be a blessing from the Holy Light Goddess.’

Therefore, the credibility of what he was saying now was highly questionable.

Levi hadn’t expected them to believe him anyway. ’It was just one of those things. The more you try to hide it, the more people want to dig into it. But if you just say it out loud, people refuse to believe it.’

The Lord, however, didn’t know that Liya and Si Kai had already labeled him. In their minds, whenever a topic involved increasing his own fame and honor, he was someone who rarely spoke the truth.

On the contrary, Liya actually thought this Knight was very clever.

’Whether the dragon-slaying was real or fake, at least the Giant Dragon was real, its subordinates were real, and High Cliff Castle’s victory over the Giant Dragon’s Subordinate Corps was also real.’

’So as long as he insists he had fought the Giant Dragon, no one could find any fault with his claim. At most, they could only accuse him of exaggeration.’

’What? You say I never fought the Giant Dragon? Then tell me, why did the Giant Dragon leave? Was it scared of my humble little High Cliff Castle?’

’As for the specific details of the battle, the Minstrels would turn it into a moving, Epic Level battle all on their own.’ 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

As the morning chat ended and everyone was leaving, Si Kai hung back, glancing around to make sure no one was paying attention.

He quickly picked up the slightly bent iron bar that had been tossed in the corner. It was heavy in his hand, which meant it wasn’t just for show.

He then gave it a heave, straining until his face turned red, but the iron bar didn’t move an inch. After a long moment of thought, he ultimately couldn’t bring himself to use his Combat Qi. He dusted off his hands, returned the bar to its original spot, and left, pretending nothing had happened.

Only then did Si Kai truly, tangibly feel what kind of immense strength was contained within Lord Li’s body.

Perhaps before, he was just a Samurai who was a little stronger than most. But after obtaining the Radiant Holy Word Treasure Manual that Miss Liya had found, this Lord Li was destined to accomplish something spectacular.

After showing Liya around High Cliff Castle for a bit more, Levi, now with some free time, called Baisitina over to speak with him alone.

"Has the warriors’ food been bad lately? And has Sophia not been getting enough to eat these past few days?" Levi asked directly.

Ever since Baisitina took the position of High Cliff Castle’s Chief of Internal Affairs, Levi had set a few standards and then pretty much left her to it.

"We’ve always followed your requirements: three meals a day, with meat and vegetables at every meal. I’d say their food isn’t much worse than your own," Baisitina, a bit confused as to why Levi was asking, answered honestly. "As for Sophia, she eats two or three wild bulls from the Wilderness every day. If the Warriors weren’t out hunting, we wouldn’t be able to afford to feed her at all."

’To be honest, the Feder Warriors are manageable, but that group of Beastmen are truly bottomless pits.’

The two hundred Beastman Warriors consumed a massive amount of food every day. If not for the food their Tribe had stored up, plus the Gold Coins earned from selling weapons and slaves to buy supplies, they probably wouldn’t have been able to sustain themselves.

However, after taking over the Wind Surge Tribe’s Maple Forest and with the High Cliff Castle Warriors recently going out to hunt and plunder from bandits, things had started to look up again.

"Damn it, so those two have been secretly stealing my, the Lord’s, food," Levi grumbled.

He was a little angry, but not much. Levi’s concern was that Baisitina had been cutting back on food expenses to save money.

"Is it possible they just wanted to steal *your* food specifically?" Baisitina smiled, understanding the Lord’s thoughts.

"Where are those two?" The Lord cracked his knuckles.

"I just saw them squatting by the river, watching the Giants transport stones. They were discussing something, but I don’t know what," Baisitina said honestly.

When she ran into them just now, they had both asked her to keep their whereabouts a secret, but Baisitina didn’t think it was a big deal.

’Of course, it was mainly because those two were getting more and more full of themselves and were asking for a beating. Baisitina felt they really needed to be taught a good lesson.’

"They’re probably cooking up some mischief again!" The Lord chuckled coldly. He clenched his fists and ran towards the river.

He didn’t know how Sophia and Zat ended up hanging out together. ’Could it be that Wolong and Feng Chu are truly drawn to each other?’

Still, with two idiots together, who knew what kind of trouble they could get into.

The Lord decided to let them feel the iron fist of authority.

...

That night, Levi returned to his room and closed the door.

By the light of a single, flickering lamp, he carefully studied the Glowing Holy Word Treasure Manual recorded on the silk scroll. After quickly reading through it all, he understood.

The overall cultivation method was very simple, yet exceptionally practical. The Glowing Holy Word Treasure Manual cultivated Holy Light, and it was divided into five major stages, from lowest to highest: "Firefly," "Bright Star," "Bright Moon," "Blazing Sun," and "Holy Hall."

The lowest stage, Firefly, could increase physical Power by two times. The subsequent stages increased it by four, six, eight, and twelve times, respectively.

With each advancement, besides Power, Magic Resistance would also increase significantly.

The Glowing Holy Word Treasure Manual focused on the integration and development of mind and body. Therefore, the stronger one’s body and the more outstanding one’s spirit, the easier it was to reach the entry-level.

’The Lord couldn’t say much about his spirit, but in terms of physical fortitude, compared to a Giant or a Giant Dragon, he was indeed somewhat frail.’

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, it took Levi dozens of minutes to finally calm his mind and comprehend its mysteries. He hadn’t been in this state for long when he suddenly felt a warm current materialize from nothing, flowing through his entire body.

He hurriedly took out the silk scroll and checked it again and again. He confirmed that this was the sign of reaching the entry-level of the Glowing Holy Word Treasure Manual. Even that legendary Holy Hall Level Holy Knight had taken about three days to reach the entry-level.

Under the candlelight, Levi grinned, revealing a row of white teeth, and chuckled foolishly. "Heh, goddamn, I, your Lord, am a true genius!"

In the middle of the night, a few creepy laughs suddenly echoed through the quiet High Cliff Castle. The thought of the skull pyramid piled up not far away scared the occupants of the wooden houses that still had candles lit, causing them to plunge into darkness. The commoners hid under their blankets, not daring to peek out.

Next, he just needed to spend some time to condense this warm current into a Holy Light Seed and have it settle in his lower abdomen. Then he would have entered the "Firefly" stage.

From then on, he would continue to strengthen this Holy Light Seed. The condensed Holy Light would automatically strengthen his body at all times, so Levi wouldn’t need to actively use the Holy Light to temper himself.

The Lord was feeling very full of himself right now. He wanted to advance to the "Firefly" stage overnight just to test the waters, but he was also worried that if he advanced too quickly, he wouldn’t have time to find the cultivation methods for the subsequent stages.

After finishing this delusional fantasy, Levi opened the system panel to see if his Four-dimensional Attributes had increased. He got the shock of his life when he looked.

"Worri!"