Lord of Rot

Chapter 285 Looting for Three Days
When Baron Ross and the others entered the castle, the first thing they saw was Li Qi sitting aside, letting his subordinates cut off the arrows on his body with a knife.

There was blood all over his face and armor, as if he had just stepped out of a pool of blood.

Turning around suddenly, except for Baron Ross, the others subconsciously held their breath.

The bloody pressure made the air sticky.

"The black king should be inside the castle." Li Qi looked at Baron Ross who was coming, and said, "He can hold his breath very well."

He didn't care whether Baron Ross was helping him. The Iron Wall Castle had been "openly" handed over to him by the Duke.

"En!" Baron Ross nodded approvingly, and immediately ordered the nobles beside him: "Send someone to attack the inner castle."

"Yes!" The nobles were excited.

The feat of breaking the city was taken away by Li Qi, but the Black King is not dead yet, as long as he kills the Black King, he can get the Duke's reward.

What an honor to behead the rebel king!
Mercenaries, militiamen, and militiamen from all over the world walked in the front row and walked towards the inner castle.

Everyone wants to go all out to win the final victory, and the strong will pick the biggest bright red fruit.

It's bound to be sweet and juicy!
But not long after, a voice came out: "The Black King is dead!"

"Wait, let me chop off his head! His head is mine!"

Listening to the noise, Li Qi nodded to Baron Ross.

They walked towards the inner castle hall.

The architectural style here is obviously different from that of castles such as Porcupine Castle, with a tall and narrow hall.

There is no decoration, just a platform at the end of the hall, on which there is a huge stone throne as high as a two-story house.

The back of the towering throne is like a tombstone, about three stories high, full of oppression.

A man in a black robe sat on a huge stone throne, dying, with his head bowed.

There are mercenaries below trying to cut a sword.

"Wait!" Li Qi shouted.

His voice frightened the mercenaries, and witnessed that Li Qi alone drove Wushuang on the city wall, and none of them dared to openly resist the order.

Li Qi said to Lacey, "Go and see."

"Yes" Lacey led the order and walked over.

The mercenaries, soldiers, and militiamen along the way automatically parted ways. The most memorable part of today's siege battle was the Baron Porcupine, and his men also had a natural deterrent force.

Lacey boarded the towering throne, checked the corpse and said, "My lord, he has been dead for at least a day. If we come a few days later, maybe we can find a few maggots on it."

The Black King is dead, and the Iron Wall has been broken.

The Battle of Iron Valley is over.

What awaits Li Qi next is a lot of troublesome work. Just now, he noticed that there are a lot of residents living in the Iron Wall Fortress. To them, he and others are invaders.

And "Rise of the Dead."

And Li Qi is particularly concerned about what the 2000 mercenaries from Iron Stone City did when they came to Iron Valley, where they went, and why there is no trace of them.

The most important thing at the moment is to take over the entire Iron Wall Fort first. Fortunately, Li Qi brought his family property with him, so he can barely use it.

Baron Ross and the others also realized that the Black King was dead, and even if they didn't wait for someone to come, the Iron Wall Fortress would be destroyed after a long time.

Just came out of the inner castle.

"Ah!" A miserable scream attracted Li Qi's attention.

He saw a mercenary carrying a girl who was probably in her teens.

In addition, he also saw a mercenary draw a sword and slash at a farmer and rob him of his savings.

"stop!"

The mercenary heard Li Qi's voice, but he didn't stop his movements. He threw the girl on the wooden table with a "boom", and stretched out his hand to pull her skirt.

"Lord Li Qi?" Baron Ross looked at Li Qi. He guessed Li Qi's meaning, but Li Qi had already rushed over and kicked the mercenary away.

His sudden move startled the mercenaries.

Lacey Heath and Quick Blade drew their swords at the first moment of Li Qi's action.

whistle.

The porcupine soldiers who had already occupied the best position on the city wall quickly set up their guns and aimed at the mercenaries in the castle.

Although people didn't know what the black pipes held by the porcupine soldiers were, rationality told them that the porcupine soldiers didn't draw their swords immediately, but lifted that thing, which meant that it was definitely more terrifying than swords.

Careful people have discovered that the porcupine soldiers each have a black pipe weapon, but no one is carrying a crossbow.

This kind of black pipe might be a strange crossbow.

The mercenary who was kicked away struggled to get up. Li Qi's merciless kick just now almost broke one of his ribs. He was panting heavily, and his eyes were full of anger.

"Lord Ross, what do you mean?"

He didn't have the guts to reason with Li Qi, this bloody baron looked like the type who cut off your head first and then had a good chat with you, so he chose Baron Ross who was more willing to reason.

"Lord Ross?" Li Qi looked at Baron Ross, hoping for an explanation.

Baron Ross said: "After the city is broken, three days of looting are allowed within the city."

Li Qi asked: "Who allowed it?"

"It's the custom! It was like that when I was in the war!" shouted another mercenary.

"My father was like this when he was in the war." This time it was an old silver-haired mercenary who shouted, and his words aroused the response of the mercenaries present.

"Yes, that's it!"

"Break the city and plunder for three days, the king did the same!"

"Correct!"

The crowd roared.

"Routine?"

Li Qi chuckled and looked at the little ostrich knight: "Sir Morton, tell me, will the knight attack the weak?"

The ostrich knight who was named was a little uncomfortable, but now Li Qi has committed public anger and doesn't care about himself.

But when other people looked at him, he could only answer: "No, knights will protect the weak, but..."

Li Qi directly interrupted the ostrich knight's follow-up lines: "That's right! The knight will protect the weak, just like the ostrich knight said, this is the mission of the knight!"

"They are enemies!" said a mercenary: "And we are not knights! We only need to rob the rights for three days after breaking through the city!"

"A girl who can't even protect her skirt, you say she is an enemy? I didn't see you when I attacked the city. Maybe you should follow me to the wall at that time, and then show your bravery! And Didn't you rush in and take off a girl's skirt after winning the battle, and brazenly say that this is to deal with the enemy!" Li Qi looked at the mercenary and asked, "Or do you only take off your pants when facing the enemy? Rush up? Maybe I can help you find a job in Ironstone City."

"Haha" someone laughed.

The fact is that Li Qi captured the Iron Wall Fort, and the others just followed into the city without doing anything.

The mercenary blushed and asked, "You want to stop us from plundering?"

His questioning made the laughter disappear, and everyone present was waiting for Li Qi's response, which represented his attitude.

Li Qi didn't answer, but walked towards the girl.

He stretched out his hand to the sobbing girl, and the girl knew that the nobleman in front of her was covered with arrows as her lifeline. Her dazed head no longer allowed her to think more, she just wanted to find someone to protect herself.

The girl put her hand on the cold iron glove.

Gently pulled the girl up, gently supported her back, so that she would not have to be too afraid, and said: "As a knight, she has already cried to me for help, so I will protect her."

The porcupine soldiers covered in bright armor have a strong sense of oppression, and it is also the existence of this team that makes the mercenaries choose to continue listening to Li Qi instead of rushing forward.

Li Qi said loudly: "There are no enemies here, the rebellious Black King is dead, everyone can continue to live in peace!"

"Those who want to continue to live a peaceful life, put down your weapons." He looked at the other panicked Iron Wallers and said, "I, Li Qi Clarence, swear to the Four Gods that I will protect every innocent person here!"

He looked at the mercenaries and said, "I don't care what you say about looting, but I will protect the lives and property of all those who ask me to help the innocent, and I will wield my long sword against the invaders!"

After all, the mercenaries didn't dare to do anything, even if they had an absolute advantage in numbers, they didn't want to start a war with the nobles.

The group of aristocratic gentlemen who hired him were all in the same group, and he would only suffer.

After this episode, the celebration of the Iron Wall Castle can only fail.

The atmosphere got weird.

Some nobles want to have fun, while others think about what they can gain in this war.

"Lord Li Qi," Baron Ross hesitated to speak.

Li Qi was the first aristocrat to break the "custom", destroying the city without killing or looting.

That's all for mercenaries, what should the soldiers do?They follow the lord to war, and what they pursue is glory and wealth.

The three days of looting was not only to reward mercenaries, but also to reward soldiers.

But when Ross looked at the porcupine soldiers, he found that their expressions were firm. No one was angry because they couldn't plunder, but they were full of anger when they stared at the malicious mercenaries.

How could they know that the vast majority of Li Qi's soldiers were slaves, they were all people who had experienced war, and they had a deeper understanding of justice and weakness than simple catharsis.

"My mess is enough." Li Qi said with a smile: "Please allow me to hold a banquet to entertain you."

"There will be a chance," said Baron Ross.

(End of this chapter)