Lord of Rot

Chapter 395 Return Journey and Pledge of Allegiance

Southern desert area.

Dark clouds loom overhead.

A variegated pack horse galloped aimlessly in the desert.

When I looked closely, I found a person lying on the horse's back, hugging the horse's neck tightly: "Run, run!"

After running for an unknown amount of time, the pack horse panted heavily, and its hooves also slowed down.

The man on the horse drew his knife and stabbed it hard on the horse's buttocks.

The pain made the pack horse burst into running again.

"Run!" the man roared, and subconsciously glanced back.

Boundless sand, nothing can be seen, but he feels that death is always with him.

After running another distance, the pack horse fell to the ground, gasping for breath with its mouth wide open.

"Waste, waste!" The man got up from the ground, grasped the knife with both hands and stabbed the pack horse again and again, blood gushed out, and he lowered his head and drank the horse's blood from the wound.

He raised his head and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"Avadao bless me!" He clasped his hands together and pressed his forehead.

After choosing a direction, he gritted his teeth and ran towards that direction with both legs. Only the pack horse was left with its eyes wide open, its breathing gradually slowed down, and finally lost its movement.

……

Li Qi's team had already returned to Shuijian Land, did not stop at Longship Fort, and directly embarked on a journey to the desert.

"nya~"

Snake Nia came over to say hello after seeing Li Qi coming back.

Li Qi reached into the cage and gently rubbed Nia's head: "Did you feed on time?"

"Yes, my lord, I deliberately controlled the portion."

"That's good." Li Qi felt the tail of the snake wrapped around his arm. The other party was not playing with him, but wanted to kill him.

Being imprisoned in a cage, how could it be possible to have a good impression of the imprisoner.

Gently rubbing Nia's head again, Li Qi withdrew his hand.

There is some mucus on the arm, I don't know what it is.

Then he wrote a letter, instructing Chuna to immediately embark on a study trip to Lintawan.

The team did not stop all the way, and soon came to Bangta Canyon.

It was already dark when we entered the canyon.

It was difficult for the moonlight to shine in, so the team had to stay where they were and rest.

The fire was burning, and people sat around in twos and threes, eating dry food.

Li Qi picked up a bottle of wine and came to the fire between Lin Yu and Wendra.

Unlike Trevor and Allen, the two of them were originally mercenaries and captives. From passively accepting their fate to now, they still enjoy themselves a little. They have wine and food every day, and they can also get some small money to spend. They are very familiar with Li Qi's soldiers.

It was difficult for Lin Yu and Wendela to blend in. They were "semi-kidnapped" and joined Li Qi's team. So far, Li Qi has never mentioned what their identities should be.

Neither salary nor work is mentioned, just let them follow.

Seeing Li Qi approaching, Wendla shrank his neck, he has completely become Li Qi's cup holder.

The endless cycle of temptation, death, temptation, and death has caused him to have a nervous breakdown.

Especially after there were five more guard knights beside Li Qi this time, Wendra found that as long as he had the idea of ​​escaping, he would surely die. The gap between the two sides was like two levels of life, and he had no chance to resist at all.

A few days ago, Li Qi took the escort knights to Lintawan, which was the best time to escape. Wendra also had the idea of ​​fleeing, but his ability reminded him countless times that death is always an inexplicable death.

The farthest time he escaped, he heard a beautiful singing voice, his body lost control, and then he jumped into the water to die.

After Li Qi came back, Wendla became more and more well-behaved, because he found that as long as he helped the Baron research the Golden Holy Grail, the chance of surviving was still very high, and his life was not much better than before.

The only death threat was no longer because of Li Qi, but the Golden Holy Grail.

But compared with the dangerous Baron Porcupine, the threat posed by the Golden Grail is nothing at all.

Li Qi poured a glass of wine and handed it to Lin Yu: "Where are you from in the north?"

"People from Dunn" she took a sip from the wine glass. The spicy porcupine wine made her grit her teeth and raised her sleeve to wipe her mouth. Lin Yu continued, "But when I was young, I left Steel Knife Mountain and followed my father to become a pirate. Later, he was caught in the prison of Stormwind City, and I stole a knife and came out to be a mercenary."

An understatement, but the experience must not be as easy as she said in a few words.

"Why are you here?" Li Qi poured himself a glass of wine and asked casually.

"I killed someone in Stormwind City." Lin Yu took another sip of wine: "A nobleman, he asked us to go to the legendary Xinglong Island to get something back. After getting the thing back, he didn't intend to pay for it, but wanted our lives. Our people were all killed. I thought that death would not be cheap for them, and then ate the thing. I didn't expect it to turn out like this. I killed the nobleman and disguised myself as a slave, and escaped by boat."

She patted her thick forearm: "I used to be very slender, and many men wanted to sleep with me, but I like it better now."

It is estimated that there is something that can make people become extraordinary, and Li Qi has long been familiar with it, not to mention that the northern border is too far away, and he can't reach it.

"I also think you are more charming like this." Li Qi nodded very seriously: "Confidence is strong and full of charm! But I will definitely choose a slim lady for sleeping, haha, drink!"

Lin Yu showed a healthy smile, took a sip of wine and said, "There is nothing good about the nobles, but you are a minority and you are different from those nobles! You are not hypocritical!"

"That doesn't sound like a good word."

Li Qi smiled and extended an invitation: "Are you interested in doing something for me? As long as you have enough merit, I can make you a knight."

Trevor and the others, who were chatting in the distance, all turned their heads to look over.

It's not that there are no female knights, but they are very rare. Some people would never even dream of the conditions Li Qi asked Lin Yu.

It takes years of hard work for a soldier to become a knight, and Lin Yu is a fugitive from the north and a woman.

The surroundings were so quiet that only the beep, beep, beep of the firewood being burned could be heard.

Lin Yu said seriously: "I am a woman, my lord! And you don't know me well."

"I think you are more reliable than many men. To me, ability and loyalty are above everything else. Gender is not important at all, and identity is not important!" Li Qi said: "If you are useless or choose to betray, I will kick you away without hesitation. Maybe you will become a fugitive from the East Gorge."

Lin Yu half-kneeled on the ground: "I swear allegiance to you to the death! Uh, I swear to the four gods."

"You'll have a lot of opportunities to express yourself."

Li Qi said and looked at Wendra.

Wendla, who has always been afraid of Li Qi, puffed up his chest after Lin Yu set an example. If he could become the knight of Baron Porcupine, he would not be unacceptable.

"I'm from Dongxia, my lord!" Wendela recalled what Lin Yu did just now, organized his words in his mind, and made his story sound more tragic: "My father is..."

"Hmm." Li Qi nodded with interest, and stood up on his knees: "Rest early, we can get up early tomorrow and go on the road. We can have a good rest when we arrive at the post station, or there may be a tough battle to fight." Whether the wandering knight is loyal or not is hard to say.

Li Qi needs Lin Yu to be loyal to him, not because of the other party's story, but because of the other party's extraordinary status, and his combat experience is good, and he has principles in doing things.

His stall is getting bigger and bigger, and there are too many vacancies under his hands. He must quickly transform talents, and he must first fill in the positions to catch the ducks on the shelves.

Li Qi returned to rest in the carriage, leaving behind the excited Lin Yu and the sluggish Wendra in front of the fire.

"Who is your father?" Lin Yu asked.

"My father is a farmer who brings strange women to his house every day. Later, because his woman tricked me into bed, he kicked me out of the house angrily," Wendla said.

"Oh." Lin Yu nodded, got up and left.

"Don't you think my story is very tragic?"

"It's quite tragic." Lin Yu stretched his body, then found a place to lie down, and closed his eyes: "...for your father."

(End of this chapter)