Lord of Rot

Chapter 524 Dragonborn News (5K)

Fort Spear.

With the arrival of a new day, Marquis Reeve began his dull life.

He is Endor who followed the previous Duke.

Speaking carefully, the Duke is not simple.

Not to mention his strong soldiers and horses, he won the trust of the king. He was the same as the 'Lion Duke' Varian de Storm, the 'Duke of the Sun' Dulu Leopold, and the 'Invincible Golden Bear' Bol II. The most powerful battlefield hero has attracted countless admirers.

It can be said that as long as they show their names, people will come to join them. Countless knights are willing to charge on the battlefield for them, and countless businessmen are willing to donate food and money to them.

However, Duke Yaori was the heir to the East Gorge, and of course he had to inherit his title. The same was true for the Northern Lion. He only had a loyal lord and no large territory, so he was canonized as Duke of Endor by the king, which was considered to be airborne.

The Marquis of Reeve followed the Duke to Endor and wanted to do something big. The barbarians of Endor were in disarray. Even though they did not recognize the identity of the Duke, because the tribesmen fought on their own, the strong Duke was victorious against the tribesmen. They even robbed several mines.

It's a pity that the battle not only benefited one's own side, but also accelerated the development and integration of the tribe's natives. Powerful tribes began to appear one after another, until in the end the Duke was decapitated.

And because he was more cautious in doing things, Marquis Reeve actually lived a stable life, but he never took the initiative to ask for help from the king. As for the reason... the mine was not finished yet, he had to make money.

The mithril mine that was mined some time ago was finally finished, and the output was actually not very large. In addition, the grassland natives circled around the Spear Castle every day, which made him panic, so he asked the king for help. Who could have imagined that so many things would happen in the end? .

The central part was made a mess by Earl White Dragon. As a "pro-king faction", Marquis Reeve certainly did not dare to stay, so he could only return to Spear Castle in despair.

To say that he had a hard time would not be wrong.

Because the tribe natives are not a monolith, on the contrary, they often fight and compete. If one tribe catches another tribe, they will either take them all into their own tribe to increase their strength.

The tribal natives who had great hatred only wanted the women to be used as reproductive tools, and all the men were sold as slaves, or simply killed as sacrifices to avoid wasting food.

Therefore, Marquis Reeve can spend money to do business with the indigenous people, win over some, divide others, and maintain a balance amidst the pulling and pushing. Although the mine is gone, life is not too difficult.

Speaking of a boring life, Marquis Reeve loved nothing else but other people's wives.

Like a noble lady at a ball, he doesn't like the slutty kind.

It was even more boring to have beautiful girls who were not picked up flocking in. He didn't like the young ones.

I just like vegans, the fc2 kind.

As a marquis, as long as the money is available, few people will refuse a good opportunity to entrust their wife and children. They will even help guard the door, not to mention giving a push from behind, but they will happily say thank you for teaching me skills.

Yes, as a nobleman, he is good at everything except that he likes to teach others.

Marquis Reeve looked at the people sitting reservedly aside, and was about to start speaking when he heard a knock on the door.

"What's wrong?" I couldn't hold back my anger.

Evil fire mixed with anger is meant to be slapped.

When the door opened, he was about to give him a slap when he heard the footman nervously say: "My lord, Lord Lenan de is here."

"Leinan De?" As one of his trusted knights, Lenan De comes often, but this is the first time he comes in a hurry so early in the morning.

"What happened?"

"He said..." the manservant whispered, "said...that he killed someone."

"kill?"

What a big deal, he actually interrupted his class. Marquis Reeve became even more angry, and he was ready to burn this fire directly on Lenan De.

It's nothing for nobles to kill people. Some time ago, there was a noble who heard about a method of making bracelets made of human skulls, so he selected dozens of people according to their head shapes, chopped off their heads, removed the flesh and bones, and took out their thumbs. Large and small pieces of bone are polished and made into bracelets.

There are countless cruel things than this.

Human life?Oh, what a fart.

A gold day cannot buy a noble smile, but it can buy dozens of human lives. Where human lives are not as good as dogs, it can buy hundreds, or even more.

"He's from Zharti."

Geek!

A basin of cold water was poured on his head, extinguishing the fire in Marquis Reeve's heart.

His throat was dry and he squeezed several times before he could barely force out his voice: "Who?! Who are you talking about?"

"Zarti" the manservant repeated again.

The Zharti family is a combination of local tribes and foreign nobles. Of course, it was a hundred years ago, so they retain the fierceness of the tribe, and at the same time, they also have some aristocratic rules that have been assimilated to the point where they are almost superficial, such as the "Zarti" after assimilation. "Erti" surname, family crest, and some unusual etiquette.

His style of doing things is not similar to that of the nobles. He believes in retribution and does not follow the unspoken rules among nobles at all.

Although it is not a top-notch large tribe in the Golden Grassland, and cannot compare with the 5 elite cavalry of the Barbarian Mane Tribe, it still has several thousand cavalry under its command, and the trade routes are very open, and it is not as stupid as other tribes.

If you have money, soldiers, and swords, you won't be provoked if you can.

"Then send Lenan to Twin Eagle City!" He threw his most trusted subordinate out without thinking. He had already ruined it, and his subordinates were still causing trouble for him.

I can't solve trouble, but I can solve people who cause trouble.

The manservant continued in a low voice: "It was not Lord Lenan De who took action, it was Porcupine's caravan."

"Who?!" The voice was louder this time.

If the Zharti family is difficult to deal with, then Porcupine must not be messed with. He has seen with his own eyes how arrogant the other party is.

"Why is he here? How did that bastard Lenan get involved with him?"

At best, the Zharti family doesn't abide by the rules of the nobility. Does that mean Porcupine doesn't abide by the rules?That means destroying your whole family as long as you have a grudge, just like a mad pig. Didn't you see that Monkey Island has been incorporated? Just because the Tuna family wanted to sneak attack on his island without the foresight, the problem has not been successful yet.

Marquis Reeve walked quickly to the castle hall and saw Lenan De with a calm face.

"Good day, my lord!"

"Well," Marquis Reeve tried to keep his mind calm and asked, "What, what's going on? I heard that you had a conflict with the Zharti family?"

Lenan De nodded and gritted his teeth and said: "Those barbarians knew that Lord Porcupine's caravan passed by my hunter leader to stay overnight, and they actually had evil thoughts on them. Originally, I planned to give some money to settle the matter, but they wanted to They captured all the people and even insulted Lord Li Qi. The caravan soldiers couldn’t bear it, so they rushed up and killed those bastards.”

Marquis Reeve only half-believed what Lenan said, staying the night?Passing by?Do you believe it yourself?

But no matter what kind of dirty deal there is, Marquis Reeve can only pretend not to know about this, and he doesn’t want to understand. He can’t afford to offend the porcupine. How can he only dare to be incompetent and furious when he doesn’t see the king? Oh, by the way, the king is now even incompetent and furious. I didn't dare to say anything, for fear that Porcupine would send troops directly to Feixiang Valley.

Alas, thanks to the geographical environment of Feixiang Valley that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

"How many people came from Zharti?"

"Thirty or forty" Lenan De looked at Marquis Reeve and said: "But Porcupine's cavalry charged with one and wiped them all out."

Geek!

We know that Porcupine's soldiers are very powerful, but to destroy them all in one charge is a bit exaggerated.

The caravan, it sounds like its troops are not strong.

He couldn't afford to offend either party. Just in terms of strength, Zharti could not compare with a porcupine, and he couldn't even carry a shoe.

However, a strong dragon cannot overwhelm a local snake. As long as the porcupine does not make a big move to attack, Zharti, as a local force, will not be so easy to deal with. The intricate forces still have the power to definitely eliminate enemies several times their own.

Now there is only one question before Marquis Reeve, what should he do.

It was definitely impossible to pretend not to see it. Lenan De must have come on behalf of the porcupine. The knight he trusted most had unknowingly worn a pair of trousers with the porcupine. He really had a toothache and was ntr.

But what can be done?
"Are you here this time...?"

"I want you to help me press it down."

"what?"

Marquis Reeve almost jumped up, pressed?You have to be able to hold it back!

Lenan De said in a low voice: "Sir, this is also an opportunity for us. Although Porcupine has expanded very quickly in the past two or three years, it seems that he intends to slow down his expansion. If we can make good friends with him, we will Duo can still stand up."

In more than three years, the territory has increased several times, and the country baron who has never heard of it has become a powerful lord. Li Qi's rise is definitely a legend.This is indeed in line with Lenan De's conjecture. It is easy to seize territory, but it is not easy to digest it. Just like the dead Boer II, he had many territories, but most of them were free-range. The distance was too far and the message transmission was too slow. , can’t manage it.

With so many territories, it’s easy to be betrayed if you don’t take care.

But I have to admit that Li Qi is very resourceful. From the time he started to rise to prominence until now, his territory has always been submissive, and he has never heard of anyone making any noise.

Very strange, why?

That is to say, they did not investigate carefully and did not know that Li Qi was secretly eradicating the slavery system and even giving out money. Otherwise, they would have scolded him and discussed killing him, a noble who broke the rules, first.

In this way, you have indeed stabilized your territory and not rebelled, and you have even become united. What should we do?
Lenan De whispered: "Over there, only a hundred people are sent here now. If they die in Endor, you and I will both..."

This is the biggest headache for Marquis Reeve. No one can die, not even one.

"Porcupine...what do you say?"

"According to their wishes, they plan to destroy the Zharti family directly."

The corner of Marquis Reeve's mouth twitched, yes, this is very porcupine.

"It must be delayed for a few days, my lord," Lenan De said: "Don't worry about what the porcupine does. They said they have a way. It's better for us to wait. I also advised it, it's best not to take action."

"How about just sending someone to send them away quietly?" Marquis Reeve pondered.

As for whether he is a grandson or not, it doesn't matter at all.

As soon as the porcupine people were sent away, and then Lenan De was thrown into the Twin Eagles, he just picked himself out, how comfortable it was.

"Definitely not!" Lenan De is not stupid. If he lets others go, he will become the scapegoat, so the blame must be shouldered by Marquis Reeve.

Since you are in a high position, this pot fits you well and fits perfectly!

The most important thing is that the mithril ore over there has not been transported yet. Even if he asks the Porcupine people to leave quietly, they may not listen to him. They all have no idea what kind of soul-losing potion they have been poured into by the Porcupine Lord. The mission is more important than your own life.

"Okay, I'll try it!"

Marquis Reeve gritted his teeth. He was indeed more inclined to cooperate with the porcupine than to befriend Zalti.

Golden Grass has run out of oil and water, and those people have become more and more aggressive recently. They circle around the Spear Castle without concealing their whereabouts and openly monitor themselves. It is estimated that they will not be able to bear it for a long time before they attack themselves. You can't count on those bastards' minds. With long-term development in mind, they didn't even know how to save food. If they had no food during the winter, they would ride their horses east to grab food.

Last year, the autumn wind even hit me.

Marquis Reeve had no choice but to lose money to avoid disaster. At the same time, he was also considered as a fat sheep. Once he was born, he was cooked again. Those guys who were monitoring him probably planned to get the grain reserves for the winter on him.

Therefore, Marquis Reeve became more and more miserable the longer he lived here.

"I have contact with the Black Sheep Heavy Armor Mercenary Group and asked them to help this time."

"Black sheep!" Lenan was shocked: "Are those people obedient?"

"You should be obedient...Oh, they are strong."

"Yeah." Lenan did not deny this.

The Black Sheep Heavy Armor Mercenary Group is said to include the second sons of nobles, thieves, traders, murderers, fishermen and other people. Although they come from all walks of life, they are all elites. Their characteristic is that they wear heavy armor. , wearing an argali-horn type helmet, their number has expanded extremely rapidly. It is said that there were only 200 people last year, but now there are more than [-] people.

You don't just do things for money, you are not a "mercenary".

Even though the nobles sneered at the mercenaries who only recognized money and not people, if one day a group of mercenaries stopped talking about money and started talking about ideals, absolutely no one would like them.

After receiving the assurance from Marquis Reeve, Lenan De also said goodbye and left. He still had to go back and guard the men who came from the Porcupine. With the Black Sheep Heavy Armor Mercenary Group, Zharti might not be able to do anything about it in a short time.

Speaking of which, it was normal to take action at that time, because Lenan De knew the temperament of those barbarians very well. He would kill before speaking and never leave hostages.

Since you have offended me, then offend me to the end. Who knows if you will hold a grudge against me after I catch you and then let you go.

When Lenan De hurried back to the hunter's village, he saw three carriages filled with mithril ore, without horses, waiting to set off. He had to collect a few more carriages until they were full before leaving. Now he only had to I hope that after loading the ore, the team can leave quietly without any conflicts.

I should also leave with them. It seems that joining Li Qi is more promising than following Marquis Reeve. With this business relationship, the other party should not reject me.

However, the ore cannot be transported completely even once or twice.

I have a headache.

……

Lisu led a team composed of all extraordinary people and set foot on the golden grassland.

The high altitude made her feel a little uncomfortable, but the people around her were different. They were all extraordinary and they didn't feel any discomfort at all.

Especially Qiang Shi, who was appointed as the "personal expert", rode quietly beside Li Su, playing his role as a bodyguard perfectly, only listening to her words and protecting her safety.

rumbling...

The sound of horse hooves came from a distance, and a group of cavalry wearing heavy armor and argali helmets passed by Lisu and others. Lisu turned to the left, and the strange group of cavalry turned to the right.

After giving them a strange and confused look, Lisu didn't take them to heart.

I just asked casually: "Are there any extraordinary people?"

"There are dozens of them, and the leader is very strong." After a pause, Qiang Shi continued: "They are not as strong as me."

tens of?
Lisu raised her eyebrows: "Why have you never heard of such a powerful force before?"

Logically speaking, its reputation should be no worse than that of the Wild Boar Mercenary Group.

As for the sentence "not as strong as me", Lisu nodded and accepted it as a matter of course. Master Li Qi said when he placed the strong stone next to him, no matter how many extraordinary people the other party has, as long as the strong stone is there, he can definitely guarantee her However, she also warned her not to order strong people, because a strong person cannot be like a puppy, who can come and go when called.

Li Su very much agreed with these words, but she didn't know clearly that Qiang Shi didn't care about being ordered at all. He had no feelings or desires, but Li Qi didn't want her to realize that she had a powerful helper who was lawless and caused too much trouble. .

The road to the hunter's leader is smooth.

Lenan De was shocked when he saw the porcupine flag. The leader was an incredibly beautiful woman.

Also, what is that thing with a dragon head, covered in red scales, and breathing fire when it breathes?Could it be a human being?

Here comes a bunch of weirdos.

There are more people from the Porcupine Leaders. They know Luca, so we, the Porcupine Leaders, are very proud!

Lisu, who came with a mission this time, quickly realized that something was wrong with the atmosphere, so she found a few soldiers to report the situation to herself.

As soon as she heard the general explanation, Lisu couldn't help but frown with Lenan explaining. It was not a good thing to have a conflict with the indigenous people. After all, they were here to "do business."

"Princess!"

Luka hurried over, the sulfur-smelling hot breath from his mouth raising the temperature of the room by more than ten degrees.

With him around, making a fire along the way is just a matter of spitting, which is very convenient.

"What's wrong, Luka?" Lisu knew that Li Qi valued Luka very much. After all, he was a dragonborn, and glory came from blood.

"Double-headed eagle!" He held a shield in his dragon claws, pointed at the pattern on it, and said excitedly: "Double-headed eagle! My brothers and sisters were originally bought by the person wearing the double-headed eagle family emblem. !”

"Your brothers and sisters?" Lisu was stunned, and then she thought of a possibility.

Luca is a Dragonborn, don’t his brothers and sisters also have Dragonborn blood?Even if you can't transform yourself, it may not be impossible for your descendants.

I don’t know how many resources and potions it takes to cultivate a transcendent, but talent is something invisible and everything is unknown.

Dragonborn is different, destined to be extraordinary.

"Are you sure you are?"

"I'm sure, the double-headed eagle family emblem!" A few wisps of fire squeezed out between Luka's teeth: "I will never forget it until I die!"

Lisu understood the importance of the matter: "I'll write to him!"

She knew in her heart that all the mithril ore harvested during this trip would not be as valuable as this piece of information.

(End of this chapter)