Lord of Rot

Chapter 606 "Li Qiyong Fights the Flame Bear"

"It seems you are in good condition!"

Ma Wei and Erro followed the mysterious strong man to the place where they temporarily lived and rested.

It's like a weird cave with a pot turned upside down. The place to enter is at the "spatula" position.

As soon as they entered, they saw their comrades with mutilated parts of their bodies.

"Gwent card?"

"The most difficult ones to get are the special coupons, which you can't buy even if you have money." The hunter who had lost his limbs complained: "I've wanted to collect them all for a long time."

Next to him, there was a hunter with a pair of feet that could play cards flexibly and said, "I have it. I gave it to you for free. Why don't you want it?"

"Because I'm afraid of getting athlete's foot in my mouth!"

"Ah ha ha ha!" Ma Wei patted the two of them on the shoulders: "Good friends, it seems that your relationship is better than before."

Hunters who have experienced various hardships will not be defeated by physical disabilities.

"What about the rest?"

“On the other side of the mountain”

"There is a dark thing over there, with a group of chaotic and evil monsters under its hands. That's where we lost our hands and feet."

"How did you get here?"

After everyone chatted for a while, someone finally remembered to ask Ma Wei why the two of them were safe and sound: "Didn't you meet those tree people?"

"Met."

"Where's the Crab Man?"

"I haven't met him, but I have met a two-headed snake man, and she is a woman."

"Can you tell whether the snake man is a boy or a girl? Bah!"

"The scales on her abdomen, you know."

"Get out! Get down to business!"

Ma Wei said seriously: "Okay guys, I have bad news and good news here. Which one do you want to hear?"

"Bad news first, I always like to eat the strawberry tips last!" The speaker was a female hunter, half of her face was disfigured by acid, but the other half of her face retained its former beauty.

"The bad news is that your action to prevent the invasion of the underground world failed. Ero and I are the last two hunters left on the surface, and we also found the army to help."

"Damn it, you're actually looking for a noble!" Someone yelled.

Ma Wei laughed: "Old Lar, don't think I don't know. In your dreams, you want to hold the noble master's deerskin boots and lick the fresh sheep dung that his heels just stepped on!"

"Hahaha" everyone laughed.

"Where's the good news?" someone asked loudly.

Ma Wei said with a smile: "The good news is that in exchange for them rescuing you and resisting the underground world's invasion of the surface, now we have to work for him."

"What good news this is! What the noble master is protecting is not our territory, but their own!"

"You have all the sheep shit in your head! Mavi!"

"Don't you want to hear what I have to say?" Ma Wei shrugged and said, "The nobleman who promised to help us is named Li Qi Clarence."

The cave was quiet.

Every hunter here has extraordinary power, and years of training have made their hearing different from ordinary people.

Everyone could hear the rapid breathing.

"Well done! Mavi!"

"Hahaha, this is really great news!"

"That's Clarence!"

There is no future for hanging out with the little nobles. Moreover, they are all disabled and cannot display much value at all. In the future, they will definitely be used as cattle and cannon fodder.

But Li Qi is different.

Now a large number of people want to follow him, but he refuses to accept them at all. Instead, he only chooses to adopt a cooperative model.

It is said that Li Qi himself has the ability to cultivate extraordinary beings and has his own magic potion cultivation island.

Hunters are humans too.

……

"Remove all the hunters, every one of them is a treasure."

It doesn't matter if they are disabled, but they have rich fighting experience. In the one-on-one battles between extraordinary beings, hunters also had an absolute advantage.

If they fail, they can continue to shine as instructors.

"Let the army from the underground city come directly."

Let the underground creatures solve the battle of the underground creatures.

Raising troops for a thousand days and using them for a short period of time, the ogres, crypt gnomes, centaurs, manticores, etc., whose population has doubled, should all play their roles.

Those new palace ghouls just happen to come in handy.

With a thought in his mind.

Thousands of miles away, under the Great Rift Valley of the Giant's Foot Coso Mountains, in the underground city.

The little mare Beibei was using a piece of magic beast skin to apply sword oil on her sword, rubbing it carefully again and again.

From the sky, the loud roar of the griffin came.

Beibei immediately stood up, inserted the sword into the scabbard and hung it on his waist, and ran towards the city.

You can see many familiar figures along the way.

"Ouch!" A manticore spread its wings and flew over, kicking up dust.

Soon a group of manticores were as dense as bats covering the top of their heads.

"You treat them as beasts, there is no problem at all!" Beibei hates these vulgar things. Even if the griffons are watching, these guys can't get rid of the bad habit of drooling at the pony cubs.

Rumbling, the ground shook, it was the ogres and trolls. As soon as they appeared on the scene, the manticores were frightened and scattered, fleeing higher into the sky.

As the race with the strongest single combat power and the second largest number, the ogres' status in the dungeon cannot be shaken.

Maybe it's also the reason why they eat gray-scaled and smelly warthogs.

The ogres were rushing all the way, but they quickly stopped because they also ran into a group of things they couldn't afford to offend.

Undead!

The most mysterious and annoying creature in the dungeon ranks first in number.

The leading lich Wumu not only has powerful undead, but also many dead corpses that Li Qi directly threw over for him to sew. The dead corpses retain their abilities in life, which are much stronger than the undead.

The Battle of Endor provided the Lich Umm with a steady stream of corpse materials.

Wumu also provided Li Qi with a terrifyingly powerful army of walking dead composed of undead and corpses.

Gnomes, ogres, manticores and other races combined, standing in front of the dungeon, only accounted for about one-twentieth of the number on site. The remaining large figure that almost swallowed them up was the legion of the walking dead!

In the sky, griffins circled.

Below are four new figures.

As soon as they appeared on the stage, they showed their extraordinary momentum. The suppressed dark creatures felt their hearts sinking and did not dare to move.

Although I can't tell which one of these four is stronger than Ka Qi, I can be sure that they are definitely on the same level!

One of them stood up: "The Lord needs us to launch an expedition! So, get ready to go!"

"Roar!"

Dark creatures also have the concept of momentum, but unlike humans, they are chaotic by nature and like war and killing. Except for centaurs and crypt gnomes, who have to "fall in love" with peace because their strength really does not allow it, like scorpion tails The lion and the ogre fight several times every day to soothe and soothe their mood.

The cruelty of war will not scare dark creatures. The more you die, the more excited you will be. It is not difficult to understand that you kill two teammates to cheer up when you are happy.

The only thing that can scare the dark creatures is the stronger one. Because of the chaos, the hierarchy is strict.

With no military supplies and no food preparations, an expeditionary army led by four palace ghouls and a ghoul griffin, hundreds of dark creatures, and thousands of undead rushed towards the dark and location.

Only the fire dragon Kalodre was left in the entire dungeon. She moved her head with difficulty and looked at the direction the team was leaving, and then closed her eyes again.

The resurrected fire dragon still exudes amazing heat and quietly plays the role of a volcano in this underground world.

The fire dragon, which has a strong connection with Lord Li Qi, had better not mix with the army of underground creatures.

……

Li Qi stopped writing and looked at the quiet business meeting site.

The final plan has been determined, and the two parties finally found a balance point. After making concessions, they reached this business cooperation.

To put it simply, Li Qi guarantees them a certain profit, and they choose to sell Li Qi's products all over the world. If someone can confirm an agreement with local merchants, the caravan can even earn a small kickback. , this part of the profit was given by Li Qi alone.It’s a familiar routine, but it works well in this world.

Li Qi stood up and said: "Friends, tonight there will be an unforgettable banquet for you. You can also see more good things at the banquet that will make your heart beat and you will definitely not regret it!"

The merchants were originally feeling uncomfortable because they were not able to make much profit, but when they heard about the new products, they immediately became energetic.

New products are new markets, and there are more opportunities to make money!
Li Qi has always adhered to the attitude that if you have money, everyone will make money together. As long as the entire country belongs to me in the future, then if you make money in business, you will make money for me.

It does not rule out that some people are Pixiu and can only enter but not exit.

Then Li Qi could only regard them as piggy jars for saving money and smash them directly to withdraw money.

Li Qi didn't have time to attend the dinner.

When the battle between the two dukes in the East Gorge was imminent, he was about to follow the team to the royal city.

……

The northern border, the road from Port Heide to the Little Castle.

People were shoveling snow.

In the south, it's like spring all year round. In the winter, add an extra layer, which means the biting cold can be a bit unbearable when it rains. In the summer, wear one less layer, and the hot and humid air will stick to your clothes.

In the north, it's the complete opposite. Winter occupies most of the year, and snow can be seen all over the sky in May and June.

If you go further north, to Stormwind City, you will only see a land of ice and snow at any time.

Aviva rubbed her frozen hands, grabbed a shovel and shoveled it on the ground. With a strong movement of her arms, she dug out a large piece of snow and dumped it on the wheelbarrow.

Two or three people shoveled together, and soon the bucket of the wheelbarrow was filled and then pushed away.

In recent days, there have been ships coming and going from the East Gorge, and the army has brought in special weapons that they have never seen before, and even war horses.

There is also more and more food.

Every day wood is cut, fires are lit, and temperatures rise.

Of course, the most obvious thing is the rapidly built tower.

Known as the "Porcupine Tower" by locals, the tower is closed to people and has a mysterious and taciturn group of people walking around inside.

Some people say this is a kind of scholar tower.

It is also said that this is an evil sacrificial tower that can see through everyone's soul.

Others say that everyone lives on the back of a living porcupine, and that the tower is actually a squirrel.

However, more people think that the people from Dongxia are stupid. They do not rob them, nor do they force them to pay taxes. They make themselves and others work but pay them wages.

Just like now, you can just wait for the snow to melt, but you have to spend money to arrange for yourself to wait for someone to shovel the snow.

But no one would say no.

This is a gift of money. Even some people who are very loyal to the North and to the belief in Vulcan have chosen to do this job. Since the snow will melt no matter what, then let’s come over and do whatever we want, and we can still make money to support ourselves. , and you won’t support the enemy, so why not do it?

Aviva saw it more clearly than anyone else. The group of people who shouted that they would never surrender to the people of Dongxia, when they ate hot soup and bread from Dongxia, received heavy bronze stars, and put on Soft and comfortable cotton clothes... Their attitude towards Dongxia has already changed.

But Aviva has no choice, because she herself is confused. What are you trying to do by investing so much in this ice and snow?

It is difficult for the land here to grow food.

For the people in the north?The population of the North is indeed large, but the passion in the bones of the people of the North is destined to not surrender... Well, looking at the people working enthusiastically, Aviva found that they have already surrendered, in another way.

And the reason for surrender is simple.

At the beginning, everyone agreed to do it slowly, without putting in any effort, and if they kept shoveling snow, they would be able to make money every day and eat hot meals every day.

But on the second day, someone got a silver month reward for their hard work.

Then on the third day, someone will be promoted to a small overseer.

Yesterday, my friends who were angry because someone got 1 Silver Moon changed their attitude immediately after becoming a small supervisor today. Although they were armed with whips in the morning, at least everyone was still harmonious.

In the afternoon, one person was caught by patrolling soldiers in the East Gorge for not working hard. The little supervisor who was scolded immediately turned his anger to the lazy person.

Then he discovered that the whip in his hand was really useful.

Some people want to climb up, some people want to replace them, and some people just want to make money and live a better life. No matter what the reason is, shoveling snow has changed from a job that everyone "agreed" to be lazy together to a job that everyone is scrambling to do frantically.

The Dongxia soldiers were originally expected to take half a month to clear out the area, but it took less than seven days to almost completely clean it up, and it would take at most two more days to completely clean it up.

Even the people from Dongxia who were used to being fooled were shocked when they saw this.

"Miss Aviva." A little girl walked up to Aviva and whispered: "I just heard the news that the caravan from the East Gorge will be here in the next two days, along with our merchants from the north. Team."

"What? Come here?" Aviva was surprised: "Why?"

The little girl said: "It seems to be the request of the soldiers. They are bored here and want to buy something."

"Can we buy things during the war?"

"I don't know." The little girl shook her head: "But I have asked secretly. We can go there together then. I heard that there are many good things that are only found in Dongxia, delicious and fun... and Dongxia. If you come here to recruit workers, it would be great if I could offer you a reward to work in Dongxia. I heard you can also sign up to go to school."

"Reading..." Aviva was moved. She was literate and could read, but reading was the privilege of nobles, and ordinary people did not have those resources.

"I'll go with you and take a look!"

The merchants from Dongxia came very quickly.

Aviva and the others, who had changed their outfits, sneaked in. It would be better to say that no one cared about them at all. As long as they didn't wander around sensitive areas, no one would care even if they walked under the noses of the soldiers.

Aviva and I first went to the caravan for a walk, and found that they really sold a lot of special things, including food, drink, and entertainment.

Port Head is a small place, and porcupine collar products are spread here. The best-selling ones are porcupine wine and porcupine soap. When I saw it today, I realized that I had missed so much.

The cost of making paper is high, but Dongxia people are actually selling picture albums and books. They are a few short lines of text and then colorless figure paintings. However, the paintings are very detailed. Children can't put them down when they hold them in their hands. Adults will also find them very rare when they see them. .

The price is not cheap, it costs 1 silver month.

It's such a thin volume, I really don't think it's worth it.

"What kind of book is this, Miss Aviva?" The little girl grabbed the book and looked at Aviva expectantly.

Aviva took the book and flipped through it briefly: "This seems to be a biography of Leach Clarence."

"Who?"

The businessman turned his head and interjected: "Lord Li Qi, now the most powerful lord in Lurea."

Aviva answered: "They are also the ones who occupied Heide Port."

She did not refute "the most powerful". Although she believed that the Duke of the North was the most powerful, looking at the current situation, the young Li Qi would not be worse than the Duke of the North in the future.

"Hey hey" the businessman didn't answer, he was just here to do business.

"What's written on it?" the little girl was curious.

""Li Qiyong Fights the Flame Bear"" Aviva said while reading the text on the book cover.

The whole story is very short.

One day, Li Qi Clarence heard that a giant bear with burning fire appeared in the forest, so he sent someone to track it.

Then, the giant flaming bear rushed out, crashing the house and injuring many people.

Finally, Li Qi drew his sword and killed the flame bear.

The simple story, coupled with the simple but impactful pictures, clearly outlines the image of Reacher Clarence on the paper.

"Don't you want to apply for a job?" Aviva grabbed the little girl and pulled her attention away from the book.

"But..." The little girl was really attracted.

Not only her, but other young boys and girls are also very interested in little books.

Some people even started saying "piu~piu~" after listening to Aviva's story, imagining that they were Reacher Clarence, holding a long sword and facing the flaming bear alone.

The businessman laughed again: "It's just a bear, it's nothing to Mr. Li Qi. Don't you know that Mr. Li Qi also has a dragon?"

"dragon?!"

"That dragon is as big as a hill. When it spreads its wings, the sky becomes dark. A puff of flame can burn thousands of people to death!" The businessman gestured and said, "I guess you will be able to buy that story in a while."

"I want to see!"

"Me too!"

"Wow, Master Li Qi is so powerful?"

Aviva knew that what the merchant said was true, and that Li Qiyoulong was no secret in the aristocratic circle, but she felt that something was not quite right.

This group of children's impression of Li Qi changed very quickly, from a stranger to a strange lord who gave him a job, and now he has become a hero that people admire.

She could even feel that the role played by this thin little book was no worse than the role of hot soup bread and bronze stars some time ago.

"Let's go." She pulled the little girl again: "Go and see your job first, otherwise the opportunity may be taken away by others."

(End of this chapter)