Lord of Rot

Chapter 160
"boom!"

There was an explosion, followed by thick smoke rising overhead.

After hearing the sound, the ghoul Aina and the red-haired locals, who were carrying things into the crypt on the headland, looked at the other side of the square.

Betty was wearing a set of heavy armor and holding an iron pipe in the shape of a "gun".

Behind the iron pipe is the wooden butt. Both the barrel and the butt are from the craftsman of the pig collar, but Betty has to do it himself when assembling and manufacturing. The research and development of the musket is a secret and must not be exposed.

Li Qi was going to use it as a big killer weapon. If he didn't move it, it would be fine. If he moved, he would be afraid of the enemies who had to be hit.

She lifted the helmet visor, pursed her lips and blew at the muzzle of the iron pipe gun that was emitting heavy smoke, took a ox horn bag, and poured gunpowder into it along the muzzle.

Then he took out another piece of paper, wrapped a bullet in the paper, and stuffed it into the barrel of the gun.

The use of skills comes from Li Qi's teaching. With the talking ghoul Aina, the communication between Betty and Li Qi is much easier, and the research and development progress is also speeding up.

He picked up another wooden stick and stabbed it into the muzzle of the gun.

After confirming that it was correct, Betty set up the musket with the butt of the gun against the shoulder armor.

She squinted and aimed at the wooden target in the distance.

The mouth moved slightly, chanting the mantra.

boom!
Thick smoke was coming out of the muzzle of the gun, and if the thin body was not wearing heavy armor, it might have been pushed down by the recoil.

Betty's body shook violently, and she took two steps back before standing still.

Thick smoke occupied the front line of sight, and nothing could be seen clearly.

"Cough cough!"

She covered her mouth and nose and walked over to check.

The wooden target was intact, as expected.

Although the muskets after continuous innovation are still very bulky, difficult to aim, and even fail to make a mechanism to ignite and shoot, shooting is no longer a problem, and the barrel will not explode at will.

Putting down the gun, Betty saw the two ghouls, and quickly raised her hand to say hello: "Aina!"

"Want to try my bullet? You're dead, it won't hurt."

There was a bright smile on his face, but what he said made even the ghouls feel horrified.

"It's okay," Ina said.

Betty also noticed what Aina brought in.

"A dragon?" She walked up to the monitor lizard's corpse with her short legs and heavy armor rubbing against each other.

After staying in the crypt for so long, Betty's mental state has undergone tremendous changes. Of course, she likes this environment very much, just like returning to the time when she was studying in the Scholar's Tower day and night, without being disturbed by the outside world.

Li Qi thinks that she may be autistic with psychological distortion, but after the appearance of Aina who can communicate, Betty can communicate normally, and there is no problem in cognition.

Since there would be no big mistakes, he didn't care about it. Betty and other mercenaries invaded the porcupine collar and violated the lord's property. They belonged to thieves, and they became slaves after being caught.

He is very satisfied that Betty can be a tool man with peace of mind.

"Make it come alive too?" Betty asked.

She knew that the people behind the scenes could revive the corpse, and a monitor lizard that was not afraid of death and would not die was probably more terrifying than the hairy monster in the underground castle.

"Yeah." Aina nodded.

"When it comes back to life, I must let it help me," Betty said, "I'm going to research a large-caliber musket. Ordinary people will probably be shaken to pieces if they use it, but in the words of this big guy...!"

"Ask him to agree."

"I'll make him agree" Betty was very confident.

In the underground castle, there is a huge magic circle with a swimming pool made of stones above it. This is the "coffin" of the monitor lizard.

Aina watched from the side, watching Li Qi control the red-haired ghoul, first sewed up the monitor lizard's tongue with a needle and thread, and then put a gold sun on the wound.

Especially the wound on the head and the broken tongue cost more than 40 gold days.

Li Qi's family background is very rich, but he still feels distressed.

But for an extraordinary giant lizard, this money should be spent!

The griffin grass was placed on the monitor lizard, and Aina and Red Hair moved the planks to seal the "coffin".

Next is the refining of ghouls. This time the refining took much longer than before, and the size of the corpse might also affect the change?

Can only wait.

Porcupine Castle.

"Rocket! Here!"

Li Qi opened his hand.

The little hawk, which had already grown fluffy white fur, rushed towards Li Qi with flapping wings, and slammed into his arms heavily.

"Haha, good boy!"

Li Qi touched Jun Ying's head, and Rocket also rubbed the side of his beak against Li Qi's face affectionately.

In less than a month, the little hawk has grown up a few times. With a clever eagle head, it already has the majesty of the king of the sky.

Looking at Rocket's beak, Li Qi guessed that even a knight in plate armor wouldn't be able to stop a peck.

"The line of elite soldiers is correct"

Li Qi once again affirmed his inner thoughts. Future wars will definitely be the stage for extraordinary people. Low-level troops such as militias and cotton armor soldiers may not even have the qualifications to become cannon fodder.

The population is used for farming, and it is too wasteful to use it as cannon fodder.

"Cuckoo~" Rocket flapped his wings and left Li Qi, and suddenly accelerated towards the corner.

When it was running, its wings were slightly spread. Although it could not fly, the small wings had allowed it to jump up and glide for a while.

"It won't be long before we can take off."

It will take three to five years for the foal to be ridden. Although the Rocket is an eagle, it is impossible to ride it at the age of one. It will take a long time to fly to the sky.

"Wait, what are you eating!"

Li Qi woke up from the cranky state when he saw the rocket pecking at something and shaking his head back and forth.

mouse!

"Rocket! Spit it out!"

Instead of eating big chickens and big fish every day, they even eat mice.

"Cuckoo!"

Rocket stepped on the mouse with his front paws, lowered his head and pecked, the mouse's head was smashed, and the speed of moving his mouth was too fast, the mouse's corpse was still struggling, and he hadn't realized that he was dead.

When Li Qi rushed over, Rocket had already eaten half of the mouse.

"Cuckoo" it pecked at the mouse's tail, and gave Li Qi the half-dead mouse body that was still dripping with blood.

"I don't want to eat this." Li Qi waved his hand.

Rocket bowed his head and continued to tear the mouse's corpse, enjoying himself.

I can't have this eagle!

Li Qi called the groom and asked about eating mice.

"Eating mice?" The groom looked blank.

He had no idea about it.

"I pick live sandworms every day, and I also buy live fish." The groom hurriedly explained that he really didn't have the guts to make a profit from it. At most...the things Rocket eats are a bit close to what he wants to eat, etc. Rocket leftovers, so he can cook something by himself without wasting it.

It's really not that he boldly changed Rocket's diet, Rocket was picky about food, and he didn't dare to force it.

It's just relatively speaking, let the rocket's favorite food move closer to the direction of his favorite food.

Seeing the groom's faltering appearance, Li Qi guessed that there must be some small problem.

Li Qi said: "The Rockets like to eat alive."

The eagle has the blood of the griffin, isn't the lion the big cat?Going back to the ancestors, Rocket has some cats' preferences, and likes to play with food before eating.

There is also a more reasonable explanation, Rocket, like a child, prefers to play with food rather than eat it.

"Start feeding the rabbits tomorrow. If Rocket likes to eat, let the pasture raise some rabbits."

For his own Flying Eagle, a little upfront investment is all.

Li Qi urged: "Guide the rocket well, teach it what it can do and what it cannot do."

He doesn't want to wait for the rocket to fly as an adult, and the object to play with will change from a mouse to a living person, and it is impossible for Li Qi to feed the rocket with a living person, so it is very important to educate it from an early age before it can fly.

"Yes, my lord!" The groom nodded repeatedly.

I thought to myself: "Rabbit, it should be delicious."

(End of this chapter)