Lord of Rot

Chapter 523 Bullshit Porcupine (5k)

July is the hottest time of the year.

The sky above our heads is cloudless, and the sun is like a red iron stove in front of us, making our skin hurt.

Ulti sat on the carriage, letting the horse follow the horse in front of him at a leisurely pace. When the wheel ran over a stone, the whole carriage shook violently, and a "clang" caught him from his idle thoughts.

As the only groom in the team, especially after solving several problems such as horse diarrhea, Ulti's status has also improved. Several cavalrymen are very eager to him, and even pull him along when eating.

The food of the cavalry is different from that of the logistics. They wear armor, often have to keep vigil, and do strenuous work, so the meals are meaty, salty, and oily, making them very enjoyable to eat.

After eating all the way, Ulti not only did not lose weight due to the fatigue of traveling, but instead gained a belly and gained a lot of fat on his cheeks.

There is also a daily subsidy, and this life is... comfortable!
There are about a hundred people in the team, and it is said that they are already the third group. The first two groups have completed their work and are rushing back, and they did not encounter them on the way.

They are not from the same territory, but they are always exclusive. They do not want to be inferior to teams from other territories. It is true that they belong to the same lord, but there is competition everywhere, especially the education class they must attend once a month. It shows for the first time that collective interests are greater than individual interests. It is not a matter of whether you listen or believe it. At least that is what the slogan says.

Of course there is also a slogan, the lord is above all else.

Someone lightly tapped me on the shoulder, and then a voice came from my ear: "Hey, look, I met that one yesterday!"

Ulti turned around and looked over. It turned out to be a man with a cloak covering his head and face and carrying a sword. His white hair that could not be covered was exposed from the gap. He had seen it in the market. He was taciturn, but after listening to a few The trooper said he was dangerous and best left alone.

It is said that people who have reached that level can stop a startling horse with their bare hands!

Only Ulti, who often spends time with horses, knows how scary a crazy horse can be.

If a hoof goes down, ordinary people will definitely be trampled to the point of being trampled to the core.

As for raising the spear and wanting the horse to hit him?
Not to mention that horses in porcupine collars are now wearing harnesses, and that horses are not stupid and only run in a straight line. Let’s talk about the speed at which the horse runs and the horse really hits it straight. It is not sure whether the horse will die. People He would definitely not be able to withstand the horrific impact. After being knocked away, many bones would be broken, and his internal organs would definitely be smashed into pulp.

It's enough to show how scary this group of people is.

To be frightening, of course, it was the mysterious fourth apostle from High Blood City who flew into the sky and escaped from the earth. It was a pity that Ulti was imprisoned at the time and had no right to see what was happening outside.

The silver-haired man also turned his head and glanced here, as if he recognized them.

Then he flicked the horse's reins and surpassed the convoy, leaving only a smaller and smaller black dot figure until the black dot disappeared at the junction of the grass and the sky.

"It's so cool." Another envious voice came from the companion next to him: "I'm not short of money. I can ride a horse and go wherever I want."

"Is there any?" Ulti curled his lips: "I think our life is pretty good, and haven't you already divided the room?"

He knew who the guy sitting next to him was, who was in charge of the logistics of this team. It was said that he was the first batch of apprentices who followed the big shot Lord Grant. Even though he was only two or three years old, he was very qualified and capable, and he was serious. He comes from the office, earns a lot of money, and has a lot of power. It is said that he can gain face by entering the castle. Of course, he is bragging about it himself, and not many people believe it.

The only ones who can gain access to the castle are those adults. Those are the big shots who can decide the life or death of 10,000+ people with just one sentence.

It was precisely after knowing the identity of the other party that Ulti understood how important his mission to Endor was. In other words, reaching the sky in one step is not an exaggeration. It is not that the Lord does not pay attention to this matter, but it can make the Lord There are not many things on his mind. Being able to accomplish one thing that the lord is thinking about is really a good opportunity that tens of millions of people don't get a chance to get. They are all thinking about getting in.

Let’s see what the lord can take to heart?Transforming Monkey Island, refining gold, farming and training soldiers are all major events that take several thousand gold days, so this time is also a big event, a big deal.

The rest is like business, shipbuilding, building houses, etc., and the lord doesn't bother to ask about it at all.

Ulti remembered the help from the man behind the small window of the racecourse, which was a great kindness.

Although there are many hills and winding roads in the East Gorge, the overall environment is pretty good. Entering the central region... In fact, the name of the central region is not recognized. People only recognize east, west, north and south, so they call the golden wheat field mother river pedal land the royal capital territory. The surrounding territories are all related to the king and do not enter the four borders of southeast, northwest and northwest.

It is undeniable that the central area has fertile soil and a suitable climate, making it a good place for growing food.

But after arriving at Endor, the group couldn't help but sigh.

What a waste, what a waste of natural resources!

The fat and tender green grass can grow up to a person's waist. If you pinch it with your fingernails, the green juice will immediately penetrate into the lines between your fingers and palms.

"If this place is used to grow food..."

Under the wise leadership of Lord Li Qi, the people under his command have already awakened the soul of farming. When they see fertile land, they want to grow food. When they see barren land, they want to improve the soil first, and then plant the land.

As Mr. Li Qi often said, food is the most important thing for the people.

Listening to the sighs beside him, Ulti shook his head: "It can't be planted. We haven't really entered Endor yet. It's cold up there."

"above?"

My peers didn’t understand. Most of them had never been out of the East Gorge in their lives, and they didn’t know much about geography. Aren’t we walking on flat ground all the time? There were only a few small uphills occasionally, so how could we go up there?I didn’t see any mountains either.

But after a few days, they understood what "above" meant.

First of all, it’s cold. It’s obviously July, and people who get cold at night can’t sleep well.

Then came tiredness, both men and horses were tired, and they began to pant heavily while walking. The trained soldiers were fine, but their breathing was a little heavier. The logisticians who had not had much exercise training were miserable, lying on the carriage looking half-dead. From the looks of it, if it weren’t for the occasional sharp breath, it would be easy for people to mistakenly think that he was completely cold.

Out of breath.

Dizziness.

A few others had red cheeks.

Regardless of whether the land here is fertile or not, people cannot bear it here.

In this situation, it is difficult for ordinary people to breathe, but the soldiers of Endor can fight and kill. How strong their physical fitness must be!
Two days after the chef collapsed, they finally arrived at the golden meadow.

On the endless plain known as the Golden Grassland, looking up, one could see a towering flat-topped mountain peak reaching into the clouds. Probably because they were already very "up" at this time, the clouds were very low and they could reach out and grab it. As if to arrive.

After truly entering the golden grassland, we began to encounter some wandering herdsmen on the road. They hung far behind the team like hyenas. It was not until the team arrived at a small village that the herdsmen left.

Ulti only heard about it once and knew that this place was called Hunter's Territory. There were soldiers holding spears and wearing leather armor standing guard at the entrance of the village.

After seeing the porcupine flag, the soldiers opened the door without saying anything.

A team had already arrived earlier, so the journey was smooth and there were no problems.

Ulti, who was accompanying him, could not reach the top, and could only see the leader of the group shouting: "Good day, Lord Lenan De."

They exchanged greetings and the relationship seemed very close, but Ulti knew that the adult had never been to Endor at all.

The few people who were breathing heavily on the road were finally able to stand up and exercise after taking some special herbs prepared by Lenan De. They had to wait here for a few days until the goods were full before leaving.

Ulti got up early in the morning and came to the stables with the fog all over his body.

He didn't know what was going on outside. He had to take good care of these horses. No matter how others took care of them, they couldn't do it with his own hands. During this time, he had figured out each horse's taste and habits, fed them some food, and Pour water into the trough, and then use a pig-bristle brush to brush the horse's hair vigorously.

"Red vinegar, how do you feel? Are you comfortable?"

The maroon horse, which was lowering its head to eat, squeezed out a little movement from its nose, but did not raise its head.

If the relationship wasn't close and familiar, it would have kicked Ulti away, and it would have dared to disturb her while eating. I really don't know what Miss Red Vinegar's temper is like.

"Have you seen the Lord's Pegasus? It has wings!"

Ulti chattered endlessly next to the maroon horse. From the tone of his voice, the horse might be able to understand a little bit of what he meant, but it was completely impossible to understand what Ulti meant. He just found him annoying, so he tilted his head and turned Wu directly. Erti staggered.

"Oh, you!"

Ulti rubbed his chest. Of course it didn't hurt. Horses are humane, especially horses with porcupine collars. Although they have a little temper, they can communicate normally because of the presence of Miss Pitts. That's the level of being able to chat.

If you can chat with horses, your status will definitely rise like Miss Pitts.

He shook his head and left the stable.The daybreak here is later than that in the East Gorge. It is estimated that the sun is already hanging overhead there, but it has just started to break here.

I squinted my eyes and looked eastward. The green grass reflected a golden color in the sun.

There was a rapid sound of horse hooves outside.

It sounds noisy.

Something is wrong!
Ulti trotted to the open space of the village and found that the logistics people who had taken the herbs yesterday and were able to stand up and move around were also gathered over with swollen faces and confused expressions.

"what happened?"

"I do not know!"

More than 30 soldiers led by the hunter gathered together, scurrying around like ants on a hot pot. You pushed me and gathered at the door. On the contrary, the team led by the porcupine was slow and leisurely. Many people had not rested from the fatigue of traveling and traveling. , now that I heard the sound, I was slowly rectifying the team.

"Oh oh oh oh oh~~~" A strange cry came from a distance over the sound of thundering horse hooves.

The ape can't stop crying.

"Hooh oh oh oh oh~"

"Ah wow wow wow wow~"

A naked figure on horseback, brandishing a sharp blade, rushed over from a distance. There were only a few dozen people. When they got closer to the hunter, they slowed down, but the horse did not stop, but paced in a circle. .

Ulti and others standing far away frowned. He knew very well what was going on now. A group of prairie barbarians who did not follow the rules wanted to fight against the autumn wind, steal money and food, and kill them if they did not give them. It was unfortunate that he encountered this situation at the beginning, and it happened many times. In the end, he became a slave and moved to Gaoxue City several times.

Seeing that a similar situation was about to happen again, his calves felt a little weak.

The knight named Lenan De took the initiative to go out.

The armor on his body shone brightly in the morning light, and his long, disheveled hair and beard that he didn't have time to take care of in the morning made his rather handsome face full of hardness.

"I am a knight under Marquis Reeve of Spear Castle! This is the Hunter Territory, which tribe do you belong to?" The tone can be as tough as it is cowardly.

In fact, Lenan De's calves are also a little weak now. Nobles may be able to scare people in the other three territories, but not in Endor. Why?Because this group of barbarians on horseback may not even understand the common language of Lurea. He is not a native of Endor. He moved here with the Marquis of Reeve, and he cannot speak barbarian.

It is said that one person can ascend to heaven with the help of chickens and dogs. Last time, Lenan De followed the Marquis of Reeve to the royal capital, preparing to obtain a supporting force. At the same time, he went a step further and directly changed from a marquis to the Duke of Endor.

But who could have imagined that first King Boer II was gored to death by a deer's antlers, and then little George was beaten away before his butt could warm the throne, and fled to Feixiang Valley in a mess, shrinking down and not daring to show his head.

Come on, there's nowhere to go, so let's go back to Endor.

At least there are mines here, money can be made, and the foundation is here.

Even when he knew that Li Qi sent someone to do business, Lenan De didn't even think about refusing. So what if he snatched the king's fiancée? Let's not talk about whether he is strong or not, and whether his fists are big or not, let's talk about little George. If you like a man, it would be too much to ask such a beautiful lady to marry him. He, Lenan de Chevalier, is not afraid of the porcupine lord at all, nor is he afraid of any musket that can shoot through the knight's armor, let alone the desert, the water stream, Linta Bay, Porcupine Territory and Iron Valley sent troops to attack, not to mention because they heard that Monkey Island was destroyed. Yes, he was not afraid.

He, Lenan De, is a pure lover and supports lovers to get married!

Really!

He thinks Lord Li Qi and Miss Evanjielin are a good match, and he thinks so seriously!

But now there is no pure love story, and when faced with the howling prairie barbarians, there are no excuses or reasons. I am scared, really scared.

Although it is also in the Golden Grassland, Endor is not like Giant's Foot or the East Gorge. Due to the altitude problem, the area here is vast and sparsely populated. The area of ​​​​a Golden Grassland can be equivalent to the entire East Gorge, which means that the northern border is full of frozen soil. It can compete with Golden Grass in terms of area and width, and it can also compete with who has smaller population.

The Hunter Territory seems to be a territory in the Golden Grassland, but there are other Centaur Villages, Observation Camps, Wild Mane Territory, Fish Leap Lake, Witch Trail, etc., which are not bigger than the Hunter Territory.

Lenan De is a bastard.

"Ouch!"

The strange screams continued, like a prairie wolf that kept exerting pressure.

Until the person at the front said: "You have a lot of businessmen from other places coming here recently."

He had a braid on his head and a special paint on his face to avoid sunburn.

The local aborigines would paint their bodies with pigments prepared from herbal medicines. Over countless years of development, they gradually combined sunscreen pigments with totem culture, making it easier to identify their own people during wars.

The whole face was as terrifying as an evil ghost. There were a bunch of skulls hanging on the horse's neck. He also held a scimitar with a weird angle like a devil's horns in his hand. He looked down at the people led by the hunter, making the sunlight shining on the people feel a bit strange. Biting to the bone, the skin is hot and the bones are cold.

"That's a porcupine, the lord of the East Gorge, and the most distinguished guest of Marquis Reeve."

Lenan De tentatively named Li Qi, but Marquis Reeve had no idea that Porcupine had sent someone.

He knew that Li Qi's name was of little use. Not to mention not knowing who Li Qi was, these barbarians didn't care even if they knew how strong he was.

The barbarians even dared to kill the duke sent to Endor by the king before. What else are they afraid of?

As expected, the barbarian on the horse, who couldn't see the moles on his face, didn't care at all: "What the hell, you porcupine lord! I have killed more than a dozen nobles, how dare you come to Endor? Hum!"

He kicked the skull hanging from the horse's neck, and it couldn't be more simple.

Lenan De thought secretly, but he didn't expect that these barbarians came here not for money, but for people.

But that is Lord Li Qi's team. If you want their people, it doesn't matter whether you die or not. Who doesn't know the motto of the Porcupine family: covered with thorns.

Lenan De also wanted to sell Li Qi's caravan directly, as long as he was not the one who died. The foreign nobles like them lived too humblely in the golden grassland, but he did not dare to say this directly. The betrayal was revealed by Li Qi I know, I guess he can even demolish the Spear Castle. The king can't protect the Ostrich Knight. Can the Marquis of Reeve protect himself?
"Those people...are they?" The barbarian on the horse had a good eye. He saw Ulti and others whose clothing style clearly did not belong to Endor. As for the dozens of Dongxia people behind who were either riding horses or holding knives. Soldiers, they didn't care at all.

The aristocratic tactics are of no use in Endor, they just kill at will.

They were disrespectful to Li Qi. Lenan De could tolerate it, but the people led by Porcupine could not.

The lord trains us, gives us the best armor, gives us money, houses, and food. What do you want as a person to follow a lord?Of course, they have enough food and clothing to live a good life. It can be said that among the more than 100 ore transport team that came to Endor, there may only be 30 or [-] people who are devoted and loyal to the lord, but they are absolutely [-]% loyal to their work for the lord. I feel honored to do this and believe that I am a porcupine person and one of my own.

Like Ulti, the feeling of climbing up from a young slave is even more obvious.

Now I am given a chance to do something for the lord.

Through fire and water, my lord!

"court death!"

Someone shouted, the horses neighed, and the team led by the hunter was instantly torn apart. Amidst a sharp and piercing whistle, the cavalry with wings on their backs rushed out.

To say that barbarians have no sense of awe, then the characteristic of Dongxia people is that they look down on everyone except Dongxia.

Except for myself, everyone is a barbarian!

Before the barbarian, who had a face painted like an evil ghost and was holding a scimitar, could react, a cavalryman carrying a sword rushed over and stabbed him with a sword. The barbarian relied on his years of experience to immediately hide aside, but Unexpectedly, the cavalryman struck the horse with his sword, and the horse whined, dragging the barbarian to the ground, and pinned half of his legs under him.

The suppressed Manzi T couldn't help but was shocked and a mouthful of blood came out. At the same time, two thoughts arose in his mind.

The first thought was, it’s so fast, why is it so fast?You are still wearing armor, and your horses are also covered with gear, and you are actually faster than us, both men and horses are naked.

The second thought, dare to kill my horse!
The horses' hooves thundered, and the porcupine cavalry rushed out, with the sound of wing whistles, like a thousand birds swooping down on the pavement, unable to escape.

In one round, almost all were wiped out.

Lenan De's right eyelid twitched wildly.

What should we do now?
"Come on!" he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Soldiers from the Hunter Leader, charge at me!"

(End of this chapter)