Lord of Rot

Chapter 411: The benefits will be better if you die

A caravan arrived in front of a tall town after traveling for several days.

"It's taller than Porcupine Castle."

The leading businessman took off the sun-shading hat on his head, held it in his hand, and looked up at the town on the sand peak.

"But it's not as good as the towering walls of the Iron Wall Castle," another businessman said with a smile, his words full of pride.

The two were merchants from Li Qi's command. The trade route was wide enough for them to experience many customs and customs from the East Gorge, to Giant's Foot, and then to the desert.

This time, they came to Mama City to send warmth with the Lord's order.

Even if they increase the price of food at least ten times, it is still an act of kindness at this time.

Going up the sand road and climbing over the small sand dunes, the entire Mama City appeared completely in their eyes.

The town is perched on a sandy peak, giving the entire town the appearance of a spiers peak isolated in the desert.

On the west side of the city gate is a huge lake. There are rare green plants in the desert growing around the lake, and there are also some animals drinking water by the lake.

In addition to the businessmen, the people who came with him also included extraordinary mercenaries Trevor and Allen, Vendela, and the young Black Sand, as well as flesh-type enhanced corpses and ghouls, whose bodies were strong so that they would not rot so easily. , and there was also a troop of musketeers.

If a conflict does occur, with the combat effectiveness of this team, even if they cannot annihilate the enemy, they can easily escape.

"The last time I met your eyes and asked you to get out of the way, is the woman here?" Trevor sat on the carriage with his hands on the back of his head and the other two hands on his stomach in a lazy posture.

Allen glanced at him and said nothing.

The young Heisha stared at him fiercely.

"Boy, why are you staring at me!" Trevor raised his third hand and rubbed his face: "I don't like men, but if you wash your ass and come to me tonight, I may consider blindfolding and try it, haha Ha ha!"

Heisha drew out her dagger.

The atmosphere was a little cold.

Vendela, who was riding on the horse, glanced at the taciturn guarding knights and said to Trevor: "You'd better not make fun of Mr. Li Qi. That kid respects you very much...and..."

After experiencing countless deaths, Vendela could vaguely sense that these taciturn guard knights had some kind of connection with the lord, perhaps through magic or other means.

He believed that the lord could see him.

"It's not a joke," Trevor whispered, but feeling the boy's undisguised anger, he raised his four hands: "Okay, okay, I was wrong, I won't say anything anymore, just talk about that woman. Bar."

Heisha put away his weapon.

The topic failed to continue. Trevor was not afraid of a boy who couldn't use his abilities well. Although he was at the bottom of the list of extraordinary people under Li Qi's command and was only stronger than some non-combatants, he was not a capable person. A kid who hasn't experienced many life-and-death fights can compare.

What really made them stop was the garrison in front of them. There were about four to five hundred people, all tall and short, fat and thin, and their armors were of various styles.

They were building siege engines.

"It's a mercenary" Trevor said.

Allen nodded, agreeing with his judgment.

"Stop!"

When they saw the caravan, someone immediately shouted loudly and pointed crossbows at them.

The caravan stopped.

A small team came over and said, "No approaching from the front!"

"We are here to do business," said the businessman who led the team. "I heard that food can be sold at a good price in Mama City, so I came here specially."

He pointed behind himself.

A dozen carriages of food, and dozens of elite cavalry accompanying them.

The team members who came to stop them looked at each other and laughed loudly: "Haha, Mama City is indeed short of food, but guys, your trip is destined to be in vain!"

"why?"

"Because our Lord Viscount wants to attack Horse City!" The other party explained: "If you go any further, we will think that you want to be an enemy of Lord Viscount!"

"But if we can't sell this batch of grain, the lord will be very angry." The businessman shook his head: "If you are angry, the consequences will be very serious."

"Oh? Which master are you under?" the other party asked in interest.

The merchant said proudly and with a smile: "Baron Porcupine!"

The place was quiet.

A gust of wind blew and stirred up light sand.

The mercenary team that was still laughing just now turned very ugly. As members of the Wild Boar Mercenary Group, although they are not the real core members, they are also considered inner circle members and know a lot of key information.

Even if you are not a core member, anyone who is not deaf probably knows that.

The Wild Boar Mercenary Group sent 15 extraordinary beings to attack Bangta Market...and then, they all died!

Subsequently, there were even more than 300 people who had personal experience of paying a ransom, as well as thousands of people who had heard of their cousins ​​who paid a ransom and were released, and thousands of "cousins ​​of friends of friends who paid a ransom and were released." of hearsay.

The stories become more and more outrageous as they spread, but one thing is agreed upon by all the stories. Kull Oasis in Bonta Market received the help of Baron Porcupine, and eliminated 15 to 150 extraordinary beings in an absolutely crushing manner. The following are The numbers vary depending on who tells the story.

There is another point, the Wild Boar Mercenary Group is pretending to be deaf and dumb about this, and they don’t even dare to mention it.

It is recognized that the Wild Boar Mercenary Group is afraid of the Porcupine Baron.

"Wait here...please wait!" The team left in a hurry, not even daring to let the crossbowmen take aim for fear of misunderstanding.

The businessman patted his chest, then looked at the musketeers beside him: "We are at this distance. If a conflict really breaks out, we won't be shot to death, right?"

The Musketeers shook their heads: "Their crossbows have a maximum range of 70 steps. We are 200 steps away from them. They can't shoot us, but we can shoot them."

"That's good." The businessman breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't understand war at all, but he kept the Lord's instructions in mind.

Sell ​​the grain at a high price. The higher the price, the better, and the more arrogant the better.

If Horse City or the Wild Boar Mercenary Group dare to take action, they will be rewarded.

If they are unfortunately killed because of provocation, then the welfare will be better after death. The businessman's family will be assigned a second-phase house with a porcupine collar, and the children can also learn magic and become scholars, or enter the army for training, and may become nobles in the future.

But the businessman hoped that he would not die.

On the other side, after receiving the news, the leader of the Wild Boar Mercenary Group looked ugly and said, "Go and buy all their food! Then let them go!"

But soon a piece of news came back, making the group leader almost vomit blood.

"They said the grain will be sold to Mama City."

"Even if you ask a high price, you won't sell?"

"They said the lowest price is 30 copper stars per pound."

"One pound of finely ground wheat flour can sell for up to 1 bronze stars in the desert! They are robbing them." He made a decisive decision and said: "Kill them directly. I haven't settled Jones's account with Baron Porcupine yet, so I'll collect the interest first!"

He rushed out aggressively with his four remaining extraordinary men, and just got close.

Trevor and other extraordinary people released their extraordinary momentum.

The anger of the leader of the Wild Boar Mercenary Group cooled down instantly.

What kind of caravan would be equipped with eight extraordinary beings to escort ten carts of grain? Don't you consider costs when doing business?

If one cart of grain weighs 2000 pounds, and ten carts are transported, and each pound costs 30 bronze stars, there will indeed be no loss.

But, who would spend 30 bronze stars per pound to buy food?

Maybe, Mama City, who was forced into a desperate situation, would really be willing to take advantage of him.