Lord of Rot

Chapter 479 Unexpected Coincidence

"Charge! Rocket!"

"Wow—!"

On the Porcupine Fort training ground, a bright light flashed past. Li Qi, armed with a lance, rode a Hippogriff across a distance of a hundred feet.

The flapping wings assisted the running, causing a strong wind and flying dust.

The cooperation between one person and one Hippogriff was flawless. With the tip of their spear as their head, they crashed into hundreds of grass targets like a shuttle.

Sweeping them all away, leaving only a mess.

Lacey Sith, Dragonborn Luca and others standing aside swallowed their saliva dryly.

"My lord, I seem to have become stronger." Luka's voice was a little hoarse.

Lacey, who had actually seen Li Qi fight, had a more serious expression: "It's much stronger than last year's Dongxia competition. It's like a different person."

Throughout last year, the entire territory was very busy, and the busiest among them was Li Qi. I thought his combat effectiveness would decline, but I didn't expect that he would bring them such a "surprise".

We are all extraordinary, why are there such big gaps between us?

"Not bad!"

Li Qi patted Rocket's head gently.

The rocket screamed happily, as if to say, if I were allowed to fly in the sky, the speed would be faster and the power would be greater.

"No" Li Qi shook his head: "Our advantage is on the ground, and your feathers can't stop the arrows shot from below."

The scene of the rocket flying in the sky and almost being shot down by a Warcraft arrow is still vivid in my mind. Flying in the air does increase the mobility of the rocket, but it also weakens Li Qi's offensive ability. Unless the enemy is also good at aerial combat, otherwise , or fighting on the ground or at low altitude can better utilize Li Qi's advantages.

If he only flew in the sky, Li Qi would be the mascot sitting on the back of the rocket.

Li Qi comforted him again: "It looks like you won't grow any longer. The clothes you agreed on before can also be arranged."

He had never cared about this before because the defense power of ordinary metal may not be stronger than that of Hippogriff feathers. Putting on heavier equipment would not improve his movements at all except for slowing down his movements. Li Qi felt that it would be better to go naked.

"Gugu" Rocket raised his head, looking forward to the outfit.

"Then customize a set!"

"Cuckoo!"

Li Qi was in a good mood, because after receiving the thunder gem called the Heart of the Giant from Leonie Hoffman as an "apology gift for interrupting without authorization", that thing fully helped Li Qi quickly improve his strength, just like a giant The crusher cannot bring direct improvement to Li Qi, but it can speed up Li Qi's speed.

In the past, Li Qi needed to continuously eat various high-energy foods, as well as extraordinary honey, etc. to accumulate energy, digest it, and strengthen his body. The whole process was not too fast.

But with the Thunder Gem, the whole process is like pressing the accelerator button.

Of course there are drawbacks, that is, a waste of energy, and the conversion rate is not as high as the body's own absorption efficiency. He needs multiple meals a day, so he has to directly connect the honey water to a syringe and inject it directly into the body.

The cost of food for one day goes straight to the consumption of 2 gold days. If you add various purchased magic potions, it will not be able to stop even 5 gold days.

But Li Qi predicted that in four or five months at most, he would be able to break through again, enter a new level, and become a more powerful being. No matter how much money he spent on this, he felt it was worth it.

As a purely flesh-and-blood enhanced transcendent, Li Qi's strength is mainly reflected in his body, that is, his body becomes stronger and stronger.

In the past, he could not withstand the full flight of the Hippogriff, and sometimes he would hug the Hippogriff's neck and stick to its back to avoid the strong wind. But now he can fight head-on and is completely unafraid.

Rocket is also very happy about this. It can fly as much as it wants and vent its excess energy.

Li Qi is very concerned about the health of the Rockets, and of course he is not willing to let him become a wild pair of stallions.

After taking the bloodline herb, the Hippogriff's body has returned to its ancestors and is very close to that of a griffin. Its combat power is definitely not comparable to that of the cubs born from Rocket and other mares.

After his body became stronger, he naturally had some small troubles. For example, he had the same problem as Brother Monkey, the weapons were too light and easy to break when used.

Li Qi's solution to this problem is very simple - prepare a few more.

He rode the eagle to the edge and jumped off the saddle. Ake immediately came over with honey water and several bottles of magic potion.

Herbalist Apprentice Vic's pharmaceutical skills are not as good as those of the huntress Ramsnoir, but some simple enhancement potions can still be made, and the recipes can also be purchased.

Li Qi drank the magic potion to replenish his rapidly depleted physical strength and energy, and then drank the extraordinary honey water to quench his thirst.

He is the only one who dares to drink in such big gulps now. Others will consider it impossible to digest, or even have nosebleeds because of too much energy, or have too much energy to fall asleep, or set up tents all day and night. Regarding this, a certain person The dragon-born boy, who did not want to be named, agreed.

Li Qi put down the cup and stretched out comfortably, feeling his body growing rapidly under the acceleration of the thunder gem, and his skin and muscles burning hot.

"Sir, there is news from Iron Valley." Lacey handed a letter to Li Qi and explained why he was standing here: "The church is about to be built, but you need to write to the Pope before that. Invite a bishop.”

"Of course" Li Qi nodded: "I will write a letter in my own hand later."

The lord doesn't have a church, so he can't get married. Who can he ask to reason with?

But the rules of the kingdom have been established, and he has no intention of challenging them. After all, he is also a favored one by the gods.

The lack of a letter from Dongxia made Li Qi feel that something was not right. The news of the Duke's death had already spread, but there was no formal notice sent to the various lords.

There must be some problems here.

Li Qi returned to his study and quickly wrote a letter to send to the capital. It would be a long journey, and it would take a long time at the flying speed of a raven.

Next, he only needs to wait for the Pope's reply. Li Qi believes that this process will not be too difficult, and it is impossible for the church to give up on Iron Valley.

"Sir, there is a letter from Green Forest Fort in Linta Bay." Pitts' hurried voice came from outside. It was obvious that she rushed over as soon as she got the letter: "The raven told me that it is a very important matter."

"Okay, please come in." Li Qi took the letter, looked at Wisdom's seal, and couldn't help but wonder: "Is it Stacy's?"

Neither he nor Stacie were people who liked to write letters. Although the two parties continued to exchange letters, they more often made a tacit agreement to talk when they had something to say, and did not have to rack their brains when they had nothing to say.

The love letters were not in line with their personalities, and the sweet love letters Li Qi wrote were awkward. And even if he could write them, seeing those letters with Stacie's personality would probably give him goosebumps.

It was impossible for them to have frequent correspondence, so there was only one other possibility.

problem occurs!

Li Qi quickly opened the letter, and there was a simple and concise message written on it.

The great prince Hugo Kein is dead!

The time of death was the same as Duke Sun's, both on the same night.

Li Qi did not expect that he could not wait for the news of the Duke's death, but instead received the news of the death of the eldest prince in a distant place. Things in the world are always unexpected.

"The cause of death was a fall from a castle window. He had drunk a lot of alcohol before. All those who drank with the eldest prince were beheaded by the angry king and queen."

The whole thing seems to be okay, because the number of drunken nobles who fell from city walls, upstairs and other places to death was many times that of those who died on the battlefield.

Based on what Li Qi knew and the methods of death he had read in books, the probability of nobles dying because of their unrestrained and happy life accounted for more than 40% of the mortality rate.

There is also 10% poisoning from enemies, including inheritance issues. Li Qi has a lot to say in this regard.

In addition, 10% died due to honorable competitions, duels and other honorable reasons.

The chance of being gored to death by wild boars during hunting activities, and being bitten to death by jackals, lions and other wild beasts is also more than 10%.

Even if you accidentally slip and fall into a manure pit and drown, there is a 50% chance of death from choking on drinking water.

Less than 10% of the nobles spent their old age peacefully and died.

As for the number of nobles who died in battle, less than five percent were even less than those who drowned in cesspools.

Therefore, Li Qi found it very reasonable to learn that the eldest prince fell downstairs and died after drinking.

He folded the letters.

Lintawan was able to get this news because it was related to the Akers family of Red Heart Castle. They have always had a good relationship.

"There are too many coincidences, but even though they are thousands of miles apart, it can only be a coincidence."

Even Li Qi himself can hardly guarantee that he can kill the eldest prince and Duke Yaori who are under strict guard at the same time. It is also difficult to even kill one of them by force. He will not underestimate a duke, let alone the royal capital.

There are many coincidences in the world, and countless people died on the same day. It just happened that two big shots died at the same time.

"Maybe something happened to other nobles?" Li Qi always felt that it was not that simple.

He thought for a while and wrote the news of the Duke's death in his heart. He believed that Knight Wisdom would like this news very much. They could easily escape from the East Gorge, but who should they be loyal to next?

Li Qi sat down at his desk and began to write. Combined with Prince One-Ear's previous action of contacting the orcs, Li Qi did not have so much trust in the Golden Bear family. My lord's lord is not my lord. Whether he is dead or alive has nothing to do with me. What does it matter?

Being on guard is the most important thing.

After writing it, Reacher found Pitts.

"Feed it some honey water," Li Qi said to Pitts, "Tell the raven to send it to Linta Bay as soon as possible."

"Yes!" Pitts took on the translation role conscientiously.

The raven spreads its wings and rushes into the cold wind.

Looking at Pitts, Li Qi suddenly remembered that he had obtained the extraordinary precipitate of Bird Virtue before. Unfortunately, there was no concept of druid in this world, but it might be useful to use the extraordinary precipitate to create a strange object.

"Sir?" Pitts looked at Li Qi doubtfully.

"Keep an eye on it for me," Li Qi said. "No matter where the letter is, let the raven messengers deliver it to me as soon as possible after they arrive."

Pitts nodded seriously: "Yes!"