Lord of Rot

Chapter 401 It must be betrayal

Kunque Oasis' body was also carried away.

The half-eaten head of the corpse and the attack on the slave owner could only be an interlude. Apart from telling the wandering knights to pay more attention, Li Qi had no better way.

In the desert area, there is a shortage of manpower, and many things need to be prioritized.

The first thing to do is to complete the complete control of the Golden Cauldron Baron territory.

There are also training soldiers and strengthening the power of Bangta Market. These are left to Lin Yu to do, saving worry and effort.

The next step is to open up trade routes. His main goal in coming to the desert is to make money.

Of course, now that he has a powerful stone in his hand and 15 more corpses to fill the quota, he used to just want to make money, but now he thinks about more, and his strength makes him expand.

"Sir, the caravan is here, along with the honey you asked for and a few letters."

“Arrived just in time”

I have been worrying about myrrh recently, so the delivery of extraordinary honey has solved the urgent need, and the subsequent caravan will also help to open up trade routes.

……

Yellow sand fills the sky.

The sun is shining brightly.

The afternoon temperature was stifling.

On the outskirts of a camp somewhere in the desert, a dozen dried corpses were hung on a dozen wooden pillars.

They used to be the owners of the camp, but now the camp has a new owner.

A heritage feature of the desert camp: hanging the previous owner on a pole.

Several vultures circled in the sky, watching the shriveled corpses.

Finally, a vulture couldn't stand it any longer, spread its wings and slid down.

It landed on the pillar and lowered its head to peck at the corpse. The high temperature exposure caused the water in the body to evaporate quickly, making the rot less serious.

Suddenly there was an explosion in the air.

An arrow hit the vulture's chest accurately, and with just enough time to scream, the vulture fell to the ground.

After twitching twice, there was no movement.

On the ground, there were already four or five vulture carcasses with arrows in their bodies.

"Haha! Hit!"

On the sentry tower not far away, a mercenary dropped the bow and arrow in his hand and proudly stretched out his hand to his companion: "Bring me the fucking money."

Another mercenary spat in displeasure: "I'm not used to shooting birds. If I were to shoot your mother, I would definitely be accurate!"

He took out two silver moons from his pocket and smashed them into the opponent's hands.

The mercenary who shot the vulture just grabbed Silver Moon and didn't care about his companion swearing: "Then you have to ask my father if he agrees. If he agrees, I have no objection."

"Do it!" The mercenary who lost money yelled helplessly, but there was nothing he could do.

"Would you like another round?"

"Ten pieces! I want to earn back my capital with profits!"

"Give you a chance!"

Just as the competition between the two was about to begin, a black shadow suddenly appeared in the distance where the sand connected with the sky. The black shadow grew larger and larger, and it was only when they got closer that they could see that it was a horse.

"Someone!"

The mercenary on guard stopped to have fun. When the black shadow approached and recognized the person, he stuck his head out and shouted: "Is something wrong?"

"Open the door! Big deal!" the person below shouted.

The two mercenaries on guard did not act, but looked at each other. The mercenary who had always won said: "You go."

"Why should I go?" Another person was unhappy.

The mercenary popped out two silver moons: "Here."

"This belongs to me!" Another mercenary happily took the silver moon and quickly got off the sentry tower.

Unlatch the bolt and pull the door open.

The man on horseback rushed in quickly, not even hearing the dirty words of the mercenary who opened the door.

The horses' hooves galloped all the way, and the dust flew up.

Arriving at the second-floor hall of the camp, he dismounted and handed the horse's reins to the dozing guard beside him: "Hurry and give the horse water!"

The guard who was woken up glanced at the visitor and muttered: "I think you need water more than the horse. Can I get you some water?"

"Where's the leader?"

"Inside, I'll report to you," the guard said, wanting to hand the horse's reins back. He didn't want to feed the horse water. The well was far away, and it was exposed to the sun along the road. It was not as comfortable as hiding under the small shed and taking a nap.

"I'll go in myself!"

He pushed the door open and went in. The guard had no choice but to lead the horse and leave.

Camp hall.

The walls are thick and the windows are extremely small. It's extremely hot outside, but once you come in, it feels very comfortable and cool.

A man was wearing an aristocratic robe that went against the season, with a thick, multi-layered pleated cotton collar, making people worry that he might be covered in prickly heat.

She held an exquisite gold cup in her hand, and a pretty maid with cool blond hair and blue eyes served beside her holding a wine bottle.

Compared with men's overly ornate robes that can be worn for winter, the maid's clothes are very simple and thin.

The light gauze covers the white melon, and the long skirt covers the golden grass.

The two are completely in two seasons.

When the person entering the door looked at the maid, not only did she not feel ashamed, but she smiled back.

"Lu, you came just in time!" The man in a thick robe waved his hand, pointed to the map on the table and said, "I'm going to surround Mama City from here, first let our people transport the merchants and food out, the remaining food in Mama City can last up to 10 days, as long as we surround it for 10 days, that city will be ours!"

"Captain" Lu looked unhappy: "Something happened over there with Jones."

"What's going on?" The man called the leader straightened up, his robe opened a slit, and a burst of cold air came out of it.

The reason for the coolness of the room seems to have been found.

Lu shuddered and said: "Jones took 14 extraordinary people to find the Baron of the Golden Cauldron and jointly attacked Bonta Market."

"I asked him to do this," the regiment leader said. "The Earl of Buffalo made me a viscount. He was reluctant to make me a viscount. He only gave the small area of ​​​​Mama City and asked us to fight it ourselves. If we only take When you get to Horse City, you will be like the Horse Shoe family. From now on, you can only continue to do the mercenary or bandit business, and become the knife in the hands of the Buffalo Earl.

"Brothers don't want to be mercenaries who lick blood all their lives. I have to think about it for everyone. We can just take advantage of this opportunity to take over the Bonta Market and the territory of Baron Golden Cauldron. As long as we master this road, The Buffalo Count won't trap us, and we won't become like the Horseshoe Family."

For this reason, the group leader did not hesitate to send his 15 extraordinary people to go there, just to quickly fight and eliminate all potential threats. He even specially imagined the danger level of the Porcupine Baron to the maximum, guessing that the other party had 10 extraordinary people with him.

It can be said that he has exhausted all his rights and is infallible.

If they really develop in the direction the leader wants, the mercenary group will be able to jump out of the trap and eat the bait given by Earl Buffalo, and the hook will be lost.

Once he was stable, Earl Buffalo would be unable to do anything to him anymore.

Thinking of this, the leader asked: "Where is Jones? Why didn't he come back?"

"None of them came back," Lu said.

"What do you mean?"

The leader didn't react, not because he was short-sighted, but because he couldn't imagine any other situation that 15 extraordinary beings couldn't deal with and couldn't escape.

Even if thousands of troops can't defeat it, if 15 extraordinary beings try to escape, it's impossible that not even one of them can escape.

"Jones and the others besieged the Bonta Market with the Golden Cauldron, but no news came out. Now that the Bonta Market is open to the outside world, caravans from all over the place are traveling normally, and the Golden Cauldron Baron has also returned to his territory, but Jones and the others are fifteen Individuals disappear.”

The group leader asked: "Disappear?"

Lu nodded: "It is very likely that he chose to betray and took refuge with Baron Porcupine. He has fought many victorious battles in the East Gorge, has two territories in his hands, and has recently been married and engaged to the Crocodile family."

"Impossible!" The leader shook his head: "It's impossible for Jones to do that kind of thing."

He said it was impossible, but in fact he already believed it in his heart.

On one side is the upstart lord who is gaining momentum, and on the other side is the recently destitute Viscount of the Desert who does not even have a territory. It is not difficult to guess which side to choose.

In the entire wild boar mercenary group, only the leader himself became a noble. This was also part of Earl Buffalo's plan to divide the mercenary group. He also knew that his own people must be dissatisfied.

"Maybe it's Earl Buffalo!" the leader said with a gloomy face.

Is there any other possibility besides betrayal?

It was impossible for all 15 extraordinary beings to be killed, and it was a unilateral massacre with no way for the news to spread and no one to escape.

Even if you think about it, it’s absolutely impossible!

If Baron Porcupine was that strong, he wouldn't be hiding in Bonta Market.

"what should we do?"

"First take down Mama City according to the original plan!" said the leader: "As a viscount, I need a territory of my own."