Lord of Rot

"boom!"

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

After hearing the sound, the corpse ghost Aina and the red-haired earthlings who were carrying things into the headland crypt one after another looked at the other side of the square.

Betty wears a set of heavy armor and holds an iron pipe in the shape of a "gun".

Behind the iron pipe is a wooden butt. Both the barrel and the butt are from the craftsmen of the Porcupine Collar, but Betty has to do it herself during assembly and manufacturing. The research and development of the musket is confidential and must not be exposed.

Li Qi was planning to use it as a big killer. He could forget about it if he didn't move. He would be afraid of the enemy who had to hit him if he moved.

She lifted up the visor of her helmet, puffed her lips and blew into the muzzle of the smoking iron pipe. She took a horn bag and poured the gunpowder into the muzzle.

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

The usage techniques come from Li Qi's teachings. With Aina, the talking corpse, the communication between Betty and Li Qi is much simpler, and the research and development progress is also accelerated.

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

After making sure it was correct, Betty set up the musket and pressed the butt of the gun against the armor on his shoulder.

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

Move your mouth slightly and recite a mantra.

boom!

Thick smoke was coming from the muzzle, and if the thin body hadn't been wearing heavy armor, it would have been pushed down by the recoil.

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

Thick smoke filled the front sight, making it impossible to see anything clearly.

"Cough cough!"

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

The wooden target was intact, as expected.

Although the muskets that have been constantly innovated are still very bulky, difficult to aim, and even fail to have a mechanism to ignite and fire, shooting is no longer a problem, and the barrel will not explode at will.

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

"Want to try my bullet? You are dead and it won't hurt."

He had a bright smile on his face, but what he said made even the zombies feel horrified.

"Something's wrong," Aina said.

Betty also noticed what Ina brought in.

"A dragon?" She walked on her short legs, her heavy armor making a sound as she came to the giant lizard's body.

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 she was back when she studied day and night in the Scholar Tower without being disturbed by the outside world.

Li Qi believed that she might have autistic disorder with a twisted psychology, but after Aina, who was able to communicate, appeared, Betty was able to communicate normally and had no cognitive problems.

Since nothing could go wrong, he didn't care. Betty and other mercenaries invaded the Porcupine Territory and violated the lord's property. They were thieves and became slaves after being caught.

He was very satisfied that Betty could work as a tool with peace of mind.

"Make it come alive?" Betty asked.

She knows that the person behind the scenes can resurrect the corpse. A giant lizard that is not afraid of death and will not die is 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 am going to research a large-caliber musket. If ordinary people use it, their internal organs will probably be shattered, but if you use 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 stone swimming pool above it. This is the "coffin" of the monitor lizard.

Aina stood guard and watched Li Qi control the red-haired ghoul. He first used needle and thread to sew the monitor lizard's tongue, and then used gold suns to place them on the wound.

Especially the wounds on the head and the broken tongue cost more than forty gold days.

Li Qi's family was rich, but he still felt distressed.

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

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

Next comes the refining of the corpse. This time the refining takes much longer than before. The size of the corpse may also affect the changes?

All we can do is wait.

Porcupine Castle.

"Rocket! Over here!"

Li Qi opened his hand.

The little eagle, which had grown a body of fluffy white fur, flapped its wings and rushed towards Li Qi, slamming into his arms.

"Haha, good boy!"

Li Qi stroked Hippogriff's head, and Rocket also rubbed Li Qi's face with the side of his beak affectionately.

In less than a month, the little Hippogriff has grown several times. With its 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 resist a peck.

"The line of elite soldiers is correct."

Li Qi once again confirmed his inner thoughts. Future wars will definitely be a stage for extraordinary people. Low-level arms such as militiamen and cotton armor soldiers may not even be qualified to become cannon fodder.

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

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

When it runs, its wings are slightly open. Although it cannot fly, its small wings can already allow it to jump and glide for a while.

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

If you want to ride a foal, you have to wait three to five years. Although Rocket is a hippogriff, it is unlikely that you want to ride it at one year old. If you want to fly into the sky, you have to wait a long time.

"Wait, what are you eating!"

When he saw Rocket pecking something and shaking his head back and forth, Li Qi woke up from his random thoughts.

mouse!

"Rocket! Spit it out!"

Instead of eating chickens and fish every day, I actually eat mice.

"Cuckoo!"

Rocket stepped on the mouse with his front paws, lowered his head and pecked it. The mouse's head was smashed, and the speed of moving its mouth was too fast. The mouse's body was still struggling, and it had not yet realized that it was dead.

By the time Li Qi rushed over, Rocket had already raised his head and eaten half of the mouse.

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

"I won't eat this" Li Qi waved his hand.

Rocket lowered his head and continued to tear at the mouse corpse, eating it happily.

I can’t have this eagle anymore!

Li Qi found the groom and asked about eating rats.

"Eating rats?" The groom looked confused.

He didn't know anything about it.

"I pick live sandworms every day, and I also buy live fish." The groom quickly explained that he really didn't have the guts to make any profit from it. At most... at most, what Rocket eats is a bit close to what he wants to eat, etc. If the Rockets have leftovers, they can stir-fry themselves without wasting them.

He really wasn't bold enough to change Rocket's diet. Rocket was picky and refused to eat, so he didn't dare to force it on him.

Just relatively speaking, let Rockets like to eat closer to the direction they like to eat.

Seeing the way the groom was hesitating, Li Qi guessed that there must be some small problem.

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

Hippogriffs have the blood of griffins, so aren't lions just big cats? Looking back at the ancestors, Rocket has a preference for some cats and likes to play with the food before eating it.

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

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

It’s just a little initial investment for your own flying eagle.

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

He didn't want the rocket to be played with from mice to living people when it became an adult and could fly. Li Qi couldn't feed the rocket with living people, so it was very important to educate the rocket from an early age while it still couldn't fly.

"Yes, sir!" The groom nodded repeatedly.

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