Lord of Rot

The coffin was pushed away, and the strong man with a gold wound on the bald spot on his head and a gold scar on the collarbone of his shoulder sat upright and stood up shakingly while supporting the coffin with both hands.

He lifted his long legs and stepped out of the coffin, walked up to the young lord holding a torch, and stared at him quietly.

Then... instead of passing by, he bent down and picked up the sickle on the ground.

Swish, swish, the man waved the sickle, as if he was holding not a sickle, but a sharp sword.

After waving the sickle, the man stood leaning against the wall and lowered his head.

"Not bad." The young lord was very satisfied. The corpse made from the corpse of "Warg Killer" was more agile and stronger, and it still retained part of the swordsmanship instinct in its body. When Li Qi controlled the movement of the corpse, that instinct was also integrated into it. In his memory, he seemed to have become a master with the sword.

Under the torch, half of the handsome lord's face was illuminated and the other half was completely hidden in the darkness: "We will still have a long time together in the future, Teacher James."

The dead body was motionless. It was a pity that he did not turn into the wight recorded in the Necronomicon Codex.

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"Bless the four gods, my lord!"

The young manservant bent over, his excitement palpable.

"You are my loyal servant, Pitchfork." Li Qi nodded slightly to the valet. When he was in an accident and was about to die, only Pitchfork searched for herbs for him. Like the butler Simon, he pretended not to know anything and was in a neutral position. There is nothing wrong with thinking about doing this for his own life, but ignoring it is a betrayal of allegiance to the lord.

Pitchfork nodded repeatedly: "Yes, I always have, sir!"

Li Qi looked at the butler standing aside. The butler was indifferent to Pitchfork's behavior. Maybe he thought that he only needed to do his job as a butler. I will do as much work as you give me: "Mr. Simon, Can everyone from this castle come over? I think they haven’t gotten to know the new owner of this castle properly.”

"Of course, but..." Simon said: "It would be better if you went to summon them outside the castle, lest they step on the smelly shoes of dirty mud and excrement and leave despicable footprints inside the castle."

Li Qi frowned slightly. Although he had long known the huge class gap in this era from the memory of his predecessor, Baron Li Qi, it seemed from the butler's reaction that the gap was wider than he imagined.

It is said that at a certain noble gathering, a lord once told a joke: One day a farmer was about to die, and the prisoner was going to take away the farmer's soul. He was waiting behind the farmer's butt, because he thought the farmer's soul would be taken away from him. came out of the butt, and then He waited for a fart.

That's right, commoners are nothing in the eyes of nobles.

The prisoner is one of the four gods, the god of judgment, punishment, and death. The prisoner is willing to put on his shackles and bear the suffering for the world, which represents sacrifice and dedication.

As for the noble who made fun of God and his territory was destroyed, if he still had a bloodline that survived by chance, his descendants should now be civilians in a certain territory, just like shit.

Li Qi's brows widened again... At least he was a noble lord, and he had no intention of overthrowing himself.

"Then go to the yard," Li Qi said.

In the yard, several people stood together.

The fat lady in a long skirt nervously grabbed her pleated skirt.

"I heard that the lord wants to see us," the woman standing next to Mrs. Titmouse whispered. She is the cleaning maid of the castle. It is not an easy job, but working in the castle is better than working outside in the wind and rain, and You can feed your family by yourself. If you stay at home and farm, your stomach will be filled not with black bread but with weeds.

The other maid nodded, she was very tall, and Mrs. Titmouse always lamented that if she were a man, she might be able to lift a sword and go to the battlefield.

"Did you know? Master Leo and his wife moved away, following the golden carriage that came today..."

"I heard that the lord was seriously injured. It's great that he can wake up."

During the Clarence family's year in Porcupine Territory, the servants got to know the members of the Baron family to a certain extent. Baron Lild Clarence had a hot temper and was full of foul words, unlike an elegant nobleman.

The Baroness was sarcastic and always found ways to take money from them.

Lord Li Qi is gentle and has a good temper and is so... shy of strangers.

As for Leo, he was just a child, but he was also well-educated and was not brought up to be annoying by his extreme mother.

"Stop talking, the adults are here!"

Li Qi refused the help of the manservant Pitchfork. In a world where faith dominates, people who are seriously injured can heal themselves miraculously without worrying about being sliced. Instead, they will receive the admiration of others. Such people will be called God's Favored Ones. .

Similar to the dream of falling into the arms of the sun and Liu Bang killing the white snake, one's own lord is favored by the gods and can even strengthen the dominance of the territory.

His arrival made a corner of the yard quiet.

Standing in front of him with an anxious expression were the servants of Porcupine Castle. He glanced at everyone. They were proud of working in this dilapidated castle, nervous when facing the baron for the first time, and... fearful of being fired. , no one wants to lose the opportunity to work at the castle.

The thin butler and the stooped short manservant followed Li Qi like guards, although it looked more like the tall and strong Li Qi protecting the two of them.

The poor Porcupine Castle cannot support many people, so the more than twenty people in front of it are all, including laundry servants, cooks, grooms, sweeping servants, valets, housekeepers, and the guards who protect the castle, and the guards are local farmers.

As far as Li Qi knows, in the castles of wealthy lords, in addition to the above, there are dozens of carpenters, masons, attendants, bards, etc., and there are even male servants frying steaks, washing vegetables, and chopping vegetables in the kitchen. , dishwashing maid, etc. It is recognized that only men can reach the top in various industries, even in brothels.

If you add the knights and guard soldiers, there may be hundreds of people.

Lild once had a good team of soldiers, about 80 people, but they were recruited by the Leopold family of the Golden Sword some time ago. The former baron, who had a recurrence of his old illness, could not rush over, but he loyally gave away all his family wealth. .

If those soldiers were still there, Li Qi would definitely not end up like this, and James wouldn't even dare to take action.

Now Li Qi doubted whether those soldiers could come back, after all, Lid was dead.

Li Qi asked: "Mr. Simon, who is the chef?"

Rabbit Simon immediately pointed to a bald head: "It's Mr. Barrel."

The chef lives up to his name of "wine barrel" and has an exaggerated belly. It seems that he usually enjoys breakfast, lunch and dinner of the same level as the baron.

Pitchforks, hammers, wine barrels, compared with commoners, nobles have knowledge and give their children more noble names.

Baron Liard's father was a blacksmith and did not have a surname. Clarence was chosen by Liard after asking a knowledgeable scholar, which also means that the family has been passed down from him. Clarence is in the continent of Lurea, meaning "confidence". .

Therefore, he should be called Li Qi Confident.

It fits the character of Baron Porcupine very well.