Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 114 The Curse of the Kahr Family

The next morning, Li Wei woke up in his hotel bed. It was the fifteenth day of the month, and he was also supposed to finish his task of buying salt today.

It went very smoothly, but it wasn't very friendly to gold coins.

After drinking all the water in his water bag and eating some food, Li Wei left his room and went downstairs. But something was wrong today. The hotel windows were not open, the stench was even stronger, and it was very quiet behind the counter.

Could that old woman have died from the plague?
Although, this doesn't seem surprising.

Li Wei stood there, stunned for a moment, and was about to go forward to check when he heard a loud bang as the hotel room door was violently kicked open.

He was startled and quickly jumped up the stairs. At the same time, he looked back and saw a tall soldier wearing full black iron armor walk in. He was wearing a bucket-shaped helmet that only revealed his eyes, and his hands were covered with chainmail gloves.

This is practically a mobile steel fortress, a butcher on the battlefield!

They are the garrison knights of Kah!
Li Wei felt a sense of foreboding; had his misdeeds been exposed?

He slowly backed away, intending to escape from the second floor. The city gates should be open now; if he ran fast enough—

Wait, something's not right!

Because the guard knight didn't even glance at him once, but went straight behind the counter and grabbed the dead old woman.

But then something strange happened.

Li Wei thought the old woman was dead, but at this moment, she suddenly began to struggle and scream wildly.

"I'm fine! I'm fine! I'm not a witch, don't burn me! I just had the plague, I'm not better yet, I'm not a witch!"

But the guarding knight ignored her and dragged her out of the inn.

"Save me! Save me! Gods above, I beg you!"

The woman was still screaming. As she passed by Li Wei, she pleaded with him. It was at this moment, in the light, that Li Wei was able to see her clearly. Her whole body was covered in festering sores, with all sorts of pustules of different sizes. These pustules had been broken open during the violent dragging, oozing yellow pus and making the stench even worse.

Outside the door was a familiar carriage, the kind used for prisons, with a knight on horseback beside him, also wearing half-body heavy armor, looking like a human tank.

She was violently thrown inside, and there seemed to be another figure inside, but it was unclear whether he was dead or alive!

"I'm not a witch! I'm not! Ahhh!"

Inside the prison cart, the woman frantically pulled on the iron bars, causing the entire cart to shake. Even the horse pulling on the bars began to become uneasy; her strength was extraordinary.

Li Wei watched from afar, his heart pounding with fear. He felt that this woman must have at least 15 points of strength!

How did she do it?
"Oh!"

Through the iron bars, the heavily armored soldier struck the woman with a stick. She fell to the ground, her gray eyes fixed on Li Wei. Her mouth moved incessantly like a fish's, as if she were saying something. Was she trying to convey some message, or was she chanting a spell?
Snow-capped mountains?

He could only make out those two words, thanks to the instant translation system, and then with a whoosh, the heavy curtain fell, and everything went quiet.

The carriage started moving and, escorted by two heavily armored knights, left the city.

It's like nothing happened.

"Friend from afar, I apologize for bothering you."

Someone spoke from behind. Li Wei turned around and saw a middle-aged man in a black robe standing there with a smile on his face. Behind him was a heavily armored soldier.

Li Wei was shocked. Now he knew that there was definitely another system in Kah City. Looking at the two heavily armored knights just now, and the person in front of him, as well as their methods of dealing with the plague infected, it was enough to show that Kah City was not simple.

Furthermore, the man in the black robe was very healthy and seemed completely unafraid of contracting the plague.

"Good day, sir. May I ask what brings you here?"

Li Wei suppressed his urge to run away and asked cautiously.

"Yes, there is a small matter. You have been living with a witch for several days without your knowledge, but that is not your fault. Now we need to confirm whether you have been harmed by the plague released by this damned witch."

"I... I think I'm fine. Oh, of course, I'm willing to cooperate, sir. How do you plan to confirm?" Li Wei was a little flustered. He was already preparing to run away. He even felt that the other party had already recognized him. However, he forced himself to calm down. The other party was not after him, so he couldn't panic. His tailor friend had already helped him with the disguise yesterday.

"Hehe, my friend, please don't panic. I only need a little of your blood. As you can see, it's that simple. Once we confirm your infection, we have mature treatment methods here." The man in black robes laughed, taking out a dagger and a snow-white, exquisite porcelain bowl.

Grass!
Li Wei looked at the dagger in his hand, stained with an unknown black mark, and finally gritted her teeth, "Sir, may I use my own dagger?"

"can!"

The man in black robes handed over the porcelain bowl. Li Wei carefully and slowly drew out his original dagger, and under the watchful eye of the heavily armored soldier, cut his fingertip and squeezed out a few drops of blood.

The man in black robes didn't say anything. He looked down at the few drops of blood, sprinkled some unknown powder into them, observed for a moment, and then laughed. "Congratulations, friend from afar, you haven't been harmed by the plague. I hope you have a good time in Kah City."

After saying that, he left.

That's it? I didn't recognize him, great!
Li Wei watched the man in black robes return to the lord's castle under the protection of heavily armored soldiers. The castle was like a dragon's den and tiger's lair shrouded in layers of mist.

Suppressing his doubts, Li Wei didn't dare go to the tailor shop again. He was afraid that he was already suspected and being monitored, and he couldn't bring even greater disaster to that young man with a troubled fate.

So he went straight to the market, only to find the caravan packing up, looking like it was about to leave.

"Young man, do you still want to buy salt?"

Upon seeing Li Wei, the caravan owner immediately smiled and asked.

"Yes, sir, still two jin."

Li Wei handed over two gold coins, staring nervously at the caravan owner until the owner handed him 1000 grams of salt. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief, finally having collected enough to meet the five-kilogram salt purchase quota.

“Young man, judging from your accent, you sound a bit like someone from the province of Ver. I don’t want to pry into why you’re buying so much salt, but for the sake of the gold coins, I’d like to give you a piece of advice: Kah City is not a place to stay for long.”

Li Wei was stunned. He wanted to ask why immediately, but he didn't. Instead, he took out another gold coin and handed it over discreetly.

At this point, the caravan owner gave a knowing smile, then looked around and lowered his voice, saying, "Have you ever heard of the curse of the Kaher family?"

Li Wei was taken aback upon hearing this, then shook his head.

"The Kah family is an ancient family that has existed for five or six hundred years. They were once very prominent in history, and even became the Grand Duke of Kah at one point. They married into the royal family. From the distant capital to the provinces of Duson, Kader, and Ville, legends about the Kah family circulate in many places. However, it seems that this family is cursed by the gods. Any man with the blood of the Kah family is prone to having a short life, dying young, becoming irritable, or even going insane. However, their fighting power will become very strong, extremely strong."

"Women, on the other hand, have a certain chance of being bewitched by the devil and turning into witches who can spread plagues, possessing some inexplicable abilities, as if they have stolen the power of the gods. The innkeeper who was captured this morning seems to be the illegitimate daughter of the previous lord who was out having an affair. Alas, she was quite beautiful when she was young, with that face and that butt... I actually came here this time to meet my old lover, but who would have thought—she would turn into a witch!"

The caravan owner seemed somewhat sentimental, but Li Wei was experiencing a huge surge of emotions within him.

Because he seemed to know what was going on, since it wasn't hard to guess.

According to the female internal affairs officer, Night Owl, their family mission has been going on for over five hundred years. This corresponds exactly to what the caravan owner said: the development of the Kah family from nothing to something, from weak to strong.

But in this process, it is inevitable that they will have some interaction with the natives. These players are also human, and they have the same impulses.

Then, naturally, bloodlines and offspring will be left behind.

But these descendants do seem to have a bit of a bug in their system.

Although the Alliance of Lords of the Heavens advocates for order and peace, and promotes safe, friendly, and sustainable plundering, it cannot actually change the nature of plundering.

Naturally, they will be targeted by the current world.

Thus, the curse of the Kacher family came about: the men would go mad, and the women would become witches carrying plagues...

This can be considered a form of world purification.

In the future, the Kaher family's mission will continue, and the targeted counterattacks from the world will gradually increase. Will this peaceful and orderly world eventually turn into a chaotic and bloody one?
Li Wei watched the caravan set off and leave with mixed feelings.

He had completed his mission and had 8 gold coins and 8 silver coins left. After thinking for a moment, he spent 5 silver coins to buy 10 catties of beans and some food, and then left the city of Kah.

It's highly likely he won't be coming back in the future.

But he was certain that within twenty-four months, the legion of the Lord of Kah would find the family camp, simply because this was a war of succession that would never end.

You can't beat them in a fight. Maybe in the future, as time goes by, some awesome new player will rise up and develop in a flash, defeat the lord of Kah City, take over Kah City, grow bigger and stronger, and create new glories.

However, there may also be another outcome: the city of Kah is destined to perish, and the pathogenic plague gene carried in the bodies of the female members of the Kah family may mutate one day.

Yes, there is a very high probability of that.

If the plague escalates, relying solely on the first-level awakened life attribute may not be enough to withstand it.

"However, considering the current main mission storyline, the family camp and Kah City are clearly hostile. So, should the subsequent missions involve actively eliminating and destroying Kah City? That would be equivalent to destroying past incriminating evidence, clearing one's name, and starting afresh?"

Li Wei didn't delve any deeper into the matter, nor did he consider whether it was just or not. He wasn't some saintly white lotus; he knew perfectly well where his own interests lay.

And to be fair, he has no ill feelings toward this kind of friendly, mild, and sustainable plunder.

People have to live, don't they?
There's no such thing as a win-win situation! If you develop, someone will inevitably be squeezed out.

Flip through history books, and what you find hidden between the pages are nothing but the words "cannibalism" and "plunder."

Don't laugh at Ah Er, Da!
(End of this chapter)