Chapter 3 Soleplate

  The ones making the sound of horseshoes were a team of thirteen knights, each wearing European-style full-body armor, with a lion-headed helmet hanging from their left shoulder, a fiery red cloak tied behind them, and a long sword at their waist, majestic and powerful, like heavenly soldiers!

  They were riding magnificent horses, each one over three meters high. Although they had the shape of a horse, their skin was covered in dense black scales that resembled the shell of an armadillo, shining with a metallic luster. These scales covered their entire body, except for their heads, which were exposed but covered with a black metal helmet adorned with three iron spikes, adding to their menacing aura.

  All in all, this is an intimidating team of knights!

  The leader of the group was even more intimidating, with a rough exterior, wild eyes, and a cold expression. He was at least two meters twenty in height! And that giant sword, which was as wide as two palms, only served to emphasize that this man was a fierce and formidable individual!

  The villagers voluntarily gave way to the knight team, and the knight team walked three meters in front of the old man and Li Xie before stopping. The leader jumped off his horse, and the other twelve people followed suit.

  "Haha, old fellow, how are you? I specially ran over to see if your village was swept away by the mouse tide, thinking of collecting your corpse so that you wouldn't die without anyone to send you off."

  The leader dismounted his horse and suddenly changed the cold expression on his face, bursting into loud laughter, with a voice like thunder, yet exuding an air of carefree grandeur.

  Judging from his words, he should know the old man!

  "Kano, you rascal! You must be eager for me to return to the earth's god's embrace!" The old man didn't get angry at Kano's words, instead he saw Kano and his facial wrinkles relaxed, beckoning him with a wave of his hand: "Come quickly, come pay respects to the legendary summoner."

  "A legend?" Kano's smile faded, his expression turned stern, and he looked at Li Xie, but was taken aback by Li Xie's youth. He looked puzzled for a moment, then peered intently, but didn't immediately pay respects. Instead, he pulled the old man aside, leaned in close to his ear, and whispered: "Nonsense! I don't sense even a hint of magical aura from him!"

  The old man said in a low voice, "Can I still cheat you? The mouse tide was rushing straight to our village! Haven't you heard that there's no good egg under the mouse tide? Don't you find it strange that our village is intact? Without legendary power or above, who can scare away the mouse tide?"

  "Is that really him?" Kano glanced at Li Xie, seeing Li Xie sitting calmly in the armchair, his attention not on them at all, but rather on the roasted trotters in his hand, eating with relish.

  Ka No finally realized something, a look of shock flashed across his face, immediately replaced by embarrassment and awkwardness!

  He thought he was too stupid! With his own 6th rank summoner's strength, if a legendary summoner wanted to hide their strength, how could they possibly let him feel the magic or aura fluctuations! And yet this person didn't have any magic or aura fluctuations at all. To know that on the continent of gods, even newborn babies would have a little bit of fluctuation! This person must be hiding his strength!

  Then he must be a legend! Only legendary summoners have the ability to make the mouse tide formed by frightened sand mice retreat!

  All of Kano thought they were too rude! They met a legend and didn't pay their respects at the first opportunity!

  Kano finally realized this, hastily taking large strides to stand before Li Xie, kneeling on one knee, clasping his fists and looking up at Li Xie: "The God of the Earth is above! Viscount Kasia·Lain·Aston's son, Kano, pays respects to Your Highness!"

  Wow!

  What a weird name! Although I don't understand what it means, it sounds pretty cool!

  Haha, such an awesome character is actually kneeling down to me, tsk tsk! This otherworld isn't bad either!

  Li Xie's face didn't change color and he wasn't moved, still eating his roasted trotters.

  This behavior, in the eyes of Earthlings, would definitely be scolded as arrogant, but in Kano's eyes, it was only natural! A legendary summoner, and you still dare to show a six-star summoner such an attitude? Moreover, you didn't even pay your respects at the first opportunity, what a huge disrespect!

  Actually, Li Xie didn't want to pretend to be arrogant. When the team from Cano came over, Li Xie was already nervous and trembling. It's clear that he had come as a military officer, but now he is in a strange world, doesn't know anything, and his strength seems to be inferior to that of ordinary young people. How can he not fear that these officials will take him out as a white mouse?

  However, Li Xie saw that the old man seemed to have misunderstood very deeply, so he didn't make a sound, anyway, the old man would use his inexplicable misunderstanding to give him a good opening! Sure enough, this military officer just bowed down to us!

  They must have misunderstood greatly. Well, let's just keep pretending. Anyway, we can only pretend now. If they see through our disguise, I'm afraid we'll get beaten up!

  Li Xie secretly warned himself, then glanced at Kano who was still kneeling on the ground with his fists clenched and a respectful face. Thinking that the old man liked to kiss feet, he thought it should be some kind of etiquette in their interdimensional world, so he lifted his foot and said lightly: "Allow you to kiss the sole of this lord's foot."

  It's said that Li someone altered a certain custom of another world in such a shameless way!

  "Hey... hey, the sole of your foot?" The impenetrable defense line constructed by Kano's fierce gaze was completely destroyed by the sandy sole in front of him!

  Kissing the back of the foot is a ritual on the mainland of gods, which is a way to show humility and express utmost respect for others. This ritual is usually performed by commoners towards nobles or the strong, and commoners even consider it an honor. However, nobles absolutely do not perform this ritual, as it would be equivalent to saying that they are inferior, and instead becomes an insult!

  Kano is Viscount! Aristocrat!

  Li Xie's actions, on the contrary, became an insult to Kano! Even if Li Xie was a "Legendary Summoner", for his own and family's honor, even if he knew he was no match, Kano should have risen up and fought Li Xie to the death!

  But Carano thought that he was the one who was rude first, even if it was the emperor, when he saw the legend, he should have paid his respects first, but instead, he ignored the legend, this is an insult!

  Since it's like this, let's get intimate then!

  Kano's teeth clenched, his lips finally made intimate contact with Li Xie's foot sole, suppressing the nausea, Kano hastily withdrew his mouth, a burst of resentment in his heart: Great God of Earth above, which bastard came up with such etiquette!

  Kano kissed the sole of his foot, and Li Mouren, who had unknowingly passed through the Ghost Gate, was still proud that he hadn't misjudged him, this foot-kissing was indeed an otherworldly etiquette!

  It's considered that they had exchanged greetings. Li Xie waved his hand and said, "Alright, you all should go do what you need to do, don't disturb me while I'm eating."

  Although Li Xie had the words "Your Highness" on his lips, he couldn't shake off the rustic air that he had cultivated from picking up scraps for so long, and naturally, the people around him wouldn't look down on him just because his behavior was even worse than a rural old farmer's, after all, they were deeply mistaken.

  As for why Li Xie told Kano and the others to leave, of course, he had his own little thoughts. For now, he was still completely clueless about this world, so it was better to just deceive these lovely villagers a bit more. These military officers would be better off leaving far away, lest they see through the cracks and get beaten up, not to mention possibly being dragged away to be beheaded - wasn't that what people called a scapegoat?

  "Your Highness!" Kanou stood up, his fists clenched again: "Although sand mice are timid, they generally don't gather in groups unless they encounter something that makes all the sand mice feel fearful. Only when this thing is eliminated will the mouse tide be gone. I have come here for two reasons: one is to see the situation of the nearby villagers who were affected by the disaster, and the other is to investigate what caused the mouse tide. The thing that triggered the mouse tide must not be simple. I hope Your Highness can go with me to alleviate the worries of the nearby villages."

  Whoa! Not easy, you still want me to go? Don't you know I run slower than young people?

  Li Xie didn't dare to go, stood up, looked at the sky and said calmly: "It's just a small matter, how can it trouble me, the lord? You all go ahead, I'll bless you, oh, the God of Earth is above!"

  It's much easier and more enjoyable to swindle these lovely villagers than to go out and do something dangerous!

  Li Xie has made up his mind and is not going!

  And he didn't even give a tactful refusal, the people around him also understood his intention, all the villagers surprisingly knelt down in unison, each with hopeful eyes looking at Mr. Li.

  "Your Highness, please save us from our suffering."

  "Yes, Your Highness, if you don't go, and the mouse tide comes again, our village will be in danger!"

  "The God of the Earth is above! Your Highness has a kind heart and saved our village once, so you definitely won't refuse to save it for the second time."

  "Your Highness..."

  Play the sympathy card?

  Li Xie was helpless, he had a soft heart, so many villagers knelt down and begged him, how could he ignore them? Deeper down, if he refused now, who else could he deceive?

  He's overdone it this time and will be forced to take drastic measures!

  Li Xie smiled wryly in his heart, but a sacred glow appeared on his face. He looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle: "I, the emperor, like to live in seclusion and dislike being with military personnel. However, I am a compassionate person and cannot bear to see ordinary people suffer. All of you, get up! I have agreed!"

  Since it's already been installed, let's install a whole set! As expected, Li Xie's words, which seemed to be as thin as clouds in the sky, immediately triggered the villagers' enthusiastic applause! Before that, because of Li Xie drinking human blood, the villagers had some doubts about his legendary summoner identity. At this moment, they no longer doubted! Only a legendary summoner would have such great love, it's impossible for a dark summoner to have!

  What a great legend!

  The villagers sighed one by one in their hearts!

  "But..." The two words "Li Xie" immediately grasped the villagers' hearts, aren't they going to regret it? Seeing Li Xie sighing, he said: "Earlier, I had already spent too much energy to rescue you all. Now my body is not in good condition and can't be overworked, otherwise, if we encounter any danger, how will I cope? Hmm, can you prepare a horse carriage for me? Not the fast kind."

  The old man shouted immediately: "Tir, bring your camel over here."

  The camel cart was soon led over, with a style similar to two camels pulling a wheeled trunk, very classic. Li Xie sat in it, and Kano volunteered to be the coachman. The group set off towards the desert, searching for the cause of the mouse tide.