Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 110 Chapter [-] Successfully Finding the Enemy
Rewind time to 15 minutes ago.

Xia Houyan stood on the roof of the "Eagle Manor", holding up the torch with his hands like the Statue of Liberty, squinting at the night in the west.

His eyes have been dyed a rich jet black by the profound magic power.

The night didn't give him black eyes - but the Study in Shadowspell did.

The special scout, Chris Mann, is sitting behind the lord right now: due to the violent running before, he is still panting heavily;

Just now, the young archer who rushed back from the north to the Phoenix Terrace camp reported the news to the lord that he had found an abandoned camp on the edge of the wasteland.

After learning that there were traces of siege weapons in the abandoned camp, Xia Houyan immediately realized that something was wrong.

——There is no hunting team or mercenary group that is full of food and has nothing to do, dragging a few cumbersome giant ballistas around!
Besides the bandits who die in winter, there seems to be only Shuangfeng Ridge, a serious territory with fortifications in the current wasteland, which is barely worth the shot of the siege ballista...

In view of this, the target of this mysterious team's attack is probably that the Phoenix Terrace has not escaped!
However, the official Xiahou who ran to the rooftop to scout the enemy's situation at the first time found helplessly that the land of cracked soul was going through a dark and cloudy night: a light snowfall in the early morning yesterday did not completely drain the water vapor in the clouds , The thick clouds that floated in from the Dragon Bone Peak completely covered the stars and the bright moon in the wasteland.

Under such weather conditions, even if one stands on the highest manor roof of Phoenix Terrace, the visible range of human beings can only reach the edge of the green dam illuminated by torches; Not real, caught in the fog of war.

Even for an excellent archer like Chris Mann, it is extremely difficult to observe the surroundings under such lighting conditions-perhaps only the cave dwellers in the northern mountains who live in caves all year round have such excellent night vision ability.

And darkness hides danger!

God knows where those mysterious outsiders with malicious intentions are lurking now, observing Shuangfengling like hunters ambush their prey!

Fortunately, the lord is no stranger to shadow magic.

The apprentice-level magic "Breaking Vision" recorded in "Shadow Spell Research" is precisely prepared for the convenience of magicians to see things in the dark!

Darkness, shadows, and night, these are the power and kingdom of the shadow goddess Selena!
The generosity of the goddess is as obvious as the cruelty when she extracts the lives of believers: the god of thieves and craftsmen who is in charge of shadows, chaos and deception, of course, does not hesitate to give shadow magic users the power to see, hear and move freely in the dark !

Xia Houyan, who had already put his entire lifespan aside, finished reciting the mantra of "Sight of Breaking the Curtain" without hesitation;

Immediately, his eyeballs were wrapped in shadow magic power, turning into two smooth black gemstone balls.

The darkness pervading the wilderness suddenly receded in his field of vision——

——This is not just a simple increase in brightness, but everything within a fairly large radius centered on the roof of the Horned Eagle Manor has become clearly visible in Xia Houyan's eyes, as if changing from an old big-ass TV to a new one all at once. It became 4K Ultra HD.

With his eyes turned into infrared monitors, Xia Houyan can not only see the swaying withered grass on the wasteland, the startled hares, but even observe the slowly melting snow particles.

And when he adjusted the focus of his eyes and cast his eyes on the entire wasteland, he didn't spend much effort, and found the target at about 2000 meters to the west of Phoenix Terrace:

It was a large group of people gathered indistinctly, about three or four hundred people, uniformly dressed in rough leather armor, without signs or flags, and could not see the way at all.

Perhaps it was intentionally invisible to hide their identities...Xia Houyan thought so, and then noticed that the group of people did not light torches, but approached the Phoenix Terrace cautiously in the dark, at a very fast speed. slow.

"To the west, 2000 meters." He looked for the enemy with his black eyes, and said softly, "About three to four hundred people, armed with weapons, bows and arrows, wearing leather armor, horses, and no torches. Chris, go immediately Everyone shouted."

Chris Mann jumped up from the ground with a jerk, and ran downstairs like flying.

The archer knew very well: in the dark night, the other party did not light a torch. This simple detail showed that this group of mysterious troops intentionally hid their whereabouts in the dark and approached the Phoenix Terrace without anyone noticing it!

Therefore, he can almost be sure that the other party must come with bad intentions, and will even launch a surprise attack soon!

——Since this is the case, the first priority of Shuangfengling is to quickly notify the entire camp and put everyone on alert!
After sending Chris to report, Xia Houyan took a closer look at the team on the west side with his night vision magic, and soon discovered the source of the so-called "siege weapon rut" in Chris's mouth: it was in the middle of the team. A little ahead, three huge wooden ballistas pulled by pack horses.

The three ballistas were separated by a little distance, and under the cover of night, they were slowly approaching the Phoenix Terrace, and they were still about 1000 meters away from the camp.

Xia Houyan realized uncomfortably that the metal front ends of the three ballistas were already pointing in the direction of the Phoenix Terrace—he roughly estimated that the target should be the three watchtowers behind the Green Dam that Master Donald worked so hard to build.

"Katerina! Run and let the night watch scouts come down from the watchtower, it's dangerous!" He yelled downstairs, and after hearing his sister's hasty response, he felt a little relieved.

Soon, Master Laurie, who was wearing a cotton robe on his shoulders and slippers on his feet, and Clement, the death knight who was carrying a great rune sword, also rushed to the rooftop in a hurry.

——The speed of Chris Mann's reporting is quite admirable.

"How do you say it?" When Chris called him, Master Laurie was probably still dozing off while reading pornographic books under the covers. At this moment, the old man looked at the lord with a bewildered expression, his eyes full of confusion.

Clement on the side also turned his head to look at the lord: From Chris's anxious expression, the death knight had vaguely sensed some kind of dangerous aura.

When Xia Houyan turned his head from the roof wall, his dark eyes startled the two senior family members.

The lord stretched out his hand, and while helping the master tidy up the padded robe, he told about everything he had seen with the help of the "Vision of Broken Curtain".

He observed with a wry smile that Master Laurie's face quickly turned pale as he narrated.

"My lord!" the old mage said excitedly, tugging at Xia Houyan's sleeve, "Don't let them get close to the Phoenix Terrace! Our territory is all made of wood, and the process of painting fire-resistant agents has not yet been completed. These fortifications It is more than enough to deal with wild beasts, but if this group of humans set fire, everything will be over!"

"Master Laurie is right! According to what you said, this group of people brought siege weapons, bows and arrows, and containers that looked like oil bottles at their waists. They must have come prepared!" Clement said seriously, " We must prevent the enemy from continuing to approach the platform!"

"I think so too." Xia Houyan took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and gritted his teeth, "I don't know what the odds are of sending troops away from the platform to fight them wildly, and I don't plan to adopt such a gambling strategy for the time being— But at the very least, we must use the existing long-range power of the territory to prevent them from approaching the dangerous distance of the platform!"

When it comes to "long-distance power", the three present have a tacit understanding, and at the same time they looked directly at the huge bed crossbow beside them.

——This heavy weapon snatched from the Moon God Village was just placed on the rooftop yesterday...

"How about it?" The lord patted the metal crossbow trigger on the bed crossbow, and stared fixedly at the two subordinates, "Can you think of a way to fuck the fuck?"

(End of this chapter)