king of the castle

Chapter 232 Storm Altar

"Did you faint from fright?" The murlocs yelled and ran up the hill, and Roger also felt a little strange. 【】However, it’s okay to say that some murlocs are so frightened that they don’t know where to go. How can it be said that all murlocs make the same mistake?This made Roger vaguely feel that there must be something very important to the murlocs on the hill, so he quickly decided to go to the hill.

"Harris, we're going forward!" Roger greeted the fishermen hiding behind him, and then ordered the soldiers to go up the mountain.

Harris was frightened half to death by the battle just now, even now that the murlocs have retreated, he still hasn't recovered.But this guy is indeed the kind of person who risked his life for the glory and wealth. Even in this situation, he still gritted his teeth and stammered: "Respect... respect, respect, my lord!"

"Haha, I love you, Harris!" Laughing at the fishermen, Roger followed the soldiers who had already set off and headed up the mountain.However, in the process of crossing the beach to the depths of the island, the two encountered some small troubles.

In that battle just now, Roger's soldiers wiped out at least half of the murlocs. Hundreds of murloc corpses were lying on the beach, leaving almost no place to stand.The murloc's blood stained the entire beach green, and pools of dark green blood had accumulated in many places.Although the sea breeze blows head-on from time to time, the stench on the beach is still disgusting. Even Roger, who is used to killing, can't help but frown, and Harris' stomach has already been overwhelmed, if he is not afraid of himself Being rude in front of the lord, he had already run to the side and vomited.

Of course, everything has two sides. Although this killing seriously damaged the beach environment, it also brought great benefits to Roger.The soul power of the sharp-toothed murlocs is generally strong, and the murloc who performed divine spells gave him a lot of harvest.If the accumulation continues at this rate, Roger only needs to eliminate one or two hundred murlocs to collect enough soul power to build a primary farm and solve the food problem in the territory.

After crossing the beach, Roger discovered that there was actually a road paved with stone slabs at the foot of the mountain.The width of this road is enough for two carriages to drive side by side, and the neatly cut stone slabs form several steps, leading directly to the top of the low mountain.The surface of the stone steps is somewhat mottled, and a lot of moss has grown in some places, obviously it has been built for a while.

It is impossible for a creature like the murloc to complete such a large construction project, and this road must have been built by someone else.This reminded Roger of the relics of some kind of building found on the top of the mountain before he went to the island. It was true that he came here now. Thinking of this, Roger asked Harris who was closely behind him: "There used to be a building on this island." What building?"

"My lord, there is a deserted altar on the top of the mountain." Harris is worthy of being an old fisherman here, and he knows the situation of the island very well: "This altar existed a long time ago, and it is said that it was built by the followers of the Storm Goddess. The small island was later occupied by murlocs, and this altar probably became their lair, right?"

"There is actually an altar..." Looking at the road leading to the top of the mountain, Roger also felt a little surprised.He quickly thought of the murloc who could cast divine spells and the altar on the top of the mountain, and felt that there might be a connection between the two.This made Roger more determined to go to the top of the mountain to find out, and immediately ordered the soldiers to advance to the top of the mountain.

The soldiers lined up in attacking formation and slowly marched towards the top of the mountain along the wide road.Roger walked among the teams and went up the mountain to find out under the protection of the soldiers.

Seeing that these humans still wanted to go up the mountain, the defeated murlocs regrouped and hid in the bushes on both sides of the stone slab, screaming threateningly at Roger and the others.Roger didn't pay attention to these guys. Wherever murlocs popped up, he let the soldiers launch a fatal attack on them.

The soldiers naturally followed Roger's orders faithfully. Along the way, they either nailed the murlocs to the ground with iron spears or chopped off their heads with long swords.The murlocs a little further away from the road were dealt with by crossbowmen. As long as they found traces of murlocs, they would shoot them with arrows. The soldiers killed and walked all the way, showing no mercy to these ferocious creatures.

When Roger and the others reached the halfway up the mountain, they wiped out another hundred or so murlocs, which were almost short of what was needed to build a primary farm.However, after coming here, the resistance to progress has also increased significantly.The scattered murlocs regrouped and began to systematically stop Roger from moving forward.

These murlocs formed a dense formation on the road, screaming and waving their crude weapons, preventing the humans in front of them from taking a step forward.Facing the pressing human soldiers, the murlocs rushed forward like a tide, launching crazy attacks with their weapons and even their teeth.Some murlocs had even been pierced by iron spears, but they still screamed loudly and brandished their weapons to stop the soldiers from advancing, not taking their own lives or deaths seriously at all.

Even Roger had to admit that the performance of these murlocs had changed a lot compared to the battle on the beach, becoming more violent, cruel and bloodthirsty.But the more the murlocs were like this, the more Roger wanted to know what was on the top of the mountain, and it was worth their desperate efforts to prevent him from going up the mountain.

Thinking of this, Roger also ordered the soldiers to advance to the top of the mountain at all costs.However, the condescending murlocs had a geographical advantage, and their crazy fighting attitude also caused a lot of trouble for Roger's soldiers.Starting from the middle of the mountain, every step Roger took was much more expensive than before, and the speed of progress slowed down.

Although the murlocs held the belief that they must die to prevent the soldiers from going up the mountain, their unscrupulous fighting methods and poor weapons greatly restricted them from showing their strength.What's more, compared with the soldiers under Roger's command, the murlocs were already much weaker, so they couldn't stop the humans from advancing slowly but firmly to the top of the mountain.

As Roger led his men closer to the top of the mountain, the murlocs became crazier and their methods of fighting became more bloody.From time to time, murlocs screamed and rushed towards the soldiers, allowing the sharp weapons in their hands to pierce into their bodies, just to bite the soldiers, or even to slow down their steps.

Roger couldn't help being moved by such a brutal battle. This was the first time he saw creatures other than undead creatures fighting in such a desperate way.But these murlocs are not human beings after all. In Roger's eyes, they are not as cute as cats and dogs on the earth. He has no psychological pressure to eliminate these guys.

Under Roger's order, the soldiers crushed forward mercilessly, marching towards the top of the mountain on the blood of the murlocs, and finally came to the end of the stone path after fighting persistently for a long time.

When he came to the top of the mountain, Roger found that there was a large open space, the ground was paved with neat stone slabs, and there were even stone railings protecting the edge of the open space.However, due to the long period of disrepair, the stone railings were severely damaged, and many places were broken.

At the other end of the clearing is an altar made of meerschaum.Although a large part of the altar has collapsed, it can be seen from the remaining part that it was very majestic when it was first built, which shows that the believers who built this altar were very devout to the goddess of storm.

But Roger also knew that with the passage of time, the goddess who was in charge of the sea had fallen, and she hadn't performed miracles for at least hundreds of years.Although many gods are alive in the world of Turonzo, if they do not perform miracles for a long time, they will soon be replaced by other gods, and believers will turn to believe in other gods.This is the case of the Storm Goddess, no wonder even her altar has been abandoned for a long time.

After repeated battles with Roger's soldiers, there were only a hundred or so of the thousand murlocs left.Now these guys are all gathered in front of the altar, watching each other's every move vigilantly, it seems that this deserted altar is where the murlocs swore to defend.

"It's so strange. Could it be that the Goddess of Storms has reappeared and recruited the murlocs to be her disciples?" Seeing the strange behavior of the murlocs, Roger couldn't help muttering to himself: "That's why the murlocs used magic spells before. The gift of the Storm Goddess?"

Although Roger's test was reasonable, he was quickly overturned by himself.Even if the Goddess of Storms is at the end of her rope, as long as she can perform a small miracle, it is not a problem to develop some human believers, and there is no need to degenerate to the point where murlocs are considered believers.These guys can't even tell the left from the right, and they can count from one to ten as high IQ talents. How can they have any beliefs, and they won't be worshiped by any gods at all.

Just when Roger was secretly wondering, the murlocs gathered in front of the altar suddenly separated to the two sides, and a figure twisted and approached Roger.Seeing this figure much taller than the murloc, Roger muttered involuntarily, "It's actually a Naga!"

Naga is a race that lives in the deep sea. From the outside, their upper body is very similar to that of human women, with plump chest and slender waist, but there is a fish tail before the waist.Moreover, this creature has at least four arms, is also very ugly, and has a forked tongue that is almost like a snake. It is two completely different species from the mermaid that sings in the ocean.

Naga basically live in the deep sea, and occasionally appear on small islands deep in the ocean.However, this island is so close to the mainland that there is a Naga living there, and this Naga seems to be the leader of this group of murlocs, which is a bit unexpected.

"What's the situation?" Seeing Naga twisting her waist and approaching him, Roger couldn't help being a little puzzled.

Just when Roger was at a loss, Naga actually stuck out his forked tongue and spoke: "Human... hiss, welcome to my holy land!"