Heart of the Castle

Chapter 239 Victory and the Traitor in the Temple

Everyone was running down the spiral stone steps, almost rolling and crawling. The ceiling above their heads and the steps under their feet were shaking violently, and gravel and dust fell down, making them look even more embarrassed.

Li Wei and Wilps walked in the front, brandishing their swords from time to time, blocking larger stones falling from the air; Master Frederick walked behind the knights with a white radiant shield, There was not even a speck of dust on the white robe; the short-legged Babrupa had already fallen to the end of the line, but he had an idea and grabbed the tail of the snake-skin beast shaking in front of him, and his speed suddenly increased. Improvement, apart from the snakeskin beast giving out a dissatisfied bull roar, there is no other trouble.

Seen from the outside, the ruins of the high tower were shaking violently, and large pieces of the outer wall mixed with black frost collapsed, hitting the frozen ground with a loud noise like heaven and earth cracking.The destruction of the tower also changed the stalemate of the battle. Those translucent ghosts flying in the air had made the werewolves helpless. When the tower collapsed, these incorporeal shadows screamed and turned into a ghostly green The rays of light flew towards the ruins of the high tower, but halfway they peeled off and melted into the air.

"Victory, woohoo!" the leader of Worf raised his head to the sky and howled.

The collapse of the tower didn't have that great impact on the skeletons, but the only things that can make the werewolves feel troublesome are those ghosts. The ferocious brown wave quickly engulfed the remaining skeletons, and then came from the battlefield. It's just the sound of gnawing bones and sucking marrow that makes the scalp numb.

The ruins of the crumbling high tower made an exceptionally loud cracking sound, and it was broken into several sections from the middle, crushing and colliding with each other and collapsing.A terrifying giant hand stretched out from the dust cloud rising high, the tips of the five fingers glowed with a faint green light.The giant hand suddenly grabbed it towards the air, as if it wanted to grab something and bring it into hell together, but this was just the last struggle. With a shake of the hand, the black smoke that turned into a stench completely dissipated.

The ground was shaking violently, causing everyone to fall to the ground unsteadily, and then the dust and smoke spread in all directions, quickly engulfing everything around them in a darkness of flying sand and rocks.

"Ahem, bah, bah, bah!" The leader Worf, who had eaten his mouth full of dirt, shook his head and got up from the ground, trying to curse something, but he suddenly stared at the greatly changed terrain in front of him, and it took him a long time to die. call out.

"Oops! Chief Stiba and those allies haven't come out yet, damn it, you guys are still drooling over your bones, get up!" Chief Worf kicked and cursed the werewolves to jump from the ground Get up, and then ran in the direction of a tall tower just now.

The werewolf is a race that is very good at running, even in the ruins of stones and rubble everywhere, they can still move quickly.But before they reached the former location of the tower ruins, a few ashen-faced figures came out of the smoke, coughing.

"Benevolent Father God, such a big tower will collapse as soon as it is said to collapse, and there is no time to buffer." Hearing that the short and stubby Babrupa was still able to complain in a sharp voice, it was obvious that None of the group suffered any major injuries.Leader Worf secretly breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly stood up straight, and waved a pair of furry paws.

"Aww, here, here, Chief Stiba, is the matter of accusing the deceased settled?"

Although the old hag who rode over on the snakeskin beast also looked embarrassed with dust all over her face, she still couldn't hide the smug smile on her ugly face. "With me, of course we have completely solved that guy!" Looking at the admiring gaze of the leader of Worf, Stiba suddenly felt that what she said seemed a little too much, so she turned her face slightly to the side, and then said: "Hmmm …These human allies have helped a lot, and they have also suffered a lot of losses. As the tribal leaders of the aborigines in the Rotten Swamp, we can't let our allies leave empty-handed, right?"

Although he felt a little strange, the straightforward leader Worf nodded and replied: "This is what it should be. We should find a way to make up for the loss of human allies."

When the golden face of the Lord of Radiance rose from the east again, Li Wei and the others were desperately urging their mounts to run wildly along a road that was only in the hands of the natives of the decaying swamp.Compared with the trail that Babrupa is familiar with, this road is not only wider, but also less muddy and dangerous. There is only one thing that prevents this road from being a smooth road through the rotting swamp, and that is the dozens of people along the way. aboriginal tribes, large and small.

If there were not several werewolf scouts sent by the leader of Worf, the token of the grayscale tribe of the leader of Gala, and the snakeskin beast generously lent by the leader of Stiba, this road would definitely be better than that one. The trails are even more difficult to cross.At least Li Wei has seen several fences built with water cherry wood and red willow branches along the way, and there are many lizard figures swaying behind him.

After destroying the altar of bones that created the plague curse, the heroes who saved North Orla were exhausted. They had accepted the invitation of several aboriginal tribal leaders and planned to rest in the tribe of the rotting swamp for two days before embarking on their return journey.However, Priest Fallon unintentionally opened a sheepskin scroll obtained from the ruins of the high tower. Just halfway through reading it, the high-level storm priest couldn't help but yelled and jumped up from the ground.

"Mr. Levi! Mr. Will! And Captain Ayers! We must rush back to North Orla immediately to meet His Excellency Bishop Felheim!"

Li Wei and Wilps looked at each other, and they both stood up from the ground. Captain Els, who had just filled the glass in front of him with the good wine brewed by the aboriginal tribe, seemed a little reluctant. He drank the good wine in front of him in one gulp. He asked in a rough voice: "Master Faron, what happened? Everyone is exhausted. It is so dangerous to drive at night in the rotting swamp. Is it necessary to leave immediately?"

"Of course, it must be done immediately! Otherwise, it will be too late!" Pastor Faron's eyes were bloodshot, burning with scorching anger, "In the Temple of Storms, among the servants who serve the Thunderer, there is someone who colluded with the accuser The plague disaster that befell North Orla this time is the evil act he facilitated, and he will try to seize the highest power of the Temple of Storms after we leave!"

A look of surprise and sudden realization flashed across Li Wei's face, "This is the real purpose of suing the deceased, to seize the power of North Aola and the Temple of Storms!"

The eyes of the young knight met Wilps, who nodded and understood the unspoken words in Li Wei's eyes.

"This behavior is exactly the same as that of the old butler Trien, who once tried to disturb the morale of the Viscounty of Ryan, and once held the real power of the Viscounty of Ryan, and the other identity of that old butler is... Sue the dead!"

The road under his feet was suddenly interrupted in front, and the neighing of the horse woke Li Wei from his thoughts. He reined in the horse and looked at the scenery in front of him.

The road controlled by the aborigines can't directly lead to the outside of the rotten swamp, but needs to pass through an exceptionally dense forest belt of water cherry trees and red willows.At this time, it was time for Babrupa to show his ability again. The short and sturdy guy took out a few things from the bark box, gestured around for a while, and shouted to everyone in an excited tone.

"It's so close to where we entered the swamp, we can get out in no time!"

(End of this chapter)