Heart of the Castle

Chapter 268 Beast King Wolf King Prepares for Battle
The night wind slowly blew through the bushes, and there was a rustling sound of leaves. As the night deepened, the fog in the forest at dusk became thicker and thicker.A group of figures in gray robes passed through the forest like ghosts, very fast, and made no sound except for the faint rustling of leaves and dead branches under their feet.

This is almost impossible. The twilight forest at night is almost invisible, and the ground is covered with a thin layer of snow, wet and muddy, and there are intertwined tree roots crossing the road from time to time. Be careful, otherwise it is easy to slip and fall.And these people in gray robes did not hold torches or lanterns, but they walked nimbly and briskly, as if they didn't take the darkness seriously at all.

A tall and thin man walked at the front of the line, raising his head from time to time to smell the breath in the wind. This man had a gray cloth mask on his face and a shiny black bark belt around his waist, with several hanging hanging from it. A bulging leather bag.A small cluster of blood-colored thorns was embroidered on the right shoulder of the gray robe, and a dozen emerald green leaves bloomed on it, and the shoulders of those gray robed men behind him also had similar marks, but the number of green leaves was drastically reduced to There are about 5 pieces.

The trees in front gradually thinned out, and the fog seemed less dense. This was already the edge of the dusk forest. The gray-robed man in the lead stopped and looked around.

"Grey birds, who can tell me where those targets are?" the gray-robed man whispered to the gray-robed man behind him, his voice was like a cold wind blowing through the bushes, with a rustling ending.

A man in gray robe took two steps forward, and replied in a shrill voice: "Your Excellency, Beastmaster, they are not far ahead, and my little bird is watching them."

"How's the terrain there? Is the target highly alert?" the man known as the Beastmaster continued to ask.

"They chose a place to camp that is convenient for defense. There are tall rocks on one side and several tall oak trees on the other." The gray-robed man replied, "But after running all day, they are obviously very tired. Now two of them have gone to gather firewood in the woods, and the other two have stayed at the bivouac."

"So, the opportunity has come." The Beastmaster laughed lowly, and then he crouched down and let out a long, eerie howl from his mouth. This howl was not so much from a human mouth. It might as well be said that it came from the mouth of a hungry wolf, filled with bloodthirsty, cruelty and greedy animalism, even the men in gray robes standing behind him couldn't help but feel a shudder from the bottom of their hearts.

The gray-robed man who was monitoring Li Wei and the others trembled especially violently. His body swayed from side to side suddenly, and his teeth knocked against each other, making a sound that even the people around him could hear.

"Hey, what's the matter with you?" A companion couldn't see it, and pushed him with his hand. The effect of this push made everyone unexpected, because the gray-robed man collapsed to the ground, his whole body It twitched violently, and there were screams and screams from its mouth.

"My eyes, ah, my eyes can't see..."

The beast king, who was howling like a wolf, turned around angrily, "Shut him up!" The beast king growled lowly, showing sharp teeth from the protruding mouth, "Otherwise I will let him go forever!" Don't speak!"

The gray-robed man immediately closed his mouth. Compared with the fear of blindness and death, the fear of blindness was not so terrible. However, due to the severe injury just received, his body still trembled uncontrollably, and suppressed moans came from his mouth from time to time.The other gray-robed men hastily dragged him behind and forcefully opened his hands that were tightly covering his eyes.

What they saw next shocked every gray-robed man, because the guy's eyes had turned into cloudy blood-colored spheres, and he couldn't see what he had seen before.After the horror in their hearts subsided a little, these gray-robed men couldn't help talking in a low voice.

"His eyes are blind, how could this be?"

"What happened just now?"

"Could it be..."

The Beastmaster suddenly snorted heavily, "What are you panicking about? It must be that the evil-eyed bird that was the surveillance target was discovered and killed. Just now he pinned his vision on that thing and lost his eyesight because of it."

The words of the Beastmaster quieted the gray-robed people, but he himself felt a little ominous, "The speed of the evil-eyed bird is beyond the reach of even experienced hunters. It's more troublesome than imagined..." The Beastmaster quickly shook his head, expelling this premonition from his mind, then he bent down again, and let out a long and mournful wolf howl.

The twilight forest under the darkness of night began to stir, and the answering sound of howling wolves came from afar, and then the same sound came from the other direction. It was loud, and there were echoing voices from all directions, as if the wolves of the entire forest had been summoned to worship their king together!
The men in gray robes showed amazed eyes, but they didn't see the gloomy eyes of the Beastmaster.

A gray warg leaped out of the forest, bared its teeth at the group of gray-robed men, and whined threateningly. The Beastmaster went up to him, with his arms outstretched and his body bent down. He looked nothing like a wild beast. different.

One man and one beast confronted each other for a few seconds, and the Beastmaster suddenly let out a vicious growl. The warg shook his head and took half a step back, with a shrinking expression in his eyes.

"Warg, tell the king, it's yours!" The Beastmaster said in a growling voice, "I want to use his power to deal with the enemy, mine!"

There was a trace of surprise in the warg's eyes, as if he understood the language of the beast king, then it growled twice, turned and ran back into the forest.

A few seconds later, an exceptionally loud roar shook the dense forest, and a giant wolf several times larger than ordinary wargs appeared at the edge of the dense forest. Frozen flames burned in a pair of blue eyes, and its thick silver fur It seems that there is a light source inside, shining brightly in the dark forest.

Behind it, dozens of strong wolves came out with their heads lowered, and then their thinner but twice as many wolves of the same kind. These wolves all made low whining sounds from their throats, and their blood-red eyes were greedy. Watching the Beastmaster.

The Beastmaster has no fear, because he is more familiar with the temperament of the wolf than anyone else. No matter whether he can communicate with these terrifying wild animals living in the dusk forest, as long as he shows a shrinking appearance, he will definitely become a delicacy in the mouth of the wolf.

Even a team composed of a 9th-level fallen druid and a group of 5th-level lycanthropes is no exception.

"Great, strong, Silver Wolf, Lord of the Forest!" said the Beastmaster in a low growl, knowing that the Silver Wolf must understand the language of the Wargs, and use it better than those evil and wise guys. it is good.

Silver Wolf nodded majestically, expressing acceptance of these compliments from the Beastmaster, and then let out a roar that was slightly weaker but still had a strong penetrating power.The Beastmaster's eyes narrowed. The growl was not the sound of any warg he was familiar with, but he found that he understood the meaning of the silver wolf completely.

"What do you want the Silver Phantom of the Duskwood to do?"

"Is it mind sharing? Or some other ability?" The Beastmaster thought nervously, but he knew very well that this was not a good time to be silent. Wolves are very suspicious and cunning by nature, and they have no patience when they are dominant.

"A group of people!" The beast king roared, "They are about to offend the majesty of the wolf king! They are trying to cross here, the territory of the wolf king!"

There was a commotion among the wolves, and a few howled angrily. However, the silver wolf did not show any signs of being moved by the words of the beast king. Instead, it took two steps forward majestically, as if a real king was inspecting his palace. territory.

"This is not my territory. The Silver Phantom led the subjects to fight after hearing your provocation." Silver Wolf looked at the Beastmaster calmly, and the frozen flames in his eyes seemed to jump. "You are lying, human, you have our breath on your body, tell your purpose hidden behind the lie, the silver phantom will determine your life and death, and the life and death of those people behind you with thinner breath."

The beast king couldn't help grinding his teeth, his strong jaw creaked. He didn't expect that the move of looking for a pack of wolves as cannon fodder would provoke such a powerful and intelligent wolf king. "Damn Twilight Forest." He muttered something in a low voice, then looked straight into the wolf king's eyes and said, "Those people, enemies, ours, you help us, friends, benefits."

The frank words seemed to have moved the huge silver wolf. It tilted its head to consider for a moment, and then let out a growl that sounded like a question.

"What can you offer the Silver Phantom?"

Next is the time for bargaining. The Beastmaster made continuous concessions due to his own wrong judgment, while Silver Wolf used the wisdom beyond ordinary monsters and the huge gap between the strengths of the two parties to cleverly squeeze out the Beastmaster's bottom line, and repeatedly defeated him. breakthrough.

When the Beastmaster and the Silver Wolf had their final discussion, Li Wei and the others had already finished their simple dinner, but the weird gray bird that was knocked down by Wilps just now with his grudge, and then turned into a puddle of rancid blood-red liquid, Let each of them have no sleepiness.

That obviously does not belong to the creatures that should appear in nature, but is formed based on evil magic and distorted natural forces. Babrupa chanted the names of Alara, the goddess of life, and Rukia, the goddess of spring, and used these two In the name of the goddess believers, they swear that they should leave here immediately.

"Go to North Orla!" Babrupa said hoarsely, "If those guys dare to follow, the Temple of Storms will definitely protect us!"

"But we must pass through the Dusk Forest as soon as possible, and we will not hesitate to pay any price for this." Wilps resolutely refused.

"Do you know who is watching us? The brave and fearless knight master? It must be the blood dagger! And it is the scariest of them all, Radha Brad! Because only his subordinates will have such a group of people who can watch us. Human gray bird!" Babrupa tore his hair, and could see that this fake priest was about to lose his nerve.

"Rada Brad?" Wilps frowned, "I seem to have heard of this name somewhere..."

"He is the Beastmaster! Among the blood daggers of the Adventurer's Guild, one of the three most famous names!" Babrupa's voice became hoarse, and he screamed at Wilpus, pulling his neck. "Wherever he goes, the gray bird of death flies, and from here he can gather a terrible army of beasts, even if you are now armed and mounted, you will never escape from the mouth of this army! "

He suddenly turned his head and said loudly to Li Wei: "Master Li Wei, I know that in this team, you are the one who really speaks the truth. Now, please tell me, should we leave immediately? "

"You said that the beast king is very scary, so we can't escape." Li Wei said calmly, "We can't bring danger to the people of North Ora. They just escaped from the terror of the plague. cause, and bring death and misfortune to them."

"You are looking for your own death!" Babrupa's face turned gray, he screamed, and retreated towards the old oak tree where his mount was tied, "I don't want to bring death to others because of you, What a lofty idea, I admire it! I want to die with admiration!" He retreated to the side of the oak tree, put his hand on the horse's back, and with the other hand pulled away the rein holding the loose buckle.

"Blessed be the merciful Father, now, go to the heavens with dignity, and I don't want to accompany you!" Babrupa announced, and he flew up on the horse.

"Keep the horse," Li Wei said coldly, "it doesn't belong to you."

Babrupa showed a sly smile, "Of course, it originally belonged to you, Young Master Li Wei. But I think it is more meaningful for this horse to follow me to spread the gospel of God the Father than to die with you. "

After saying this, Babrupa suddenly found that he seemed to have left the horse, and was thrown into the air by an irresistible force. The surrounding scenery rotated rapidly, and then the black earth approached rapidly.Babrupa didn't remember that he had fallen, but when he recovered, his mouth was full of mud.

A huge horseshoe stepped on his back, and that horseshoe was hot, scorching Babrupa's spine like a red-hot iron.The eyes of the Dark Nightmare in the North were burning with terrifying flames like Fiercefire, and his breath was sprayed on the back of Babrupa's head.This breath, which was originally scalding like water vapor, made him shiver all over his body.

"Little Master Li Wei, don't! I just... I was joking just now! God of War Barud, how can we escape and bring disaster to the innocent people of North Orla?"

"Black Nightmare, it's okay, let him go." Li Wei said to the black horse consciously, stroking the forehead of the black horse.

"Big, can't I step on it? This guy is so fleshy, it must feel good to step on it."

Li Wei felt that there must be cold sweat on his forehead.

"No, Black Nightmare, be obedient, this guy is... a companion, he can't be stepped on."

"Big, if it's not your partner, can you step on it?" the dark horse asked eagerly.

"This... it's best not to step on it... eh? This voice is..."

Li Wei suddenly let go of his hand and took a few steps back. There seemed to be the howling of some beast faintly in the wind, and the sound did not come from one direction. There were echoing howls from all directions. is approaching rapidly.

The war horse snorted uncomfortably. Wilps's mount had been well trained and looked calm, but the two horses of Li Wei and Grun Worm seemed to be much more panicked. Shaking endlessly, even tearing at the reins, as if trying to escape from here.

"Look, even they know what danger is." Babrupa got up from the ground and muttered indignantly.But this short guy also knew that it was too late to talk about escaping now, and he had to fight for his own life.The wolves were not easy to reason with. Even if he piled up all the sacred objects in front of him, he would never be able to prevent himself from being bitten into pieces.

"It's really tragic, tragic!" Babrupa patted his head, looking heartbroken, but his movements were not slow, and he quickly opened his bark box, and took out a piece of wood from it. Bring an exquisite crossbow the size of a palm.

"Okay, let you taste this! Master Babrupa's meat is not so delicious, it is old and tough, and it will break a few of your fangs!"

The crossbow looked more like a child's toy than a weapon, but the overall material was made of a special black metal, which seemed to be quite heavy.Babrupa took out a small bag of specially-made arrows from another box and installed them on the crossbow. Those arrows were short and short, more like a handful of small darts.

"What are you? If you don't have a weapon, you can parry a few branches by breaking off a branch. Can you hurt a wolf with that toy?" Grunwalm asked strangely. Fang Xiaosi had already firmly grasped the "stabbing" dagger, and besides being nervous, there was also a vague look of anticipation for the battle on his expression.

He wouldn't leave the stables at Sober Tom's Hotel if he wanted to live in peace.

"Hmph, what do you know, this thing... Just a single crossbow bolt from this thing can bring down the strongest horse." Babrupa glanced at the young man standing beside him disdainfully, twisting his mouth Say.

"I don't believe it, your crossbow can scratch the skin of wild wolves." Grunwalm replied.

"You can trust him. Babrupa didn't lie this time. It was made by the dark elves to shoot poisonous arrows." Li Wei glanced at the crossbow in Babrupa's hand and said lightly.Then he pulled out the long sword and swung it lightly a few times, allowing his body to enter a state of combat readiness in advance.Wilps was doing the same, and at the same time kicked all the firewood into the campfire to make it burn more vigorously.

The flames were crackling, the bright red light was jumping, reflecting the shadows of the trees, some ghost-like gray figures began to appear at the edge of the field of vision, and in Li Wei's unobstructed field of vision of the exploration technique, the dense yellow light like stars Points are being surrounded from all directions, enclosing them tightly!
(End of this chapter)