Heart of the Castle

Chapter 288 Terminate Trien, save the little banshee

"Who is Li Wei? May the light shine on your head. If this is the question, you don't need to force me with a knife." Trien cursed angrily, with more blood foaming from the corner of his mouth, "He He is a guy who does not know what kind of luck he has had. Some people say that he is a descendant of some ancient and noble family, I am! " Trien spat out his blood to express his contempt for this statement, "Ten years ago, Ston When the old guy picked up the little boy, I didn't see anything ancient or noble."

"Don't talk about things that can be found casually on the intelligence, Trion, you know what I want to ask, you will regret it if you perfunctory a shadow assassin." Alans Kate's voice was extremely soft, but it was as if A spider crawls across a blade of grass, chilling the heart.

The corners of Trien's eyes couldn't help twitching. The shadow assassin's torture method claims to make the dead speak and ghosts speak. Although this is likely to be an exaggerated legend, Trien absolutely does not want to use his body and will. Verify the true accuracy of this statement.

"Okay, Alans? Kate, you win." Trien raised his head and pushed the two long daggers stuck in his neck, "I will tell you everything I know, but please first It's too inconvenient to talk like this by pulling out these two things."

"I hope you understand what deceit means." The shadow assassin warned, and then pulled out two daggers forcefully, and purple blood immediately sprayed half of the stone altar.

Trien silently wriggled his lips and cursed, but he didn't dare to waste time, tearing off his shirt to bandage the wound, trying hard to remember.

Li Wei's past is not complicated, at least Trien thought he knew the details of this apprentice servant very well, so he chose him as the introduction of the conspiracy. In Trien's mind, Li Wei was just an insignificant figure, no matter Whether he died in the desolate wilderness, or survived in a certain place by luck, will not hinder his mission of seeking the Viscount of Ryan and obtaining a base for the organization of the dead.

However, ever since Li Wei was expelled from the Viscount's castle, a series of troubles have been brought about. Not only did all the dark moves arranged by Trien be destroyed, but Trien himself's identity was also exposed in the end. If it weren't for the vampire prince's strong vitality, he would have almost lost his life in the viscount's castle.

Thinking of this, Trion couldn't help flashing a flame of hatred in his eyes, but he was soon forced to put aside his thoughts, because the damn shadow assassin was already playing with his two poisoned daggers again.

"Li Wei is an orphan who lost his parents in the last catastrophe. If the old guy named Ston hadn't picked him up from the pile of dead people, he might have been fed to the wolf's belly..." Trien began to tell Arance Kate listened quietly to what he knew about Levi's past, with unknown meanings flashing across his eyes from time to time.

"...That's it, every time my plan is considered perfect, but when I meet Li Wei, it fails inexplicably. This time is even worse, even the ghost that Ms. Cang Ye temporarily borrowed for this plan The banshee stones are all wasted." Trien's narration was not very long, and it would have been even shorter if it hadn't been mixed with a lot of curses on Levi.

"You mean the thing that controls the Shadow Banshee?" Alans Kate asked Trien casually, playing with the dagger seemingly casually.

"Hey, what a pity, that stone broke for no reason, and I suffered a pretty serious curse backlash... Otherwise, Alans? Kate, do you think you can hold me so easily?" Terry En roared excitedly, and then a violent cough interrupted his words.

"If you say that, I would also like to thank Lord Li Wei for his help?" Arance Kate narrowed his eyes, and a dangerous light shone from them.

"Thank him? Thank him for ruining my plan?" Trien's teeth creaked, "Alans Kate, don't forget, your order is to get rid of Levi Ston, and now he is still Alive, have you ever thought about it? How would you explain to Ms. Cang Ye and Maharaja Deceitful?"

"Oh, so to speak, it's indeed a trouble." The shadow assassin twirled the dagger with his fingers, his voice drawn in a long tone hesitantly, which seemed a bit artificial.

Annoyance flashed in Trien's eyes, but he concealed it well and continued to wag his proud tongue. "Listen to me, Alans Kate, I have a solution, as long as you prove it for me."

"Proof? Prove what?"

"Prove that behind Levi Ston, there is a great magister who is proficient in undead magic and spiritual magic." Trien's words made Arance Kate pause slightly, and the dagger almost fell to the ground.

"What you said is true? Is there really a great magister beside Li Wei, who is also proficient in undead and spiritual magic?" The shadow assassin asked hurriedly, but he quickly shook his head and denied this statement. "No, I used to lurk and raid Li Wei's companions. Those people are all knights. Although some of them are good, they are at most equivalent to the level of the Lord with a Sword. If it weren't for that Li Wei..."

The shadow assassin Arance? Kate suddenly closed his mouth, did not continue, but sneered at Trien, "Tell me, what evidence do you have to prove the existence of that great magister?"

"Of course, this is it." Trion said, patting his chest, "Ms. Cang Ye prepared the curse ritual props for me to control the Shadow Banshee, and it has been destroyed now.

"That can only prove that you are stupid." The shadow assassin said coldly.

Trien snorted disdainfully, "Ms. Cang Ye personally refined the blood soul orb." He explained, "If you don't have enough knowledge of undead magic and soul magic for advanced alchemy props, how can you make that phantom The banshee is out of control, and can destroy the main body of this item?"

Alans Kate let out a "tsk", "So, there is indeed a great magister beside Levi?"

"Of course it's possible. How about it? If you testify for me, the responsibility for the failure of this mission will not be on you or me. Since the opponent is a great magister, even Ms. Cang Ye will find it difficult." After finishing speaking , There was a smile on Trien's face. He thought that these words would surely touch the cold heart of Alans Kate. Didn't the shadow assassin already smile?
He was wrong.

In the next moment, two poisoned daggers pierced hard through his eyes and met directly in the middle of his skull, and then the unique vindictiveness of the Shadow Assassin erupted, so powerful that it knocked Trion's brains out of him. Squeezed out of his facial features.

Even the strong vitality of the blood-sucking prince was of no help to this terrible injury. Trien only let out a short scream, and fell at the foot of the stone altar, his body convulsing violently.

This time there was no camouflage, but Alans Kate still pressed his knees on Trion's chest, and slowly and patiently turned the blade with his hands until the corpse under him showed no signs of life.

When Trion took his last breath, the commotion in the hall of the Green Castle was still going on. Wilps shook his head and stood up from the ground, frowning like a person who had difficulty concentrating.The hall was chaotic, some knights fell to the ground, others bumped around without thinking, and some people shouted meaninglessly from time to time, adding even more noisy background music to the commotion.

However, people with strong grudges like Lord Cedric and Knight Dickway, or strong-willed people like Sir Grace and Captain Baroque, have gradually recovered from the darkness and dizziness, but they still have the same footsteps as Wilps. Staggering, all the scenes in front of him seemed to have many double images, and they were shaky.

"My lord of glory, be careful of that banshee!" Wilps leaned on his long sword to stand firm, and the first thing he did was to issue a warning.

Lord Cedric and others, who barely recovered some self-preservation ability, looked around, trying to find traces of the banshee, but only Sir Grace, who had the sharpest eyes, caught a trace of paleness and disappeared outside the main entrance of the hall.

"The banshee has escaped from there!" said Sir Grace, pressing his forehead with one hand, and pointing out the door with the other.

"Actually escaped? How could this happen?" Wilps said in disbelief.

"Maybe they didn't leave at all. I can swear on the battle axe, that banshee must be playing some kind of trick." Looking at the discomfited look of the knights of the Lord's United Army, Lord Cedric said through gritted teeth.

"It's not a trick!" Wilps scanned the crowd in a panic, his face suddenly turned pale, "Has any of you seen Mr. Levi?"

"Levi? Ston? He was still there just now..." Lord Cedric's voice was interrupted, because he also failed to find the figure of the young knight.

"The banshee is chasing Lord Levi!" Wilps struggled and rushed towards the door. Sir Grace and Knight Dickway also wanted to catch up, but were stopped by Lord Cedric.

"You stay here, and Lord Wilps and I will go," said Lord Cedric.

"My lord, you have no right to order us yet." Sir Grace's voice was as light as a feather, but the firmness in it could not be refused.Knight Dickway did not speak, but drew half of the great sword at his waist. It seemed that if Lord Cedric insisted on preventing them from helping Wilps, the high-level knight would swing his sword at him without hesitation.

Although Lord Cedric was anxious, he couldn't help being moved. "You guys have misunderstood," he explained. "Only Wilps and I can barely cope with that banshee. You can't help much, but you might..."

Sir Grace understood what Lord Cedric hadn't said almost immediately. He stroked his longbow and bowed his head in salute, and then pulled the Dickway knight who was still a little confused about the situation back.

"Your Excellency Cedric, please protect the safety of Lord Levi."

Lord Cedric nodded heavily, and then, holding the battle ax tightly, he rushed out into the darkness outside the door.

Wilps' anxious footsteps resounded through the corridors of the Green Castle, but in a remote corner, Levi and Miss Lisa, who had turned into a shadow banshee, were talking in a low voice, no, or, It was Miss Lisa who was describing what happened after being kidnapped by Trion, while Li Wei was mainly listening, sighing slightly from time to time.

"...When I was manipulated by Trion's evil ritual, I seemed to be imprisoned in a dark jar. I couldn't see or hear anything, but I could feel my body moving and killing life. The fingers were inserted into the skull, and there was a warm feeling from the fingertips, that feeling was terrible, as if..." Miss Lisa's voice gradually sank, it was not only emotional depression, but also physical weakness.

Li Wei watched in horror as Miss Lisa's body shook, and then her already translucent body became more and more ethereal. When the wind blows, it will just dissipate.

"Miss Lisa, what's the matter with you?" Li Wei called out.

"I feel... dizzy and want to sleep..." Miss Lisa said in a weak voice.

Do shadow banshees need to sleep too?Although Li Wei's understanding of undead creatures is no more than that of an ordinary knight, in his limited knowledge, there is absolutely no saying that undead need to rest.There is only one way to let an undead creature rest in peace, and that is to send it completely to the Kingdom of Eternal Night of the Sleeping Instructor Ku Ximo.

"Mr. Dish, look, what happened to Miss Lisa?"

The old magician didn't answer right away. After more than ten difficult seconds, Mr. Dish's slightly hoarse voice rang out from Levi's mind.

"The Shadow Banshee is not a creature that can exist in the plane of positive energy for a long time, but this Shadow Banshee named Miss Lisa seems to have undergone a special magic ceremony, which has increased her tolerance to positive energy a lot "Mr. Dish explained, "However, appearing in the daytime for a long time still causes a serious loss of negative energy in her body, so she will appear so fragile after she calms down now."

"Then what should we do? Mr. Dish, can Miss Lisa be supported only by sending her back to the plane of bones in the abyss hell?" Li Wei asked with a frown.

"If there is no Castle Heart, this is indeed the only way for Ms. Lisa to maintain her own existence." Mr. Dish's voice became cheerful, "The Castle Heart can absorb different kinds of demons, death, life, etc. Energy, and transform the alchemy energy storage, at the same time, it can also transform the alchemy energy into other types of energy, now just open the portal and send Miss Lisa to the heart of the castle, and she can be restored."

Li Wei breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head, and softly asked Miss Lisa for her opinion, and Miss Lisa, who had completely recovered her self-awareness, returned a shy smile.

"Then, I will temporarily stay in your castle, Lord Levi Ston."

A few minutes later, when Wilps and Lord Cedric found Levi, the young knight still had a slight smile on his face.

"Master Li Wei, are you alright?" Wilpus still had anxiety on his face, seeing that Li Wei had no injuries, and after getting an affirmative answer, he put the long sword back into the scabbard with confidence.

"Have you killed the shadow banshee, Lord Levi?" Lord Cedric looked around with lingering fear, for fear that the banshee would come out from somewhere.The banshee's howl just now really hit the confidence of the sword-bearing lord seriously.

"I haven't killed it, but...don't need to worry about any banshees for the time being." Levi's explanation did not immediately dispel the doubts on Lord Cedric's face, but when he carefully observed Levi's expression, from this young face After finding no expression other than sincerity, he finally chose to believe Li Wei's words.

"Fortunately, the banshee escaped. This is the first time I have encountered an opponent that cannot be dealt with by an axe."

"Although the Shadow Banshee is scary, if there was a priest among us just now, it wouldn't be so difficult." Wilps sighed and said, "As long as there is a senior priest, we can use the power of the gods to move us To drive away the Shadow Banshee, if it is a regional bishop-level priest, you can even send that banshee directly back to the corpse plane of Abyss Hell."

"It's a pity that there are fewer and fewer priests who truly possess the divine power bestowed by the gods. On the contrary, there are more and more liars and magic sticks who eat and drink." Lord Cedric complained angrily. "There hasn't been a real priest in the church in Winterwind City for a long time. There are only a few magic wands. Their so-called healing is just to summon a ball of white light. Don't say it's not as good as Lord Li Wei. Even the ability to stop bleeding is not very obvious when using healing spells."

Li Wei looked a little uneasy on his face. Of course, he knew that his healing technique was not favored by any god, but was bestowed by the Heart of the Castle.However, Lord Cedric obviously took this uneasiness as the humility of the young knight, so he changed the subject with a smile.

"Since the Shadow Banshee has escaped now." Lord Cedric took a last look at the darkness outside, and then turned around with confidence and said: "We can also let the soldiers outside come in and take this ancient castle from Check it inside and out, those undead creatures have occupied this place for such a long time, maybe there are hidden traps and other things left behind."

"That's a good idea, but tell the soldiers that if they find anything suspicious, they must report it to us for processing." Wilps nodded in agreement.

Li Wei also nodded, "It is true that the soldiers should be carefully checked, but the guards of the Green Castle and our soldiers can do this. The Lords of the United Army have come all the way and are already very tired. Just don't work too hard."

"It's okay, we're not... tired at all." Lord Cedric was halfway through speaking, when he suddenly understood what was under Levi's stubborn gaze, he grinned helplessly, "Okay, I see Lord Li Wei." He shrugged his shoulders, "Then please arrange a place for us to camp, it's getting late, I don't want to continue camping in the wild tonight, last night is enough."

"Of course, a grand welcome reception will be held tonight for you and the neighboring lords, right here in Green Castle." Li Wei said with a smile, "Master Wilps, you go and arrange for your lord and the lords The subordinate’s camp.”

Wilps raised his eyebrows, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Yes, Lord Levy." He said, and then turned to Lord Cedric, "My lord, please follow me."

(End of this chapter)