Heart of the Castle

Chapter 357 Meeting the Crow Queen (two chapters in one)

Li Wei's words sparked a whisper in the shack. Most of these aboriginal tribal leaders were simple-minded, rude, and fearless. However, the failed battle yesterday not only cost them many tribal people, but also made them feel ashamed The fear from the bottom of my heart.

Once a simple and rude person feels fear, it is more difficult than ordinary people to get rid of the shadows in their hearts. Although most tribal leaders did not question Li Wei's judgment, when it comes to how to counterattack, their mouths are closed more tightly than each other. , the heads shook faster one by one.

There are only four tribal leaders who clearly expressed their support for Levi, the sharp-toothed Wolf, the gray-scaled Gala, the black crow's Stiba, and one is a bit surprising, who has always been cowardly and nicknamed stinky fish The leader of the fish head people.

When Heiwei, the leader of the snake people, quietly asked him why he was so brave this time, the expression of the leader of the fish head people was obviously full of bitterness. If it is poisonous, the fish head people will die."

The leader of the snake people, Heiwei, and the people next to him who heard this answer were immediately silent. Of course, the fish head people cannot live without water for a day. Can it be separated from boiling water?

If the conspiracy of the undead is successful, the entire Rotten Swamp may become a paradise for undead creatures. Even if they can escape alive, they may not be able to find a place that is also suitable for the natives of the swamp.

"We have to fight back, hiss..." The leader of the black tail suddenly changed his position, straightened his body and said loudly, and at the same time told the words of the fish head leader to the others.

However, there are still some people who are lucky. A lizardman elder with white membranes on his eyes said hesitantly: "Those undead creatures... can really destroy the entire rotting swamp? The swamp is so big, even the bristly tribe We can't defend here, and we can go elsewhere. I think it's better for us to prepare defensively and wait and see how things change."

His words calmed many tribal leaders who were already uneasy, and another lizardman leader stood up, "Yes, I agree to wait."

Just when the third person moved his buttocks and was about to stand up to express his opinion, there was a sound of flapping wings from outside the shack, and then a big crow with shiny feathers flew in, circled around the shack, and then flew towards Li Wei. shoulders dropped.

"Li Wei, Li Wei?" The new big crow screamed strangely, "Queen, Queen! Summon, summon!"

"The Queen of the Black Crow summoned humans?" The news brought by the big crow immediately caused a burst of surprised shouts in the shack.The voice of the leader of Stiba was the sharpest, "How is this possible? Even if it is the tribal leader of the aborigines, the Black Crow Queen will not summon it easily."

"Queen, I'm here, everyone, go." The new big crow repeated angrily.

The residence of the Black Crow Queen was not with the tribal leaders, but was alone in a corner of the camp. There were no guards arranged here, but there was no need to worry about her safety, because on this building that looked like a bird's nest, there were always There are always more than a dozen big crows staying there, their vigilant eyes never letting go of anything approaching.

Li Wei was taken aback when he walked into this building. There were hundreds of pairs of wings that were as dark as night inside. The screams and flapping of countless big crows gathered into an extraordinarily noisy welcome song. Greeted his presence.This building is not as messy as other shacks in the camp. Apart from the stacked wooden frames for the big crows to inhabit, there is only a table and a chair. On the table is a crystal ball covered with a thick black cloth, and the chair On the top sat a person wearing a hooded black cloak. The drooping hood concealed this person's face, but her gender could be vaguely identified from the delicate chin and the curve of her chest.

"The Black Crow Queen?" Li Wei asked in a low voice.

The mysterious woman nodded silently, Li Wei didn't see her lips moving, but a calm and beautiful voice sounded in the room immediately.

"My name is Siegfried Ravenclaw, and the natives of the Rotten Swamp also call me the Crow Queen." She said, and at the same time lifted the hood, revealing a pale and delicate face with shawl-length hair and eyes Both have the same color as the night sky. "Leviston, I know you. You are the human lord in the north, the tribal leader with the Griffon banner flying above your head, and a true friend of the natives of the Rotten Swamp."

This kind of praise made Li Wei a little flattered, "Ms. Siegfried, please allow me to call you that, because your queen status has not been recognized by the human kingdoms." Li Wei's words obviously aroused everyone in the room. The crows were unanimously dissatisfied, the sound of flapping wings and hoarse shouts disappeared, and every pair of small black eyes looked at Li Wei, which even made the young lord feel a little pressure, but he insisted on speaking.

"I asked someone to investigate the things described in your prophecy. In an ancient document, I found that it is a terrible curse ritual that only the dead can perform. Ms. Higgfield, I want to know now, How much time do we have?"

"Master Leviston of the Griffin Tribe, if you fail to stop those undead before sunset tomorrow, the Rotten Swamp will usher in destruction, and your future will also be bleak."

The Black Crow Queen was expressionless, and her tone of answer was very firm, causing the leaders of the aboriginal tribe who followed Li Wei to exclaim in amazement.However, Li Wei didn't look surprised. He had already learned from Mr. Dish that although the preparations for this blasphemy ceremony, which combined alchemy and advanced undead magic, were very difficult, the thousands of intelligent beings mainly used for blood sacrifices were not It is easy to find, and the bone altar necessary for the ceremony also takes time to build.Once the conditions are met, it only takes a few hours of profane rituals to summon hundreds of stars burning with dark green light to descend from the sky.

The direct lethality of these planetesimals is not very terrible, and the landing point is uncontrollable, but their power is amazing. When they fall into the jungle, the forest will wither immediately; if they fall into the water source, the water source will immediately become highly poisonous.This toxin combines the curse power of undead magic and blasphemy rituals, it is very difficult to remove and purify, and the body is similar to some kind of living thing, which can reproduce and fission rapidly until it pollutes all the water sources it comes into contact with.

At that time, not only the Rotten Swamp, but also a third of the area south of the Dusk Forest will usher in the doomsday.

"Queen Black Crow, please guide us to the road to victory." Stiba said in a trembling voice, and at the same time bowed deeply to the black-haired girl, her face was covered by her messy hair like dry grass.

"Please guide us! Please guide us!" Every aboriginal tribal leader also bowed deeply, and Li Wei and the others who seemed to be standing there were a little abrupt.

"The one who can save the rotten swamp is not me, but the human beings standing among you." The Black Crow Queen said meaningfully, staring at Li Wei with her clear black eyes as deep and distant as the night sky, as if she could always See through Li Wei's heart.

"Ms. Sigfield, I am willing to dedicate all my strength to my friends in the Rotten Swamp." Levi lowered his eyes slightly, avoiding those black eyes with strange power, "But my strength alone is too much. It's too small, if you want to fight against the dead, you also need the friends of the Rotten Swamp to go all out."

"We are not afraid of death, but it is worthless not to want to die." The old and blind lizardman elder said, "Li Wei of the Griffin Tribe, I want to know what you plan to do."

"The army of undead creatures is huge and invincible. This has been clearly shown in yesterday's battle. Although you fought hard and were not afraid of sacrifices, the undead creatures that can be wiped out are only a negligible small part. Instead, they got enough blood and killings to become an important part of the blasphemy ceremony." Li Wei's words were very pertinent, taking into account the faces of the aborigines who had suffered a disastrous defeat in yesterday's battle, and made the tribal leaders nod repeatedly. Say yes.

"Now our soldiers are only half of what they were before yesterday's battle, and many of them are more or less injured." A wolf-headed leader who looked very rough said that his right eye seemed to have been injured a long time ago. He was severely injured, leaving only a blood-red scar, and the remaining left eye took the place of the other buddy's duty, revealing double the ferocity. "Li Wei of the Griffin Tribe, do you mean that you and the two humans behind you can make up for half of the gap in our lost troops?"

"This is the leader of the Flesh-Splitting Tribe, One-Eyed Bau. The Flesh-Splitting Tribe has been fighting bravely on the front line yesterday. When retreating, he was in charge of cutting off the rear, causing great damage." Stiba introduced to Li Wei in a low voice.

"Chief Bau, I pay tribute to your bravery. Even if I bring thousands of troops this time, I will not do better than the native warriors. Because their equipment and training are not suitable for fighting in the swamp. .” Li Wei kowtowed to the one-eyed wolf-headed man, and the leader of Bawu showed a proud expression on his face, and returned the bowing etiquette of the swamp tribe.

"That's right, when fighting in the swamp, one werewolf can fight three alien humans!" Worf leader of the Sharp Tooth Tribe said, patting his chest.

"However, once outside the swamp, a tin man riding an iron horse can drive a whole group of werewolves back with their tails between their legs." The Gala leader of the Grayscale Tribe immediately added in a strange manner.

"The advantage of undead creatures lies in the huge number, and they never get tired, and they can launch a continuous full-force attack. But we will be injured and tired. Whether it is offensive or defensive, there is no way to continue to compete with undead creatures." Li Wei said When he got here, he paused for a moment, staring at the faces of every aboriginal leader with piercing eyes, and when he spoke next, his voice was full of fighting spirit.

"We can't engage in a tug-of-war with undead creatures, because that's their advantage and our disadvantage. We must find the weakness of the undead creatures and attack with thunder, so that we can win in one fell swoop."

"What are the weaknesses of undead creatures?" This question made the aborigine leaders look at each other and fell silent, because they were afraid that they would be ridiculed if they were the first to say the wrong thing, and they would even be called an insulting nickname. Be ridiculed for a lifetime.

Li Wei waited patiently for their answers. This might be an opportunity to expel the shadow of failure in their hearts, and it was a good way to reinvigorate their courage.

Perhaps because he already had a bad enough nickname, the leader of the fish-head tribe, the stinky fish, didn't care much about it, so he was the first to break the silence. "Undead creatures are very troublesome. They don't need to eat or breathe. Even if they are dragged into deep water, they can still fight tenaciously. Many fish-headed people died in this way."

His words were simply talking about the strengths of the undead creatures rather than the weaknesses, and there was already a low sneer from the side.But the leader of the stinky fish didn't care, but insisted on talking.

"But among them, the largest number of skeletons and zombies are very slow, and once they are dragged down the quagmire, although they will not die because of this, it will take a long time to climb back to the shore. As for the wraiths , vampires, and the most terrifying death knights, they are rare in number, we can completely rely on terrain and numbers to deal with them."

"The stinky fish is right! The stinky fish revealed the weakness of the undead creatures." Several voices shouted.

"But we cannot use these to win," said the blind lizardman elder.

"No, this is indeed the key to victory." Li Wei said, and then waved to the leader Wolf and the leader Gala who were kicking each other with small movements, "Stop for a moment, remember the time in the ruins of the tower , how did those undead creatures get wiped out?"

"Aww..." Leader Worf touched his furry head and recalled, "I remember that the tower suddenly collapsed, and then all the undead creatures lost their power, and were killed by our heroic wolf head." People are easily wiped out."

"The wolf head saw the bones, so of course he has a desperate heroism." The leader of Gala rolled his yellow eyes, "If it weren't for the frightening cold there, we lizardmen have the urge to hibernate, maybe we don't need it." Wait until the tower falls."

"The tower collapsed because we destroyed the altar that the Lich used to control the undead creatures, and when the altar was destroyed, the huge army of undead creatures became a mess, and they even attacked each other." Li Wei said decisively, " This is the biggest weakness of undead creatures, as long as we can attack this weakness, we can win tomorrow's counterattack!"

"The altar that controls the undead must be in a heavily guarded place, how do we destroy it?" asked the blind lizardman elder.

"This requires the weakness of the slow movement of undead creatures mentioned by the leader of the fish head people." Li Wei gestured with his hand while explaining, "Tomorrow's counterattack will be divided into two groups, and the one on the frontal battlefield will gather At present, all the forces launch a feint attack to attract the attention of the undead creatures, and then fight and retreat to attract them to leave the bone tower of the Black Crow Tribe. The other way is the elite raid team, taking this opportunity to forcibly raid the center of the dead, Destroy that tower, and at the same time destroy the altar that controls the undead."

"It's too risky. If the raid team doesn't destroy the Bone Tower in time, or the altar to control the undead creatures is not in the tower, we will experience a more miserable failure than yesterday." The blind lizardman elder He shook his head and said.

"Undead creatures move slowly, and even if they find that the situation has changed, it is not so easy to return in time." Li Wei said, "As for whether the altar to control undead creatures exists in the tower of bones, it doesn't matter, the bones are high." The tower is an important part of the blasphemy ceremony, as long as the tower is destroyed, it will destroy the plan of the deceased to poison and rot the swamp." When the young lord said this, his expression became solemn.

"The human river has also been preserved, so it won't be poisoned, right?" The blind lizardman elder shook the wooden staff in his hand and said sarcastically. "Using the blood of aboriginal warriors to protect the interests of mankind is not a good choice."

Several aboriginal leaders whispered and cast distrustful eyes on Li Wei, but the young lord accepted it frankly, without any change in expression. "But we have no choice. This is the only chance to change Ms. Siegfried's dire prediction." Levi told him calmly, "I will join the raid team and undertake the most dangerous mission in this counterattack."

"Wolf of the Tooth Tribe will go with Levi of the Griffin Tribe," said the leader of Wolf, raising a furry paw.

"Stiba of the Black Crow Tribe is the same as last time, accompanying the Griffin to welcome the victory together." Then the voice of the old hag Stiba rang out.

"Gala from the Grayscale Tribe is going too, it won't be so cold this time, right?" The Gala leader blinked a pair of small yellow eyes, and there was even a bit of excitement in his expression.

Another voice sounded, it was Bawu from the Flesh Tribe, followed by a fifth voice.Every tribal leader agreed with Li Wei's strategy. Only the blind lizardman elder had an expression of disbelief on his face. He murmured and wanted to say something, but finally bowed his head powerlessly.

"In order to protect our homeland, every aborigine is willing to sacrifice his life." The Black Crow Queen said in a concluding tone, while standing up, the black cloak suddenly raised with her movements, like a black wings fluttered behind him. "All the tribes of the Rotten Swamp will fight together with the Griffon tribe, from today to tomorrow, until death. I will also lead the Black Raven Witch to attack in person, crows, convey my meaning to everyone In the ears of the aboriginal fighters, cheer up their morale and prepare for tomorrow's big counterattack!"

Following the order of the Black Crow Queen, the big crows let out a few short screams, and then the sound of flapping their wings was endless. The black wings that filled the whole room flew outward quickly, and soon there was a burst of noise from outside. Cheers and roars like landslides and tsunamis.

"The Black Crow Queen has heralded victory for us!"

"The native tribes of the Rotten Swamp will defeat those enemies!"

"Levi of the Griffin Tribe! We will fight with you!"

(End of this chapter)