Heart of the Castle

Chapter 475 Griffin Elite, Sweeping Demons

The team stopped immediately, and the Griffin Knights carefully lowered their bodies to hide the reflections on the shields and armor. The two royal attendants put down the stretcher with the lightest movement, and then used their bodies to block the front.Everyone listened, but heard nothing.The shadows of the trees on both sides of the road ahead were swaying, and there was a deep silence in the forest. Except for the rustling of the branches and leaves in the wind, everything seemed extremely peaceful. Even the wolves that often came out at night did not howl.

The Marquis of Osiris came forward quietly, and stood side by side with Li Wei, his eyes gleaming sharply under the moonlight, "How many demon troops are there?" There was a trace of coldness in his voice, Li Wei Seeing that the pair of magical epees known as the wrath of nature have been tightly held in the hands of the elves.

"I don't know the exact number yet, but the scale should be less than [-], mainly the little devils." Li Wei shook his head and said, and then added, "The moon is too bright tonight, and the griffins can't get too close to it, otherwise it will be easy be noticed."

"A thousand little demons, kill them all..." Marquis Osiris' voice suddenly stopped, and then he let out a light, inaudible sigh.As the symbol of the highest military force in the Kingdom of Arthur, although the Sky Knight is not arrogant, at least he will not regard the little devil as a real opponent, no matter how many there are.

But now he felt his own weakness, and the trauma that the Lord of Darkness gave him was more serious than it seemed.Under the terrifying impact of hundreds of tons of obsidian, Marquis Osiris' bones were broken in several places immediately, and even the seeds of battle qi were shaken.Although Marquis Osiris' physical injuries have basically healed after the priest's magical treatment, he still feels a dull pain in the place where the bones were broken during strenuous exercise, and fatal stagnation often occurs when fighting energy is running.Thousands of little demons were no longer a force he could fight against now, and this sense of powerlessness made Marquis Osiris taste bitter.

Suddenly, there was a faint noise in the wind, like the scream of a frightened animal, accompanied by wild laughter and cheers, but when everyone held their breath, it might be because the wind direction was deflected, and they Perhaps due to an illusion, those voices disappeared without a trace.

Li Wei frowned and thought, his eyes shone strangely in the night, and there were no hostile creatures in the field of vision of the probing technique.Although in the contest with the deceased, Li Wei learned that the detection technique is not omnipotent, but he does not believe that those little devils can have the magical means to block the detection technique.

The honking of the griffin sounded again, this time farther away from the group, and it seemed to be coming from the front right.Li Wei made an appearance of carefully identifying the meaning contained in the tweet, and then the expression on his face relaxed slightly.

"The devil's camp has been discovered. It's a village, about a few kilometers away. If we're careful, we can go around the woods without disturbing any enemies..." Li Wei pointed to the front and made his own gesture. suggestion.

Marquis Osiris looked in the direction pointed out by the Griffon Lord, carefully examining the woods beside Guangyao Avenue.It was rough everywhere, the winding path was extremely narrow, barely allowing two people to pass side by side, and in some places the thorns and bushes had blocked the path; trickling streams flowed through the forest, reflecting the silvery moonlight, Pieces, tree roots and puddles can be seen everywhere, and the night wind blows the shadows of the trees to shake, looking like hideous ghosts ready to attack pedestrians at any time.

"No, it's too difficult to walk in the woods. I'm afraid there's no way to ensure the stability of the stretcher. If you stumble and fall..." Marquis Osiris shook his head, "Master Li Wei, we must go along the main road, which may seem stupid. Yet it is the only way to ensure the safety of His Majesty the King."

"I was negligent." Li Wei nodded in agreement with the judgment of the sky knight. In fact, the alchemy fighters can carry the stretcher smoothly through the woods, because they will not be negligent, let alone make mistakes, but this is not something that can be announced reason. "About a thousand little devils..." Li Wei was thinking, silver-white flames faintly glowing in his eyes, shining like burning stars, "Cooperating with the surprise attack of the Griffin Air Force, we should be able to take it down smoothly!"

The team moved on, this time much more cautiously.Ten minutes later, there was a flickering fire not far ahead, and Li Wei once again gestured for the team to stop. "Ten people, five on the left and five on the left and right, scout the formation." His voice of issuing orders was as low as a whisper, and even the keen hearing of Marquis Osiris could barely catch it.Sky Knight originally thought that it would be difficult for the Griffin Knights to carry out this order, but then he was surprised to see ten Griffin Knights break away from the spindle formation, lower their bodies, and use the cover of the roadside bushes to move towards the place where the fire shines. Advance silently.

Li Wei also lowered his body and moved forward. After walking a few steps, Marquis Osiris followed up, "I'll go with you." The sky knight whispered.Li Wei nodded towards him, and then continued to explore the way forward cautiously.

The more Marquis Osiris walked forward, the more surprised he was, because the performance of the Griffin Knight was simply incredible.The heavy swords and armor these knights were equipped with were all forged from the finest steel, and their craftsmanship was not inferior to that of a master dwarf blacksmith, but the weight that came with it was also astonishing enough.This team was supposed to be very unsuitable for stealthy operations, but when they walked through the forest full of obstacles, they didn't make any sound.There was no trampling on even the thinnest twigs, and no rattling sound of metal armor shaking. The movements were slow and precise, and the posture of advancing cautiously was like a pack of wolves in a hunting activity.

Many elite knight troops, such as the Knights of Ashes, can instill discipline deep into the bones of each member, even in the face of death, they will not waver in the slightest, but the knights who are good at stealth operations and sneak attacks... this is still the Marquis of Osiris The first time I saw it in the human kingdom.Seeing those silently advancing figures, he even had an illusion that he was not surrounded by knights from the Kingdom of Arthur, but among a group of elf rangers.

In front, several tall trees with dense branches and leaves are closely connected to form a natural barrier, and the firelight is transmitted from behind.Li Wei and Marquis Osiris came to the back of the tree, crouched down, and looked inside through the gaps in the branches.

This is a small village. If you count the villagers' meeting hall in the center, there are more than 20 large and small wooden houses.Perhaps because it was in a peaceful environment, the village's defense measures were not in place. The height of the wall protecting the village was only about two meters, which seemed to be able to block the attacks of some wild animals at most.Now the village paid dearly for their negligence, as the imp scaled the wall without difficulty, and then wiped out all the inhabitants of the entire village.

Perhaps in order to hide their whereabouts, the demon army did not burn the village as usual. Most of the houses were well preserved, and there was even a faint light from the fire in the crack of the door.A few piles of bonfires were set up in the open space of the village. The fires were not very strong, and there were rough iron pots on them. A few little devils were busy in front of the bonfires, stuffing things into them to stew from time to time. The pungent low-quality spirits, The stewed meat accompanied by the choking sulfur smell wafted around, causing Marquis Osiris to frown in disgust.

They listened quietly, hoping to get some information from the little devil's words, but they were soon disappointed.Because as the lowest-level army among the demons, the little demons are really not very intelligent, and most of the conversations have nothing to do with the movements of the demon army.

"The leader asked, are there any traces of humans?" A shrill voice asked rudely.

"Stupidly waiting for a long time, we are here. Humans don't have one, and they eat a lot of fart." The little devil who was acting as a sentinel at the entrance of the village replied.

"I'm very hungry, eat, eat, I want it!" A little devil leaned closer to the pot, sniffing the hot steam from the pot greedily, with saliva flowing out from the corner of his cracked mouth.

"I'm cold, I want wine, spicy and stinky wine!" Another little devil muttered.

"Shut up all of you! The leader eats first and drinks first. The leader is angry and stews you all in. The little devil who is the cook cursed angrily, waved the long-handled spoon in his hand, and beat every paw that came over. go back.

This threat was obviously strong enough, and the little devils sat back silently, staring at the pot with greedy eyes. If their eyes were able to eat, the bonfire under the pot would not be left.

Li Wei counted silently. There were about 200 little devils sleeping outside, and their vigilance was weak. Most of them were curled up next to the campfire and fell asleep, snoring; Steel Fork, standing under the shadow of the fence, dozed off little by little.Li Wei was surprised at the beginning that he didn't see any traces of the Horned Demon and other demons. When he thought about how these little demons crossed the Silver Frost Mountains, his doubts disappeared.

Obviously, the Winged Demon has no way to bring the bulky Horned Demon or Cerberus over from the air. There should be at most a big demon with weak combat power such as the Winged Demon Annihilator as the leader.

Since this is the case, then...destroy them.

Li Wei made up his mind and raised an arm to give an order, but Marquis Osiris hurriedly grabbed his wrist and shook his head at him.

"No, there are only twelve people here, it's too risky." Marquis Osiris approached Levi's ear and said, "We'd better join up with the team led by Sir Rodriguez first."

"They're up there." Li Wei pointed to the sky above, "The Griffon troops are with them. Once we start fighting here, they will fall from the sky and join the battle."

"How do you know they can join in time?" Marquis Osiris looked at Li Wei with piercing eyes, a stern expression that had never appeared on the face of an elf, "You only have ten ordinary knights under your command, and I can't show my strength right now." Once all the power falls into the siege of thousands of little demons... we bear the safety of His Majesty the King, we must not take any risks."

"I can't tell you the reason, but I can guarantee that these demons will be wiped out here, in the name of the Griffin Lord and the Dawn of the North." Li Wei looked at the elf without flinching, his eyes were as firm as a rock, The Sky Knight, who was used to seeing all kinds of firm eyes, was slightly surprised, "The Griffon troops will join the battle in time." The young Griffin Lord announced.

However, the elf still refused to let go of his arm, "What I need is not a guarantee, but the facts I see." Marquis Osiris then whispered the creed of the Knights of the Iron Guard, "Take loyalty as a wife, and take responsibility as your wife." As a son, I swear to defend my king, even if I am turned into ashes, I will die without regret. Knights of the iron guard value honor more than life, but compared with the safety of His Majesty, all honors are insignificant."

"The Griffon troops will join the battle in time." Li Wei repeated this sentence again, and what made Marquis Osiris's face stiff was that this time the Griffon Lord did not lower his voice, and the sonorous words were like a sharp sword cutting through the tranquility The night sky, "Because, they have come!"

Li Wei's voice naturally alarmed the demon troops in the village, and the little demons who heard the sound immediately became agitated. Some little demons immediately got up, holding steel forks in their hands, and looked around with red eyes; Then ran towards the wooden shack, screaming piercingly as he ran.

"People are coming, there are voices nearby, they are coming!"

The most spacious wooden building in the center of the village - it should be the so-called villagers' meeting room - there was an earth-shattering roar from inside, and then the two wooden doors were slammed open from the inside out, and the shattered sawdust was like a shower General Feisa, and half of the roof were violently overturned. "Where are those weak humans? Master Baipa will tear them to pieces!"

"There is actually a horned demon warlord... Well, how did such a huge body climb over the steep cliffs of the Silver Frost Mountains?" Li Wei shrugged and said, "I have to admit, I really didn't expect this guy to come here. to here."

"After the battle, you must give me a reasonable explanation! Lord Li Wei!" Marquis Osiris gave Li Wei a stern look, and the two magical epees slid out of the scabbard behind them with a pleasant clanging sound, and then emerald green The fighting spirit light flickered.

However, the next moment, the elf, who was about to commit himself to a bitter battle, suddenly found that he could not find any enemies in front of him.Dozens of griffins flapped their wings and swooped down from the sky in turn, and the copper whistles tied to their paws let out bursts of breathtaking screams.The little elf sitting on the back of the griffin smiled strangely, screamed, and smashed the smoke bombs in his hand like hailstones, each of which burst into a dazzling fire in the village; the whole village was violently In front of the offensive, it had already turned into a sea of ​​flames. The black smoke rolled up the wind and the flames were several meters high. Sparks sprayed into the night sky; many little devils who were directly hit by the smoke bullets were thrown into the air, and when they fell, they had already turned into countless stumps and pieces of flesh.

Such a sudden and terrible blow immediately brought the morale of the demon troops to the bottom.The Horned Demon Warlord Baipa was not as lucky this time as the one in Mine Pit Village. Although he escaped a trial of fate, the thread of life was cut off in this unnamed village, and his huge body suffered from the first round of bombing Several smoke bombs were fired, and they were blown to pieces immediately.

The first round of smoke bombs was thrown with the village council hall as the central target, completely blowing up that building into ruins, and several nearby houses were also on fire, and there were bursts of tragic howls inside. .The other Winged Demons hurriedly left the wooden house that was about to become a place of death, spread their wings in a hurry, and started a fierce battle with the griffin troops in the air.

The Winged Demon looks like a big black monkey with a hunched waist, but only half of its head looks like an ape, and the other half has the characteristics of a squashed hyena.The claws and teeth of this demon are sharp enough to tear through ordinary iron chain mail or studded leather armor, and then inject a powerful paralyzing poison into the victim's body.They are the eyes and ears of the demon army in the air, and they are also the natural enemies of the cavalry, because the horses are more vulnerable to these demons from the air than the defensive infantry.Only a well-established archer unit can make these guys feel scruples.

However, this time, the Winged Demon encountered a natural enemy that was more terrifying than the archers - the griffin with sharp eagles and strong limbs. No more trouble than dealing with a real monkey or hyena.However, the claws and teeth of the Winged Demons can rarely catch the body of the Griffon. Before that, they had to bear the bullets fired by the little monsters with their homemade muskets. After the master's adjustment, at least the blasting aspect has been greatly improved.The one-sided battle lasted only a few minutes, and all the Winged Demons that took off lost their lives.

The death of the leader made the demon army even more chaotic. The little demons who managed to escape from the fire and explosion were frightened. Some ran around like headless chickens; The other threw down the steel fork in his hand like crazy, and got into the shed that was not yet on fire to escape.These guys were finally burned to death in the raging fire. The fire-resistant properties of the purgatory demons did not save their lives, but made them suffer twice as much.

Only a few sane little devils jumped over the low wall and rushed into the vast darkness, but what greeted them was the sharp sword edge of the Griffin Knight.The pale green light of fanatical fighting spirit flashed in the dark forest from time to time, each time accompanied by a series of screams from demons.

With the help of Li Wei's probing technique and telepathic communication, none of the little devils could escape the interception of the Griffon Rider. When the last long scream sounded from the dense forest in the distance, the young Griffon Lord would drop blood The untouched knight's sword was sheathed, and then he spread his hands towards Marquis Osiris.

"They will be wiped out here, Marquis Osiris, do you have anything to explain to me just now?"

(End of this chapter)