Heart of the Castle

Chapter 503 Frustrating the sneak attack and rushing back
The name he got from Earl Gregor was completely beyond Li Wei's expectations. The impact was like a blow to the head, making the young Griffon Lord stagger back a few steps dizzily, and his face suddenly turned extremely pale.

"Raul Adams? How could it be him? He is the younger brother of His Majesty the King, and his status in the kingdom is extremely respected. Moreover, his life is extravagant and absurd, and he often finds excuses not to attend even court meetings..." Li Wei Wei asked in disbelief, "Is there anything else he has to grab in his hands?"

"Of course it's the uncomfortable-looking golden throne." Mr. Dish raised his eyebrows, but there was no expression of surprise on his face, "That chair can make brothers fight each other with swords, and father and son can turn against each other. It is not uncommon in the history of the kingdom, Master Li Wei, don't forget how our Dragon King got the throne."
Sir Rodriguez also nodded, and added his own opinion: "Duke Raul is definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface. His mansion accommodated many knights who were physically disabled due to the war. These people are loyal to him. Geng Geng, and trained him a mansion guard of considerable quantity and quality. Would a prodigal duke who only thinks about wine and beauties spend a lot of energy and money on these things? Knights are always the most expensive luxury The value of a weapon made by a dwarf blacksmith or a set of knight armor is enough to exchange for jewelry that will make ten beauties break their faces."

"Then we must return to the capital as soon as possible, and expose this huge conspiracy before the worst possible outcome." Li Wei thought about it, speaking slowly and with a heavy tone, "Since Grand Duke Raul is The mastermind of the whole conspiracy, there can be only one accomplice, and now Firmeyer’s wealthy nobles probably can’t trust even one, including the head eunuch who provided us with false information. Fortunately, His Majesty Arthur XII’s His whereabouts have not been revealed to anyone, only Marquis Osiris and Baron Hughes know where he is."

"Master Li Wei is right, we should return to the capital as soon as possible." Mr. Dish nodded affirmatively, "The matter of the Earl of the Magic Mountain has come to light. After all, a dead person cannot betray the kingdom, and the most suspicious person, He must be the one with the best hope of commanding the Knights of Death after the death of the Lord of the Mountain."

"Then I'm afraid we'll have to ask Count Gregor himself again," suggested Sir Rodriguez. "He should know the people who may succeed the head of the Death Knights best."

Li Wei turned his head and looked at the Earl of the Magic Mountain standing motionless in front of him with a stiff and pale face, "Earl Gregor, please try your best to recall who can take over as the head of the Death Knights after you disappear or die." job?"

"The head of the Death Knights has always been the only descendant of the Gregor family, but I have not held the blood inheritance ceremony, so I have no descendants." Earl Gregor's tone was still rigid, but when he answered, he did not There was no hesitation. "As for the candidates who can temporarily act as the head of the Death Knights, there are four in total, but now there are only three."
"One person is missing, why?" Li Wei asked.

"The right wing of Death, the captain of the special operations team, the title knight James died in the dusk forest a few months ago."

This sentence brought back memories that Li Wei had almost forgotten, "The title is James?" His eyes flickered, "Is it a person who uses a black long sword and has a fighting spirit that tends to be dark?"

"That's right," Count Gregor replied simply.

"It turns out that the robbers encountered in the Dusk Forest were the special operations team of the Death Knights. I'm afraid the Kingdom Mission was also destroyed because of this." Li Wei clenched his fists, trying to calm down his agitated mood.His neck was stiff with anger, and it took him a while to continue to ask, "Who is the person who poisoned you? Is he one of the remaining three?"

This question caused Earl Gregor to fall into silence again, "I don't know." He shook his head expressionlessly, "I always drink, and I drank some that day. The wine I drank was made by Iron Rock City. The only people who can poison the wine are my subordinates, but I don't know who it is."

A burst of noise came faintly, it sounded as if someone was roaring loudly, the horn was blowing wildly and quickly, the horses neighed mournfully, and at the same time, it was mixed with the clang of weapons clashing with each other.

"What happened outside?" Li Wei suddenly woke up from his own thoughts, "Sir Rodriguez, let's go out and have a look."

Sir Rodriguez nodded in agreement, then pulled out the star iron greatsword, and quickly returned along the road into the catacombs.They have accelerated their pace as much as possible, but when Sir Rodriguez rushed to the entrance of the ruined tower, it has become a battlefield.

The number of enemies attacked was large, and their equipment and strength were elite. They entered Iron Rock City through some hidden passages, almost catching the Griffin Knights and Orc Warriors by surprise.However, in order to avoid being discovered by Li Wei and others, these attackers hid in a secret camp far away from Iron Rock City. County intelligence.

It is conceivable that when the first attackers who rushed out of the secret passage discovered that what they were facing was not a dozen or so unprepared knights, but a group of sturdy orcs over two meters tall. The look of astonishment and bewilderment.For a moment, these attackers even thought that they had gone to the wrong place and got into some orc tribe.But their doubts didn't last long, because the orcs immediately let out a roar full of joy after discovering these sneaky guys with black cloths on their faces, who seemed to have bad intentions.

"Enemy, the enemy is coming! Wow!"

"Smash it flat, chop it up!"

The leader of the strong pig was the only orc who remained awake and did not fall completely into a battle frenzy. He opened his mouth amidst a burst of noise, and his voice suppressed the roar of all the orcs.
The roar made those orc warriors who were about to pounce on them regain some sobriety. They panted heavily, their eyes still flashed with bloodthirsty longing, but they stopped after all.The leader of the strong pig took a step forward, pointed to his nose with a finger as thick as a carrot, and then pointed to those guys in black clothes and said, "We, Lord Big Bird's men, are you?"

What answered him was the silent attack launched by the attackers. Several attackers raised their poisoned hand crossbows and fired at the leader of the strong pig. Several poisoned arrows bounced away after making a slight impact on the thick sheet metal armor. But two of them found the gap in the armor and pierced deeply.

"Ha, I knew it wasn't!" The leader of the strong pig muttered happily. The unique blood of the orc made him ignore the poisonous arrows as if they were mosquito bites. Then he opened his bloody mouth and let out a deafening roar.

"Waaagh—!!!"

This roar evoked the fury hidden deep in the blood of all the orc roaring warriors, "Waaagh——!!!" The corresponding roar sounded from all directions, whether it was the guards on the city wall who were waiting in full force, or just now. The orcs who crawled out of the house all opened their mouths at the same time.

"Waaagh—!!!"

Then those unfortunate raiders finally got an important knowledge about the orcs, and that is to stay out of the way of the orcs charging after the roaring warrior uttered "Waaagh-!!!", however this Knowledge they get too late.The leader of the strong pig rushed over like an out-of-control bull, ignoring the daggers stabbing at him, grabbed the heads of the two attackers at once, and then slammed into each other fiercely.

Accompanied by two screams, the terrifying sound of skulls shattering sounded. The leader of the strong pig dropped two corpses that were smashed from the chin up, let out a frightening cry, and continued to rush towards the other attackers, followed by more than a dozen An almost equally ferocious orc roaring warrior.The attackers at the front were torn to pieces almost instantly by the orcs who swooped in, and the strong bloody smell immediately filled the night sky of Iron Rock City.

"Damn the gods, how come there are so many orcs under Levi Stone's men?" In the secret passage of Iron Rock City, a leader of the attackers wearing a black iron ring armor and a short sword on his waist yelled angrily. stand up.

"Brothers, you can't get out!" Another leader ran back from the front, with a nervous expression on his face, and the black cloth covering his face was soaked with sweat. "The entrance of the cave was sealed by those damned orcs. One of our people was hacked to death every time they went up."

"Idiots, what are those poisonous crossbows assigned to you?" The leader of the attackers who spoke first obviously had a higher status, gritted his teeth and growled, "Shoot those guys, don't begrudge the crossbow arrows, shoot them all to death!"

"I've used it a long time ago, but it's useless. The orcs are not afraid of the poison on the crossbow bolts at all." The leader replied. "The orcs are all wearing thick armor. Damn the gods. It's even better than the standard armor of the Death Knights. Most of the crossbows can't shoot through the armor, and the few that can shoot through the gaps in the armor make those orcs look like It was pulled out like a wooden thorn.”

"Orcs are naturally highly resistant to poison, and every soldier in Xifeng County knows this." The third leader explained from the side,

"All those who have the title of knight gather together, and then rush out together to force those orcs back." The leader with a higher status said, "Our people are several times more than them, as long as we can surround those orcs, it is not a problem to deal with them." question."

"I want to send you to death!" The third leader spat angrily to the side, "Do you want us to use short swords to fight those wild beasts with great swords and axes? High-ranking knights who are not fully armed lead the charge. There is no way to force these orcs back!"

"Then go out from other places! There are many secret passage exits under Iron Rock City. As long as we can bury Li Weiston and his subordinates here, these secrets will not be exposed." The leader with a higher status said. , drew out the dagger at his waist and pointed it at the other two leaders. "You each lead a team, and I lead a team, and rush out from the other three exits at the same time. Our daggers can't deal with those orcs. That's right, then open the city gate and let our cavalry deal with them!"

A few minutes later, the orc warriors who were happily playing the game of "Gopher in Black" at the secret passage found that more attackers in black appeared from other places, and all of them were equipped with short swords. And hand crossbows, several times the number of orc warriors, occupied a favorable terrain as soon as they appeared, and surrounded them.

But for the orc warriors, being surrounded only means that there are enemies who can be beaten violently. They were all so happy that they were going crazy, facing the heavy rain of crossbow arrows, while roaring, they rushed fiercely towards those assailant.

A leader of the attackers led a dozen of his men to take advantage of the chaos and rushed towards the gate of Iron Rock City, intending to open the gate and let in the cavalry troops on his side.They thought they would see a broken door panel that could be easily opened, but when they finally arrived there, what they saw was that the entire doorway was filled with large and small stones.

"What's going on here?" The leader of the attackers scratched his head in doubt. "There is no trace of damage to the gate. How did these people get in? Could it be that they grew wings and flew in?"

A clear cry came from overhead, and then a dozen griffins descended from the sky, their wings sparked a gust of wind, and before the terrified attackers could react, they were engulfed in a sea of ​​sharp claws and sharps. Among the pecks.

Although the plan to open the city gate failed, the number of attackers entering Iron Rock City through secret passages continued to increase. They rushed out from several secret passage exits, one after another, almost endless.Since hand crossbows and short swords were found to be insignificant to orc warriors, subsequent attackers were equipped with more powerful battle axes and crossbows, which caused casualties among orc warriors and griffin knights.

The exit of the catacombs happened to be not far from a passageway through which the attackers entered Iron Rock City, so the battle nearby was also extremely fierce. More than a dozen roaring orc warriors and griffin knights fought side by side, forming a team of two-handed giant swords and battle axes. The strong embankment resisted the attackers coming up wave after wave like ocean waves.

They fought very bravely. There were dozens of mutilated corpses under their feet. The attackers who surrounded them did not dare to approach here casually, and could only use their crossbows to shoot crossbow arrows at them from a distance.

This happens to be the Achilles' heel of Li Wei's subordinates. Whether it is the roaring orc warrior or the griffin knight, they are all experts in close combat, but they are somewhat weak in long-range attacks.Although the Griffin Knights fought back with their bows and arrows, their numbers were far from those of the attackers. The hiss of crossbow arrows piercing the wind filled the air, and several wounded soon appeared.

Sir Rodriguez rushed out of the passageway of the catacombs first, and several crossbow bolts were shot at him. With a flash of dark sword light, these crossbow bolts were cut into two pieces and fell down.But before Sir Rodriguez could move, more crossbow arrows flew over like irritated wasps, each of which contained the unique power of a crossbow. Although Sir Rodriguez was not afraid, But in order to guard the entrance of the underground passage, he was firmly restrained.

Li Wei then boarded the entrance of the passage, and after observing for a while, he couldn't help but feel deeply worried about the battle situation in front of him.Those attackers using crossbows occupied a favorable terrain, and the crossbow arrows were fired in a hurry, but Li Wei's side didn't have a good way. Due to the long distance, it was very difficult to counterattack with fireball.

If the battle situation in the ruins of the Black Tower of the Dead is still a stalemate, the battle situation in other parts of Iron Rock City is already in jeopardy.When the number of crossbows reached a certain level, the griffin troops in the air could no longer approach the ground to attack casually, and were forced to fly high. Under the command of the leader of the strong pig, the warriors had formed a tight battle formation and launched continuous charges towards the attackers, but each time they were repelled by the dense crossbow arrows, and there were many casualties; The attackers had already gained the absolute upper hand, and they were even able to free up some of their manpower to remove the stones filling the city gate. People shouted and horses neighed outside the city, obviously more enemies were gathering, once the city gate If it is opened, Li Wei and his men will surely face a real catastrophe.

"The Lord of the Magic Mountain." A dry and hoarse voice came from beside him, and Li Wei turned his head to look, and saw a tall figure staggering out of the hole behind him, wearing rusty ancient armor , with shriveled muscles clinging to a thick skeleton, hair like dry straw, and deep-set eye sockets burning with dark green undead flames.Li Wei recognized that this was one of the dead from the Magic Mountain who knelt down to him, so he nodded to him.

"Those are... enemies?" The deceased turned his head stiffly and looked at the attackers who were firing crossbow bolts.

"Although I still don't know the identities of those guys, they must be enemies." Li Wei replied.

"Lord of the Devil Mountain, we are the sharpest battle axes in your hands and the strongest shields in front of you." The deceased said firmly, "The enemy of the Lord of the Devil Mountain is our enemy! Let us Fight for you!" He raised the double-edged battle ax high in his hand, and shouted loudly, "The black people will stand forever, and the dead will not die!"

"Follow the blood alliance, and you will be revived!" Countless voices converged into thunderous roars, sweeping out from the catacombs, and then heavy footsteps sounded. He strode out, facing the flying crossbow arrows, and rushed towards the attackers!

(End of this chapter)