Heart of the Castle

Chapter 510 Cruel conspiracy, deadly trap
Levi Stern walked alone on a narrow and rugged forest path. It seemed that a thin snow had just fallen not long ago. The road under his feet was slippery and muddy, and it was full of stones and tree roots; Shrubs grow, and behind them are countless tall oak trees and oak trees, standing upright like towering giants, with black thorns coiled around the trunk, looking like countless ferocious black snakes from a distance.

The sky was as dark as night, but Li Wei knew that it was noon. He didn't know how he knew it, but this thought still lingered.Thick dark clouds were pressing on the top of the head, and the air was filled with damp and cold water vapor, which made people feel extremely difficult to breathe. Li Wei continued to move forward with staggering steps. His mind seemed not very clear, and his thoughts were still unable to concentrate. I don't know where I'm going and what's going on there.

In fact, Li Wei didn't even know whether he was in a dream or not.He just vaguely remembered that he once escaped from a disaster, and then...then...

"Li Wei? Ston, why are you still confused?" A small voice sounded in his ear, as light as a raving.

"What... what should I do?" Li Wei asked in a daze.

"Revenge, of course, and you are fully capable of revenge." The voice continued, "You are the Guardian of the North, with the authority to command thousands of troops stationed on the Great Wall of Ice; you are the owner of the Castle Heart, with countless Qing’s powerful alchemy unit; you signed an alliance with the Beast King in Xifeng County, as long as you open the door of convenience, tens of thousands of orcs under him can also be used by you. You only need to move your fingers, and you can make those greedy and shameless kings If the nobles taste the pain of losing everything, they will be able to..."

"Enough!" Li Wei tried his best to suppress the association that voice evoked in his heart. The taste of revenge was too sweet, even if it was only in the illusion, he couldn't help but clench his teeth. "Shut up, whoever you are, leave me alone!" he yelled at the voice.

The voice let out a chuckle, then disappeared.

There was a burst of lightning and thunder rolling through the clouds in the sky, and a storm was coming.Li Wei looked forward in a daze. With the light of the lightning, he could see the path under his feet meandering and stretching into the depths of the forest. There was no end in sight. The road was surrounded by dark towering tree walls, surrounded by a vast darkness.The bushes stretched out their pale arms to him, pulling his cloak. Li Wei felt that he was trekking hard in a bottomless abyss full of horror. The feeling, with it, was a terrible, all-consuming restlessness.

A thunderbolt exploded above the head, and the lightning once again illuminated the ground transparently. Li Wei saw a figure in a black hooded cloak appearing very abruptly in front of him.He was riding a bony war horse, standing quietly, with a two-handed giant sword behind his back, only the hilt wrapped in linen strips slanted out of his shoulders.

Li Wei tried hard to see the rider's face clearly, but the sky was too dark, and the rider's hood was pulled down, so he could barely see the mottled and broken old armor on his body, the rider and his horse The horse was covered with gray mist, looking like a black ghost.

"Levi? Ston, stop, don't move forward." The man spoke, his voice was like howling the wind, stern but with a hint of concern.

"who are you?"

The man did not answer, and the surroundings were surrounded by silence. Li Wei could even hear the sound of the gurgling stream not far away, the whimpering wind echoed in the forest, and an unknown beast stepped lightly on the wet and soft ground covered with fallen leaves. , although the surroundings were shrouded in darkness without light, Li Wei felt an unusual sense of peace.

"Master Ston Knight, is that you?" Li Wei suddenly asked in an affirmative tone.

The man remained silent, but raised his hand holding the rein slightly, as if he wanted to touch something, but he forcibly held back.

"I have been waiting for you in front of the north gate for a long time, Sir Ston Knight..." Li Wei continued with a hoarse voice, "but I have not seen your figure until the Royal Capital Guards gathered more and more, and the Knights of Ashes I also rushed to the vicinity before I left with Baron Hughes."

"I know, but I can't come out." The man finally answered, and at the same time changed back to Li Wei's familiar voice. As he said, he reached out and lifted his hood.Just at this time, a flash of lightning flashed across the sky, and the dazzling electric light dispelled the darkness, making everything in front of us clearly visible.

Li Wei let out an exclamation of surprise, his gaze was suddenly dull, and even his hands couldn't help shaking. The Griffin Lord tried his best to restrain himself, his hands clenched into fists, and his teeth sank deep into the middle of his lower lip , can be regarded as trying to suppress the panic from the bottom of my heart.

"Your... head?"

Under Knight Ston's hood was a thick black mist, which faintly formed the phantom of his facial features. There was a sad smile on the corner of his mouth, and there seemed to be green flames burning in his eyes made of mist.

Li Wei suddenly realized something, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, and an unprecedented rage made his hair stand up. At that moment, apart from the word revenge, the young Griffon Lord Nothing remained in my mind. "Who is it?" His voice was frighteningly soft, and every word seemed to freeze a cluster of flames, containing deep-seated hatred like an iceberg on the verge of collapse. "Osiris? Or Reeves?"

"I've been dead for a long time, and died under the siege of the demon army, Li Wei, have you forgotten?" Knight Ston's voice was still calm as usual, which gradually calmed Li Wei's burning mood, "No one Being able to kill the dead again, if I am not worried about your safety, eternal sleep is a kind of salvation for me. So you don't have to lose your normal judgment because of me, this is not hatred."

"A sky knight? Right? Lord Ston?"

Li Wei's three consecutive inquiries were actually affirmative, which made Ston Knight show a half-relieved and half-embarrassed smile, "It seems that anger and hatred have not gone to your head, Li Wei." He finally Raising his hand, he habitually touched his chin made of smoke, "This makes me feel very relieved, I lent my head to Marquis Osiris, so that he will not become the next target of those conspiracies, by the way Skinning the Marquis's arm for interest. Li Wei, this is all my own decision, you can't go to the Marquis Osiris to settle accounts for this."

"I'm not afraid of confronting the Marquis of Osiris, even if he is a famous sky knight." Li Wei said firmly, "He may not have participated in the conspiracy, but if he hadn't blocked him, neither you nor the Griffin Knights would have Sacrifice, he must pay for what he did!"

"People who fulfill their duties should not be blamed." Knight Ston explained gently, "At that time, Marquis Osiris and I entered the king's bedroom at the same time, there was no one there except you and His Majesty the dying king, and your The long sword was out of its sheath, and the edge of the sword was stained with blood, if someone else saw this scene, I'm afraid they wouldn't think you were innocent, would they?"

"It was the Shadow Assassin who assassinated His Majesty the King." Li Wei growled a little irritably.

"I can trust you, but can Marquis Osiris trust you?" Knight Ston said, "And in the mind of Sky Knight, he just wants to keep you. It's not like you don't have the opportunity to defend yourself."

"Do I have that chance?"

"You haven't." Knight Ston shook his head, "But Marquis Osiris is also unaware of this."

"Is ignorance a reason for escaping punishment?" Another voice sounded from under Li Wei's feet. Li Wei lowered his head in surprise, and found that at some point, there was already a shadow at his feet.Shadow then wriggled and stood up, his flat body swelled up, and the color on his body gradually became brighter. When the changes finally stopped, Li Wei couldn't believe his eyes.

"Ston... my lord?"

There is no doubt that standing in front of him is also a Ston knight, but compared with the one wearing a black cloak and riding a skeleton horse, this Ston knight looks very embarrassed, his cloak is only left behind his shoulders There are a few remnants, the armor is covered with sword marks, and the dry black blood stains cover more than half of the griffin coat of arms on his chest... and his face... Li Wei couldn't look directly at the swollen and pale face. The wound almost cut off his neck completely, leaving only a little skin and tendons connected!

"Look at me, Li Wei!" Ston Knight, who had transformed from the shadow, said sharply, blood was flowing from his eyes, like red tears, "Promise me, revenge for me! Vengeance!"

"No, there is no hatred, only forgiveness." The voice of the first Ston knight was still gentle, "Levi, you must control your anger, anger is a roaring lion, hatred is a prairie fire, you must fight with the deepest Fight the lion and the fire, don't let them destroy all you hold dear."

"Those who betray the kingdom will definitely be punished!" The shadow-turned Knight Ston said forcefully. "The justice of vengeance no one can deny and prevent!"

"True, but let no innocent be hurt by it," said the first Ston knight. "The plotter cannot be forgiven, but he who is swayed by fear is forgiven."

"Coward!" The shadow-turned Ston Knight said viciously, "Ha, counterfeit, I can see your fear in your eyes, what are you afraid of? The one hidden behind the high wall of Firmeyer Those weak ones?"

"Only by fear can one be brave. There is no courage in those who have lost fear, only madness." The first Ston knight replied with a smile, "There are only a handful of human traitors behind the walls of the royal capital, and the vast majority All men are subjects of the kingdom."

"What should I do?" Li Wei felt that the words of the two Ston knights made sense. Although the suggestion of the Ston knight transformed by the shadow was more in line with his desire for revenge, he had a faint feeling that the first one What appeared was the real Ston Knight.

"You want revenge! The high-levels of the Kingdom of Arthur are already corrupt, and there are vicious nobles, incompetent ministers and shameless traitors everywhere. They are the dirt on the body of the kingdom, and they are rotten scars infected with disease! The heart of the castle chose you, it is the choice I have found a real king!" The knight Ston turned into a shadow showed a fanatical expression on his face, and his roar was like thunder rolling, shaking the sky and the ground. "With iron you shall cut away the sores, and with fire you shall burn away the dirt, and the wounds of the kingdom shall be purified in iron and fire! Then a true king shall sit on the golden throne!"

"You must always walk on the path of a true knight, be impartial, and abide by the precepts." The first Ston knight said, his voice was not particularly high-pitched, but the roar of the shadow could not suppress his voice, " Li Wei, do you still remember the content of the knight motto?"

"Of course..." Li Wei responded with some confusion, "Sweep away the darkness, have mercy on the weak, and have nothing to fear!" These words were like lightning flashing across the vast night, washing away the confusion from his heart and allowing his eyes to regain consciousness. Brightness was restored, "I see, Lord Ston, I know what to do!"

"Your decision, my way." The first Ston knight responded with a smile, "It was so in the past, and it is still in the present."

"No!" A roar sounded from behind, and the Ston Knight, who had been transformed into a shadow, became a shadow again, but this time his size became extremely large, and his body was always higher than the tallest oak tree. "It's me you should choose!" Two blood-red flames lit up on the head of the huge black shadow, and then the shadow stretched out its huge arms and grabbed Levi Ston, each finger as thick as a tree trunk.

"Don't even think about it." Knight Ston said, the iron giant sword of the stars was unsheathed loudly, and the light of the scourge fighting energy, as dark as a starless night, burned on the blade. "Master Li Wei, you should go back, leave this place to me, go, hurry up!"

When Xingchentie and Heiying rushed together, Li Wei heard a roar from the bottom of his heart, "Never! We will fight side by side!"

These words cut through the dark world like a sharp blade. The black shadow roared mournfully, while Knight Ston showed a gratified smile, and then everything disappeared without a trace. Levi Ston opened his eyes with a groan. What I saw at a glance was the dome of the tent reddened by the flames, and a beautiful and haggard face.

Li Wei collected himself before he remembered the owner of this face, "Hughes..." he said softly, his voice was so hoarse and broken that he was a little surprised.

"Your Majesty Viscount Li Wei, you are finally awake." Baron Hughes said in surprise, and then the face quickly disappeared from Li Wei's eyes, and soon appeared again, but this time there were a few more familiar faces.Levi recognized among them the kind and old Mr. Dish, the funny little monster leader Si'er, the rough-looking Dragoonsun, and the orc leader Zhuang Zhu who was far more rough than him.

"Where is...where?" Li Wei asked.

"A safe place." Mr. Dish replied, and at the same time summoned a white light of healing technique, covering Levi's body. "You have been in a coma for three days and three nights, Master Li Wei." He brought a white porcelain cup to Li Wei's mouth, which was half full of steaming green liquid, "Drink it, this is the essence of magic grass, It can quickly replenish your physical strength."

Li Wei took a sip, and the bitter taste immediately filled his mouth, almost numb his tongue, making his expression extremely tangled. "so bitter……"

"Yahan has a saying that a good medicine must be bitter enough to cure a disease." Mr. Dish said with a serious expression, but Li Wei seemed to find a smile in his eyes, but it disappeared in a flash, making people feel that It was an illusion.

Li Wei gritted his teeth and drank the glass down. Since his throat was so thirsty, it seemed that the drink was not so bitter.When he put down the cup, he felt that the dizziness and weakness were gradually leaving his body, so he supported his body with his hands and sat up.

"Steward Frederick, what happened to the situation in the capital while I was in a coma?"

The old butler pondered for a while, "Master Li Wei, the situation has become very complicated. On the day you came back, Philmeyer hastily held the funeral of Arthur XII and the enthronement ceremony of the new king. Now we have A new king, His Majesty Arthur XIII Ken Adams."

"Is it a king who has not been weaned for a long time?" Dragonson showed a ferocious smile unique to carnivorous beasts. "I heard that he couldn't even climb the golden throne, but was carried up by his mother—oh, His Majesty the Queen Mother."

"Then yesterday afternoon, Miss Fletcher sent a big crow to send the news that something happened at St. White Rock Castle." Mr. Dish continued, "The first branch of the Death Knights, the head of the first branch, Lord Owl-eyed Thomas Under the leadership of De Jansen, he took over the army there with the king's decree."

Li Wei frowned and thought, "The Earl of Ansair shouldn't hand over the command of the army so easily, unless..." Thinking of the relationship between the sword dancer and the powerful Grand Duke, Li Wei couldn't help but fell silent. A cloud of haze gathered between the brows.

"It's not what you imagined, Master Levi." Mr. Dish shook his head and said, "Earl Ansair didn't join forces with Grand Duke Raul and the others, but the Holy Light Knights of the Temple of Radiance opened the gate of the Holy White Stone Castle. The Knights of the Iron Guard and the Knights of Ashes all expressed their obedience to the king's order. Earl Ansair had no choice but to demand a duel in front of the gods to determine the final ownership of the command of the army of the Holy White Rock Castle. Madeleine Jansen's onslaught."

Li Wei was so surprised that he almost forgot to breathe. He stared blankly at Mr. Dish's mouth opening and closing, with an expression on his face as if he couldn't understand what he just heard, "Wait a minute, Mr. Frederick, what do you mean?" Say, Lord Ansair, he..."

"Master Levi, it's a pity." Mr. Dish lowered his eyes, the red light in the fire pit cast a sad shadow on his face, "In a duel before the gods, only one person usually survives, and Earl Ansair walked very bravely. "

(End of this chapter)