Heart of the Castle

Chapter 563 The camp was attacked, the emerald dragon

Li Wei only felt that his throat was dry, and he didn't need a mirror at all to guess that his face had turned pale like everyone else. "What happened?" His voice was hoarse, and it was very difficult for him to spit out every word. "Smart mouth, is it a demon attack, or a riot in the army?"

"Neither! Not at all! Green, it's so big, it's flying!" Lilizui jumped twice on Li Wei's shoulder, and with his head shaking, he gestured with his two wings.It's a pity that the crow's wings are far less flexible than a human's fingers. Although the bird has been jumping as hard as it can, it can't describe what is attacking the camp.

"No matter what it is, since Li Lizui came to ask for help, it means that the camp is already in a very dangerous situation." Li Wei took a deep breath, suppressing the panic in his heart, but his expression was still gloomy and dignified, "We must go immediately Rescue, Steward Frederick, please inform Sir Rodriguez, and ask him to go to support us immediately."

"I'll go right away, Master Levi." Mr. Dish replied, then put away the crystal ball, turned and walked towards the main building of the Green Castle.

"So, let's set off as soon as possible." Dragunson's face showed a rough smile eager to fight, and his voice seemed impatient, "Master Li Wei, I will go and tell the servants to prepare the horses."

"Prepare the horses? No need, riding a horse is too slow, only the speed of the Dark Nightmare in the North is enough, but there is only one such mount. We must choose the fastest way to go, otherwise there is no need to go to the rescue after the camp is destroyed Meaning?" Li Wei shook his head while talking, then suddenly sucked his lips and whistled, his voice was like a wire thrown into the sky, echoing among the towers of the Green Castle, a few seconds later, there was a A faint hawk chirped in response.

"All of us riding on Griffin should be able to keep up with the flying speed of the big crow." Li Wei announced in a decisive tone.

"Do you want to ride a Griffin?" Flame Wheel Knight Wilpus's face turned from white to blue, obviously recalling some bad memories, but he still managed to restrain the trembling in his voice, "As you ordered, Lord Levi."

"There is only one enemy attacking the camp. We don't need to go to support them all. The defense of Green Castle is equally important. Maybe this matter is a trap created by demons or accusers to distract us." Master Sugard was on the side Remind said.

Li Wei slightly pondered, nodded, "Master Sugard is right, Wilpus, you and Lord Cedric stay at the Green Castle. Pay attention to send more guards and strengthen vigilance. Sir Grace, you will send the fourth branch The command of the command is temporarily handed over to Wilpus."

"Obey, Lord Li Wei."

Everyone answered in unison, their voices were sonorous and powerful, and immediately created a dignified atmosphere of an imminent battle.

Accompanied by bursts of eagle cries, the King of Griffins with golden wings descended from the sky, scanning the crowd with sharp eyes with a majestic expression, then nodded to Li Wei, and let out a low cry with a questioning meaning.

"My lord, please give me your instructions." A reserved voice sounded in Li Wei's mind at the same time.

Li Wei was about to speak, but the words were choked in his throat by a sudden noise, and his face almost turned blue.

"Master Giant Lord! If you have any tasks, leave them to us little monsters!" A head wearing a white helmet poked out from the feathers of a griffin.

"Yes, leave it to us, to the most powerful Griffin Sky Knights!" Another head wearing a red helmet also appeared, and at the same time, it slapped its chest.

"Boom, bang, bang, bang!" A few excited little monsters were already aiming around with their homemade muskets, and at the same time they uttered a series of violent onomatopoeia.

The little elf's safety awareness has always been terrible. If the leader of the four sons hadn't resolutely stopped him afterwards, maybe there would really be a roar of homemade muskets in the Green Castle.

"My lord!" After stopping those crazy subordinates, Si'er, the leader of the goblins, stood in front of Li Wei and said as he tried his best to straighten out his thin chest. "Secret Rhythm Knight Four, the first branch commander of the Griffin Sky Knights, is here to report! Waiting for your orders!"

Li Wei resisted the urge to put his hands on his forehead, "Compared with being entangled with these little monsters, the most important thing is to set off for the rescue camp as soon as possible." He told himself silently, then nodded decisively and said, "Since So, four chiefs, you choose thirty elite little monsters to join the operation, freeing up five griffins. Dragonson, Dickway, Hall, Gavin, and Liat." He then called out five names , "Ride on the griffin and set off with me!"

"Forward, forward, support, support!" Li Lizui spread his wings and shot into the sky like a sharp black arrow; the King of Griffins let out a clear cry, and his powerful hind legs jumped up, his wings flapping There was a gust of wind, followed by a full twenty brown griffins, and the little elves making excited noises above.

Someone else was yelling too, and that was Dragunson the Iron Fist, with a voice as loud as a whole swarm of goblins.

This burly knight loves fighting and strong wine, and since the raid on the old sir's volcano, he has loved the taste of riding a griffin and flying high in the sky.The sky is not an easy place for humans to conquer. Just a hundred meters away from the ground, the wind speed becomes extremely fast, and the temperature drops for a whole season.For ordinary people, this may be too difficult a journey, so usually only knights who have the power to protect their bodies can control the griffin to fly.

But that kind of feeling is not pleasant, a few ten minutes of flying will often consume more than half of the knight's fighting spirit, making them tired; if it is more than an hour of flying, even high-level knights will have to rest for a while, to go into battle.

Dragunson is obviously an exception. Even at a height of [-] meters where the wind is raging, he never uses fighting spirit to protect his body. Heroic laughter.

The only depressing thing might be the griffin called "Azhu". Not only did he have to carry "a" big man who was seriously overweight, but he also had to endure the harsh "honking" sound made by that guy from time to time.

"If it's not...for the pig's sake!" The grief and indignation of the griffin "Azhu" was so strong that it even reached the heart of Li Wei, who was at the front, and the young griffin lord couldn't help but arouse At the corner of his mouth, he temporarily forgot the anxiety that was burning his chest like a flame.

It was almost evening when they took off, and the afterglow of the setting sun was still burning in the western sky, but the eastern sky had already turned a dark blue color, and scattered planetesimals gradually appeared in the sky.As the flight altitude rose, the temperature, which was not considered warm, dropped sharply, and then white frost condensed on the surface of the armor, and it soon reached the point where Li Wei and others had to arouse fighting spirit to protect their bodies.

Only Dragonson was still yelling and laughing energetically, his physique like a barbarian on the extreme arctic ice sheet was enviable.

The little elves are also not afraid of the cold, and their blood from the goblins makes them quite resilient in enduring harsh natural environments.In addition, the clever leader of the four children designed a set of special equipment called "It's cold outside, the whole body is warm, the whole body is warm and beautiful, and the flying uniform is beautiful"-although in fact, the thing is two layers of strong canvas stuffed with all kinds of old cotton and fur fragments They are made of plant fibers, but the heat preservation effect is really good, and the cold air at high altitude can't penetrate in for a while, making these little guys even more active.

The big crow flew ahead like a black shooting star with its sharp mouth, followed by the griffin troops lined up neatly, and drew a huge arrow pointing southwest on the sky.Li Wei tried his best to open his eyes and look down. His eyes swept across the dim twilight around him, but he could only see the fires of scattered villages scattered on the northern land. In total darkness.

The high-altitude wind was strong, and the chill pierced to the marrow, and soon even the most energetic Dragunson shut his mouth.With the passage of time, the people below him gradually became thinner, and finally what was in front of him turned into a pure darkness with few people.

"Barud, you are smart, we have been flying for 25 minutes, how far is the camp that was attacked?" Li Wei shouted loudly, his voice drowning out the whistling wind under the effect of fighting spirit.But the big crow didn't have such ability, the voice of the clever mouth answering was completely drowned in the strong wind, and finally it flew back in a semicircle, with its wings drawn, it landed on the back of the Griffin King.

Now Li Wei was finally able to hear the big crow's answer. "Now, now, get ready, get ready!"

The flying speed of the Griffin King can actually be faster, but the ordinary Griffin has reached the limit of speed. Li Wei first told the Griffin King to slow down through telepathic communication, then raised his hands above his head, and then moved left and right. point.

This is the gesture of "all slow down and prepare to fight" commonly used in the Griffin Sky Knights. The wind speed at high altitude is strong, and the distance between them is far away, so it is very difficult to convey orders.Even with military horns, it is difficult for the sound to reach everyone's ears after piercing through the howling wind.In order to make up for this shortcoming, based on Mr. Dish's research on nautical flags, he summed up this set of general gestures for conveying orders.

The leader of the four children once invented the "absolutely reliable secret rhyme and secret communication device for thousands of miles", and successfully passed the actual combat test in Shengbaishi Fort, although the thing often made shrill screams like a bobcat whose tail was stepped on Voice, but it can completely replace this set of general gestures. After all, voice can convey commands more accurately than gestures.

However, the waste rate of the gadgets produced by the little monsters is too high. After several unfortunate explosions (the injured suffered severe concussions and needed multiple healing spells to recover), all the knights riding griffins decided to learn general Gestures, only the little goblins are still wearing communicators and making noise, excited about the unpredictable explosion.

The Griffin Troop continued to fly forward at a slower speed for about 3 minutes.The view down from the sky is magnificent, the tall oaks and oaks of the forest are connected together, and the lower parts are bushes and creeping plants of all kinds.The camp was originally hidden in the dense forest, and its location was quite hidden, but now everyone noticed the existence of the camp at a glance.

Because the fire was raging there, the smoke combined with the light of the fire went straight up to the sky like a giant pillar, which was particularly eye-catching in the dark night.

"Mr. Dish, which camp is this?" Levi asked in his heart, and after a few seconds of silence, Mr. Dish's answer sounded in his ears, "It's Basol Village near the Dusk Forest. It's a small camp. , there are probably more than 100 households, and the stationed guards are a small team of 20 people."

"A team of 20 people?" Li Wei thought about it quickly. The harsh environment on the northern border of the kingdom sharpened the tough and unruly character of the residents. The soldiers in the northern border can be said to be the best fighters in the Kingdom of Arthur.Although the troops stationed in Basol Village are only militias, they will not lose to the standing army under the command of ordinary lords in terms of equipment and training.

Moreover, the refugee camps built in Beijing County are strictly in accordance with the drawings designed by Li Wei. Regardless of the size, each camp is equipped with watchtowers and log walls as fortifications.When Li Wei gave a speech, he also added a large earth elemental as a guardian to the camp, plus an earth priest with the ability to cast elementary magic. The overall defense is not worse than that of many large villages and towns.

However, this camp is now in a great crisis. The flames are burning on the roofs of more than half of the villagers' huts, but no villagers have tried to put out the fire. Many people are lying motionless next to the burning houses, looking terrified. Lives have been lost.And more living people can only lie between the ruins and rubble, try to hide themselves, or kneel next to the dead bodies of their relatives, howling in despair.

The guards in the camp were still resisting tenaciously, but they obviously couldn't hold on any longer.Three of the watchtowers built at the four corners of the camp had already turned into extra-large torches, and only one was still resisting with all its strength, firing arrows one after another toward the outside.However, these flying arrows shot out from hunting bows are completely unable to hit the enemy flying flexibly in the air, no, even if they hit, it will not bring any results.

Li Wei felt that his heart seemed to be tightly grasped by something sharp, and even breathing became extremely difficult.He groaned, his whole body was stiff with fear, his right hand firmly held the hilt of the knight's sword, with such force that veins burst out on the back of his hand.

It wasn't that the Griffon Lord didn't have the courage to fight, but that the enemies that appeared in front of him completely exceeded his expectations.That is not a completely unfamiliar unknown creature, nor is it a powerful demon wrapped in flames. Although not many people have witnessed it with their own eyes, everyone from the elderly to children can recognize the enemy that is attacking the refugee camp.

The enemy is a dragon.

Li Wei stared helplessly at the living dragon that flew out of the bedtime story. It was a green dragon that was more than ten meters long, and that didn't count the thorny tail.The dragon's scales reflected the moonlight like countless emerald shards, and the same shining wings spread freely, hovering over the camp like a green cloud, exuding a deadly beauty at the same time.The dragon's eyes, the color of the finest topaz, shone with the cruelty of a sadist, as if he were playing and admiring the tragedy he had wrought.

The green dragon has a huge body, but its flying posture is comparable to that of the most vigorous bird. It passed over the camp effortlessly, and its wings flapped the air, creating a more raging fire. Crying more desperately.But maybe it was luck, although most of the arrows couldn't catch up with the green dragon's body, they could only pierce into the air helplessly, but a flying arrow that lost its aim happened to hit the green dragon's head.

The arrow was like a toothpick to the green dragon. Although it hit the weakly defended head, the damage was still minimal, but it obviously enraged it completely.Li Wei heard the green dragon roaring, the sound was as terrifying as a hurricane, full of arrogance and anger.Then the green dragon flapped its wings and swooped down from the air, aimed its head at the watchtower that was still firing arrows, opened its mouth full of sharp teeth, and countless emerald green light spots escaped from the depths of its throat.

"No!" Li Wei suddenly realized what the green dragon wanted to do. Fear once made him stiff, but now anger suppressed everything.The young griffin lord raised the knight's sword high, and the silver-white flames of fighting spirit lit up the dark night sky. "Stop it, Griffon Knights, charge!"

A horn sounded from above the sky, and the faint golden light spread out from the center of the Griffin King. After touching the light, the stiff bodies of the knights immediately returned to normal, as if they had just woken up from a nightmare Come, and then was dragged into a frenzy by the terrible scene in front of him.

However, their awakening came a step too late, and before the griffin troop rushed over with loud roars, the green dragon had already breathed out the long-brewed dragon breath to the watchtower.

The construction of the refugee camp in Basol village was completely in accordance with the drawings designed by Li Wei. The builders did not cut corners at all. The watchtower was supported by more than ten thick logs, and the ceiling was covered with plaster. There was still a full five centimeters behind. oak planks for protection.However, all of this can only resist the attacks of thieves or barbarian tribes with axes or javelins, but it is too weak for the breath of the green dragon. The fired arrows disappeared immediately, and at the same time, there was a shrill scream from the burning watchtower!
(End of this chapter)