Heart of the Castle

Chapter 635 Three Days and Nights Through Fire and Smoke ([-])
Seeing that the trenching tactics are progressing smoothly, and the snake-like trench is extending towards the outpost of Moonglade at a speed of several meters per minute, a gleam of relief flashed slightly in the eyes of the treacherous lord Shakros.Even now, recalling the conversation with the projection of the abyssal lord a few hours ago, this demon lord, who has always been known for his insidiousness and cunning, still feels lingering fear in his heart, and even clenched his hands into fists instinctively.

When the plane projection of the Great Lord of the Abyss appeared in the center of the hall of the Commander's Wheel Palace, the three Demon Lords were glaring at each other. The sophistry of the Deceitful Lord Shakros made the Burning Dragon King Dariga and the Plague Lord Yinchen Samael furious. The terrifying ripples of power that came faintly stirred and confronted each other, making those brutal and powerful demon commanders and team leaders unable to bear the horror, and each of them pressed their bodies against the wall as much as possible.

However, in the next moment, as a blood-red light suddenly appeared, the three different forces pervading the hall of the wheel palace all disappeared, replaced by a cold and cruel atmosphere like a starless winter night.

Burning Dragon King Darija was the first to respond, immediately restrained the fiery breath of the whole body, and bowed his head to the blood-red light to pay tribute; the reaction of the deceitful Lord Shakros was only less than one-tenth later than the former In the interval between two heartbeats, he also restrained his breath, and then knelt down on one knee without hesitation; only the plague lord, Yinchen Samael, reacted slowly. The radiance of the original power of the epidemic, an extremely oppressive aura collided with the icy aura emanating from the blood-red light.

With a soft sound that seemed to burst the air bubbles, the body of the plague lord Yinchen Samael shook violently, and the dirty and tattered robe on his body, which seemed to be sewn with a shroud, was torn into pieces by the violent energy. It was crushed, revealing the pale, swollen body covered with cancerous flesh.

The blood-red light also seemed to have been greatly impacted, and suddenly dimmed. Although it recovered to its original state within less than one breath, even the demon leaders who were huddled in the corner could feel it. Compared with when it first appeared, the power contained in the Dao light has been significantly reduced.

"Plague Lord Yinchen Samael, do you want to challenge the authority of me—the Great Lord of the Abyss, the source of all evil, the master of the Devil's Web in the Pit—Amur Hydras?"

The voice coming out of the blood-red light was different from the cold and cruel aura emanating from it. The tone was majestic and loving, as if shining on the earth like a round of warm sun.However, after the sound reached the ears of the plague lord Yinchen Samael, the powerful demon lord trembled a few times, and then fell down on the ground without hesitation.

"You really should try it, Yinchen Samael." The voice from the blood-red light didn't seem to feel offended, "I'm just a plane projection, and the original power contained in it is very small. Have the strength to challenge me."

"Your Majesty, I...I definitely don't mean that." The plague lord Yinchen Samael replied in a trembling voice, hanging his head even lower, almost touching the ground of the wheel palace.

The blood-red light paused for a few seconds, as if waiting for the plague lord to change his mind, but Yinchen Samuel kept his head down, not even saying a word of objection.So the blood-red light flashed twice, and gradually condensed into an illusory figure sitting on the abyss throne made of lava, fire, bones and gems.

"You let me down very much, Shackles, the treacherous lord." Two crimson lights lit up from the figure's head, staring at the demon lord kneeling on one knee like eyes. "You once swore to promise me with your life and status that I would be able to get the Moonwhispering Forest and at least [-] living elf slaves in a week." The plane projection of the abyssal monarch said calmly, "Now my Where are the elf slaves? Who owns the Moonwhispering Forest?"

"The great monarch who rules the abyss hell, those elf slaves are on the opposite side, and the Moonwhisper Forest is still in their hands." The treacherous lord Shackles replied, without a trace of fear in his tone, but seemed confident.

"Then do you have any explanation for this? Lord Shacklesh?" There was no emotional change in the voice projected from the plane, but many demon commanders and team leaders couldn't help shivering, as if even the commander's turn The temperature in the palace hall also dropped suddenly following the words projected from the plane of the abyssal monarch.

"The great monarch who rules the abyss hell, you are the most powerful demon emperor in history, you are unparalleled in the world, and your wisdom surpasses the gods." The treacherous lord Shakros praised loudly, with a frank tone It felt like every word he said came from the bottom of his heart. "So I can't imagine that there are such arrogant and arrogant intelligent beings on the main plane! These elves entrenched in the Moon Whisper Forest not only did not bow down to your prestige, but dared to resist your envoys and let you His loyal subordinates shed blood and sacrificed...I, how could I imagine? It is blasphemy just to have this idea appear in my mind, a blasphemy and insult to you, the most powerful demon emperor in history!"

The plane projection of the abyssal monarch seemed quite surprised. The blood-red light around his body fluctuated slightly a few times, and the majestic voice sounded again. "Go on, Shacklecrosse."

"Obey, the great monarch who rules the abyss hell." Shackles' eyes quickly flashed a hint of relief. He has successfully won a rare opportunity for himself with words, and part of the anger of the abyss monarch has already Being transferred to the elves in the Moon Whispering Forest, the feeling of coldness in the hall of the Commander's Wheel Palace also eased a lot.

Next, the treacherous lord began to describe in detail the progress of the war from Iron Rock City, the port city of Arius to the outpost of the Moonglade, and highly praised the bravery of the demon army, especially the abyss demon who died in the battle of the port city of Arius The lord Gandalf received some good words from the treacherous lord.

Regarding the setbacks suffered by the demon army, Shacross attributed it to the bad behavior of the elf royal court's crazy resistance, and the purpose of this war was to capture as many elf slaves as possible instead of taking the elf slaves from the Moon Whispering Forest. All the intelligent races in the world were wiped out, one side fought desperately, while the other could only hold back, which led to a series of failures.

At the same time, the treacherous lord Shakros also claimed that due to the joining of a human force, the Elf King Court received a lot of support from alchemy equipment, which was also one of the keys to the several setbacks of the demon army. The monarch was quite surprised, especially the terrifying thunderstorms that fell from the sky, the bursting flame arrow volley that was more powerful than the continuous fireball magic, and the silver alloy armor-piercing arrows that could easily penetrate the body of the abyss refining demon, etc., even made the abyss monarch several times. He interrupted his narration and asked him to describe what happened at that time in more detail.

Shakros the Deceitful Lord is of course willing to obey, as long as he can divert the attention of the Lord of the Abyss from this series of failures of his own.When he finally finished his description, the plane projection of the abyssal monarch did not speak immediately, and even the red light in his eyes became extremely dim, as if he closed his eyes and began to think.

The hall of the Commander's Wheel Palace was shrouded in deathly silence. The demon commanders and team leaders did not even dare to take a breath. Their reverent eyes focused on the plane projection of the Abyss Great Monarch as if they were looking up at the sun. Among them, the most sincere and touching one is of course the treacherous lord Shakros, and there are even tears in the eyes of the abyss lord.

The Burning Dragon King Darija may be the only existence in the entire wheel palace with a calm expression. This legendary dragon king stood firmly beside the kneeling bodies of the other two demon lords, his eyes were lowered, and he looked at the ground. There is a strange light in it.

"Shackles, I accept your excuse." The abyss lord finally broke the silence, and the first sentence made the treacherous lord show a joyful expression, "For my majesty not to be damaged, for the sake of the abyss The great reputation of hell, the resistance of those elves must be destroyed, and when necessary, the number of elf slaves I allow to be captured has been reduced."

"Great monarch who rules the abyss hell, your decision is really wise!" Shackles, the treacherous lord, put his hands on his heart and shouted loudly.

"Your decision is too wise!" Plague Lord Yinchen Samael echoed hoarsely.

"Too wise!" The demon leaders and team leaders shouted in unison.

"But I will not allow another failure in the future. There are only two legendary auras in the Moon Whispering Forest, and one of them is pitifully weak. No matter how much alchemy equipment is supported, there is no way to bridge the gap in this regard. .” The tone of the plane projection of the Abyss Great Monarch changed, and the two crimson eyes stared at the treacherous Lord Shackles sternly. "So there is no time limit. After six days, I want to see the army of abyssal demons camping in the Moon Whispering Forest!"

Just as the voice of the Great Monarch of the Abyss fell, the fiery red light suddenly soared, and the cold and cruel aura surged with it, making the demon commanders and team leaders unable to help lying on the ground and trembling, but the next breath In a few seconds, the red light shrank violently into a line, and then disappeared without a trace.

The deceitful lord Shakross still maintained a respectful and kneeling posture, until the aura of the abyssal lord completely disappeared, and then suddenly stood up. There seemed to be magma surging in his eyes, and it seemed that two groups of fiery flames were burning.

"Brother Darija, brother Yinchen Samael, I think this is our last chance. From now on, all the troops will be divided into three parts, and we will lead them separately. We will attack day and night. I want that outpost The guards in the camp have never had a moment of peace, torturing them endlessly, intimidating them, until they are dragged down!"

The orders of the treacherous lord Shakross were fully implemented, and tens of thousands of imps, horned devils, and cannon fodder troops began to dig trenches desperately, and built various barriers and assembly points where the trenches connected to each other.At the same time, they did not give up their assault and harassment. A large number of troops walked out of the camp, led by the six huge commander's wheel palaces, and slowly approached the Moonlight Grove outpost.

The commander's wheel palace is not only a symbol of the identity of the demon lord, but also a giant war machine that integrates offense and defense. When the six commander's wheel palaces, which look like small castles, are pushed by a powerful source of magic power, they creak and groan, approaching the outpost of Moonlight Glade At that time, many guard soldiers couldn't help exclaiming.

"Look, what kind of monster is that? It crawled out of the demon's camp!"

"For God's sake, Ella, listen to the horrible sound of those wheels, it's like thunder!"

"Keep these things away from the ditches and wooden walls, we'll be crushed like grains of wheat under a stone mill!"

"Where are the archers? Shoot!" Someone suddenly shouted, followed by a dozen voices shouting together, "Yes, shoot, shoot them!" In an instant, hundreds of voices shouted earth-shattering the sound of.

"Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!"

The elven archers on the watchtower really shot fiercely, and the bursting flame arrows formed countless fiery red rays of light in the air, followed by almost equally dense silver alloy armor-piercing arrows passing through the air, with the whistling sound of breaking the wind and the roar of thunder. The sound of explosions became one piece, engulfing the commander's wheel palace in a sea of ​​light.

Even a real stone castle might not be able to withstand this round of fierce long-range attacks, but the commander's palace has extremely powerful magic protection, and its defense is more than twice as strong as that of a stone castle.The exploding flame arrow caused countless runes to appear and disappear on the surface of the wheel palace headed by it, but failed to destroy any of them; the silver alloy armor-piercing arrow had the effect of destroying the magical structure of the abyss, but penetrated deeply into it. In the walls of the Commander's Wheel Palace, it's a pity that the power is nothing more than that, and it can't penetrate the half-meter-thick protective layer on the surface of the Wheel Palace.

There was a burst of screams in the demon army to celebrate, and as the commander's wheel palace gradually approached, tens of thousands of demons following behind also began to charge at a fast pace, like a huge red and black wave surrounded by rocks, roaring and turbulent come.

Seeing that the commander's wheel palace in the front is about to reach the front of the first ditch guarding the outpost of Moonlight Glade, the suspension bridge on the second floor of the wheel palace is slowly descending, like huge wings spread out. Above the protective wooden fence, the defense beyond the wooden wall of the Moonglade outpost is useless.What is even more chilling is that as the suspension bridge gradually descends, dozens of demon knights in heavy armor and riding nightmare horses appear. The army launched a group charge!

The group charge of heavy armored knights has always been terrifying. Although the wild bear heavy infantry and orc roaring warriors on the wooden wall are also burly and strong, they are still obviously inferior to the demon knights riding nightmare horses.At this time, the difference between the two teams appeared. The face of the leader of the wild bears, Bill Dabas, was a little pale, and his subordinates were trembling slightly nervously. Some hair straightened; however, the orc roaring warrior showed an atmosphere close to joy. The leader of the orc king, Karmos, roared bloody and even held up his double-edged battle ax with a smile on his face. A roar had already burned his lips like a raging fire. , can't wait to rush out of the throat.

To Kalmos' deep astonishment and disappointment, in the next second, the wooden wall under his feet trembled violently, and a loud noise drowned out all voices.It seemed as if countless thunderbolts shot from the sky to the earth, and it seemed that the entire sky was exploding.Countless black shadows poured down like a torrential rain, instantly covering Flandara's western face, as if Night God suddenly pulled up the dark curtain and swallowed everything in front of him.

This is simply an unprecedented spectacle!

Kalmos rubbed his eyes in disbelief, countless stones poured down from the sky, the smallest of which was comparable to the head of an orc, and the largest was comparable to a thatched hut.Several commander's wheel palaces trembled violently under such a violent blow, and the rupture and explosion of the protective magic happened one after another, one after another.The demon team following behind the commander's wheel palace was also hit head-on by Shi Yu, causing heavy casualties. The dull horned demon was still wandering around at a loss, but the little demons and hellhounds turned around one after another. just run.

The order suddenly became chaotic, and the demon teams collided with each other, stumbled and trampled on each other.This intensified their panic even more. It seemed that the defenders in the Moonlight Grove outpost had followed up and killed them, so the pace of escape became even more panicked, and the team that was still barely maintaining order was also involved in chaos.

The demon knights on the commander's wheel palace who were about to charge were also panicked, but they had no way to retreat. They could only jump off the nightmare horse one after another, raised the shields in their hands, and tried to protect their bodies, lingering.However, those stones that fell from the sky could not resist even the solid defense of the commander's wheel palace. Although the shields in the hands of the demon knights also had a certain degree of dark magic attached, they looked as fragile as eggshells in front of Shi Yu. It was quickly smashed to pieces, and those demon knights fell down like wheat fields under a hailstorm.

Seeing that victory was in sight, he was blown away by the terrifying stone rain. Standing in his commander's wheel palace and supervising the battle, the treacherous lord Shakros was stunned, and then he couldn't help but threw himself outside the wheel palace, hands Holding his head, he let out a howl intertwined with rage and fear.

"This is impossible, impossible!"

(End of this chapter)