Heart of the Castle

Chapter 661 Kingdom Situation, Envoys from Foreign Countries
The door was knocked again, and then Sir Rodriguez, Deputy Archbishop Beria and Dark Alchemist You Yue filed in, followed by a fiery red figure behind them, which made Li Wei's eyes widen. .

The figure looked old, wearing a robe with countless flame runes embroidered with gold thread, and the fiery red hair and beard swayed endlessly like burning flames.Li Wei still vaguely remembered this face, especially those eyes that shone like flint. Every time he saw him, there was always an emotion hidden in it, whether it was greed or hatred.

He is the head of the Merister family, one of the nine-pillar families in the Kingdom of Arthur, the fire wizard Juno An Merister, and one of the seven vice-chairmen of the Magic Guild.Legend has it that his comprehension of the power of flames has touched the edge of the original power, and he is only a step away from becoming another legendary magician on the mainland.

However, this final step is not so easy to take. Many amazing and brilliant magicians in history are stuck in front of the legendary threshold, and they have not taken that most important step until their death.As the legend says, the fire wizard Juno An Meriste has already touched the edge of the original power more than ten years ago, but he has never succeeded in grasping the key to being promoted to the legend.Perhaps it was precisely because of this that he paid special attention to Li Wei's ability to cast magic as a knight, and even deviated from his original position of absolute neutrality, and finally chose to support Grand Duke Raul in the event of the Dragon King being assassinated. .

What the fire magician didn't expect was that his opponent would be Disch Friedrich, a figure who should have been annihilated in the long river of history, who once fought side by side with his ancestor - Star-eyed Merister And the master alchemist who made the famous "Star Eye" artifact for it!

As a result of the confrontation between the power of flame and thunder, Juno Anmeriste had the upper hand because the mana pool of the Tower of the Archmage could provide a steady stream of magic power. However, before he could turn his advantage into victory, because of his Merka Tivol's Great Cracking Barrier was destroyed and suffered a backlash, and finally lost.Due to the special nature of the Merkativo Great Disintegration Barrier, no one has ever successfully destroyed it, and the power of backlash is also extremely terrifying, almost instantly guiding the fire magic.

Juno Ann Merist originally thought that his life would end, but after an unknown period of time, he opened his eyes again, only to find that he was lying in a piece of green grass, and the serious injuries caused by the magic backlash had been completely destroyed. Healed, and there was a kind of power in his body that made him tremble all over.

That's right, it is the original power of flame that he dreamed of.

However, at the same time, there was also a kind of power coming to him, which was insignificant compared to the original power of the flame, but it made the fire magician calm down from the ecstasy immediately after discovering it.

"The power of the contract of the soul blood oath!" Juno Ann Merister blurted out in shock, and then he saw the figure of Disch Friedrich, wearing a dark red magister robe, holding a strangely shaped wooden cane, Dark eyes shone brightly on the old face.The fire magician was surprised to find that the dark green flames belonging to undead creatures were burning in the eyes of this extraordinary old magician.

"Jono Ann Merister." Mr. Dish's voice seemed to carry a certain enchantment, "surrender, or die."

Maybe some knights who can't turn their minds will behave rather than surrender when faced with similar choices, but magicians will not, because every magician is a smart person, and smart people always take their lives too seriously. Heavy.

The past flashed through his mind like lightning. Seeing Li Wei's half-questioning, half-warning gaze, Juno An Merist sighed slightly in his heart, then bowed slightly, and performed a ritual dedicated to magicians to Li Wei. "Your Excellency, Guardian of the Realm, please rest assured that my loyalty can no longer be reversed by the power of mortals. Unless Merkativo, the Lord of All Laws, intervenes in person, I will always be your loyal subordinate,"

Seeing the fire magician raise his right hand, revealing the soul blood oath mark on the back of his hand, Li Wei's mood suddenly relaxed a lot.The addition of Jonuo Ann Merister not only increased the precious magical combat power, but more importantly, the appearance of the fire magician, who was originally one of the heads of the Nine Pillars family, would further boost the morale of the northern army, and at the same time let The chaotic thoughts of those nobles in the royal capital have been restrained a lot.

A cloud of darkness wriggled and squeezed in from under the door like a ghostly water stain. Noticing this, the fire mage Juno Ameriste and the deputy archbishop Beria couldn't help standing up suddenly , the strong flame magic and the divine power of the earth gathered in the hands of the two respectively.However, Sir Rodriguez, who was the strongest in the room, seemed indifferent, and just knocked the ground with the scabbard of the star iron giant sword.

"Alan Skett, here are people like you who signed the soul blood oath with Master Li Wei, so don't play this kind of shadow stealth trick."

Dry laughter was accompanied by a hissing tail sound like a poisonous snake spit out a letter, and then the leader of the shadow assassins, Alan Skett, jumped out of the shadow and bowed deeply to Li Wei. "Lord Li Wei, Governor Kalmos has sent away another group of nobles from the royal capital who came to petition. The turmoil caused by the news of the Yueyu Forest's victory yesterday has tended to subside."

"Praise God Gogmaoya, it seems that we can put this matter aside for the time being." Mr. Dish clapped his hands and said. "Master Li Wei, except for Mr. Donner, the Roaring Bear guarding the Great Wall of Ice Wall, who can't leave now, all the blood alliance members are already here. Please indicate the direction of the northern border's next development."

"Not to mention instructions, Master Frederick, I am far behind everyone here in terms of political experience." Li Wei brushed the crystal on the table with his hand while speaking self-effacing words ball, a light curtain immediately appeared in the air, clearly displaying the topography of the entire Kingdom's northern border county in front of everyone.

Youyue, the master of dark alchemy, made a tsk-tsk sound, "The projection of the crystal ball, and it can not even emit a little magic wave, this can be regarded as a high-level alchemy item."

"This is a projection map produced by the Heart of the Castle. It has entered mass production and is expected to spread to every squadron of the Griffon Knights within a month." Mr. Dish explained calmly. "Of course, the image data stored in the crystal ball will not be as much as the one in the hands of Master Li Wei."

Li Wei made a gesture, and the terrain displayed on the light curtain in the sky quickly shrunk, while the displayed range rapidly expanded, and soon changed from a part of Northern County to a full map of Arthur's Kingdom, but only Northern County was on it. A blue light shone, while the rest of the kingdom was filled with red light.

"The victory of the Moon Whispering Forest has initially changed the extremely bad situation in the Kingdom of Arthur some time ago. The demon army occupying Westwind County was devastated. Even the commander of the army, the plague lord Yinchen Samuel, was given by Sir Rodriguez. Deport back to the abyss hell." Li Wei said, and flicked his finger, the red light in the Xifeng County area on the map suddenly dissipated, and there were only sporadic points in the port city of Arius, Iron Rock City, and Xifeng County City. Fortified city. "So we don't have to worry about the situation in the west of the kingdom at the moment. We can even take back the entire West Wind County at any time if we are not afraid of the dispersion of power."

"Lord Li Wei, please forgive me, if Westwind County is left alone, it may soon become a place where demons occupy it again?" The deep voice of the deputy archbishop of Beria sounded, and as he got more and more With the protection of the power of faith, this old man who looked as old as a hundred years old has become energetic and energetic, and looks only in his 50s. "If it is really inconvenient for Beijing County to deploy troops, should I report the situation to the Archbishop of the Earth Temple in my name, and then send priests and the Giant Mountain Knights to go there?"

"No, the matter of His Majesty Behemoth, the earth elemental monarch, cannot be known to the higher-ups of the Earth Temple, at least not for now." Mr. Dish shook his head in disapproval, "Master Beria, we have finally seen it The dawn of victory, you can't take risks at this time."

"Lord Kalmos has been granted the title of Guardian of the West, and the orc tribe has now become an ally of the kingdom. I plan to let him lead a team to Westwind County, and then unite with the elf royal court of the Moonwhispering Forest to stabilize the Westwind County. situation."

"The power of the Beastman King is strong enough, but his mind is really not very bright. Master Li Wei, I am worried that if Governor Kalmos is sent to Westwind County, many things will be messed up." Rodriguez Sir Gus frowned and said, "Besides, the people of Westwind County have been looted and bullied by the orc tribe, can they willingly accept being ruled by Lord Kalmos?"

"What does it matter if those people are willing or not?" The fire wizard Juno Ameriste expressed his opinion for the first time since the discussion began, his voice was as hot as a crackling flame, "Since they can commit themselves to the rule of demons for their lives, So if you switch to an orc, at least it won't be worse, right?"

Levi rolled his lips subconsciously, which was a sign of his hard thinking, "Sir Rodriguez is right. An orc guardian of the west is indeed difficult to be accepted by the people of Westwind County." The Griffin Lord agreed. He nodded and said, "But this is just a stopgap measure. After the disaster is over, I will distribute the land of the Moon Whisper Plain, which was not under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Arthur, to Governor Kalmos, and reward him for standing side by side with us." The achievements of the battle, the guardian of the kingdom's western region will naturally have someone else."

Earl Ansair, who is not quite used to the current gender, touched his chin, and then found that the touch was wrong, and lowered his arm unhappy, "Master Levi, judging from the number of demons we killed at the Moonglade outpost, not only The demons in Xifeng County, and even the demon army in King Capital Fermeyer have suffered a considerable loss. In addition, the demons that originally belonged to the faction of Burning Dragon King have withdrawn. In fact, there are only about [-] demons in the current capital. Troop guard."

He paused, looked around everyone, his eyes were full of eagerness to fight, and his tone became agitated, "This is a good opportunity for us to recover the royal capital! If the royal capital Fermeyer returns to our hands, more than It is because Beijing County and Xifeng County will be able to connect together, and even the defense line can be advanced to the Sword Blade Rift, and by that time, the length of the front line we need to defend will be reduced compared to what it is now."

Earl Ansair's words made everyone fall into thinking, but it didn't take long for Levi to wake up. "I'm afraid we have to give up this opportunity." He spread his hands and said with a heavy face, "With the current strength of Northern Border County, it should be no problem to wipe out the [-] demon troops, and there is also a sacred enchantment field to provide Help. But what are we going to do with that obsidian castle floating in the air?"

"Obsidian Castle?" Earl Ansair repeated in surprise.

"That is the seven lords of the abyss working together to use unimaginably powerful magic power to directly forcibly summon the first floor of the abyss hell, forming a dark fortress with terrible attack and defense power." Mr. Dish explained with a serious expression, "This castle floats at a height of about 50 meters from the ground, and ordinary magic weapons cannot do anything to its thick obsidian-built walls. No matter whether it is a warrior or a knight, all ground troops cannot really attack the floating castle. A castle in the air, and relying solely on the attack of the Griffin troops and dragon allies, I am afraid it will be difficult to play much role."

"Wouldn't it be possible to destroy the castle's defenses if a mass of smoke and powder were produced and thrown from the air?" suggested Sir Rodriguez.

"That's right, or create a tyrant of destruction... I mean, the super weapon that destroyed the coalition forces of demons and the dead in St. White Stone Fort!" Earl Ansair said excitedly.

"That's useless." Mr. Dish shook his head almost without hesitation, "Smoke powder weapons can't get close to Obsidian Castle. Please don't forget that this castle has the protection of the Hellfire Barrier Domain. The smoke powder can be ignited hundreds of meters away."

"Should we just watch the golden opportunity slip through our fingers as the demon's power weakens?" Earl Ansair still refused to give up muttering. "Maybe what we gave up is an important turning point in the fight against the evil disaster?"

Li Wei was about to say something when a series of hurried footsteps came from outside the door, followed by a muffled shout from one of the two crusader swordsmen guarding the door, "Stop, Your Excellency Li Wei ordered that the meeting Do not disturb!"

"Get out of the way, I have something important, and I must report to Lord Levi Ston immediately." The voice of the answer was clear and sharp that is unique to young people, and Li Wei recognized the voice of his own knight attendant, so he raised his voice and ordered Say, "Grunworm? Let him in."

"Yes, Your Excellency Levi!" The Crusader swordsman replied, and then the vague sound of steel armor rubbing against each other sounded, Grun Worm hurriedly pushed open the door, bowed to Li Wei's chest, and his tone seemed to be burning in his throat With a fire.

"Lord Levi, a group of strange knights came from outside the Greencastle. The leader said they came from the east, a desert country called Abraham, according to the king of that country... or according to their pronunciation - Osama Great According to the will of the Imam, come to see Her Royal Highness Princess and the Regent of the Kingdom of Arthur, and discuss the signing of a joint covenant."

"Abraham, the desert country?" Li Wei repeated with some astonishment.

"I know this place." Earl Ansair's expression was a bit ugly, "And I have some troubles with the Imam of Usama, Lord Li Wei, if you still remember, the first time we met was In the knight assessment arena in Dirk City, right?"

There was a hint of reminiscence on Li Wei's face, "Yes, Earl Ansair, I was just an unknown knight servant at that time, and the badge of the high-ranking knight was still taken from you Woolen cloth."

"I thought you were extraordinary at the time, but what I didn't expect was that you were able to do what I always wanted to do but never succeeded, and became the hero who saved the Kingdom of Arthur." Earl Ansair said on the face The look of nostalgia for the past also flashed, "Master Li Wei, do you still remember the desert assassin who used two knives to kill several high-ranking knight examiners at once?"

Li Wei showed a suddenly realized expression, "I remember, that's the name that person yelled before he died, Osama Imam!"

"Yes, that person was sent by King Abraham, who once had a feud with me, and he is also a member of the strongest assassin organization of the Thieves Guild——Blood Dagger."

"Blood dagger... Isn't that the cronial killer unit under the court chief Bamilian?" Li Wei frowned and said. "Could it be that the intelligence chief was involved in the original incident?"

"Whether Unsullied himself was involved, I don't know, but his sleepless eyes must have seen the whole story of this incident." Earl Ansair stood up while speaking, "Master Levi, since it is The Messenger of the Imam Usama of Abraham, then I had better avoid it."

"That shouldn't be necessary... Lord Earl Ansair." Li Wei shrugged his shoulders and said, "As long as you don't show up wearing a helmet, even if the Great Imam of Usama comes in person, I'm afraid you can guess Can't you get your real identity?"

"Oh, I forgot the current gender of this damn body again." Earl Ansair patted his forehead and said.

Levi turned his head and said to Glenn Warm, "Go and tell Lord Wilps, ask him to lead a cavalry troop to greet and guide the envoys into the Green Castle, then treat them to meals and rest, and Tell them that Princess Fleischer of the Kingdom of Arthur and Regent Li Weiston will receive envoys from Abraham when they hold a court meeting tomorrow morning."

(End of this chapter)