Heart of the Castle

Chapter 677 Race between heaven and earth, sad news of defeat

The brigade got up at dawn and prepared to set off under the starry sky and dark blue sky. The silence shrouded in the towers of the Xilan River Bridge was suddenly broken by the noise.

The barracks servants yelled and ran past, busy carrying supplies, and harnessing the poor horses to the baggage vehicles; the soldiers were helping each other put on their armor, sorting out their battle axes, spears and shields; the sergeant major with a golden griffin badge on his chest Checking the equipment of the soldiers under his command, reaching out his hand from time to time to help them buckle a neglected buckle on a certain armor, or adjust the weapon to a position where it can be pulled out at any time; The scout rider of the quiver yelled and jumped onto the breathless war horse, and then went away with the clatter of hooves.

Li Wei was wearing a beautifully carved iron-blue light armor, standing under a blue-and-white griffin banner, and beside him was the Dark Nightmare of the North, which was nearly twice as tall as an ordinary war horse. The head with long spiral horns rubbed against the Griffon Lord's shoulder.Around one man and one horse, forty griffin champion knights lined up in a small wedge-shaped phalanx. The gold and red armor reflected the first ray of morning light in the east, reflecting a dazzling light.

Accompanied by the breeze full of thick water vapor, the figure of Sir Rodriguez appeared from the shadow of the Riverguard Tower, and the morning dew condensed into crystal water droplets on his dark as night armor. "Master Levi, everything is ready to go." He said in a calm and rigid voice.

"All members of the Sherwood family, send the dawn of the North, Lord Regent Leviston." Sir Robin Sherwood led a group of family members to appear behind Sir Rodriguez, two knights knocked on their breastplates, and the others The man bowed deeply and saluted, "We are waiting here as the last barrier to guard the Sealand River. We swear to protect the safety of King Arthur with our lives, and look forward to Your Excellency's return in victory."

Levi kowtowed to Sir Robin and the others in return, and then jumped neatly onto the back of the Dark Nightmare in the North. The clever black horse let out a long neigh and galloped south along the bridge like a whirlwind. In the blink of an eye, it rushed out of the shadow of the Weihe Tower and was bathed in the golden morning light.

The phalanx formed by forty champion knights rode their horses galloping almost simultaneously. At the front of the team, Sir Rodriguez rode an alchemy warhorse that was slightly less handsome than the Dark Nightmare of the Northern Territory. The hilt of the sword slanted out of his right shoulder, and he followed closely behind Li Weiston.

According to the original plan, Li Wei originally planned to follow the third heavy infantry regiment, which was the slowest, and spend about five to ten days passing through the Dusk Forest, and then stationed in Dirk City or North Aola City, waiting for the royal capital battlefield incoming news.However, it is obviously not possible to do so now. Judging from the azimuth of the sun shown in the image, the battle should have taken place shortly after noon yesterday, and the Allied Forces of the Second Eastern County and Abraham will arrive at King Wang this evening or at noon tomorrow. Below Dufermeyer.

The war was about to break out, so the original plan had to change accordingly. After walking away from the Xilan River Bridge, Li Wei summoned the Griffin King Hairball from the heart of the castle, then turned his head and said to the black-armored knight beside him, "Rodriguez Sir Gus, I think we have to speed up a bit today, don't wait until that war is over, we dragged a large group of heavy infantry to arrive too late."

"That's exactly what I want to propose, Master Levi." Sir Rodriguez replied, then dismounted and rode on the back of the Griffin King. "Let's compare who will catch up with Wilpus's leader first?"

Before Li Wei could answer, the Dark Nightmare of the Northern Territory under his crotch had let out a dissatisfied neigh, "Of course...it's me!" Charged forward, the acceleration ability of the Dark Nightmare in the North was astonishing. After a few steps, it galloped close to the ground like a black hurricane, so fast that it was almost invisible.

"Ah, despicable, you ran away!" Although the Griffin King could not speak human words, he was no less intelligent than ordinary people. He immediately uttered a high-pitched cry, and at the same time protested in grief and indignation in his spiritual connection.Accompanied by the sound of screaming, the golden wings of the Griffin King suddenly spread out, and then his strong hind legs kicked vigorously, and his body shot straight into the sky like an arrow from the string.

This sky-to-ground race will obviously go on for a long time, because Wilps' [-]st Cavalry Regiment and Sir Grace's [-]th Longbow Regiment did not choose any place in the North County. Instead of a strong city, they continued to advance until they reached the fortress of Dreadfort not far from Firmeyer.

It was originally the family residence of Lord Edwin Reeves the Terrible, and it was also the largest and strongest prison in the Kingdom of Arthur.However, since the fall of the capital of Fermeyer, this place has been completely abandoned. After being screened by the magic technique of detecting lies, the criminals were either exonerated or released, or escorted to the mines in the northern border to work hard to atone for their sins. A few of them are really heinous Those who did not repent were ordered to be executed on the spot by Li Wei in the name of the commander of the Northern Allied Forces.

The crime is clear and candid, but they can save their lives, but the people imprisoned in the Dreadfort Prison are of course not ordinary people. Several of them are related to the Arthur Royal Family or the Nine Pillars Family, and two of them are powerful. The extraordinary sword-wielding lords all lost their heads under Li Wei's order.The blood was all over the front of the Dreadfort for a while, and the two sword-wielding lords who wanted to resist were no exception. One of them was cut in half from head to toe by Sir Rodriguez's star iron giant sword, and the other was in a panic. In the middle, Li Wei personally pierced his heart with a sword.

It is not uncommon for dozens of people to be beheaded together, but if most of them have noble identities and profound backgrounds, it will be different. Many nobles in the royal capital felt trembling from the bottom of their hearts after witnessing this scene, and many of them dared not dare to commit suicide for the rest of their lives. They are enemies of the Griffon Lord, while others are more firmly opposed to Li Weiston's management of state affairs.

The reason why the two troops were stationed in Fort Dread was that Li Wei took a fancy to the good location of this abandoned fortress and the complete defense measures.It is only about 50 kilometers away from the royal capital of Fermeyer. It only takes about an hour for the cavalry to gallop at full speed, and the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. With the strength of the first and fourth regiments, it is also possible to hold for a period of time.

In fact, it doesn't matter which demon lord is involved in the attack.

Long before the first regiment of Griffins was ready to go, Li Wei handed over an exquisite golden horn to Glenn Worm, the knight who accompanied the team, and told him that the horn was an artifact bestowed by the benevolent Father God. If he sees a powerful enemy that cannot be resisted by the concerted efforts of the troops, then he is allowed to blow the horn and summon several angels around the Father God to eradicate the evil.

Grunwalm took the horn in fear, hung it on his waist carefully, and solemnly vowed to use his life to protect the horn and never lose it in his hands.But what this young knight attendant didn't know was that this exquisitely shaped golden horn itself didn't have much power.

"The enemy is stupid, there are many people, come quickly."

The only designated target to receive this wind message technique is Seraph Restoration Robinson. Although his original power of light has been exhausted during the construction of the holy city in the cloud, with the unique physique of the Holy Spirit, rich With combat experience and the powerful Dawn Excalibur, Seraphim still possesses the strength enough to gain the upper hand in a confrontation with ordinary legendary powerhouses.Coupled with the soaring morale brought about by the sight of the angel descending, as long as the Burning Dragon King Dariga or the Great Monarch of the Abyss did not come in person, the other demon lords might really suffer a defeat.

There must be more than one legendary strongman in the demon army entrenched in the capital of Fermeyer, but there will never be more than two. This information is obtained by Li Wei from the hint before the departure of the burning dragon king Darija. In conclusion, the accuracy should be quite high.It is completely different from the previous imagination. The goal of the demon army this time is not simply to occupy the land, nor is it to kill and plunder, but to invade seven places on the mainland. Unfortunately, the Kingdom of Arthur was hit by four arrows lying in his body and became the kingdom of the mainland. The number one disaster area in China.

These seven locations are the Valley of Blood owned by the Xigulun orc tribe in the Moon Whisper Plain, the Emerald Tower owned by the Elven King Court in the Moon Whisper Forest, Fermeyer, the capital of the Kingdom of Arthur, and the alchemy The most famous City of Laws in the era when Daxing was in the world, the tomb of the ancient dragon that used to be the burial place of several dragon clan masters, the Mithril Hall of the dwarf kingdom in the Iron Furnace Mountains, and the headquarters of the dead. sea.

As a legendary existence second only to the Great Lord of the Abyss, the task of the Devil Seven Lords is to find ways to control these seven locations.Among them, the Lord of Corruption, Anliot (the man behind the creation of the Organization of the Dead) and the Lord of Burning, Darija (the strongest Dragon King in existence), each rely on their own innate abilities to easily control the Sea of ​​Corpses and the Tomb of the Ancient Dragon; Ramsdon, the mad warrior lord, was lucky enough to find a soft persimmon, and drove the orc tribes of Xigulun to extinction without much effort, occupying the Valley of Blood, which was the totem of the orc ancestors; Conspiracy to shake the foundation of Arthur's kingdom, and then only after borrowing part of the army of the burning lord Dariga and the berserker lord Ramston, and mobilizing the authority of the dark fortress on the first floor of the abyss hell, he barely won the city of glory Firmeyer, however, left behind a big problem with the enchantment of the sacred domain that could not be completely eliminated.

However, compared with the treacherous lord Shakros, the troubles faced by the plague lord Inchen Samael are even worse. Although the strength of the Moonwhispering Forest Elf Court has been greatly weakened by the Dragon War, it still has dozens of The great magister and hundreds of high elf knights with blood power, and has two legendary dragons as allies.

Such a powerful strength is obviously not something that Yinchen Samael can solve independently. The personal strength of this plague lord ranks low among the seven lords of hell, and he tends to cast curses and spread diseases. It is the Emerald Dragon King Zhanqing Augustus alone, which is enough to compete with him.

After a little testing of the strength of the Elven King's Court, Yinchen Samael's mind, which had not been corrupted by his own plague power, clearly realized this, so he could only seek help from other demon lords.As the chief planner of this war, the treacherous lord Shakros boasted in front of the abyss lord, and of course agreed to come to assist him; while the burning lord Darija, who has always kept a certain distance from other demon lords, also graciously agreed , which surprised the plague lord.

Although after gathering the power of the three demon lords, the elf court was already on the brink of destruction, but because Li Weiston happened to be involved in it, after a series of incidents, not only did the demons not get the Emerald Tower, but they were in the moon language. The outskirts of the forest suffered a huge setback.The deceitful Lord Shakros and the Plague Lord Yinchen Samael were expelled back to the abyss hell. Unless they pay an unimaginably huge price, they will never come to the main plane again within a hundred years; His special position gave Li Weiston a quasi-ally who tended to benefit in the abyss.

As for the last two special places, the City of Myriad Laws exists in a little-known small demiplane, and the entrance has long been lost in the dust of history, which puzzled the charming lord, Ms. Cang Ye; and the Mithril Hall of the Dwarves Hidden among the cobweb-like tunnels in the Iron Furnace Mountains, it is difficult for anyone except the dwarves to find the right direction. Therefore, although the Dreadlord defeated the resistance of the dwarf kingdom many times, he even cut down two dwarf kings in a row. However, the skulls were still unable to break through the Iron Furnace Mountains. Instead, the army of demons who entered the tunnel suffered heavy losses. Several plane lords were even smashed into meatloaf in a large-scale landslide created by the dwarves.

Although the Burning Dragon King Darija did not disclose which demon lord is guarding the dark fortress, but Li Wei can know based on simple calculations that it can only be one of the mad warrior lord Ramston and the corrupt lord Anriot. , of course, it is also possible that two demon lords are stationed here at the same time.

The Dark Fortress is indeed a fortified castle with both offense and defense, but without the presence of legendary strongmen, can it withstand the attack of the two eastern counties and the Abraham coalition forces?This is a question that no one can answer in the affirmative.

The Lord of War, Ramsdong, once led his troops to fight against the Death Knights of the Second Eastern County, but they didn't gain any advantage in the end.Although the Lord of Berserk decided to withdraw his troops before he could launch a full-scale attack because of the bizarre deaths of dozens of team leaders under his command, the Death Knights did not show their cards. At least Ramsdong, who is a legendary powerhouse, can vaguely feel He realized that there was a very obscure aura in the queue of the Death Knights, but it was enough to make him feel afraid.

The aura that can make the legendary strongman feel fear is of course the original power. Although Ramsdon, the mad warrior lord, doesn't think he can't defeat the opponent, but that obscure aura also proves one point, the legendary strongman of the Death Knights The latter should belong to the assassins who are very good at hiding their tracks.

This happens to be the kind of opponent that the Berserker Lord hates the most and does not want to provoke. Ramstone loves head-to-head confrontation full of blood, killing and death, and hates playing tricks of assassination and secret combat with the so-called "rats in the gutter" , so this demon lord known for his bloodthirsty quickly withdrew his army and retreated, ending his side game ahead of schedule.

According to the information provided by the Sleepless Eye and the big crow scouts, the Lord of Berserk has not appeared on other battlefields, so it is very likely that he is currently guarding the Dark Fortress and commanding the legendary powerhouse of the demon army there. This is Lord Ramsay.

Feeling anxious or excited, the whole morning passed quickly, and suddenly there was a high-pitched cry from the King of Griffins in the air, and the Black Nightmare in the Northern Territory responded with a long hiss, and at the same time The rapid slowdown also allowed Li Wei to end his thinking about the current situation.

Li Wei raised his eyes and opened his mouth in surprise. He didn't feel that time had passed for a long time. However, what lay before his eyes was the majestic figure of Beauola, the city of demons. It was once regarded by many people as a dangerous and daunting dusk forest. Unknowingly, he was left behind.

The Griffon King stretched out his wings and landed slowly in a graceful gliding posture.Sir Rodriguez did not wait for the Griffin King to land completely, and jumped off from the top. The pale and indifferent expression of the condemned knight now looked more serious, like a faint glint in the eyes of the deep night. Green lightning ray.

"Master Li Wei, the situation has changed. Just now, the fire magician sent an urgent message. The commander of the desert country Abraham rushed out and launched a fierce attack on the dark fortress alone. As a result, he was violently counterattacked and suffered heavy casualties. As the guard of the raiding force The Hundred Undead Squad was almost wiped out, only the three leaders escaped in a bloody battle."

Li Wei felt a tightness in his throat, as did his chest, "Attack alone? How could this happen? Was the head of the commander in the desert country trampled by a wild boar? Couldn't he see the horror of that dark fortress? Or... ..." The young Griffin Lord's voice suddenly stopped, his throat seemed to be clamped by pliers, he stared dully at Sir Rodriguez's stern face like an eternal glacier, almost afraid that what he would do next Guess that will be spoken.

"...Or the head of the Death Knights, what kind of conspiracy and tricks is playing here?"

(End of this chapter)