Heart of the Castle

Chapter 683

The Dark Nightmare in the Northern Territory swept across the field like the wind and lightning, and the heavy hooves sounded like rolling thunder, tearing the silence of the night sky to pieces. The illusion of being in the sky.In the sky above his head, Sir Rodriguez led [-] champion knights who replaced the alchemy horses and rode griffins to follow closely. Their wide and fluffy wings vibrated the air and blasted under the hazy moonlight. And pass.

Even so, Li Wei still felt that the speed was too slow, especially when he thought that it had been nearly ten hours since Wilps sent the message for help. It made him feel like he couldn't breathe.

The adult Black Nightmare's speed is astonishing. If it runs at full speed, it can increase the limit flight speed by about [-]% compared to ordinary griffins.Li Wei really wanted to collect all the troops behind him into the heart of the castle, and then rush to Dirk City as quickly as possible.However, his rationality told him that doing so would not help at all—the army of undead besieging Dirk City was huge in number and had many spellcasters, even a legendary powerhouse like Sir Rodriguez plus sixty champion knights, It is enough to form an elite army that has never been seen in the history of the Kingdom of Arthur, but it can only be sighed when facing tens of thousands of fearless undead. If you want to relieve the siege of Dirk City, you must gather a large enough army. .

If the Griffon Knights had already prepared for war, the situation would be different. The four divisions together had more than ten thousand elite fighters who had experienced many battles, and their combat effectiveness far exceeded that of regular troops in the conventional sense.If the first group of Griffins is the sharpest spear for killing enemies, then the third group of Griffins is the strongest protective shield, plus the second group of Griffins who are good at guerrilla harassment and the first group of Griffins who are good at long-range strikes and suppression The fourth regiment, even without the fortifications of Dirk City, is enough to defeat the undead army head-on in the field.

If it was the fourth regiment of Griffins led by the sniper archer Sir Grace, or the third regiment of Griffins led by the steel-fist knight Dragunson, who were besieged in Dirk City by the army of undead, then the battle would at least last. There is a certain chance of winning.These two units are far more suitable than the first regiment of Griffins to guard cities with solid defenses. The rain of arrows poured out of the city by snipers and heavy crossbow archers is enough to suppress the attacking momentum of the undead army. Shielded infantry units are also better at repelling enemy attacks than dismounted cavalry.

However, the current situation is the worst one. The sharpest spears have to barely resist the attack of the undead army, while the strongest shields are hundreds of kilometers away.Although Steel Fist Knight Dragoonsun has received Li Wei's order to abandon the supply troops and advance at full speed, it will take at least two days to reach the vicinity of Dirk City, and the troops will inevitably lose combat effectiveness due to the hasty march. question.

In addition, there is another thing that must be taken into consideration, that is, the safety of the Griffin Lord Li Weiston himself. It is not a very important city, but to lure Li Wei or others to lead an army to help.Li Wei can fully imagine that these accusers must have set up many traps outside Dirk City and are ready to fight.

"I want to be calm, I must be calm." Li Wei told himself silently again, while clenching his teeth, forcing himself to suppress the anxiety in his heart, "Recklessness and impulsiveness cannot defeat the conspiracy of the deceased, let alone save tens of thousands of people in Dirk City. Resident, I must..."

The Dark Nightmare in the Northern Territory suddenly let out a long hiss with a strong warning meaning, and endless flames suddenly rose from the four hooves, and every step made an explosion like a thunderbolt, and the speed of the forward speed suddenly decreased.Immediately there was a loud cry from the Griffin King above his head. This ferocious beast spread out a pair of golden wings and descended from the sky with howling winds. When it was about to touch the ground, the black-armored knight on his back jumped down and landed on the ground. next to Li Wei.

"Is there a situation ahead?" Li Wei's heart moved, he raised his head and looked forward, his eyes flashed with a strange light of exploration technique at the same time.The night was dark, like a thick black velvet curtain stretched above the sky, but the light of the silver moon and the red moon was faintly visible, illuminating the avenue of glory winding forward like a wide ribbon.The visibility is not bad, even if you don't use the detection technique, you can still see several nearby rolling hills with gentle slopes and a jungle with sparse trees.

But in the field of vision of the probing technique, there is another scene. About half a kilometer away, a red light spot representing hostility is rapidly approaching, the number exceeds two hundred, and the leader is a dazzling light cluster, glowing Dark purple representing extreme danger, followed by six or seven dark red light dots representing high danger.

"It's the enemy, there are a lot of them! But... why are they here?" Li Wei couldn't help but feel a little surprised. He was not surprised because his whereabouts were leaked. There are many spellcasters among the dead, and there will always be a way to find out. Knowing his whereabouts, even one of the Griffin Lord's strategies is to use himself as a bait to attract the attention of the dead, so that Dirk City can continue to support it.But what makes Li Wei feel incomprehensible is that these brainless undead would choose to openly intercept them on the open plain more than ten kilometers away from Dirk City, and their strength is much weaker than imagined !
This is not to say that Li Wei underestimated this enemy.There were hundreds of red light spots rushing forward, and judging from the intensity of the light returned by the probing technique, the weakest ones were also regular knights with the power of grudge seeds.The troops that sue the dead are all composed of undead, and there are no living people, so the identities of these knights can be easily determined-this is an established order of death knights!

The rotting body of the death knight is not afraid of the damage of Fantie. Apart from the attack of holy power, fire and powerful magic, there are few ways to completely destroy it, so its strength is stronger than that of knights of the same level.Just such a death knight group, if it is head-to-head, it is enough to fight against the first group of Griffins.And the leader of the death knight has reached the peak of fighting spirit, not only the flame wheel knight Wilps is not his opponent, even the sword-wielding earl who is as strong as the sword dancer Ansair , and it is hard to say whether they can win in a one-on-one fair battle.

But even if the number of death knights in front of them doubled again, they would not be able to threaten the life of Li Weiston. Behind the Griffon Lord, a total of sixty champion knights had put on heavy alchemy horses and stood erect on the ground. The lance in his hand is like a small steel jungle.The King of Griffins did not leave the battlefield, but led the Griffin troops hovering above the sky, ready to dive down at any time, disrupting the death knights' charge array at the cost of sacrifice.

More importantly, when he can use all his strength to fight without any scruples, Sir Rodriguez's strength has completely reached the legendary level. No death knight can resist a legendary Scourge knight, even that one. Even the leader who has reached the peak of Dou Qi Tianhua can't do it.Li Wei noticed that Sir Rodriguez beside him was emitting a cold and cruel aura, and his eyes gradually turned green under the moonlight.

Li Wei pulled out the knight sword at his waist, and then the silvery-white vindictive light ignited on the edge of the sword, pushing back the darkness like a torch.The Griffin Lord was ready for a fierce battle, but what surprised him was that as time went by, the death knights not only showed no signs of speeding up, but were gradually slowing down, and finally they were about Stopped at more than 200 meters.

Just when Li Wei was puzzled, the dark purple light group led six dark red light spots and started to move forward again, but the brigade remained motionless, as silent as a forest.

"My gods, what the hell are these undead doing?" Li Wei cursed in a low voice anxiously.

"Master Levi, calm down." Sir Rodriguez reminded with a voice that became hollow and weird, "No matter what tricks those guys are playing, we just need to be prepared to go all out."

"I see." Li Wei nodded in agreement, and at the same time took a deep breath to let the cold night wind suppress a little irritability in his heart.After his mind calmed down again, Li Wei noticed several figures on horseback slowly emerging from the front. The black armor and the cloak of the same color almost blended with the dark night, and the sight hole under the helmet was burning. The ghostly green flame unique to the undead.

At least on the surface, these death knights did not intend to go into battle. Their sabers were hung at their waists, their spears and battle axes were hung beside their saddles, and the skeleton war horses on their crotches were trotting. Li Wei actually felt that they could A sense of leisure can be heard from the sound of hooves.

It's actually a non-hostile death knight order blocking the way... This is really weird.Li Wei shook his head in disbelief, the silver-white dou qi flame burning on the knight's sword flickered a few times, and then went out.

The death knights gradually approached, and when there were still about 20 meters left, Sir Rodriguez suddenly said, "Stop there!" His voice was dry and cracked, and his tone was like cold gravel, "No advance, otherwise it will be a battle! "

Li Wei has never heard of a death knight who would be moved by threatening words. The minions created by these accusers are ruthless, and their hearts are like cast from cold and hard steel, without any fear or pity. A shelter for such emotions.However, before Sir Rodriguez could finish his words, the leading death knight on the opposite side raised his hand as a signal, and then the skeleton horses stopped together.

"Our position is not necessarily hostile to each other, the living." The leader of the death knights said in a dull voice, and at the same time jumped off his horse and walked forward. "In the era when the soul comforters were still active, the death knights were more loyal guards guarding the undisturbed kingdom of eternal sleep, rather than the servants and minions of the dead. Their vision is to turn the whole world into a cold and silent kingdom of the dead. We... are not like that."

The young griffin lord frowned and looked at the death knights in front of him, especially paying more attention to the leader. From the moment the figure of the leader of the death knights appeared, he always felt that something was wrong. Something is wrong.When Li Wei finally noticed that the death knight leader's head was not on his shoulders, but tied around his waist with a black iron chain, he couldn't help showing a shocked expression on his face.

"Father God, you are... the Headless Horseman!"

Most death knights are transformed from knights who died in battle. Their corpses are awakened by powerful undead magic. This kind of death knight is much weaker than before, and their intelligence is also low, so it is difficult to continue to advance; moreover Powerful death knights are made by willing survivors—most of whom are loyal believers of Kuximu—using dark rituals to advance. This kind of death knight can not only retain the wisdom of life, but also not weaken its strength, and it can also It is possible to continue to advance.

Regardless of the second type of death knight transformed from the living, even if you want to successfully create the first type of death knight, you usually need the body to be intact.If it is a corpse with a pierced heart or a severed head, even if the undead magic is successfully cast, it is often only an ordinary zombie or a low-level undead such as a skeleton, rather than a death knight with grudge power.

The headless horseman is different from these two kinds of death knights. It is not made through undead magic or dark rituals, but a high-level undead that is naturally formed under certain special circumstances. The headless horsemen are also the most powerful type of death knights. , even the weakest among them has the strength of the peak of fighting spirit, and his wisdom is far higher than that of ordinary death knights. Although his personality is equally cold, he is not cruel.Since most of the Headless Horsemen have deep resentment and are far more resistant to flames than other undead, some people call them the Avengers of Eternal Night in awe, while others call them Dread Knights full of hatred.

No matter what kind of title it is, it reflects the horror of the headless horseman from the side. However, the number of such death knights is extremely rare, and the reasons for their occurrence are always confusing. The possibility of encountering them in the epics spoken by bards is comparable Much bigger in reality.

The Headless Horseman stood there quietly, with two dark green eyes flickering on the head around his waist, and he responded to Li Wei's gaze motionlessly.It took a full minute before he spoke. The voice came from the abdominal cavity, which was muddy and incomprehensible, "Young survivor, are you the griffin lord Levi Stone?"

Before Li Wei could answer, Sir Rodriguez suddenly stepped forward and said in a hollow and gloomy voice, "Undead, what identity are you using to ask His Excellency the Regent of the Kingdom of Arthur?"

"I'm Eupondra, head of the Scourge Knights..." The Headless Horseman replied, and then he noticed Sir Rodriguez's appearance, the head on his waist twisted strangely, and his eyes suddenly ignited with raging green Yan, "Curse the world and the dark sun! Ku Ximu bless you, it's really you!"

"It seems that the sword was cut a little lightly, Lord Eupondra." Sir Rodriguez said in a cold tone full of mockery, holding the hilt with his right hand, and the star iron giant sword followed a slight rubbing sound. , quickly slid out of the scabbard. "If you want to get revenge, then draw your sword. Let me see if the Armor of Imprisoning Soul, one of the seven secret treasures of the necromancer, can withstand the full force of this giant iron star sword!"

Before Sir Rodriguez's challenge was finished, there was a slight commotion among the high-ranking death knights on the opposite side, and one of them, a tall and burly death knight like a giant bear in armor, stepped forward impulsively. , ready to draw his sword to fight, but was stopped by several other knights; there was also a death knight wearing a full-face helmet, although he did not make any moves from the beginning to the end, but Sir Rodriguez was able to He felt the pressure brought by the other party's gaze, as well as the fierce and violent breath released from his body that made him feel inexplicably familiar.

The headless horseman Eupondra raised his hand again, signaling the death knights behind him to stop the dispute, "Cursed Dark Sun—or use the name you used when you disguised yourself as a human—Sir Rodriguez, I think I must see Take a look at your current strength." He announced one word at a time.

"That's right, it's easy to say that." Sir Rodriguez replied coldly, and then slowly raised the star iron giant sword, the dark grudge danced frighteningly on the blade, and at the same time the body on his body The breath of death was rising steadily, and the alchemy props that were originally used to conceal their identities made crisp cracking sounds, and then fell off Sir Rodriguez's body.

As the dark atmosphere became more and more condensed, Sir Rodriguez's cloak fluttered wildly, as if he was waving huge black wings, stirring up bursts of strong winds that seemed to come from the kingdom of eternal night, whether it was bushes or grass They all withered in an instant, and the few wild mice that hadn't had time to escape froze after a little struggle, losing all breath of life.

The Dark Nightmare in the Northern Territory let out an uneasy low hiss, paved the ground hesitantly, and at the same time, a childish voice suddenly sounded in Li Wei's mind, "Big, I'm a little scared..."

Li Wei reached out and stroked the spiral horns on the black horse's forehead, and said in a comforting tone, "It's nothing, Xiao Hei, Sir Rodriguez won't hurt us, and he won't have to wait long, he should be fine soon. The headless horseman on the opposite side will be dealt with soon, do you want to guess how many times Sir Rodriguez needs to swing his swords to get rid of the headless horseman named Eupondra?"

The Griffon Lord's guess was only half right. The matter was indeed resolved quickly, even before the Dark Nightmare in the North could answer. However, Sir Rodriguez didn't even swing a sword.Just when the death aura on the Scourge Knights broke through the peak of Tianhua, and suddenly turned into an extremely fierce catastrophe aura, and the whole body rose from the ground like a black dark sun, the leader of the Scourge Knights, Eupondra, suddenly Letting out a cry of no doubt joy, he knelt down on one knee, drew his sword and placed it at his feet.

"All members of the Scourge Knights, please refer to the head of the team - Scourge Knight Rodriguez!"

"See the head of the group!" The burly deputy head Sarabel knelt down with the head of Upondra without much thought, and the voice of salute was as loud as thunder.Immediately afterwards, other high-ranking death knights also knelt down one after another, and the shouts of "See the chief" made the grudge light on Sir Rodriguez's body fade rapidly along with the murderous aura. Puzzled.

(End of this chapter)