Heart of the Castle

Chapter 698 Corrupt cyst, the truth covered up
Seeing Prince Arathorn's sanity regained consciousness, Vanderlos was obviously secretly relieved, and hastily knelt down on one knee, and asked in an inquiring tone, "Your Highness, how are you feeling now?" Taldan immediately said to him Kneeling beside him, "Your Highness, Taldan Kositi is here to obey your orders."

"Who... who is talking?" Prince Arathan struggled to turn his head away. For a few seconds, his eyes remained slack, but after blinking a few times, his eyes finally became a little clearer, "Who... oh, yes Wanderers...my captain of the guards...and Taldan..." He suddenly coughed, and a lot of liquid with the smell of strong alcohol dripped from the corner of his mouth, and it took him a long time to speak again. "Tell...Wanderoth, tell me how many demons we killed today? That huge black castle...has it been captured? I told my father...today...tonight in that castle A celebration banquet will be held!"

Wanderers and Taldan glanced at each other, not only doubts but also a lot of complicated and unspeakable emotions conveyed in the eyes, "His Royal Highness...has forgotten all our failures?" Tower Erdan said in as low a voice as possible.

"Maybe... there is such a possibility." Wanderers' voice was as light as a sigh, "Brother Taldan, don't forget that His Royal Highness fainted before the battle was over, and has been unconscious since then. In order to numb the pain, I drank so much spirits mixed with Hailuoying..."

"Being illuminated by the flames of God, this is simply too ridiculous, Brother Wanderos, how can you let His Royal Highness do this?" Taldan suddenly stood up, his face was ashen, and his tone was fierce and straightforward, "You have sent Osama Have you forgotten what the Great Imam said before he left? His Royal Highness is leading the army for the first time, and he is inexperienced, and mistakes and omissions are inevitable, and we just want to speak for him..."

"Brother Taldan, don't forget the identity of the Hundred Undead Group! We are the most loyal guards around the Imam and the sharpest scimitar in the hands of His Majesty. We swear to be loyal to the death and resolutely execute the Imam and his successors. You don’t need to use your own thoughts to judge right from wrong!” Wanderross retorted equally angrily, and then his tone softened, “Do you think I didn’t advise you after I found out that His Royal Highness did this? But Your Highness is determined to go his own way, what can I do?"

Taldan opened his mouth to speak, but he didn't know what to say, so he closed his mouth with a long sigh.

"Those demons, ha, I...they are running in front of my chariot, running and running... quick, quick, kill, kill, kill, victory, glory, victory... ah, my glory , Great victory!" Prince Arathan said incoherently, and then he seemed to have just noticed Li Wei's existence, and turned his eyes straight, "You, who are you? Stranger, why did you come to me? Get out of your chariot? Get out, get out, your stench makes the great Prince Arathan sick!"

Prince Arathan's fat face contorted into a horrible expression, and then his bloated body fell backward like a marionette that had lost its control, falling back between the soft and fluffy duvet.

Li Wei couldn't help taking a step back in disgust, "Great victory?" The young griffin lord shrugged, turned sideways and said to Taldan standing next to him, "Sorry, I thought you Abrahams were I lost a battle with the devil."

Taldan at least knew how to blush, "Your Excellency Leviston, please don't laugh at us. It is true that we were defeated by the devil, but it was because we fell into the despicable and shameless trap of the devil."

"A defeat is a defeat. Leave these cover-up words to your big imam." Rist Robinson suddenly interjected in a cold tone.

Taldan looked at Seraph in awe. He was far more afraid of this young man in white robes who defeated Vanderloth lightly than he was afraid of the griffin lord Liviston, so when Rist taunted At that time, the lion slayer couldn't even bring up the courage to refute.

Li Wei saw the embarrassment on Taldan's face, and deliberately changed the subject to ask him, "Master Taldan, tell us about that battle. His Royal Highness Prince Alasan said that the demon army was desperately fleeing in front of his chariot? Is this Is his memory wrong, or is there something else hidden?"

"His Royal Highness probably still remembers before yesterday's disastrous defeat." Taldan's face flashed imperceptible gratitude, and hurriedly explained, "The situation on the battlefield was very chaotic at that time, and we received a call from the whole army at dawn order, but there was no sign before, and the soldiers thought that the real war would take a period of time to prepare, so they all seemed a little at a loss. By the time the troops were organized, it was almost sunrise, Arassan When the chariot of His Royal Highness appeared, the morale was good. Then we started to attack, and the demons also came out of the city to meet them. The number was about [-]. At the beginning, the battle was stalemate for a while. After the cavalry, they quickly tore apart the demon's line, and then forced them further, pressing them in the direction of the huge dark castle."

"Abraham's camel beast heavy cavalry is strong, and the Hundreds of Immortals is a powerful knight group that is well-known in all human countries." Li Wei told Taldan with praise, "Relying on elite cavalry to open the gap is nothing strategically. Question, but I'm afraid this fighter was chosen a little earlier, and if you forcibly break through the thick array composed of heavily armored horned demons, the losses of your troops may not be too small, right?"

Taldan's expression seemed a little confused, "Heavy horned demon?" He repeated in a confused tone, and then suddenly realized, "Ah, Your Excellency the Regent, you are talking about the kind of tall and burly monster with a hair on its head. The giant-horned demons, right? Those demons are indeed troublesome. Their individual strength is comparable to that of ordinary knights, but the number is too small, and the positions of the team leaders of the demon army are too scattered. Apart from their dying counterattacks, we did not encounter too strong resistance."

"The number of horned demons is too small, and they exist as team leaders?" This time it was Li Wei's turn to be puzzled, with a plain surprise expression on his face, "Master Taldan, please recall carefully, you What do ordinary soldiers look like in the army of demons you encountered?"

Taldan looked at Levi Stone with a strange expression, as if he wanted to find traces of a joke from the young Griffin Lord's face.But this is obviously impossible, so the lion slayer had to shake his head in confusion, and then replied, "Your Excellency the Regent, are you joking? The ordinary soldiers of the demon army are naturally those who use steel forks with blasphemy magic A little devil with a pair of small horns on its head and a pair of small wings on its back as a weapon! Didn’t you see such a thing in the northern border of Arthur Kingdom?”

"Why haven't I seen it? It's the little devil I killed with my own hands, and the number is no less than a hundred." Li Wei didn't show much expression on his face, but his heart was already overwhelmed, "But the little devil is just one of the demons in the army. The slaves at the bottom are not much higher than the cannon fodder troops of other evil races, and the guards of the Dark Fortress are all elite, so how could they send these little devils to die?"

Seeing that Li Wei was silent, although Taldan felt a little confused, he didn't think too much, but continued to talk. "The front line of the demon army was quickly broken through. Some demons were trampled under the hooves of camel beasts, and most of them turned around and fled. His Royal Highness seized this opportunity and ordered the whole army to attack, hoping to use the help of a large number of demons fleeing. Opportunity, take the dark castle in one fell swoop."

"Please make it clear, did you seize this opportunity or step into this trap?" Rist Robinson said sharply mockingly.

Taldan's expression froze all of a sudden, he couldn't help but frowned, his eyes flickered like flint, but then he sighed, slumped his shoulders, and shook his head without any anger, " That's right, you're right, we... have stepped into a devil's trap... That rout was a despicable and shameless trap!"

"It turns out that's the case. No wonder your prince thinks that victory is at hand. Those demons are simply using this to further lengthen your troop formation, so that they can give them a chance to divide and eliminate." Li Wei pointed out in a heavy tone, "What happened next? What happened? Is it a meteor fire rain falling from the sky, or a large number of ambush soldiers composed of high-level demons suddenly appeared?"

There was a look of astonishment in Taldan's eyes, "Your Excellency Leviston, if the flames of war hadn't just been extinguished in Dirk City, I would have thought you were near Firmeyer and witnessed the battle with your own eyes. What!" He managed to squeeze out a smile of admiration, "The demon army let us taste the two possibilities you mentioned. First, countless fireballs fell from the sky, and the earth melted into flames in an instant. Horror scene; followed by two terrifying demon troops who did not know when to appear, all of them were horned demons in heavy armor. There were thousands of them, led by giant demons burning with crimson flames, attacking from left and right like steel clamps come."

Taldan's voice became weak and low, obviously recalling this scene made him feel heavy.

"Our entire army of Abraham was cut off from the middle, and then divided and surrounded by a superior number of demon teams. Although our troops fought bravely and tenaciously, and barely supported the siege of the demons, due to the sudden injury of His Royal Highness, he fainted. In order to protect the safety of His Royal Highness, a large number of elite knights fought desperately to kill the enemy, resulting in heavy losses, and the formation soon suffered an irreversible defeat. Abraham's first knight, Tuha Sauddin, personally led a hundred-man undead regiment to fight to the death, and barely stopped it. In order to let the Wanderers brothers and I protect His Royal Highness from the pursuit of the devil."

Li Wei raised his head speechlessly to look at the gorgeous furnishings around him. Although this huge tent can be moved, it is not a powerful magic creation that can move by itself like the commander's wheel palace. Instead, it can only be pulled by animal power. The heavy and bulky things can't move too fast.One can imagine how difficult it would be to break out of the encirclement when Abraham's remnant army carried this tent.

After hearing the fact that Abraham's army did not attack the Dark Fortress, and the attack strategy adopted by the demon defenders, the Griffin Lord felt a little puzzled.The demon army could clearly rely on the strong fortifications of the dark fortress to easily defeat the Abrahams who left their allies to attack the city alone. Why did they choose to go out of the city to meet the people who had obviously suffered more losses?Even if the Abrahams stepped into the trap ignorantly under the wise command of their prince, a face-to-face fight would cause the demons to lose far more than defending the fortified city.

Not only that, but Li Wei still had a faint feeling of uneasiness in his heart. It seemed that the commander of the demon army in the Dark Fortress didn't pay attention to the remnant soldiers of Abraham at all, and even drove them to the northern border county intentionally or unintentionally!Otherwise, it is hard to imagine how that Tuhasauddin successfully resisted the devil's pursuit. Even if the two demon lords came to ambush near Dirk City in advance, there were at least ten demon lords among the defenders of the dark fortress. , as long as one or two casually appear, they can easily break through the defense line of Abraham's first knight.

Prince Arasan, who had been quiet for a while, groaned again, and the priest Masaka, who was conducting a detailed diagnosis on him, made a gesture without thinking, and a light black light shrouded His Royal Highness's fat head again. Let his moaning die down again, and straighten up.

"My lord, I can be sure that His Royal Highness Prince Alasan was not injured in general, but suffered some kind of..."

Just as the chief priest of the land began to speak, a servant standing not far away with a water jug ​​suddenly screamed, staggered and fell, and the brass jug flew out of his hand, smashing towards Prince Arasan.

The weight of this brass jug is astonishing. If it hits it, it will definitely make Prince Arathorn's head bleed. However, Wanderos has always knelt on one knee in front of Prince Arathorn's bed. Of course, such a thing will not be allowed. occur.The scimitar inlaid with gold and treasure flashed out, splitting the jug in half neatly from the middle.

"Why did you fall down for no reason? Are you looking for death?" Before the brass pitcher fell to the ground, Wanderers' voice had already growled, but the servant didn't intend to answer at all, but lay on the ground motionless , a pool of bright red blood slowly oozed out from under her body!
Wanderers' expression changed, and he stepped forward quickly, leaning over to check the servant's situation. Before his outstretched palm touched the servant's neck, there was a sharp strange cry followed by a muffled grunt. Another The servant suddenly rushed towards the officiant of Masaka as if he had gone mad, and the latter only had time to turn around, and then the two of them collided fiercely.

The priest of the land not only has a very good ability to cast divine spells, but is also an excellent priest warrior. If he wears a special armor, picks up a shield and an obsidian mace, the priest of Masaka can at least play the equivalent of a quasi-knight fighting ability.However, in front of the servant's powerful hands, the quasi-knight was really not enough. The priest of Masaka was quickly pressed down by the servant, and his neck was strangled by the powerful hands as black as ebony.

Shocked, Taldan and Levi Stern immediately drew their swords, but before they could react, Rist Robinson standing behind Levi suddenly raised his eyebrows , The scolding sound was like a sharp knife cutting through the air, "The unclean one! In the name of my lord, turn it into ashes!"

A piece of milky white light burst out centered on Rist Robinson, and then filled every inch of this gorgeous tent with lightning speed.When the light was approaching, both Taldan and Vanderloth instinctively erupted with the strongest fighting energy, trying to shield it from the outside, but it didn't work. Their fighting energy was quickly extinguished like a flame thrown into ice water. Immediately, the white light gently brushed over their bodies, taking away all the fatigue, pain and troubles, and every part of the body was absolutely relaxed, as if soaked in warm milk.

However, to the servant who attacked Masaka's priest, this white light was as deadly as a flame.His facial skin was originally the color of ebony, but when it first came into contact with white light, it turned into a dull gray, and then it shattered like a scroll of sheepskin that had gone through hundreds of years, revealing a living creature underneath. The weird black-red tissues wriggling like animals, and these tissues are melting and falling off under the white light, foul-smelling gray-white smoke rises, and black rotten water flows down the neck like a stream.

Accompanied by a sharp and unpleasant scream, the servant jumped up suddenly, and then his head suddenly detached from his body, and fell to the ground with a bang.However, the head did not die, but rolled on the spot, and rolled behind the headless body that was still standing still.

Li Wei's pupils shrank slightly, and this familiar scene evoked some memories that had been deeply hidden in his mind. "Gods, this thing is... a sneaky rotten bag!" The Griffin Lord shouted, "Be careful, there may be his accomplices in the tent..."

Leviston's warning came too late, and Wanderers, who was guarding Prince Arathorn with a scimitar, suddenly felt a strange chill, waking him up from the warmth and serenity created by the holy light. When he found out the source of the chill, a piercing scream sounded from the back of his head, and then he felt that his vision became very strange, as if everything around him was spinning rapidly, and when the spinning finally stopped, Prince Arathan, who was supposed to be lying in the bedding behind him, appeared in front of his eyes at some point, his fat and bloated face looked extraordinarily huge, with a little bit of dirty oil shining.

There was another ear-piercing strange cry, Prince Arathorn's mouth suddenly opened, his tongue was red and wet, shimmering, ugly and dirty, especially the angle of opening reached an unbelievable degree, it seemed enough to Swallow the head of a grown man!

(End of this chapter)