The knight in the abyss

Chapter 666 Climbing

When the other partners have fallen asleep at night, Lancelot has not yet started the daily practice - the efficiency of communicating by rotating the bracelet and earrings is not very high, but he and Tijana have too much to say up.If it weren't for the business to be done tomorrow, the two would definitely chat all night.

Before dawn the next day, two figures slipped out of the mercenary camp, one of them was the human knight who had shined in yesterday's battle, and the other was the monster monkey girl Jing.As a true rock climbing master, she will find a less difficult route for Lancelot, and she herself is also interested in challenging the high wall of the giant castle.

Apart from saying goodbye to their partners, the two did not disturb anyone.With the help of the shelter of the rocks at the foot of the mountain, they quietly went around to the other side of the volcano fortress, and lurked behind a big rock near the bottom of the city wall.

As the evening sun on the Wanyuan Plain climbed to the horizon, the attack of the coalition forces also began.All four Balrog generals were present, but it was easy to see that the relationship between the former Volcanic Fort Lord and the other three colleagues was not very harmonious. Fortunately, their unity was not needed in the plan, as long as the four devils had the highest fighting power Just show up there and put on an attitude of being ready to go to war at any time.

The action of the coalition forces was not so much a siege, but more like queuing up to die—groups of cowards rushed towards the slaughterhouse-like steps driven by the Babu demons, and soon turned into a mass of shredded meat from the steps. Up 'flow' down.Occasionally, though, the four Balrog generals would take turns joining the charging tide, taking down a few hapless defenders before retreating before any opponents capable of matching them emerged.Although the efficiency is very low, this seems to be a feasible strategy, because the number of defenders is really small. If the demons continue to consume like this, those noble demon generals will have to come to block the gate in person after two or three days. .

In addition, all low-level demons have a characteristic, that is, as long as there are high-level demons present, they will not run away.Lancelot also only recently learned a new knowledge about demons: no matter whether they are outside the abyss or not, when a low-level demon is killed, they will be reborn somewhere in the abyss one day later (Note 1), but there is one Except for one way of death, that is to be eaten by higher-level demons-the demons who die in this way will be completely wiped out, and even the wish spell of the nine rings cannot bring them back.

Also, demons can advance through the ranks for all sorts of weird and unpredictable reasons, but one is certain - when most of your kind who know you think you're the strongest, cunning, most vicious , you will get the chance to advance. If there are demons higher than you among those who think so, then the possibility is even greater.Obviously, the battlefield is the place where this happens most frequently. Although being killed is an extremely painful experience, the ghouls hate their weak bodies and low status even more.

Although the fight was fierce over there, Lancelot had to wait patiently for a while longer, so that the battle could attract as many devils as possible to gather near the entrance of the castle, so as to reduce the probability of encountering enemies when he acted.But for a monkey, boredom is the most unbearable thing. While Lancelot was meditating behind the boulder and practicing Qi, Jing had already climbed and descended the [-]-foot-high city wall several times.

She also found cracks to drill into, and more than one.However, Jing still remembered Lancelow's advice, and did not rush in, but took note of the locations of these cracks, and thought about which one would be easier to take the human knight to.

About two hours after the battle started, Lancelot made up the homework that he had missed because of the note last night, and withdrew from the state of meditation.When he looked up, he found that Jing was looking at him from a high place - the monkey demon inserted the iron-headed stick vertically into a crack between the obsidian, and hooked the stick with its tail to hang down, as if it was just a stick. Branches protruding from the trunk.

Lancelot was about to wave to the other party, but his face suddenly changed color, and his body quickly rushed directly under the monkey monster.Before Jing could figure out what was going on, the pulling force on the tail suddenly disappeared, and only heard a crisp cracking sound in her ears, and the whole person began to fall downwards.

But the monkey demon immediately proved that Lancelow's worries were unnecessary.She will still be swinging in the air with the iron-headed stick wrapped around her tail, and her body will be attached to the city wall again. With her hands and feet touching the black wall a few times, she will quickly descend like a slide, and finally she is firmly on the ground. It fell in front of Lancelot.

"It's amazing." He admired sincerely, "I really thought you were going to fall just now."

"Hey, I'm not those stupid koalas, so I won't get hurt because of this kind of thing." Jing blinked happily at Lancelot, "I've found several entrances, and I'm just waiting for you to come. "

After the monkey demon finished speaking, he turned around and climbed up, his movements were as smooth as if there was an invisible ladder resting on the smooth and flat wall.Naturally, human knights don't have this kind of technology, and obsidian is not only resistant to magic, but also can't allow true essence to 'stick' to it.But he couldn't affect that kind of stone. Lancelot could still affect himself. He made his fingers as hard as iron hooks. As long as it was where the monkey monster went, he could go up, but at a slower speed.

Eighty feet may not be much on the ground, but it is definitely a dizzying height in terms of vertical distance.Although with Lancelot's physical strength, he should be fine even if he falls, but the inherent fear is not so easy to overcome.As he continued to move upwards, he heard the unique sound of high-altitude wind, as if inviting him to turn around and appreciate the scenery behind him.Lancelot resisted the temptation, kept his gaze upward, and focused on the next move that needed to be hooked with his fingers.

"Here it is." The monster monkey girl who had been waiting for him pointed to an inconspicuous crack on the city wall. "There is hot wind blowing from it, and it can definitely reach the inside of the castle."

"Well... let me take a look..." Lancelow said yes, but closed his eyes. After a few breaths, he opened them again and nodded to his companion, "Yes, it seems to be a guard room inside. Just go in here."

"How to do it?" Jing scratched her head (she was so relaxed), "Dig in along this seam?"

"Of course not." Lancelot smiled, inserted one hand into the gap, and stretched out the other hand towards the monster monkey girl, "Grab me. Be careful to keep your mouth shut. Keep quiet, lest the enemy hear you..."

(Note 1: According to the 5th version of the monster illustrated book, only the original monster has this feature, here is the author's private setting)
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