Warhammer Seal

Chapter 337 The Fall of the Basement of the Fortress
The burning of the flames already made it difficult to breathe.

The mortar that was originally painted on the stone wall to keep warm also collapsed due to the heat, and dust fell on the ground, and the covered stone bricks were also exposed.

When the city wall was built, time was tight, so they couldn't get enough clay from the Rick Province. The war economists used the stones mined nearby as building materials.

Of course, these things are strong enough, but they are not neat enough, and they will protrude from time to time.

If it is covered with mortar, you can't see anything, and when you build a city wall, you don't have to care about whether it is beautiful or not.

Now those protruding stone bricks became Wende's only life-saving straw, and he grabbed the edge with a sudden leap.

His hands were scorched and painful, but his thoughts were still extremely clear. A new protruding stone brick appeared on the left hand side, and he grabbed it with his legs.

Constantly looking for stone bricks, climbing one after another.

Wende is like a nimble monkey, climbing continuously inside the sentry tower, and actually came directly to the side of the ventilation duct.

In order to prevent things such as wild cats, dogs and mice from drilling the ventilation duct, it is still covered with a layer of hollow wooden boards, which are not thick.

"drink!"

With a heavy punch, the already fragile hollow plank was directly punched through, leaving just enough space for Wende to crawl through.

Considering that some soldiers might lock the sentry tower because of carelessness, the ventilation duct must be able to pass through so that the soldiers are forced to use wooden stakes to break the door.

It also gave Wende a ray of life, and at the same time, he also learned a bad news.

The demon prince Tzeentch escaped.

Among all the demons, Khorne and Nurgle are easily restrained by Wende, and Tzeentch is the only demon who knows that he has an anti-magic physique, and he will inevitably do things in the dark to limit Wende's plan to the greatest extent.

There is no clue about the Tzeentch demon at all. Wende has only completed two-thirds of this task, and he has to go back to Emperor Karl to wait for the next task.

His own army is all infantry, and the movement speed is very slow.

While retreating, a huge explosion came from the fort not far away.

When the war economists built the walls, they didn't just build the walls.

There are huge fortresses connected to the city wall behind the city wall, and there are one every ten kilometers.

There is a heavy cannon on the top of this fortress, which can shoot over the city wall to attack the enemies outside. There is also an open platform on the top that can be used as a landing point for dwarven helicopters, or a base for building Hellstorm rocket launchers.

In the center of the fortress is the barracks of the soldiers. Living here can give the soldiers the best rest and supplies, and can also reduce the maintenance cost of the garrison.

The first floor is the supply warehouse, which is full of food transported from various provinces of the empire, especially the province of Mut, to ensure that every soldier can fill his stomach when he is fighting or injured.

The basement of the fortress is where gunpowder and artillery are stored.

The air humidity in the basement is relatively high and there is a lack of light. It is indeed a good place to store gunpowder. Everyone who enters the basement must ensure that there is no open flame on them, otherwise the explosion of explosives can directly destroy the foundation of the fortress.

That violent explosion must have come from the bottom of the fortress.

Fortunately, the amount of gunpowder in each basement of the opponent is strictly in accordance with the design standards of war economists, which can only cause damage, but there is no way to completely destroy the foundation.

Time is running out, Wende has already quickly advanced to the gate of the fortress, and several priests of the Sharia Church are doing their best to treat the soldiers injured in the explosion.

Although one of them was blinded in one eye, he still recognized Wende, the elector of Sylvania, immediately.

"Elector, I am the guard of the underground gunpowder depot, and there is a traitor among the guards!"

He spoke fiercely, and coughed up blood directly while speaking.

First push away the pastor of the Salaya Church who wants to heal him, and must tell Wende the information as soon as possible.

"This is the map of the basement of the fortress. The situation is very bad. Some of us have been directly occupied by Chaos demons, and some cowards with unsteady beliefs have actually directly turned to Chaos.

"The big explosion just now destroyed the walls of the basement. Before I escaped, I saw many demons gushing out of it. It must be that a demon lair has been opened."

This is true, and this wounded soldier is not pretending to be a demon, otherwise, any demon and chaotic believer will reveal his true identity when he is close to Wende and the pastor of the Sharia Church.

The situation is now dangerous. The demons must have penetrated into the basement of the fortress. They are very clear that it is obviously unrealistic to attack the city wall head-on, or it will delay too much time.

So a new underground passage has been dug, ready to launch an attack from the ground.

Wende currently has only two options, either to abandon the living and wounded soldiers in the fortress, and directly destroy the fortress to prevent the Chaos Demon's underground infiltration plan.

Either form a special operations team, go deep into the ground to find the opening that was blown up by the Chaos Demon, and then find a way to plug it.

No matter what method is taken, time is getting shorter and shorter. If you can't start to act immediately, more and more demons will pour out from the ground of the fortress, until they are completely unable to be dealt with.

The fortress is too precious, and there are still many soldiers and wounded who have not escaped in time, and the artillery on the top floor and the supplies in the center are essential things and cannot be destroyed directly.

Now Wende must take the lead to go underground, find the hole and seal it.

The stairway leading to the basement is full of demons and corpses of Imperial soldiers.

Seven or eight halberd soldiers were surrounding the stairway. As long as a demon appeared, it would be repelled by their continuous stabs.

Originally, there were a full 20 people here, but in such a short time, nearly half of them had been sacrificed.

They all knew that they had to go into the basement to seal the hole, but they were all mortal bodies, and mortals would undoubtedly die if they entered the underground space full of chaotic demons.

"I'll go, guard the stairs!"

Wende handed over the improved musket V to the commanders of the eight halberd soldiers. After all, in the basement full of gunpowder, only one shot may cause a bigger gunpowder explosion, so he can only use the sword of salvation for melee attacks , and at the same time, for the sake of safety, the funeral must be explained.

"Hold my weapon. If I don't come back within an hour, or if you are unable to parry the demons rushing up, blow up this fortress."

The leading commander of the halberd soldiers looked at Wende with firm eyes.

"We will wait for you to come back, the elector, even if we fight to the last person, we will wait for you to come back!"

(End of this chapter)