Heart of the Castle

Chapter 439 Victory, Entry, Trap
As night falls, the battle outside Queensland is just in the ascendant. The demon army and the Northern Allied Forces are fighting hard. The whole battlefield is like a big pot of boiling water. Swords and spears are exchanging minions and sharp teeth , two torrents of black, red and off-white squeezed against each other and mingled together.The horseshoe trampled on the trembling body, the sword chopped off the scaled head, the warhorse lost its owner and ran around in panic, the wailing of the dying one after another, suddenly suppressed the clanging of fighting, and suddenly rang out even more Fierce screams and groans.

Both the Northern Allied Forces and the demon army have gained an advantage in one direction. Now it depends on whether the left-wing cavalry of the Northern Allied Forces breaks through the demon's defense line first, or the elite team of the demons defeats the right wing of the Northern Allied Forces first.Whoever can achieve this first on both sides can concentrate their superior forces to defeat the opponent's central army, thus establishing victory in one fell swoop.The commanders-in-chief of both sides obviously saw this at the same time, and invariably strengthened the strength of their superior side, and at the same time strictly ordered the weaker side to try their best to resist delaying.

Levi rode the Dark Nightmare of the North and rampaged across the battlefield, smashing the demon formation into a paste like a wild bison in the bushes could do damage.The young griffin lord violently swung the knight sword in his hand. The silver-white sword light flickered like countless thunderbolts. With every blow, several little demons screamed and fell to the ground dead.The Griffin Knights followed their lord closely, all of them desperately going deep into the siege, killing and slashing fiercely. They became the sharpest blades on the left wing of the Northern Allied Forces, just like cutting through frozen butter. Teams of demons cut to pieces.

The even more frightening power comes from the Dark Nightmare in the North. Every time the handsome black horse neighs to the sky, there will always be a violent roar, and the air waves and red light will blow hundreds of little demons like collapse beans. In the upper half of the sky, most of them were already smashed to pieces when they fell.This is a particularly serious blow to the morale of the demon team. Even in the end, as long as the unique sound of hooves of the Northern Darkmare sounds, the array of little demons will collapse, dragging their wings and steel forks, and running away. Even the team leaders They will also find that they have more important things to do, and rush to find other knights as opponents, rather than ushering in the doom of inevitable death.

Sir Rodriguez does not appear to be very good among the Gryphon Riders, yet only the sharpest eyes will be able to detect the amazing feats he has achieved.He seldom chopped off the little devil's head with the star iron giant sword in his hand, and he didn't even pay much attention to those burly horned devils, just attacking or defending casually.But as long as any big demon or stronger enemy stands in Li Wei's way, this dark and terrifying weapon will exert its terrifying power, whether it is the horned demon warlord, the three-headed hellhound or the abyss refining weapon. Demons can only get the same result in front of the cursed world, that is, they lose their heads in an instant just like criminals executed by the executioner.

When the No.3 abyssal demon was easily beheaded by Sir Rodriguez, a huge commotion finally occurred on the right wing of the demon army.The demon army besieging Queensland City is considered elite, but the three abyss refiners can also be regarded as a very serious loss. Each of these demon nobles who can use powerful flame magic is equivalent to a titled knight among humans or with a Lord Sword is still superior in terms of strength, even in the abyss of hell, he still plays the role of commander and controller.The death of these abyssal demons shook the will of the demon army to fight, and the turmoil quickly spread from the right wing to the central army. Earl Ansair, who was fighting fiercely, noticed this keenly, and immediately withdrew, raised his scepter, and ordered the messengers Blow the horn and throw into the last reserves.

When dozens of knights recharging their batteries advanced along the passage that the front army gave way to, and rushed towards the demon army as fast as lightning, the balance of victory finally tilted towards the human side.The little devils retreated back howling and crying, and the formation collapsed. After losing the defensive formation, this torrent of steel was not something that could be stopped by flesh and blood. It pierced deeply like a sharp dagger. The heart of the demon army.

The demon commander who hadn't shown up all this time roared again and again. Under the mobilization of his orders, the demon team, which was killing the right wing of the Northern Alliance Army and retreating steadily, then shrank back and launched an attack from the flank, preventing the knights of the Northern Alliance Army from advancing. This charge re-stabilized the precarious front.However, in this way, all the advantages that the demon army had originally gained were lost. The demon commander decided to end this doomed war. Then the demon army began to gradually withdraw from the battlefield. They abandoned the city of Queensland that was still burning in the raging fire. Even the last few teams that had been entangled with the Northern Allied Forces were abandoned, and a few abyssal demons laid a wall of fire hundreds of meters long to block the pursuers. The whole army was like a muddy black and red tide. recede.

The Northern Allied Forces pursued until they were in front of the burning wall of fire before stopping. On the one hand, only knights who had comprehended the power of fighting spirit could pass through the wall of fire unscathed. On the other hand, although the demon army was defeated, the main force was not seriously injured After this fierce battle, the Northern Allied Forces could not be said to be unscathed.So Earl Ansair ordered the messenger to blow the horn to stop the pursuit, ending the fierce battle with the demon army.

The biggest contributors to this battle are undoubtedly Li Wei and his Griffin Knights. Not only the left commander, Viscount Siegfried, admired him so much, but even those noble children who have been complaining about Li Wei's achievements have to admit that the young The Griffin Lord has indeed made a great contribution once again.Earl Ansair showed a very reluctant look on the surface. He first praised Viscount Siegfried for his effective command, then he praised the mercenaries and knights who were desperately resisting on the right wing of the coalition army, and finally, the knights and lords under his command Under unanimous clamor, they recorded the first merit on Li Weiston, and then ordered the whole army to move out and enter Queensland City to rest.

Although the frontal city wall collapsed under the onslaught of the demon army, the flag of the kingdom was still flying above the city of Queensland.After the Northern Allied Forces entered the city, they immediately put out the fire separately under the order of Earl Ansair, while looking for survivors.However, until the main streets of the city were covered, there were no traces of living people except corpses lying everywhere, which made everyone quite surprised, especially Earl Ansair himself. His brows were deeply furrowed.

"Everyone searched more carefully, checked every corpse, every house, and every stone. Not long ago, this place was desperately resisting the attack of demons. It is impossible that there are not even a single survivor. Stay!" The earl ordered loudly, and the soldiers and knights of the Northern Allied Forces immediately moved into action to conduct a more careful search.

Li Wei led the Griffon Knights to a building that looked like a temple. The door here was open, and an icosahedron pattern inlaid with obsidian could be vaguely seen. "This is the divine emblem of Cageno, the God of the Earth." Li Wei pondered for a moment, and then ordered, "Let's go in and check if there are any survivors. There may be shelters and cellars in the Temple of the Earth. "

After the Griffin Knights filed in, Earl Ansair also arrived here, with only one young attendant with a horn on his back, and the female knight Fleisher who was wearing silver knight armor. "Now I don't need to pretend to be seen by anyone, Li Wei, there are people from the city guards who I trust are guarding outside." The sword dancer explained to the Griffin Lord, "The loss of Queensland City this time is immeasurable. A knight has found the Sheriff of Ruhr County and his guards, but unfortunately there is no living person inside."

"Has the Lord Sheriff of Ruhr County died?" Li Wei sighed deeply, as if he was expressing the depression in his heart, "I hope his soul finds peace in the eternal night kingdom of the Eternal Sleeping Guide...but , Earl of Ansair, as the Sheriff, don’t you think the resistance of Queensland City is a bit too tenacious? After the Sheriff’s death, who will command the army here?"

"It's really strange," Earl Ansair admitted, "but a victory is a victory. Now Queensland City is back in our hands, and at the same time, we have fought fiercely with the demon army, and we have gained a lot. No matter from which point of view, The coalition forces in the north have already completed the task of supporting the king's army in the middle."

"The size of this demon army is not inferior to the one that once attacked the Great Wall of Ice. Today we only wiped out one-tenth of them. It is not a fatal blow to the enemy..." Li Before Wei finished speaking, he heard a rush of footsteps, and then a griffin rider hurriedly walked over, with a frightened paleness on his face.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency the Sheriff!" The Griffin Knight knocked on his chest and saluted, "We found an underground shelter in the temple, and more than 100 old and weak women and children hiding there." Seeing Levi and Ansair The count showed joy, and the Griffin Knight hesitated for a moment, and then finished speaking in a low tone, "The gate of the refuge is intact, and the people inside are also unharmed, but...they...all died."

Surprise immediately washed away the joy that had just appeared on the faces of Li Wei and the others, and Miss Fraser even covered her face with her hands, her expression full of mourning, "They are all dead?" She said sadly, " Did no one survive?"

"We have checked the entire Earth God Temple, except for the sanctuary, only found the bodies of a few clergymen in the chapel. They once tried to protect the image of the Earth God from being defiled, and died with a group of little demons. They behaved Very heroic," replied the Gryphon Rider.

"It seems that the city of Queensland has been breached by the demon army at least once." Earl Ansair stated his judgment, and Li Wei nodded in agreement. The damage marks left on the gate and walls of the temple also verified this point. "Take us to the shelter." He ordered the Griffin Rider.

Queensland City is the capital of Ruhr County, and the scale of the Temple of the Earth is no worse than that of the Temple of Storms in Dirk City. A group of people walked along the deep and winding corridors of the temple for several minutes before seeing two knights in blue and white armor standing guard. Next to a stone statue, the head of the statue was broken up to the neck, and rolled to the side, and the heavy body had been pushed away from its original position, revealing the hole behind which only allowed one person to enter and exit.

"This hidden door is really ingeniously designed, how did it get discovered?" Earl Ansair looked at the statue and couldn't help but click his tongue in wonder.There is a statue like this every ten meters in this corridor, and there are more than 20 statues in total. Although there are differences in demeanor and attire, there are obviously no more differences.

"It was discovered by Steward Frederick." A Griffin Knight replied, "He found some traces of wear and tear on the ground here, so he asked Sir Rodriguez to give this statue a shot."

This answer made Earl Ansair admire again, but Li Wei immediately turned his head away, not wanting others to see the uncontrollable smile on the corner of his mouth.The way Butler Frederick discovered the secret door was not careful observation, but the effect of probing techniques.

Before Li Wei and the others walked into the secret door, Butler Frederick had already bent over and walked out. Even in such a narrow and cramped place, this well-dressed old man still looked personable, as if he had just walked out of the banquet hall. Outgoing general elegance. "Master Levy, Your Excellency the Earl of Ansair, and Miss Frasier," he said in a voice with a strong aristocratic accent while wiping his hands with a handkerchief, "Sir Rodriguez and I have already I checked the inside carefully, so I don’t think it’s necessary to go in.”

"Has the cause of death of those people been found out?" Li Wei said, "Tell us how they died?"

"It's stupid." Sir Rodriguez then got out of the secret door. The tall man was much more embarrassed than Butler Frederick, especially the length of the star iron giant sword was really troublesome. There was an intimate contact, and the scraped stone powder sprinkled his head and face.Seeing the strange expressions of Li Wei and others, Sir Rodriguez cursed in a low voice, and patted the powder on his head and shoulders with his hands.

"They did a stupid thing." Butler Frederick explained, "There is a special phenomenon that you may have heard of, that is, when you use a firepit to keep warm in a tightly closed tent or house, you must not burn it." Too long, otherwise you will be dizzy, weak in limbs, and if you are in a dream, you will even be unable to sleep forever. This phenomenon is called Kuximu's hug, which means that if you do this, you are likely to follow Let the Eternal Sleeper go and never look back."

Earl Ansair nodded solemnly, "This kind of situation often occurs in the winter in the northern region. Many people say that it is because in the severe winter, the warmth of the flames will attract even the god of death, so stop and take a rest." , when he starts his journey again the next day, he will take the life of the owner of the house along the way."

"There is some truth in saying this, the god of death does come from the flames." Butler Frederick spread his hands, "This may be a well-known thing in the north, but it is different in the warm south. Although there are several vents in the hideout, each vent is small for the sake of privacy, and there are too many people hiding in it, which is no different from a closed room. The weather here is not It was cold, so I guess they lit several torches for lighting because they were afraid of the dark and claustrophobic environment."

"Also danced cheek-to-cheek with Death," Sir Rodriguez added.

After leaving the Temple of the Earth, Li Wei ordered the Griffin Knights to join in the search for survivors on the streets, and he devoted himself to it like ordinary soldiers. They struggled to move the corpses and carefully checked everyone who might be rescued.However, it was all in vain. Apart from being dizzy from the blood and the stench emanating from the corpses, they did not find any signs of life.

"Damn it, there are dead people everywhere." Baron Hughes may be the worst performer among the Griffin Riders. He likes cleanliness more than life, and he hates dirty and rotten things the most, so everyone else is in the middle of the corpse pile When looking for survivors, he was the only one who stood up straight and covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, as if he could inhale less of the stench of rotting corpses. "Don't those defenders understand that the plague is easy to happen like this?"

Grunwalm was moving a corpse that had been split from the head to the abdomen. After hearing Baron Hughes' complaint, he couldn't help but sneered provocatively, "Master Hughes, you really know how to joke, there are so many people outside. There are so many demons attacking the city fiercely, how can there be people to bury these corpses, as for the plague or not, it will only be considered after the battle is over, right?"

Baron Hughes snorted in disgust, "No matter how violent the attack is, since the city can hold on for such a long time, it can't be an endless attack, right? Not everyone is sent to the city wall Resist, it’s not difficult to clean up and burn the corpses during the battle, right?” He drew a circle around with his hands, “But look, these corpses are everywhere, all over the streets and alleys, it seems that there has never been Cleaned up!"

Li Wei suddenly raised his head, "No!" His expression became weird, and fear seemed to be creeping up his forehead, "These corpses have been dead for too long!" He looked at the corpses lying on the street , shouted loudly, "The weather is not as hot as summer now. Some of these corpses are already highly corrupted. It will take at least ten days to become like this, and the latest ones have been dead for four or five days!"

This is really a word that awakened the dreamer, and the frowning Earl Ansair immediately came to his senses, "Leviston, you are right, there is indeed a problem here!" He then ordered the young attendant who followed him , "Blow the horn and gather the team! The guy who should go to the seven hells, hurry up, this is a trap!"

(End of this chapter)