Heart of the Castle

Chapter 450 The Dialectic of Fish and Nets
After hearing the words of Ifrit, the Marquis of the Balrog, Li Wei looked around as if waking up from a dream.The battle just now was really thrilling, and all his attention was focused on the safety of Cursed World Black Sun, and he didn't notice the movement around him at all.This is also out of trust in Mr. Dish. The old magician created all kinds of miracles, and the image of omnipotence has already taken root in the heart of the young Griffin Lord.

But this time it seems that Mr. Dish is also negligent. As far as he can see, the streets and alleys of Queensland City are crowded with demon teams. They are crowded shoulder to shoulder, with the back row close to the front row. The endless, red-black muddy current has completely submerged the city.

Moreover, these demon teams are all elite. Although the main force is still little demons, they all have magic lines of varying density. The fighting power is much stronger.At the same time, there are a large number of big demon-level demon leaders such as the horned demon warlord, the burner, the three-headed hellhound, and the winged demon annihilator. There are even more than a dozen feet on the halo of the crimson berserk field, wearing bronze heavy armor, holding hell The abyss refining demon with a beheading knife!
"This time, I wanted to kill that sword dancer, but he ran too fast and rushed out before the encirclement formed." Balrog Commander Ifrit proudly looked at Cursed World Black Sun and Mr. Dish, As for Li Wei, this young man whose power fluctuations are not strong has been ignored by him. "A powerful magician, and a human knight who can use the power of death, hahaha, I seem to have caught two big fish in my net!"

"Don't be too happy, devil!" Cursed World Black Sun replied coldly, the armor on his body seemed to be repairing itself as if it was alive, and the marks left by Ifrit's blows had become Shallow dents. "The bigger the fish, the harder the bones. It's not uncommon for a Balrog Marquis to get stuck in his throat and choke to death!"

"Human Knight, you are very powerful, even beyond my imagination." Ifrit narrowed his eyes dangerously, "Now let me see where the limit of your power is! This siege of the Ten Thousand Demon Army , is it enough to measure it?"

"To chop off so many heads, it will really take some time." Cursed World Hei Sun shrugged his shoulders, and the flames of fighting energy as dark as night immediately ignited fiercely on the iron giant sword of stars. "Master Li Wei, butler Frederick, let's hurry up. If we act quickly, we might be able to catch up with breakfast!"

This sentence is almost equally effective in motivating his companions and mocking the enemy. Being surrounded by thousands of demon troops, Li Wei felt very nervous at first, but he still smiled after hearing it.Ifrit, the Marquess of the Balrog, didn't find it funny at all, "You are asking for your own doom!" With this roar, the army of demons surged again like a frozen flood, attacking Li Wei and the others from all directions. The person rushed over suddenly.

The dark sword light and the silver-white sword light appeared almost at the same time, and the star iron giant sword in Cursed World Hei Ri's hand swung suddenly, facing the demon army that was rushing towards him like a huge wave.It was as if the person in charge of the thunderbolt showed great power, with more than a dozen screams in a row. Compared with these demons, they were lucky. More demons lost the parts above the neck directly under the sword light, and let out the last screams in succession. The opportunity to call was also denied.The purple-red demonic blood scattered in all directions like an explosion, and the momentum of the demon's pounce was suddenly stopped.Immediately afterwards, Li Wei swiftly passed in front of the demon army. The silver-white sword light swirled around, like a silver snake dancing wildly.
However, the magic army's attack was not just frontal. A three-headed hellhound rose into the air and rushed to the back of Cursed World Black Sun to sneak attack. However, with a flash of silver light, Li Wei rushed over and cut down the The left and middle head of the monster, the blade of the sword slashed down, cutting the monster from the neck to the abdomen.

This action created a gap behind the Griffin Lord, and several iron forks took the opportunity to stab at Li Wei's back. The next moment, the dark sword light suddenly appeared like a ghost, Cursing World Black Sun and Li Wei had already exchanged The location, those little devils didn't even have time to turn their thoughts, they were all cut to death by the sweeping star iron giant sword.Faced with such a fierce slashing, the demons in front couldn't help but shrink back and wanted to retreat to avoid it, but the team behind had already pressed up, layer upon layer without gaps, they couldn't retreat at all, they could only retreat in the silvery white and dark The two tones of sword light killed one after another.The demons behind just stepped on the corpses of the demons in front, and then fell to the ground in rows and rows to die.

Since the place where Li Wei and others were located was a rather narrow street with towering walls and ruins on both sides, it was not suitable for the deployment of the demon army, so the demons suffered heavy casualties.However, those abyss refining demons didn't care about these losses. It was as if they were cooperating with Li Wei and others, slaughtering their own subordinates to their heart's content, and dispatched one elite demon team after another, just to consume the strength of the three humans. .

Watching the rows of demons fall down, Ifrit felt his wounds hurt even more. The scars caused by the star iron giant sword are absolutely fatal to ordinary creatures, but Ifrit didn't care at first, because The regeneration ability of the Balrog clan is second to none in the abyss and purgatory. As long as the head is not chopped off on the spot, no matter how serious the injury is, it can heal itself after a period of rest.However, after more than ten minutes, the scars on his chest did not heal due to the powerful physique of the Marquis of the Fire Demon.

"Sir Rodriguez, the Black Sun of the Cursed World, can really hurt my body. In the name of human beings, this should be the power of the peak of fighting spirit. But what interests me more is..." Several horns The demon warlord was torn apart by the dark sword light, and the commander-in-chief of the Balrog looked at Cursed World Black Sun with hatred in his eyes, as well as a faint trace of fear. "...that terrible power of death."

The devil's troubles are not limited to these. Compared with the two unstoppable sword blades, Mr. Dish's magic is even more powerful. Under the cover of Li Wei and Cursed Black Sun, the spellcasting skills displayed by the old magician are dazzling , The power of flame, thunder and lightning, whirlwind and ice was displayed in his hands in turn, almost without any gap.Especially for those fire-throwing monsters and winged demon destroyers, the old magician gave special care. As soon as they entered the range, overwhelming magic would cover them, causing them to howl like ghosts and wolves, causing heavy casualties.

The fireball drew a fiery red arc in the night sky, and exploded as soon as it landed, bursting into a sea of ​​flames in a radius of 10 meters; the purple-red lightning pierced deeply into the most densely populated place of the demon team like a thrown spear. Countless demons twitched and fell to the ground to die, the corpses were still jumping with tiny lightning rays; the whirlwind mixed with countless ice fragments whimpered towards the demons, enveloping hundreds of demons at once, and the magic condensed The resulting ice fragments are sharper than a razor, cutting through the tough skin of the demons, penetrating into the muscles, and penetrating into the bones. The demons almost immediately let out a miserable howl, and then the whirlwind was dyed purple by the blood unique to demons. .

The Balrog Marquis Ifrit's face was originally covered with an evil smile, but it is gradually becoming stiff. His heart is more ruthless than the icy wind blowing constantly on the extreme northern ice sheet, and he will never spare the lives of any demons under his command , even those powerful abyss refining demons are the same.However, these subordinates are also part of his strength, and when the number of deaths reaches a certain level, he has to admit that he feels distressed.Another elite team rushed up—much more hesitant than at the beginning—and then turned into twitching pieces of flesh and blood on the ground, but the three humans still didn't show signs of being unable to hold on.

Fireballs and lightning still flashed from the hands of the old magician. If the corpses of the blown up and electrocuted demons were lined up in a row, it would be enough to circle the city of Queensland. It is doubtful how many times he can cast magic; His sword-swinging movements are still fierce and powerful, and every slash of the stellar iron giant sword seems to be a devout prayer of gratitude to the Eternal Sleeping Guide himself-just because of the souls of so many demons he sent into the Kingdom of Eternal Night today , if Ku Ximo knew, he would be happy to add a seat for him by his side.

Only the youngest human seems to still feel tired, but every time he is about to fail, he will retreat between the old magician and the cursed black sun, followed by a disgusting milky white light After lighting up, like a lion and tiger who had slept for three days and three nights, he rejoined the battle with vigor.

The fierce battle lasted for several hours, until the faint morning light came on in the east. Although the snow had stopped a long time ago, the clouds in the sky were still thick, completely covering Ferendara's golden face behind.

For Ku Ximu, the leader of Eternal Sleep, it was indeed a good harvest last night.All kinds of strange demon corpses spread all over the road, and the demons almost relied on the mountain of corpses instead of strength to force the three humans back step by step, otherwise they would have to step on the layers of wet and slippery demon corpses. There was a fight over the corpse.At least one-tenth of the demon army that besieged Queensland City died here, and they were all the most elite teams. This was comparable to the loss suffered in the battle with the Northern Allied Forces a day ago.

The Balrog Marquis Ifrit's heart had long been numb with pain. He cursed his bad luck more than once. Obviously, what he caught in the big net was not an ordinary big fish, but three poisonous sea urchins covered in thorns.However, if he pried open the hard shell of the sea urchin, he still had the hope of tasting the luscious tender meat. Now those losses have become a meaningless figure in his eyes, and Ifrit is like a red-eyed Like a gambler, he roared loudly and ordered his demon team to continue the siege.

Fortunately, these three terrible humans seem to be tired at last: the magic of the old magician has become sparse, and sometimes even the sound of fireball explosion or lightning burst can not be heard for a minute or two; Physical healing magic, now the silver-white battle qi flames on his body are so dim that they can hardly be seen clearly, so he can only do some cover behind Curse World Black Sun.Only Sir Rodriguez, who was wearing black steel plate armor, still maintained a very strong fighting power. Any demon that entered the attack range of his star iron giant sword would definitely lose his life in the next instant.It seemed that the messenger of death, after working hard all night, still maintained his vigorous energy and desire to harvest life, and he was by no means complacent because of the amazing harvest.

The fireball exploded for the last time, smashing a dozen little demons and two hellhounds together, and almost the same number of demons were injured, making mournful wailing sounds.But apart from these sounds, the whole city of Queensland suddenly became silent. There was neither the swishing of swords, nor the crackling of bones, nor panicked roars and shouts. The never-ending battle ended suddenly and without warning.

Li Wei and others retreated into the ruins of a building made of white marble. It was originally a large clock tower towering in the center of Queensland City. It was originally over 30 meters high. It has spread to every corner of Queensland City, even including farms and fields in the suburbs.Now there are at most two or three floors of the uncollapsed part of the big clock tower, but the two huge and heavy bronze doors have not been destroyed yet. After Levi and Mr. Dish entered the big clock tower, they were tightly closed by the curse stand up.

Those besieging demon teams may not have no chance to stop the cursed world, but the Balrog Marquis Ifrit ordered to stop, and those humans chose a desperate place for themselves, which in his opinion is a good thing .He didn't want to force those humans out of the ruins of the clock tower. Since they could fight all the way back to the city center from the east gate of Queensland City, if they couldn't keep it, they could fight all the way from the city center to the west gate, or the south gate, or the north gate.

Although Ifrit, the Marquess of the Balrog, was very reluctant to admit it, he knew very well in his heart that after this night of fierce fighting, his desire to fight alone with those humans had dropped to freezing point, even if it was three humans. The young man who seemed the weakest among them, Ifrit didn't want to personally test whether the other party had hidden cards.

"If the human beings in the four southern counties are also so strong, we shouldn't have come here from the abyss of hell." After seeing the gate of the clock tower closed heavily, Ifrit felt a burst of relief, and couldn't help it blurted out.He then realized that this seemed to reveal his inner weakness, and just as he was about to say something to remedy it, he heard several of the most powerful abyssal demons under him echoing their voices.

"Yeah, maybe we should be thankful that no one is going to the place full of highly toxic sulfur fumes."

"Okay, since it's hard to drive those humans into the jeopardy, now you and I will use the most powerful innate magic to erase this ruin and the humans inside from this world." Ivor, Marquess of the Balrog Ritter ordered.

For this order, all the abyss refiners are sincerely willing to execute it.They have long had enough of these three terrifying humans. Although the weakest of them has the strength to compete with the baron with a sword, these abyssal demons refuse to directly fight against the dark giant no matter what. Swords and those powerful magic ones.

It is much safer to join forces to solve these troubles with magic.The abyssal demons then gathered around the Balrog Marquis, a sentence of prayers filled with the evil power of the abyss hell poured out of their mouths, and a scorching red light gathered on the outstretched hands of each abyssal demon.

As a powerful demon born in the 444th floor of the abyss in the magma fire river, the Balrog family is born with a powerful ability to manipulate the fire element. The adult Balrog is even second only to the legendary king of fire monsters-the Lord of Burning Ashes.In the 500-year long life of Ifrit, the Marquess of the Balrog, he has never dealt with any embers lord, nor has he heard of any demon who is so lucky. Obviously, this legendary powerful demon It only appears in the records of various classics.

Ifrit transferred all the fire elements gathered by the abyssal demons to the sky above his head, forming a cloud of flames with a radius of tens of meters, which was enough to destroy the unsightly ruins in front of him and the humans inside. Burn to ashes together. "Everything is over, this nightmare of the night, and the terrible loss." He told himself, "Then take a good rest, those fleeing humans will naturally have to sue the dead to clean up, this is the task of those allies. And these dead Bones must also explain clearly why there are knights who use death grudge among humans, if they can't do it, they have to pay for all the losses of the demon army on this unlucky night."

The fire cloud above his head fluctuated suddenly, and Ifrit realized that he had lost his mind, and hurriedly concentrated on manipulating it, but the fluctuation of the fire cloud became bigger and bigger, and the fire element was as difficult as a raging bull. control. "Are there too many fire elements gathered? It's easy to lose control." He thought strangely, "But last night, didn't they control the same amount of fire elements to bombard the city gate? It shouldn't be beyond control the limit of..."

Ifrit's heart suddenly thumped wildly, and the wound on his chest that had been mostly healed seemed to be ruptured again, and sticky blood flowed out from the cracked opening, flowing down his abdomen, calves, thighs, and directly to the ground. "What happened?" The Marquis of the Fire Demon felt his legs suddenly become weak, so that he could not even support his body. The fire elemental is roaring and roaring frantically.

"What's going on..." Ifrit thought hard, but he never had a chance to figure it out. The last thing the Balrog Marquis saw was the earth rushing towards him like a collapsed city wall, and then he realized plunged into eternal darkness.

(End of this chapter)