Heart of the Castle

Chapter 55 Burning Midnight
Li Wei and his party walked in the middle of the dense forest again. The atmosphere was different from that when they went to the refugee camp. The young knight servant walked at the front of the team with a sullen face.As an alchemy creature, the spearman has limited intelligence except for combat skills, so of course he doesn't talk too much. Warren and Martha who followed behind him wanted to say something a few times, but they were frightened by Li Wei's gloomy expression He closed his mouth again.

The silent walk lasted for nearly half an hour, and the terrain under his feet gradually rose. Li Wei seemed to finally get rid of his bad mood, stood still, and looked at the surrounding trees that were gradually darkening.

"What time is it about now?"

"There are still two hours before sunset, Lord Levi." Warren raised his head to look at the position of the sun in the sky, and after a little calculation in his mind, he immediately came to a conclusion.

"It's time to prepare for camping, Warren, do you know any places here that are more suitable for camping and resting?" Levi was quite unfamiliar with the environment here, so he asked Warren directly without thinking too much.

Warren thought about it. As a ranger, he has been active in the dense forest here for a long time, and he can name several open spaces in the forest that can be used for camping with his eyes closed.However, these places are not very ideal, either the area is too open, for a small team like them, it is very troublesome to defend; or it is extremely small, only accommodating one or two people as a hiding place.

The ranger squatted down, gently touched the soil under his feet with his hands, grabbed a handful of them, and twisted them.The soil already seemed a little dry, and there were some small stones in it. Warren showed a gleam of joy on his face, stood up and said in a low voice: "Master Li Wei, the terrain here is gradually rising, and it should be almost to the Skull Crusher. There is a temporary lair of the rotten ghost Pulpo, and there should be no one there right now, just as a place to rest tonight."

"The bandit's lair?" Li Wei smiled wryly. He really didn't think much of where the bandit lived, but it was obviously the safest place nearby, and it would be even more irrational to refuse.The young knight attendant took a deep breath and said to Hua Lun, "Okay, then you will lead the way. How long will it take?"

Warren thought for a while and replied: "If we can maintain this speed, it will take about 10 to [-] minutes to arrive. However, this pony may have to work harder when climbing the Skull Crusher."

Li Wei nodded and said, "Okay, let's hurry up and set off, and we can settle down before sunset."

The group continued forward under the leadership of Ranger Hua Lun, turned a few corners, the woods in front of them gradually thinned out, but the fog became thicker because it was getting late, a wet and cold feeling made Li Wei fight several times in a row a shudder.

"It's almost there, Lord Li Wei." There was a slight panting in Warren's voice.From last night to now, Ranger basically didn't eat anything, and his physical strength was already exhausted.Martha, on the other hand, was even weaker due to the newly healed wound, and now she was half leaning on Warren's body, moving forward step by step.

Li Wei's stomach is also a little hungry now, and there are two black breads brought from the Viscount's Castle rolled in the luggage carried by the pony, which is also his last food.When leaving the Viscount's castle, Li Wei was allowed to take away only a small amount of silver and copper coins besides the mount and personal equipment. Issued as a reward.

Originally, when Li Wei learned about the refugee camp, he thought about using the money to buy some food and drink, and then searched and wiped out some lonely demon troops nearby.As long as you can gather the remaining one-tenth of the energy needed for the first promotion of Castle Heart.Whether it is Mr. Dish waking up from his slumber, or the resource facilities in the heart of the castle are activated, it will bring a turning point to his life.

The obese Village Chief Huck rejected Li Wei's request with a cruel attitude. Li Wei did not try to change the middle-aged fat man's mind, because a deep intuition told him that anyone who wanted to reverse the wishes of Village Chief Huck All practices are futile.The fat village head had an extremely jealous attitude towards him and his subordinates, as if he was afraid that their appearance would bring any accidents.

Reminiscing what happened to Warren and Martha, Li Wei had a faint feeling that the truth seemed to be within sight, but he couldn't see it directly because of a layer of fog.

Suddenly stepping on a hard rock under his feet, Li Wei raised his head and looked forward, only to see that the forest in front of him suddenly disappeared, and a rocky Gobi with a radius of hundreds of meters appeared, and a huge rock pillar rose from the center of the Gobi , the upper half is hidden in the thick fog, and it is impossible to see how high it is.Surprisingly, the top of this rock pillar is very smooth and flat, just like the stick in the hands of the legendary ancient giants.

"It is said that a long time ago, there was an evil dragon raging in this land. An ancient giant fought with the evil dragon, and finally smashed the head of the evil dragon with a big stick in his hand. The body of the evil dragon took the big stick and turned into The fireball falling in the forest created this miraculous Gobi rock, which is why the Skull Crusher got its name." Ranger Hua Lun said a legend with some emotion, and then pointed his hand to an inconspicuous rock under the rock pillar. cracks.

"Lord Li Wei, that is the temporary lair of rotten ghosts. We just need to clean it up and it will become a good natural camp."

After more than 30 minutes, the night gradually enveloped the land, and the jungle near the Skull Crusher became active, and the long howls of beasts sounded out one after another, adding a bit of danger to the surrounding area.

The temporary lair of the gang of rotten ghosts has been cleaned very cleanly. Inside the seemingly narrow rock crevice, there is actually a quite spacious and clean cave. What's more valuable is that the ground of the cave looks very flat, there is no such thing as the cave. A wet feeling.

The pikemen gathered firewood from the nearby jungle and built a bonfire in the middle of the cave.Li Wei untied the luggage on the pony's back, took out two black breads, pierced them with branches, and slowly baked them next to the campfire.The scorched aroma of rye began to diffuse in the cave, and Martha, who was sitting next to her, couldn't help swallowing, and turned her head away vigorously.

Just now the two former adventurers searched for a long time at the place where some food and other supplies were originally hidden, and finally confirmed that someone had already visited here, leaving nothing but two broken bags.This disappointed the two people who originally wanted to donate some supplies to Li Wei, but this is also expected. After all, although this cave is hidden, there are still a few people in the gang of rotten ghosts who know about it.Once Pulpo, the rotten ghost, is dead, the remaining people will definitely loot these places where the supplies are hidden first.

The black bread was already hot, and Li Wei distributed a piece of black bread to the pikemen. Although he knew that alchemy creatures did not need to eat, it would be a little strange if he didn't do so.Levi, the other black bread, broke it into three roughly equal pieces and beckoned Warren and Martha to come over.

When they received the browned brown bread, the two former adventurers couldn't believe their eyes, and then showed gratitude on their faces.Martha trembled her lips as if she wanted to say something, Warren held her back and shook her head, then bowed deeply to Levi.

Some things do not need to be expressed in words, nor are they simply measured by value. A piece of black bread may not be worth a few dollars. Li Wei does not need to use probing techniques to feel that the loyalty of these two people has risen. .

This kind of black bread has a lot of weight, but the quality is not very good. There are no nuts in it, but a considerable amount of wheat bran is mixed in.Before the disaster, this kind of black bread was originally the staple food of the poor, but now it has been placed on the table of decent people. These two black breads were the rations that Li Wei got from the army when he followed the Ston knight.

The wild at night will become a very dangerous place, and many ferocious beasts that are only active at night will come out to look for food.A pikeman who never gets tired can play the most competent sentinel. After thinking about it, Li Wei decided to divide the four pikemen into two shifts to take turns on duty at night. See what's wrong.

Li Wei has secretly decided in his heart that the existence of the Castle Heart and the Alchemy Warrior must be kept secret from his closest friends. After all, the value of these two things is incalculable. There was a small disappointment in something.

When the interests reach a certain level, no matter how close the relationship is, it will be severely tested.The best course of action is not to allow this test of humanity to arise in the first place.

The brown bread for dinner was eaten in three or two bites, and the feeling of hunger was slightly relieved. Of course, only one black bread could not satisfy the three hungry stomachs, but Warren and Martha already showed satisfied expressions on their faces. , Each curled up next to the campfire and fell asleep.

Li Wei sighed silently, wrapped in blankets, came to the other side of the bonfire, lay down, stared straight at the red bonfire in front of him, the warm light flickered on the young man's face, making his expression extraordinarily special dignified.

(End of this chapter)