Heart of the Castle

Chapter 626 Waiting for the enemy, servant of the plague

Carriages loaded with various strategic materials came from all over in an endless stream. Hippogryphs and Silver Pegasus passed by from time to time, bringing news from all over the Moonwhispering Forest, or sending news from the outpost camp back to the elves. Wang Ting.

After confirming the strategy of fighting to the death with the demon army at the outpost of the Moonlight Grove, the Elf Kingdom began to prepare for the battle for the first time since the Dragon War hundreds of years ago. Temporarily canceled, the elven-style blacksmith shop is burning all day long, forging a large number of steel arrow clusters, spear points and scimitars. These weapons do not have the exquisite patterns originally loved by elves, but they are more concise and practical. A sharp light thirsting for blood was reflected on the blade.

Martial arts master Uniken Fitzgerald and secret archer Larry Moonbow almost gave up on sleep to supervise the wild bear men and centaur craftsmen to strengthen the fortifications of the outpost camp and build a horse-repelling deer stronghold with logs and rough stones All roads leading to Moonglade were blocked; layers of fences surrounded the outermost perimeter of the camp like countless green snakes, and the Green Leafsinger personally led the druids to bless these fences with natural magic, making them possess Certain resistance to fire and the ability to mend itself.

The outpost of Moonlight Glade is also busy. The Mercy Singers and the priests of the Goddess of Life Temple have all arrived and are deploying a large amount of holy water of life that has the ability to resist the erosion of the abyss and cure diseases.The holy water was then put into small pottery bottles by the flower fairies and distributed to every warrior who was going to guard Moonglade.

In the face of a legendary demon lord and a demon army with a size of up to [-], no amount of preparation is too much. The ancient moon language forest erupted with amazing war potential, and its power was increasing every moment.

However, as the big crow scouts sent more and more information, Li Weiston had already outlined a terrifying scene in his mind that the demon army was swarming towards the Moonglade, which made him worry more and more with time. The calm and calm mask that he worked hard to build on his face was gradually difficult to hide.

The Elven Kingdom of the Moon Whisper Forest is already preparing for battle with all its strength, but the defense force of the outpost of the Moonlight Forest is still very weak. This time, the army of demons preparing to invade the Moon Whisper Forest is unprecedentedly large. The fortified city guarded by walls and watchtowers can't help but tremble, not to mention the log walls and watchtowers in the Moonglade outpost. They can't even survive without a strong enough magic array protection. The first few rounds of tentative attacks launched by the demon army.

Anxiety and anxiety made it difficult for Levi Stone to fall asleep even late at night, and the busy noise in the camp all night aggravated the symptoms of insomnia of the Griffin Lord. After tossing and turning in bed for several hours, he finally decided to give up hope of falling asleep , Put on clothes and get up.

The knight attendant, Glen Worm, was lying on the bed made of dry fern grass outside the door, holding his never-leaving saber, sleeping soundly. Li Wei couldn't help but feel a little jealous about this, and a feeling of inexplicable feeling rose in his heart. emotion.

It is really easy to be a knight, even if you want to be a real knight, it is not difficult, you just need to follow the guidance of the knight motto, and be loyal to the lord and the king; if you become a lord, then add It is enough to take the safety of one's own territory and its people into consideration.

Li Wei once thought that becoming a low-level knight like Sir Ston Knight was already the highest dream in life. As for becoming a powerful lord like Lord Lane Viscount, it was only when he was dreaming. Had such an extravagant hope.

However, Li Wei is now the guardian of the entire Kingdom of Arthur and the head of the Griffin Knights, and he is not a false title, but a veritable head of ministers and regent.Although only half of Northern County remained in the Kingdom of Arthur, many complicated affairs were more complex than the peaceful years, which made Li Wei, who was born in an ordinary family, feel overwhelmed.

After all, the Griffin Lord's rise in the North County is still too short. Although the military power is better than the Earl of Ansair who originally guarded the North, he has not yet built his own political team.Therefore, he had to rely on the nobles of the royal capital who were familiar with government affairs to maintain the dilapidated Arthur Kingdom to continue to operate, and to accumulate strength to prepare to resist and counterattack the invasion of the demon army.

At the same time, Li Weiston must also firmly hold the power of the Kingdom of Arthur in his own hands, so that the nobles of the royal capital can only do their best to contribute their abilities and go through the difficult journey of recovery together.

This is definitely a very difficult thing, not easier than dancing on a thin steel wire. It may be easy to compromise with those royal nobles and give up some power, but Li Wei has to persevere alone.The strength currently maintaining the Kingdom of Arthur is the prestige of the Dawn of the North, and his invincible reputation. If those royal nobles who have a certain amount of power are doing something wrong, then the already precarious Kingdom of Arthur is really will perish utterly.

The footsteps continued to move forward, wherever Li Wei passed, whether it was elves, wild bears, centaurs or members of other races, they all bowed respectfully towards him.During this period of time, the name of the Griffin Lord has spread to the ears of every resident of the Moonwhispering Forest, but Li Wei is not very sure whether they really recognize him.Especially for races such as the bears and centaurs that are far from humans, there are often many errors in judging the appearance. More than once, Grun Worm, who is about the same age but has no similar appearance, is mistaken for the Griffin Lord.

Anyway, it was also difficult for Li Wei to distinguish the difference between the heads of half-man, half-bear and half-man, half-horse.

Li Wei continued to move forward, leaving the camp, leaving the light and noise brought by the campfire, and strolling into the forest with trees and shadows, the soft sound of the forest lingered in his ears, and Li Wei could hear the gurgling stream flowing over the stone slabs On the riverbed, there are leaves swaying slightly in the wind, as well as the low groans and roars of certain nocturnal animals.For a lone traveler, the Moon Whisper Forest at night is not so safe, even for druids who are familiar with the forest, but Li Wei is not afraid, because he is confident that he can deal with any emergencies, and at the same time I also hope that the tranquil sound of nature in the forest can help me calm my restless mood and make more correct choices.

Is it too irrational to fight to the death with an army of [-] demons led by three legendary demon lords in such a place?Li Wei asked himself, and subconsciously clenched his teeth. "I should quickly get out of this vortex and return to the northern border. With the current preparations for war in the northern border county, it should be easier to resist the invasion of demons than the Moon Whispering Forest." His eyes shone with hesitation. , The pace and mood of moving forward are equally heavy and difficult.

This idea is undoubtedly very tempting. It is not difficult for the Kingdom Mission to escape. As long as they find an excuse and ride a griffin on their way home tomorrow morning, they may be able to catch up with Princess Fleisher in Green Castle. Dinner in front of the fireplace.As for the ensuing anger and possible revenge of the elves, I am afraid that there is no need to think about it when the demon army is about to overwhelm the border.

If it is really a scheming politician, such as the star mentor Sat Enhell or the powerful Grand Duke Raul Adams, he will not even hesitate in the face of such a situation.Although the elves were allies of the human kingdoms during the Dragon War, the friendship they fought side by side has long been wiped out in the hundreds of years of seclusion in the Moon Whispering Forest.

"Go home..." The words were so sweet and warm that Levi Stone shivered uncontrollably in the gentle evening wind.Then he suddenly realized that his emotions were uncharacteristically, betraying his allies?Play tricks?This is not something he would consider at all!The situation in the Moon Whispering Forest is indeed extremely serious now, but will it be more dangerous than when they plunged thousands of meters into the crater of the old man?Will it be more difficult than when leading the troops to fight the Great Wall of Ice?Will it be more desperate than when the capital of the kingdom, Fermeyer, fell?
Even at those times, it never occurred to him to back down!

"Because I am a knight." Li Wei told himself softly, his restless mood suddenly calmed down, "Have mercy on the weak, sweep away the darkness, and be fearless! As long as I persist in my faith, no evil force can make me bow my head, Even if darkness falls on the world, even if I am surrounded by demons, I will fight them to the last moment and practice the motto of knights with my life."

"What a stubborn stone head." The voice of a stranger who looked a little frustrated sounded, hoarse and harsh like gravel rubbing against each other.Li Wei immediately woke up from his own thoughts, and moved his right hand to the hilt of the knight sword at his waist like lightning. "Who is there?" He asked in a deep voice into the dark bushes, and at the same time secretly regretted that he could no longer hear the noise from the outpost camp in Moonglade, and he had indeed gone too far tonight.

"The person standing in front of you is the loyal servant of the great Lord of the Abyss, Yin Chen, a mortal." The voice sounded again, and then a skeleton-like haggard figure in tattered robes and a hood stepped out of the shadows .Li Wei frowned immediately, because with the appearance of that figure, the air was immediately filled with the stench of rotting corpses. Although it was not very strong, it still made people feel a little nauseous.

"Sue the dead?" Li Wei asked subconsciously, and at the same time, the knight's sword made a soft clang and quickly slipped out of the scabbard.These guys who misunderstood the teachings of the Eternal Sleeper have always been enemies of all life, at least Li Wei didn't think there was any possibility of negotiation between him and them.

There is only one battle.

Seeing the vigilant reaction of the Griffon Lord, the figure took a step back as if he had been insulted, and replied in a hiss, "I am not some accuser! Mortals, the god I worship is the great Yin His Majesty Chen Samel!"

This is the second time that figure has repeated the name, and Li Wei finally thought of where he heard it before, "Plague Lord? Are you the Plague Lord's minion?"

"It's Yinchen Samael, the great god of death, the lord of diseases and poisons!" The figure screamed angrily, and lifted its hood at the same time.Li Wei couldn't help tensing his body. Through the faint moonlight, he saw that the figure's face was swollen and purple, with pus and blood overflowing, no different from a carrion corpse.

For Li Wei, the minions of the abyssal demon lord are actually no different from those who sue the dead. Anyway, they are not the ones he thinks he can communicate with. Flame, and then Li Wei swung down the blade vigorously, drawing a fierce arc of light in the air.

The figure was unarmed, but abnormally did not retreat, but greeted him with a strange smile. The sword edge burning with silver-white grudge light easily tore through the tattered and dirty robe, but the feeling of cutting into the flesh was very strong. It was weird, and Li Wei's face changed slightly.

It didn't feel like chopping on a living person's body at all, but rather like chopping on a handful of withered and tough bones. The force of the rebound made Li Wei's palm feel a dull pain.However, the figure obviously didn't expect that the sacrifice of fighting spirit would be so lethal to his body. With a strange cracking sound, the figure staggered back and let out a hoarse and painful cry.

This strange cry was obviously some kind of agreed signal, and then the shadow of the tree shook endlessly, and guys who looked like walking corpses who had been resurrected from the dead continued to emerge from all directions, and the stench of rotting corpses in the air suddenly doubled, making Li Wei He had no choice but to cover his mouth and nose, took two steps back, and stood still with his back against an old oak tree.

"Mortal, tremble to His Majesty Yin Chen's majesty!" The figure who was injured just now hissed and shouted, Li Wei wandered around, trying to find the trace of the other party, but these guys all looked the same, which made him somewhat indistinguishable come out.

"It should be you who are trembling, the minions of the devil, you are not welcome in the Moon Whisper Forest, you should go back to your hometown in the abyss hell!" Li Wei replied forcefully.

In exchange for his answer, there was a burst of hissing and roaring, and those carrion-like figures stretched out their black hands and surrounded the Griffin Lord.Then the battle started again. The silver sword light and the pitch-black claws collided with each other, and the sound was like steel colliding.The big oak tree protected Li Wei's back, allowing him to fully deal with the figures attacking from the front and left and right. The knight's sword drew one after another sword light, cutting deeply into the bodies of those figures from time to time, bringing out a scream and A few dislodged black fragments.

The number of Yinchen's servants is more than ten, and their movements are not very fast, but they cooperate well with each other, and they are extremely powerful and fearless, which makes it very difficult for Li Wei to deal with it.However, this is related to the fact that the Griffin Lord did not use magic to assist himself in the battle. If he cast lightning or fireball, he should have knocked several of them to the ground by now.

What made the Griffin Lord wary was not these guys who had already popped up. Their bodies were extremely tough and their strength was comparable to orcs or horned demons, but their combat effectiveness was actually not very high.Their attack methods are too monotonous, and they don't have any other abilities...

"No!" Li Wei suddenly felt a little dizzy in his head, and then he came to his senses. His left hand summoned a gentle white light, and those figures instinctively screamed to avoid it, but this white light looked like a holy magic. But it didn't make them feel pain.

"It's really cunning, to use the smell of rotting corpses to cover up the ability to spread the disease." Under the white light of the healing technique, Li Wei's bluish and pale face quickly returned to normal, and at the same time, he no longer concealed his ability to cast spells. He thrust the knight's sword under his feet fiercely, and at the same time summoned a strong electric light with his right hand.

"Guy who hides his head and shows his tail, come out!" He said coldly towards the dark front, "Talk to me through these lifeless dead things, are you afraid that I will recognize your appearance when you are face to face with me?"

There was only silence in the shadows at first, but those figures stopped their useless attacks and stood there blankly like a group of puppets.Just when Li Wei continued to wait impatiently and was about to throw the electric light in his hand forward, the hoarse voice sounded from there.

"You really have extraordinary power, mortal." The darkness began to squirm and deform, gradually forming a huge monster, "My invisibility magic should not be broken by ordinary power, it was given to me by His Majesty Yin Chen ability!"

"In my opinion, your invisibility magic is not as good as the stealth ability of the shadow assassin." Li Wei said while switching the field of vision of the probing technique to the normal field of vision. The blood-red light that heralded danger made Li Wei's eyes feel a little unbearable.

"This is the only time you can show your arrogance, mortal." The hoarse voice seemed a little angry, but he calmed down quickly, "You are overwhelmed by the zombie soldiers under me, and your strength is simply not comparable to Yin Chen's. Compared with His Majesty's loyal servants! His Majesty Yin Chen is already very disgusted with your stubbornness, since you can resist the mind control from another Majesty, then I have no choice but to let you die!"

A strange cry of a big crow pierced through the night like a sharp knife. The owner of the hoarse voice didn't pay attention at first, and was still talking nonsense towards Li Wei, but then he heard an unusual whistling sound behind him.He immediately turned around and wanted to resist, but it was too late, a giant sword shining with countless stars fell on his head, breaking through the layers of magic protection on that guy's body, and cutting off the magic shield he had stretched out in a hurry to block himself. The arm in front of him, and then continued to move forward until it cut deeply into the withered and decayed chest.

(End of this chapter)