Heart of the Castle

Chapter 629 The magic army encircled and the fierce battle began
Before the night fell completely, the alarm bells on several watchtowers at the outpost of the Moonlight Grove rang at the same time, and the rapid jingling sound was deafening, making the outpost camp that had just calmed down because it was getting late become noisy again.The shouts of the people, the clash of swords and the neighing of the silver Pegasus gathered together, almost suppressing the voices of the team leader and the commanders giving orders.

Li Wei immediately grabbed his sword and rushed out of his room. Neither he nor Grun Worm, the attendant knight, took off their armor, ready for battle at any time.The situation in the camp seemed a bit chaotic, figures staggered in the twilight, centaurs were busy fastening their saber girdles, wild bears carried heavy wooden barrels filled with various supplies into the house, elf marksmen were He was sorting out his bow and arrows and quiver while climbing the watchtower.

Only the griffin riders who are alchemy creatures are always on high alert. When the alarm bell rang, they immediately walked out of the room, prepared for battle in an orderly manner, and stood beside their griffin mounts with spears in their hands.Their composure infected everyone who witnessed this scene, everyone's panic gradually calmed down, and many high elf silver Pegasus knights even felt a little hot on their faces.

The noise was reduced a lot, and the efficiency of preparations for battle was enhanced.As the day dawned, the Moonglade outposts stood ready in the morning light, and the crown and sword banners of Arthur's kingdom and the green oak banners of the Elven court flew from every watchtower; The archers all looked solemn, calmly adjusted the bowstring, and the vine quiver hanging from their waists was shaking endlessly.In addition, there are also arrows in large wooden barrels placed at their feet, about half of which are bursting flame arrows with faint red light on the arrows, and the other half are silver alloy armor-piercing arrows shining with light on the blades. arrow.

The arrows produced by these two castle hearts are very powerful, and they were greatly promoted by the secret archer Larry Moonbow and the sharpshooters who followed him to Iron Rock City. They will besiege Iron Rock City and kill thousands of demons. Most of the brilliant achievements are attributed to the use of these arrows.It was under their impetus that the elves accepted these human-made weapons for the first time.

Four hundred bearmen hoplites and 650 roaring orc warriors were arranged in wedge-shaped squares behind the wooden wall. The traditional weapons used by the burly bearmen were iron and wood clubs, but now several more were added to them. The armor on the body has changed from thick leather armor to metal plate armor; the orc roaring warriors have all changed into large swords and giant axes produced in the heart of the castle, wearing full-body armor that only knights can use. The armor and face armor were all put down, and the whole person looked like a statue made of steel.

Elven war dancers and centaur rangers rallied in the rear of the heavy infantry phalanx, serving as a backup force for the Moonglade outpost, tasked with launching a counter-assault if necessary.Uniken Fizeld and centaur leader Miha Whitemane stood side by side at the front of the team, and behind them were more than a dozen senior war dancers and centaur captains.

The Green Leaf Singer and the Mercy Singer are sitting in a building in the center of the outpost camp, which has been set up as a wounded barracks. The priest from the Temple of the Goddess of Life has prepared a large number of bandages made of linen, and the utensils on hand are full of Holy water that can relieve pain and heal wounds.The ancient war trees form a protective belt around the center of the camp, and a druid from the Natural Magic Guild stands on each ancient tree. This combination has become one of the traditions of the Moonwhispering Forest thousands of years ago. , the ancient tree provides protection for the druid, and the natural magic of the druid can also play a good role in protecting the ancient tree.

The old druid Master Odessa was also among them. The ancient tree he chose happened to be Elder Mooney of the ancient tree family. The two were talking in a low voice. Zhang Changlian also had a sad expression, as if he was worried about whether the Moon Whispering Forest could repel the invasion of the demon army.

Levi Ston personally led the air troop in Moonglade. The composition of this troop was similar to that of the raid on Port Areius. It also included thirty Griffin Knights, nearly a hundred Silver Pegasus Knights, and several emerald dragons. and adult green dragons are among them.However, it did not include the Emerald Dragon King Zhanqing? Augustus and the Emerald Dragon Empress BlazBlue? Astena. They must be ready to face the legendary powerhouse among the demons at any time, so they must stay in the camp to recharge their batteries.

Sir Rodriguez and Marquis Osiris each rode a mighty griffin, closely following Li Wei's side.The armor of the former is as black as the night, while the armor of the latter is as green as the deep forest. Both of them come from the blacksmith shop in the heart of the castle, and Mr. Dish personally adds powerful defensive magic, which is good at attacking the flames and poisons that demons are best at. Strong resistance.

There was a rumbling sound in the distance, like a series of low thunderclaps rolling across the sky, the drummers of the demon army beating marching drums made of the skulls of men, elves, orcs, and other humanoids.Li Wei took a deep breath. Although he was in a position where he couldn't look directly at the situation outside the camp, he could completely see the terrifying scene in front of him through the vision of the probing technique.

The first row of demons appeared on the southeast horizon at the same time as the golden dawn, followed by the second row, the third row, the tenth row... and even hundreds of rows. It seems that the number of demon armies is endless. The end of the overwhelming coming.In front of Li Wei's eyes was a blood-red light spot that was so dense that it could not be distinguished, like a sea tide, like a locust, like a cloud, like a menacing prairie fire, gradually approaching the direction of the Moonlight Grove outpost with an unstoppable momentum.

In the field of vision of the probing technique, it is such a chilling scene. One can imagine how appalling this scene is in the eyes of the elf sharpshooters on the watchtower.The elite sharpshooters who participated in the Battle of Iron Rock City were fine, but the faces of the ordinary elf archers suddenly turned pale, and unbelievable groans came and went.

"Ailala, so many demons!"

"It's spread so far that even the best bow and arrow can't reach the end."

"What should we do? Can this place really be held? Can we?"

"Moonwhisper Forest must win!" A clear voice pierced through these whispers like a sharp knife cutting parchment, and secret archer Larry Moonbow appeared in a tallest watchtower wearing a mithril chain mail He was holding a demigod in his hand, the Red Moon Bow, and a silver alloy armor-piercing arrow glistened between his fingers. "That's right, there are indeed many demons, but are there more arrows than we have prepared? Don't forget, we are the strongest sharpshooters in the mainland, and our long arrows are unrivaled!"

"The point of the long arrow is invincible!" The sharpshooters who followed Larry Moonbow to Iron Rock City shouted in response, and then more voices came in, and many people took this opportunity to shout Out of the fear in my heart, the voice became louder and more passionate, turning all the fear into invisible, leaving only the agitated mood.

"Everyone is ready to fight and wait for orders! The archers use bursting flame arrows to shoot three rapid shots, and the sharpshooters use silver alloy armor-piercing arrows to attack important targets such as the demon leader and team leader!" Larry? Moonbow gave orders again, bow and arrow The hands answered him immediately with loud voices.

Seeing his morale revived, Larry Moonbow secretly breathed a sigh of relief, only then did he feel that his back was soaked in sweat, feeling wet and cold.He turned his head and looked at Sir Grace who was sitting next to him with his eyes closed and meditating. He couldn't help showing a mixture of envy and anger on his face.

"You are comfortable enough, Sir Grace." Larry Moonbow hesitated for nearly a minute, and finally couldn't help complaining, "The demons are almost outside the camp, you don't even take a look, Is it so sure to win?"

Sir Grace's eyes were still closed, but Larry Moonbow was very clear that he was not resting at all, because the back of this human sharpshooter was straight from the beginning to the end, and his waist and neck were in a straight line. The posture of sitting there is like a straight poplar tree.

However, poplar trees can't exude that kind of sharp momentum,
Sir Grace put the silver fir longbow flat on his knees, and slightly stroked the bowstring made of high-quality elastic steel wire with both hands. Although it seemed that there was no unnecessary movement, even Larry Moonbow had a feeling in his heart. The involuntary thought of wanting to avoid it.

"Hey, did you hear what I said?" Larry Yuegong asked again slightly annoyed, "Sir Grace, do we have any chance of winning?"

Sir Grace suddenly opened his eyes, and Larry Moonbow took a step back subconsciously, his whole body was as tense as a bowstring. Being seen by Sir Grace's sharp eyes, it gave him the feeling that it was almost the same as being hit by a strong bow. There is no difference between the eyebrows.

"Is there any chance of winning? It depends on the strategizing of Lord Levi Ston, Sir Rodriguez and several other adults. For those of us, as long as the sacrifice is not in vain, we should be satisfied." Sir Grace said The tone was very calm, but the meaning in the words made Larry Moonbow's anger disappear, and his face suddenly became solemn.

"You're right, Sir Grace." Larry Moonbow nodded heavily, then held the Red Moonbow in his hand, and said with a provocative smile, "The last time I was in Iron Rock City , you need to command the troops, so let us have no chance to tell the winner, this time we will fight again?"

"Competing archery, I can't beat you." Sir Grace's answer made Larry Moonbow startled, but what he said next made his fighting spirit rise again.

"But compared to killing demons, you can't beat me!"

The strength of the two sides in the decisive battle is very different. A mere [-] troops against a [-] army is no different from an isolated island and a dangerous rock against the endless waves of the endless ocean. All have the possibility of being swallowed by the red and black turbidity current.

It's not just the demons who have such thoughts, even among the defenders of the outpost in Moonlight Glade, there are not a few people who are frightened.Serendis, the new head of the Silver Pegasus Knights, is one of them. The complexion of this high elf master of martial arts is like rancid milk, even worse than the mithril scale armor covered with white enamel. Pale.

But at least he didn't say anything to shrink back, but he just tightly held the handle of the mithril scimitar at his waist with his fingers, his knuckles were a little white due to the excessive force, and there was a rattling sound of filing teeth from time to time. sound.In his heart, he had already made a plan to live and die with this outpost camp, and his eyes shone with a resolute light that was almost ferocious.

Perhaps it was based on some kind of luck, before the battle officially started, a knight in black armor walked out of the demon army, holding a white triangular flag representing the envoy of peace talks in his hand, with a long sword and shield hanging on his waist between the buckles.

The elf archers on the wooden wall and in the watchtower all showed strange expressions, and there were hundreds of elf longbows pointing at the figure of the knight.As long as he walks into the shooting range and gives an order, thousands of arrows will be fired. No matter how powerful the black armor knight is, as long as he cannot reach the legendary level, these silver alloy armor-piercing arrows will shoot him into a super-sized steel hedgehog .

The black-armored knight was clearly aware of this, and he stopped when he was more than 400 meters away from the outpost of Moonlight Grove—that is, beyond the range limit of the elf longbow—“Listen up there, Don't shoot arrows, I am a messenger! A messenger who brings peace!" The black-armored knight shouted sharply while waving the white flag in his hand, and then cautiously moved forward and continued to walk tentatively.

Larry Moonbow narrowed his eyes and looked at the knight, "Is this guy a demon? No, Sir Grace, he looks like a human being?" Although he seemed to be asking, there was an element of certainty in his tone. Clearly more than suspicious.

"That guy is no longer human, although he used to be." Sir Grace replied in a cold voice, while raising the silver fir longbow in his hand to aim. "That's just a poor guy who is willing to become a demon slave. If Lord Li Wei doesn't want to listen to those clichés like persuading him to surrender, I'd be more than happy to send him to the abyss hell for a free trip."

"Who is going to send this journey? Just ask me about the Red Moon Bow in my hand." Larry Moonbow smiled lightly, and dexterously pulled away the semi-artifact longbow in his hand, and put it on likewise. A silver alloy piercing arrow.

However, to the regret of the two superb marksmen, after hearing the soldier's report, Levi Ston decided to meet the emissary sent by the devil and let a griffin take him into the moonlight Among the woodland outposts.

This demonized knight is a team leader under the treacherous lord Shakross. He has hundreds of demon slave riders under his command, and his own strength is much stronger than that of Sir Lorshaw, who once made Levi Stern feel difficult to deal with. Basically, Has reached the level of Lord with a Sword.However, when he saw the figure of Levi Ston, who was wearing a light steel armor and riding the golden Griffon King, his face turned blue, and his legs trembled suddenly, which made him relatively stable gait faltered.

A sneer of disgust and contempt flitted across the corner of Li Wei's mouth, "Have you seen this guy's ugly appearance?" He said to Glenn Worm, an attendant knight standing beside him, "Being a knight After losing faith and courage, no matter what his strength is, he will become such a poor thing. Grun Worm, go and ask him what he wants to say to us?"

Grun Worm nodded, and then took two steps forward with his hands on the hilt of the holy sword Tran Yate at his waist. "Who are you?" He demonized the black armor as harshly as possible. said the knight.

"I'm the Lightning Knights... No, I'm Sir Andari Stilwell, the leader of the Abyss Slaves Knights." The black-armored demonized knight's answer was very low and vague, as if his voice was stuffed in his chest, and at the same time Grunwalm made a weird bow, "I was sent by the great Lords of Hell, Shakros, Darika, and Yinchen Samael, to bring an order to resolve the conflict peacefully." He said He straightened his body, his blood-colored eyes, burning like coals, looked at Grunwalm through the viewing holes of the visor. "Are you Lord Levi Ston, the griffin lord of the Kingdom of Arthur?"

Grun Worm shook his head, "No, I am Grun Worm, the servant knight of His Excellency Levi Ston..."

"Then get out of the way, your status is not worthy of listening to me repeat the decree of the three abyss lords." The black-armored demonized knight reprimanded in a cold tone.

A trace of shame and anger flashed across the face of the young servant knight, and he was about to speak when a sonorous voice came from behind him. "The status of the knight of Grunwalm is much nobler than you, the lackey of the demon lord." Levi Ston patted the forehead of the Griffin King, and the smart beast immediately understood what he meant and carried him on his back. Walk out of the crowd slowly. "I am Levi Ston, the chief minister of the Kingdom of Arthur, the guardian of the whole territory. What can you say?"

"Lord Levi Ston, the great abyss lord Shackles has ordered me to inform all the elves, humans and other races here that he and two other majesties have come to Moonwhisper Forest as guests, hoping to visit the Evergreen Tower as soon as possible. , and paying homage to Her Majesty the Elven Queen..."

"Then let them come. We have prepared a lot of dishes here, and we are going to invite the guests who came from the abyss and hell to have a good taste." Li Wei? interrupted hesitantly.

"This is an ultimatum, Levi Stern. Although His Majesty Shackles is kind, he is a bit impatient. He will only give you three hours to think about it."

"Three hours is too long, I only need one second to make a decision." Li Wei replied in a cold tone, "If you want to visit the Moon Whispering Forest, let him use the demon's life Let's use it as a fee for the visit, as for how much we will charge, we are going to try it out first!"

(End of this chapter)