Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

The three-party coalition forces shouted loudly, and the roar surged up the city wall like a tsunami and torrent.The earl frowned tightly and said, "What do you want?"

Tang Deen shouted: "I said it! I want the law to punish Lavidia, the kinslayer!"

The count shouted: "After the execution, what will Bear Mountain do?"

Tang Deen said: "Don't worry about it, Xiongshan will only get better. At worst, let the Duke take back the land!"

The count slapped the stone battlements and cursed: "He is my only son! You are trying to make my family extinct! You vicious old bastard!"

"Lavidia is your son, isn't Wen Kai? Huh?" the old man shouted with open arms, "I want you to say something, how did Wen Kai die?"

The earl scolded: "You bastard!" At this moment, Haven heard Lavidia sneering aside, and he and the man looked at each other, but there was no trace of tension on the other's face.

At this time, Raya shouted from under the city wall: "No, my lord, Ravidya is not your son!"

The count was taken aback and asked, "What?"

Laya said: "Don't you know? The priests of the Vulcan Cult must cut off the blood of the past. From the moment they become priests, they only have one common father, the Vulcan. Lord Earl! You ask Lavidia, in front of these Vulcan believers, ask him if he is still your son?"

Haven saw a terrible twitch on the earl's face.The stroked old earl turned to Ravidya and said, "Ravidia, are you my son?"

Ravidya stepped forward, showing a gentle smile.He said: "You gave birth to me, raised me, and gave me wealth and status. I am extremely grateful to you."

The Count nodded silently.Ravidia continued:

"But you were never my father." After saying this, Lavidia pulled out the dagger at his waist and stabbed the old earl's neck, then pushed the earl out.

"Snapped."

The Earl of Xiongshan just fell out of the city wall, tilted his head and died in a pool of his own blood.

The whole army was in an uproar under the city wall, and Tang De'en shouted: "You bastard!"

Lavidia leaned on the edge of the battlements, let out a few ugly shrill laughs, and then said: "You idiots!" He pointed at the people under the city wall one by one, "You are just a group of soldiers who have lost their generals, or A group of rabble, you are not the opponent of Vulcan! I, the priest of Vulcan, Lavidia, the only legal heir of Bear Mountain, is waiting for you here! Waiting for you to come up!"

Tang Deen shouted: "Attack!" Then Bryan raised the battle flag and shouted: "Attack!" Then the three armies charged towards the city wall.The siege engine was running, the catapult was launched, and the ladder was set up towards this side.Lavidia sat behind the city wall and ordered the red-clothed soldiers to defend the city. The black-clothed vicious dog stood next to him to protect him, and did not intend to participate in the defense.Seeing these cardinals, Haiwen thought to himself: They are obviously from Lavidia, where did these people come from?

He suddenly remembered that there was a group of vicious bandits in the forest, with fortifications, weapons and horses. At that time, Haiwen wondered where these people got their money.It now appears that this bandit is simply a private army raised by Ravidia.

"Master Haiwen! I always say you are stupid, but I never thought that there are people who are more stupid than you—" He pushed his mouth outside the city wall, "These people are just stupider than you! Do you know that none of them will survive?" Come down!"

Hai Wen said: "I think you are going to die!"

Lavidia smiled and said, "Haven Ambside, just stay here and watch. You just watch your hopes shatter and these people die. As for me, I want to be here Here is a painting for you." He actually asked someone to bring an oil painting plate and paints, and then pretended to straighten the brush to correct the canvas, "After I finish the painting, I will frame this painting in my castle. So I named it: 'Despair on the Wall'. Well, Earl of Bear Mountain wrote it himself, and it is estimated that it can be sold for a good price."

Chapter 160: The Indestructible Defense

Chapter 160: The Indestructible Defense

How is he so confident?Haiwen thought to himself, although Lavidia is crazy, he is definitely not stupid. If he was stupid, he would not be able to get to this point.Since he is not stupid, he shouldn't be blindly confident. Does he have any trump card?

Lavidia looked at him and said, "Yes, that's the expression." He pointed at Hai Wen with a vertical brush, "I'll explain it to you while I draw it, okay?" When Wen spoke, he seemed to be talking to himself:

"Let me tell you, Bear Mountain Castle is indestructible, and the defenders can easily resist ten times as many enemy troops. My father doesn't know about this, and the old man who can only read books doesn't know. My brother may know— — Ha! If he was alive, he would never allow his troops to attack the city, but unfortunately he was—” Lavidia rolled his eyes, “—killed by robbers, ha!”

The shouts of killing were soaring below, and the Vulcan soldiers around the battlements were fighting with spears and bows, and some people poured asphalt, boiling water and rolling stones down.There were screams for a while.The stones of the catapult whizzed over their heads, smashing into the castle behind.Despite this, Lavidia was still very indifferent, and the pictures inside and outside the city walls formed a weird contrast.On one side is the shadow of swords and swords, and on the other side is the young master painting.

"But there is one thing to say, thanks to you, this stone will not greet me." Lavidia said while drawing, "Laia will protect you with all her strength, and she also provided the catapult, so the stone I won’t greet you. Hehe! Strange? The Xiongshan Army doesn’t even have such a thing. How can you say that the chairman of the White Clothes Club has a siege weapon? Laya, this bitch..." Haiwen saw Lavidia's hand The veins on her chest were tense, "Seriously, Master Haiwen, have you ever slept with her? Otherwise, why would she value you so much?"

"I slept with your mother."

"Impossible, I know all my mother's wild men, and she died a long time ago." Lavidia continued to draw indifferently, "Oh, having said that--" Another boulder flew over their heads, It hit the city wall not far away, "Boom!" The smoke and dust overflowed, and the gravel fell on Haiwen's face.Haiwen coughed for a while, then saw Lavidia fanning the smoke with his hand, and continued: "Having said that, do you know why this city is indestructible?"

"why?"

"Because—" At this moment, an arrow shot at Lavidia's feet. He pulled out the arrow, threw it to the dog beside him, and said, "Go back."

The black-clothed vicious dog took the arrow, quickly climbed up the city wall, bent his bow and nocked the arrow, and shot it back.There was a lot of screaming outside, so Haiwen couldn't tell whether he had shot or not.But the vicious dog said to himself: "Dead." After saying this, he returned to Lavidia's side.

"Because Bear Castle was built on the hill of Little Bear Ridge, it is condescending and easy to defend. Bear Castle has a history longer than our family. This is the first castle on the border, and it has always been a military center. It once resisted the north. Men, monsters, Neptune's rebellion, legends and dragons. There are always plenty of enemies down at the walls, and the castle never disappoints. So, it's only a matter of time before my victory is—ah, what do you mean? Do you have a good expression? Don't be so rigid, just cry and laugh."

Haven has no expression.He watched the people below the city die one after another, but so far no one has been able to attack the city wall.The people in Lavidia are all well-trained religious fighters. These people abide by the precepts, have firm thinking, and their quality is not inferior to that of the Xiongshan Army.They set up a steel line of defense on the city wall, bit by bit killing the vitality of the attacking side.

The screams and the smell of blood could not move Lavidia, and he looked very happy.The wind blows the smoke and dust, and the cold sun shines on the city wall. Bear Fort stands tall in the wind and towers in the morning light; Haiwen's heart begins to waver—how can these people take down this fortress?

The attack outside the city continued like this all morning, and around ten o'clock in the morning, the troops outside died down.

Haiwen stood on the top of the city wall, watching the team retreat, feeling more and more uneasy.

Apparently the first siege ended in failure.he thought.

Then I saw that the Xiongshan garrison camped in Xiongshan Town.They are originally the troops of Bear Mountain, so they have a ready-made camp to use.At this time, Lavidia sneered, and he said behind Haiwen: "Did you see it? They withdrew."

Haven didn't speak.And Lavidia continued: "In the early hours of this morning, Tang Deen and Brian staged a coup. They are the Bear Mountain garrison, so they directly crossed the outer city wall and rushed towards the castle. They probably wanted to catch me by surprise. , but they were wrong, I had expected this day long ago. So I let the Vulcans occupy the castle early, I closed the gate, and by the way closed the guards in the castle who might be infiltrated, now the castle is impenetrable, even Birds can't get in! Ha! These guys were not prepared to attack the city in the first place, so from the moment I closed the gates of Bear Castle, they were doomed!"

He came to Haiwen, pointed to the Xiongshan garrison not far away, and said, "Just watch them die wave after wave, until my reinforcements arrive, and they will be wiped out by cooperating inside and outside."

Haiwen's mood was ups and downs, and he comforted himself in his heart, saying that the battlefield is changing rapidly, maybe Lavidia is wrong?But on the other hand, he couldn't think of any way to change the situation.

As the fighting stopped, both sides rested.There were many casualties on the attacking side, but it was not easy for the defenders.Arrows and stones still caused many casualties.The two sides shouted and killed before, covering up the tragic situation of the war, but now they have calmed down, and there are wailing on and off the city wall.The soldiers in red carried the wounded away on stretchers, and the monks prayed for the dead.

At this time, Haven saw a crow flying over the city wall.He smiled wryly in his heart, and thought: It seems that Lavidia is really wrong, no matter how strong the castle is, it can't stop the bird.

The bird passed the sun, circled the sky, and then returned to the shadows.At this time, a metal reflection pierced Haiwen's eyes, and he saw that the crow was holding a copper key on its feet in a daze.

Why?key?

As soon as he thought about it, the crow disappeared.Only then did Haiwen suddenly realize that this is my pigeon!This kid sent me letters, and even asked for corn!

Is this guy here to save me?

At this time, Haven saw the vicious dog Jesse pull out the knife from his waist and aim at the birds in the sky.Haiwen exclaimed, "Run!"

Jessie grinned, and threw the throwing knife; the bird screamed and fell, and the bunch of keys also fell to the ground.

Jesse picked up the key and murmured, "What is this?"

Chapter 160 Three: Capture from the Inside

Chapter 160 Three: Capture from the Inside

Ravidya glanced at it and stood up from his seat.He knocked the easel down, walked quickly to Jesse, and snatched the key.Haven was on his side, and then he saw Lavidia's eyes bursting out.Immediately Lavidia yelled and said, "Jessie, take someone to the prison quickly! Something is wrong!" As soon as Haiwen finished speaking, he heard a rush of footsteps coming from the stairs of the city wall , a guard covered in blood ran up and shouted: "My lord! The prisoners have escaped!"

Lavidia was still calm, and he ordered: "Baker, you take your people to suppress the riot; remember, divide 50 people to guard the armory. These guys are not terrible with bare hands, and they must not be allowed to get weapons."

Baker took the order and rushed into the castle with a hundred soldiers. About ten seconds after they left the city wall, there was a shout of killing in the castle.Haiwen was overjoyed when he heard King Kong's roar and cat master's laughter, but at this moment Lavidia came towards him.The guy pulled out the dagger from his waist and put it on Hai Wen's neck.The dagger was still stained with the count's blood, and it was sticky to the neck, cold and sticky.

Lavidia said with a smile: "Master Haiwen, don't be too happy." He patted Haiwen's skin with a dagger, "This is a small episode. Your man has been in prison for a month. They have become a group of half-dead cripples, what do you expect them to do? Oh, yes, they have no weapons yet."

Haiwen asked: "If it's just a small episode, why are you so excited?" Haiwen raised his eyelids and looked at Lavidia's crazy and tense face, "Sit down and draw a picture for me Draw, okay?"

Lavidia twisted his face, then sneered, and said, "Because I am a cautious person, Mr. Haven."

At this moment, the sound of war drums was heard outside the city wall again.Lavidia ran to the edge of the city wall.Outside the city, Brian shouted to charge, and the three armies attacked the city again.Apparently, the "internal response and external cooperation" that Lavidia expected appeared, but the person who benefited was himself.

Lavidia held up the blade and scepter and personally went into battle to command the army. However, there were 100 fewer people on the wall, and it was hard to say whether he could hold the castle.Then the stones fell on the castle, and the ladder rushed to the wall.Haiwen saw a warrior rushing up the city wall by climbing a ladder. He cut off the neck of a demon cultist with a knife, but was stabbed to death by other people, and then fell down the city wall; A soldier from the Judgment Army in white rushed up, swung a sledgehammer and smashed two ferocious warriors to death, and then was stabbed in the head with a spear... This kind of thing happened everywhere, since the first warrior climbed the city wall , Lavidia's army had no time to overturn the ladder and dump the asphalt, and the archers defending the city drew their swords and began hand-to-hand combat.

Lavidia commanded the battle in a relatively safe place, boulders whizzed over the head, screams one after another, Hai Wen saw that Lavidia's face was covered with cold sweat, and his eyes widened as if they were about to pop out.At this time, there were screams from inside the city wall. A soldier in red with a knife wound on his shoulder ran over. He held the bleeding knife and shouted loudly: "Sacrifice! The enemy has weapons, and we need support!"

Ravidia roared, "I gave you 100!"

"But..." The man looked embarrassed and anxious, "But Baker is dead! There is no one to command, and they still have one..." At this moment, an arrow flew from behind and was nailed to the back of the man's head. superior.The soldier fell down with a muffled grunt, but Lavidia screamed in fright.He hurriedly shouted: "Jesse, Jesse! You go, you go, I'll give you another hundred people!"

Jesse the Vicious Dog glanced at him, and said, "No need, the city wall needs people more—sacrifices, you should go to battle in person to boost morale." Tie Wei, follow me!"

So the two followed Jesse down the city wall. They were two meters tall, and their armor covered their faces. They were as strong as two classical stone sculptures. Every step they took, they felt that the city wall was shaking. They were like two humanoid tanks. .

There is only one road leading to the west city wall, and this road is only big enough for a carriage to pass through.Jesse and the two heavily armored soldiers headed to this stop, betting their way to death.

Hai Wen looked there, and saw that Fasnat had already killed him. The boy was shirtless, and the blue lines on his body were shining. Behind him were King Kong and several peasant warriors; followed by Smiley Cat, another fork in the road. When he came out, behind him were Hollanger and the slave fighters, and then many birds flew out.

The smiling cat and Haiwen looked at each other and nodded to each other. Then he pointed the knife at the dog under the city wall and shouted: "Jessie! You bastard!"

The vicious dog laughed and said, "Spike, you are so lucky!"

"It's not as big as you, Jesse, this time I have to burn your body to ashes!" Said the smiling cat and rushed up, the enemy was very jealous when they met, Jesse also roared, and drew his sword to meet him .Then swords collided, sparks flew, and metal buzzed.

On the other side, Fasnat and Holland also led their men to rush up, and the two iron guards immediately rushed forward and blocked them.One of these two giants is holding a huge sword more than one meter long, and when it is turned, it can knock down a large number of people like cutting rice; Scum.Moreover, the armor on the two of them was too thick and hard, they were basically two invulnerable tin men.

See Snart stabbed the man's chest with his sword, sparks flashed, but only a white spot was left.Then the man swung his giant sword and threw it at Fasnat. The blue-eyed boy quickly rolled to avoid it, and the giant sword slashed at a slave soldier behind him, splitting the man's head in two obliquely.

Hollanger brandished two knives and launched a fierce attack around the other giant, but the situation was the same as Fasnat's side, they couldn't penetrate the armor of these two giants.

Fassnut and Hollanger are both strong and strong, and it is no problem to fight alone, but they have no way to fight against these two tin cans.Fassnut may be able to compete with these two iron giants in terms of strength, but after all, he has been in prison for too long, and he must not be as strong as before—the ribs on the boy's chest are all protruding.

At this moment, an iron man appeared behind Fasnat's team.This person is about 1.8 meters tall, and he wears iron cans all over his body.Haiwen was stunned for a moment, only then did he realize that the man was King Kong.

King Kong shouted: "Get out of the way!" Then he charged towards the two Iron Guards.Like an angry bull, he ran head-on into one of the Iron Guards.King Kong weighed about two hundred catties before, but if he put on this heavy armor, it would not weigh more than three hundred catties?Even a wall might not be able to withstand the impact.And when he rammed, the enemy was wrestling with Fasnat, facing him sideways, and the enemy was unprepared when he hit him.Just as the two iron cans collided, with a bang, the Demon Refining Iron Guard immediately fell to the ground.

Fasnat would not let go of this opportunity, and he immediately stabbed the enemy's neck with his sword.The giant struggled a few times and died.

When Haiwen saw King Kong, he thought of his father: It really is a tiger father without dogs.

Just like that, a hole was torn open in the Vulcan Cult's line of defense, and the other iron guard was attacked from the back and the back, and was hacked down not long after.Seeing that the situation was not good, Gouzi retreated immediately.

Finally, people rushed to the city wall.

Chapter 160: The Fierce Demon and the Fire

Chapter 160: The Fierce Demon and the Fire

No matter how thick the armor is, it cannot withstand the attack of a heart attack, and no matter how strong the fortress is, it cannot withstand the internal offensive.They cooperated inside and outside, and fought the Vulcan Cultists on the city wall.There were actually very few people who rushed out of Haiwen, only a few dozen. Once the Vulcan Cultists regrouped, they would be wiped out quickly.But they were able to create chaos on the city wall, which gave the siege army an opportunity. More and more soldiers killed the city wall. Gradually, the Vulcan Cultists couldn't support it anymore and began to gradually shrink their defense line.

Lavidia took Hai Wen as a hostage. At this moment, he looked around and said, "It's almost - open the city gate!"

What?He said open the city gate?At first, Haven thought he had heard wrong.But Lavidia did give this order, and not long after, there was a sound of the city gate winch, and the huge city gate opened by itself.

Haiwen thought to himself: Opening the city gate is tantamount to surrendering the city. Lavidia either gave up resistance, or he...

At this moment, a terrible roar came from the city gate.

Haiwen has never heard such a call in his two lifetimes combined.It was definitely not the voice of a man, nor that of a beast, because the voice was deep, distorted, and distorted, rather like chaotic noise after being processed by a machine.With just this roar, the hairs all over his body stood on end.Then he saw the Xiongshan warriors on the city wall, and they were stunned for a moment. Many people looked there involuntarily, and then he heard Lavidia say:

"coming."

Lavidia pushed the chair tied to Haven forward and said, "Lord Haven, look down."

So Haiwen looked down and saw a giant obsidian statue appearing under the city gate.

It was an obsidian substance more than six meters high, roughly in the shape of a human.It has more than a dozen huge thorns on its body, and its back protrudes like the spine of a dinosaur fossil. Semi-flowing, dripping black juice like melted pitch, fetid steam.Haven couldn't see its face from this angle, but he felt that the monster's face must be extremely terrifying.

Then it moved.

It rushed towards the Bear Mountain army like a wriggling volcano.It waved its limbs and screamed piercingly, and its raised tentacles swept across the crowd, and the soldiers would be covered in black ink, and then corroded into black pulp in the screams.Human body, armor and weapons are all powerless against this black substance.Wherever it crawls, it will leave a steaming ink trail, and the soil will turn into acid.

The soldiers may be used to seeing severed limbs and blood, but they have never seen anything so terrifying.The psychological defense of the Xiongshan army was easily defeated, and the army fled in all directions in an instant, and it was useless to let Brian roar.

I'm afraid there hasn't been any evil spirits in the bay area for hundreds of years, and the Xiongshan garrison is not prepared to fight the evil spirits.

Haiwen remembered that it was said in the book that if he wanted to deal with an ordinary fierce monster, he needed a specially trained army of one hundred people, and at least thirty kinds of auxiliary materials such as runes, instant spells, holy oil, and bone meal were needed. Importantly, a bed crossbow is also required.

But the Xiongshan Army had nothing but a large number of people.

The obsidian fiends were on a killing spree, the garrison was cut in half from the city gate, and the soldiers on the city wall couldn't wait for reinforcements, and were soon surrounded by Vulcan cultists.Lavidia laughed loudly and said, "Obsidian monster! I originally reserved this to deal with the nobles in the river bay, but I didn't expect it, ha ha! You guys are really lucky!"

Haiwen is very interested in things about fierce demons, so he has read many books on this topic.He remembered something about the obsidian ogre was written in a certain book.According to the book, the body of this monster is composed of a black spar, but it is different from ordinary obsidian; this substance will melt into a very corrosive liquid after reaching the air, which is very difficult to deal with.

This kind of monster cannot be killed by ordinary weapons. The obsidian on its body is extremely hard, and if it is broken, new ones will grow immediately.This kind of thing alone is enough to destroy a city.

But it's not without weaknesses.

It is written in the book that the obsidian ogre has an extremely strong back armor.Hidden behind this carapace is his vitals—venomous glands that secrete black pus.Once this thing is damaged, the Obsidian Fiend cannot continue to secrete this substance.This corrosive venom is not only the weapon of the ogre, but also the "glue" that lubricates the joints and connects the body. Once the venom disappears, the ogre will shatter into pieces.

But obviously, the Xiongshan garrison did not know this weakness of the ogre.

As the siege army retreated steadily, the Vulcan Cultists had spared no effort to deal with the troubles in the city.Dozens of fighters including Smiley Cat were killed and retreated to a corner of the city wall, the situation was precarious.

At this moment, a large number of mice suddenly ran out of the castle.

No one expected that there would be such a scene. Both the defenders and the siege were stunned. They saw a large group of rats ascending the steps, and they attacked the Vulcan cultists like someone organized.People screamed in panic, stomped and chopped with knives, but there were too many rats. These rats were not afraid of people. They climbed up the clothes, and burrowed into the clothes along the trouser legs, cuffs and necklines; They gnaw at armor, clothing, and flesh, torturing every part of your body.

What's even more amazing is that these rats only attack Vulcan believers.Haiwen thought to himself: Either the druids came to help out, or Gellite "has her own trick".

It didn't take long for the Vulcan Cultist's line of defense to fail, and Lavidia's face wrinkled into a ball, and he shouted, "Come on, start the fire!"

After saying this, two soldiers immediately poured green liquid from a vial in their arms and poured it on the ground.The substance looked like oil, but the color and smell were not quite the same as the oil in Haiwen's impression.Then the soldier took the flint and went up a little, and saw a green wall of fire rising into the sky.