Chapter 3: Deadlock
The phalanx of the Black Iron Dwarf army was hidden in the endless darkness, silently looking at the brightly lit castle ten miles away.
When they saw the bat knights flying overhead, rushing towards the fortress, the dwarven army was ready to move with excitement in their eyes.
The Black Iron Dwarf Commander Musket Hammer stood in the center of the four black-robed men, he was also shrouded in a spacious pitch-black cloak, different from the triangular knight logo on the chests of the four black-robed men around him, his chest was embroidered with the symbol of black hammer and red flame, his stature was neither high nor low, but he was better than thick and burly.
A black-robed man looked at the sky, his eyes stared at the bat group flying away, watching from a distance as spectacular as a moth to a fire, he took off the hood on his head and said: "The troops of the Black Iron Clan should continue to march and press to the mountain pass of Loya Avenue, at least two miles away from the Black Stone Fortress, in order to cooperate with my Bat Knights, I don't want the main force to be slowly crawling behind when our people attack." ”
Another tall and burly black-robed man wearing red gloves and embroidered mountain giant armbands said in a hoarse voice: "Humble race, unclean creatures, just complete your mission, the other end of Loya Avenue is the land that has been prayed for by the realm of the gods, you can't enter again, complete this raid mission, return to the west, you can establish your bat kingdom in the endless ice and snow mountains, now retreat, let your people wait for orders!"
An elegant man's voice sounded, a tall and thin figure on the far left of the black-robed man, stretching out his miserable white fingers with extraordinarily slender nails, and a small raven embroidered with gold wire on the cuffs, he pushed the lens, narrowed his eyes and smiled: "If my information is correct, the enemy we face will be a duke commander of the Imperial Light Empire." If it can be caught, it will be a good bargaining chip. ”
"Who?"
An immature and immature mysterious man sneered, "You scum must have heard that great name, his ancestors once ruled on our clan. "This small, black-robed mysterious man has a strangely shaped magic circle drawn on his shoulder.
The Bat Clan Lord wanted to continue asking.
Firewine Iron Hammer waved his hand, as the commander of the arrogant strongest clan Black Iron Dwarf in the forbidden land of the Ice and Snow Mountains, it seemed that he couldn't stand this guy's nagging, or he didn't want to hear the name of the pioneer junior who had driven them to the Ice and Snow Forbidden Land.
He quietly looked at the brightly lit Blackstone Fortress, not rushing to let the army press down, but seemed to be waiting for some kind of opportunity and some kind of signal.
Finally, a faint red light appeared in the sky on the other side of the Blackstone Fortress.
He took a step, and at this moment, his palm swung hard, and the low horn sound behind him sounded, resounding throughout the canyon of Loya Avenue for a while.
A sharp arrow slashed through the air, kicking off the attack on the last piece of land in Cyprus by the combined tribes of the Ice and Snow Mountains.
Gan!
Inside the Stevenson family's mansion.
Carlos sat quietly on the main seat, smiled elegantly and watched after washing, restored himself to a human appearance, and gobbled up the four people: "Interesting story, you said that after the herbs were collected, the demonic beasts in the valley roared and rushed out of the mountain range, so you were forced to hide in a hidden cave, so you lost time and could not escape from the heavy snow closing the mountain." ”
Anderson looked at Carlos and said slowly, "Thousands of demonic beasts, larger than the beast tide I have ever seen. ”
"So, you saw them leave the mountains with your own eyes?"
Soli held his knife and fork and said, "It should be, those demonic beasts are heading towards the outer edge of the mountain range in groups, and there seems to be no other explanation than leaving the Rodney Mountains." ”
Carlos said lightly: "But in fact, none of the bounty hunters who returned from the Rodney Mountains noticed anything abnormal, and it has been nearly two months since the winter snow began, and there is no trace of the Demon Beast Tide on the west side of the mountain range, where did they go?"
"Oh, maybe we went around the ridge and went to the south. Conrad, who was sitting at the end of the long table, said.
Everyone present immediately fell silent and thought about it.
There was another mountain range, a more precipitous mountain range between East and West Cyprus, and there were no towns to the north, except for the Blackstone Fortress which guarded Loa Boulevard.
No, certainly not over the ridge, Rodney was south of the sea, and there was the most powerful navy in the empire, Carlos suddenly got up and said loudly.
"Grant is here, let the Night Watchman search north overnight, and if you find any footprints of the Demon Beast tide, you can return. ”
Carlos looked horrified, in the winter, by passing through East Cyprus, which is almost half of a no-man's land, using blizzard to cover the smell and footprints, the Monster Tide is crossing East Cyprus with the fastest path, their goal is to go north, such a plan is simply seamless and unbelievable.
Someone is taking control of this army of monsters in the Rodney Mountains.
Carlos was stunned and muttered, "They're going north, going north..."
Yes, if you go north, there is only one possibility, Loya Avenue under the guard of the Blackstone Fortress.
Carlos almost trembled and shouted, "Let's go to Blackstone Castle, gather the Trainee Knight Guards and all the night watchmen who remain behind, and we will leave immediately and go north to Blackstone Castle." ”
Anderson was also aware of the seriousness of the situation, but shook his head and said, "But it's icy and snowy outside, we can't go fast, wait until we get to the ......."
Conrad felt the sudden change in the atmosphere and asked, "What happened?"
"Is that so," Carlos said with a pale face, his black eyes moving towards Grant's face, who had hurried in.
Grant walked into the house again and whispered in Carlos' ear, "Little Master, your teacher, Du Buyi, stopped the Night Watchman who was about to leave outside. ”
"Why is the old man here?" asked Carlos, surprised.
Grant was speechless.
At this time, an old man with a hobbling step walked in at the gate, he glanced at Carlos, slowly took off his trench coat to cover the snow, and only politely nodded to the people at the long table, and said, "Little ones, take all your preparations and go south." ”
Carlos stared at the teacher Du Buyi for a long time, trying to see something from his bony face, and after a while, he seemed to be provoked and tormented by the fire, and his blood was completely free of wriggling pale lips and said, "Teacher...... What the hell is going on!"
Du Buyi looked at his gifted student, smiled slightly, the thin old man, his face was wrinkled, and he cowered under the heavy hundred years.
The old man stared at his students and said calmly: "Carlos, I am entrusted by your father that if I do not receive news of the war on the front before the Winter Veil Festival, I will leave Cyprus immediately and take refuge in the Sword Master's Port. ”
"Sword Master Harbor ......" Carlos chewed on the name of the place and looked up, "Teacher, what is going on, do you know what, right, please tell me, why did my father do this?"
Du Buyi's old face flashed with a trace of unbearability in his gray eyes.
He sighed and said helplessly: "The 200,000 imperial army has been wiped out in West Cyprus, with a black stone fortress, how can 20,000 mercenaries resist the black iron army, this war has long been a dead end! ”